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October is LGBTQ+ History Month. This month marks a time to educate ourselves on the rich history of LGBTQ+ Oregonians, acknowledge historical and current discrimination, celebrate hard-won policy victories, and recommit our efforts to make Oregon a more inclusive place to live for us all.

Today, 1000 Friends of Oregon will celebrate, reflect, and honor Indigenous People’s Day.

After an extensive national search that began in early 2021, we are very excited to share the news that we have a new Executive Director: Sam Diaz. Sam will be our 6th Executive Director, stepping into the role after Russ Hoeflich retired earlier this year.

Bridget's focus is on researching how Oregon can transform statewide land use planning goal 1 to be more effective and inclusive.

SB 16 will take farmland out of production and allow houses to be located in an area prone to severe drought and wildfire risk.

What do you get when you spend $3 to $5 billion in tax dollars to widen I-5 to sixteen lanes to shave minutes off the commute of Washington state residents? The Interstate Bridge Replacement Project.

Applicants wanted the Polk County commissioners to rezone more than 200 acres of farmland from Exclusive Farm Use to zoning that would allow small-acre residential developments.

Oregon is known for its temperate weather, not the three-digit, record-setting temperatures we experienced at the end of June and into early July. Some parts of the state reached 117 degrees, not far from the average temperature of Death Valley, home of the world record for the highest temperature ever recorded.

Farmers and conservation groups decry Columbia County’s approval of the controversial Columbia River estuary industrial port expansion.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Henry Richmond, founder of 1000 Friends of Oregon and father of land use planning.