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Up one levelMarch 4 - Staffing Changes at OLCV [from SalemWatch]
OLCV's Legislative Affairs Director, Sybil Ackerman, left OLCV last week to become the Executive Director of the Lazar Foundation. She is replaced by Evan Manvel, who brings over a decade of experience working with groups including the Corvallis Environmental Center, 1000 Friends of Oregon, and Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Evan is looking forward to moving the environmental agenda forward in the 2009 Legislative Session and beyond.
March 4 - Land Use in Action [from SalemWatch]
The "Big Look" Task Force received funding during the Special Session for a work plan to engage more than 10,000 Oregonians and inform 1.2 million people.
March 4 - Supplemental Session Wrap-Up [from SalemWatch]
The February Supplemental Session ended on Friday, February 22, after only three weeks.
April 9 - Environmental Groups: It's the Land Use, Stupid! [from SalemWatch]
Transportation makes up over a third of Oregon's greenhouse gas emissions. And one of the best ways to reduce the amount people drive is changing land use patterns.
April 9 - Life in the Interim [from SalemWatch]
Senator Courtney Announces Members of Interim Legislative Committees
February 15 - Action to curb global warming [from SalemWatch]
The House Energy and Environment Committee passed HB 3610 out of committee, on a party line vote. Unfortunately, aggressive opposition from lobbyists from polluting companies and industries, ranging from Weyerhaeuser to the Food Processors Association, means that even this modest bill is unlikely to be passed by Ways and Means. Check out the Oregonian editorial for more details about this bill.
December 2007 - Events [from SalemWatch]
Attend Gorge Land Use Forum Join Governor Kulongoski, Senator Schrader, and House Majority Leader Hunt at a Town Hall to learn about the 2008 Special Session Oregon Shores hosts CoastWatch Conference
April 9 - USGS: Pesticides in the Water, Though Under Federal Health Standard [from SalemWatch]
The United States Geological Survey found traces of several pesticides in the water in the the lower Clackamas River and its tributaries.