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When you donate by August 31, your gift will be matched, doubling your impact to protect Oregon’s farms, forests, and communities.

DLCD is undergoing a process to revise current farm stand uses. If their proposed rules are adopted, here is what will and will not be affected.

This long session saw a record-setting number of bills introduced, with some wins in housing, major advocacy for working lands protections, and a rocky transportation outlook.

At the halfway point for this year’s legislative session, we’re still waiting for the biggest transportation bill to land. But advocates are already well versed in what that bill will look like.

Earth Month story: From La Grande to Eugene and beyond, housing is in short supply, but developers that know their communities are key to creating housing choices Oregonians can afford – an approach that’s also innately climate smart.

Earth Month story: Eelgrass is essential to Oregon’s estuaries, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration. But as seagrasses worldwide decline, Oregonians are taking a proactive approach to protecting them, including supporting HB 3580 in this year’s legislative session.

Limiting the size of replacement dwellings on agricultural and forest land to either 110 percent of an original building’s size or 2,500 square feet (whichever is larger) would restore reason to agricultural communities – and to a legal process long out of step with intended impacts.

Our 2025 LULI kicked off February 22. Over the next three months, these 30 participants will learn how to advocate for Oregon’s most pressing land use issues.

Oregon for Everyone will build a coalition to promote inclusive zoning, affordable homes, and thriving communities – led by the new Oregon for Everyone Manager.

While sustainable energy sources are a pressing need in mitigating climate change, renewables don’t need to come at the expense of farmland.