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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.

1000 Friends of Oregon celebrates Valentine’s Day with gratitude for our supporters. Members received a postcard with a crossword – join us to help protect Oregon’s landscapes! Puzzle answers inside.

The 2025 legislative session begins January 21. In this long session, we’ll be supporting major bills on housing, wildfire, and preservation of agricultural and forest land, including two bills we prepared, and we’ll see the biggest transportation package of the last eight years.

Our newest partnership, with Institute for the Future, combines our strengths and their forecasts of different futures for Oregon – an effort to help us guide the state toward the best possible outcome, where both people and ecosystems can thrive.

As part of the Move Oregon Forward campaign, we spent the fall analyzing data from Oregonians around the state in response to the legislature’s transportation listening tour. Top priorities? Transit and maintenance, not freeway expansion.

1000 Friends of Oregon turned 50 this year – thank you for standing with us. Your support has made all the difference as we worked to champion bold solutions to Oregon’s toughest challenges. With your generosity, we’ll enhance the legacy of policies like LUTRAQ and Senate Bill 100, and drive forward smart transportation and land use policies that propel us into the next 50 years.

Our 2024 annual report marks our 50th anniversary, looking back on major wins, protections, and the people who helped build us into who we are today, one friend of Oregon at a time.