Eelgrass is the biodiversity foundation of Oregon’s estuary health
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.
When a mansion moves in, farming is priced out
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.
Meet our 2025 LULI cohort
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: A new program to build a more inclusive Oregon
Oregon for Everyone will build a coalition to promote inclusive zoning, affordable homes, and thriving communities – led by the new Oregon for Everyone Manager.
Sacrificing farmland isn’t the answer in the renewable energy shift
While sustainable energy sources are a pressing need in mitigating climate change, renewables don’t need to come at the expense of farmland.
Happy Valentine’s Day from 1000 Friends of Oregon
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.
2025 legislative overview
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.
New report and videos highlight alternative futures for land use in Oregon
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.
Oregonians voiced their transportation needs, and transit is top of the list
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.
Let’s champion bold solutions to Oregon’s toughest challenges
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.