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Staff Spotlight: Cindi Venters
Meet Cindi Venters, Sustainable Northwest’s new Community Forest Program Associate, who brings community-centered conservation experience from the Peace Corps and the U.S. Forest Service to our community forests work.
Northwest Douglas-fir Beams Get an Environmental “Nutrition Label”
Sustainable Northwest now owns an Environmental Product Declaration for Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir timbers, giving builders verified data for LEED and embodied carbon calculations.
Celebrating Over a Decade of Making Energy Work
Five takeaways from Sustainable Northwest's 11th annual Fall Energy Symposium in Astoria, Oregon, where more than 100 rural energy leaders explored community resilience, the future of the grid, and how to turn clean energy plans into local projects.
How a borrowed electric tractor saved one farmer more than $80,000
How a borrowed electric tractor saved Troon Vineyard & Farm $86,000. August 2026.
Community Forest Spotlight: East Moraine, Wallowa Lake
Community Forest Spotlight: East Moraine, Wallowa Lake
From Forest to Faucet: Rockaway Beach Chooses a Nature-Based Solution for Drinking Water
The City of Rockaway Beach purchases 800 acres of forestland to protect for drinking water and recreation.
How One Oregon Family is Restoring Their Forest After the 2020 Labor Day Fires
How One Oregon Family is Restoring Their Forest After the 2020 Labor Day Fires
Planting for a Resilient Future: Reforestation and Recovery After Oregon's Labor Day Fires
Mosaic Ecology gets ready to replant seedlings on the Delfel Property. Photo Credit Sustainable Northwest
Community Forest Spotlight: Spence Mountain
Spence Mountain Community Forest in Klamath County, Oregon