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Featured Stories
Coalition Letter to Senator Ron Wyden Urging Opposition to HR 655
Giveaway of Public Land to Facilitate Greater Data Center Water Use Threatens Watershed, Fish
Oregon Bill Bars Public Bodies from Helping Privatize Federal Lands
HB 4006 Would Exempt Umatilla Irrigators from Important Laws, Set Dangerous Precedent
Critics of HB 4049 Say It Would Sideline Water Regulators in the Harney Basin
Submit Written Testimony NOW to Help Stop a Bad Columbia River Water Bill