LULI comes to Central Oregon
Since 2012, our innovative Land Use Leadership Initiative has graduated more than 200 Oregonians with the knowledge and skills to shape their local communities through effective land use planning. Now we've launched a LULI in Central Oregon, guiding 27 advocates to mastery on key issues like wildfire, drought, and housing through the lens of land use policy.
Sandy Wright: the exit interview
“With 1000 Friends of Oregon, I found a bigger tool to help save our land.” 1000 Friends Executive Director Sam Diaz sat down with outgoing chief philanthropy officer Sandy Wright to ask what drives her and what her next chapter might hold.
1000 Friends is hiring a communications manager
1000 Friends of Oregon is looking for a communications manager to capture, transform, and amplify our complex statewide work into a variety of compelling, personal, and impactful outputs.
Press release | Appeals Board ruling rejects major rail yard for proposed refinery at Port Westward
1000 Friends of Oregon, Columbia Riverkeeper, and farmers at Port Westward celebrate the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruling to overturn Columbia County’s approval of a 400-car rail yard for the proposed NEXT refinery at Port Westward.
Planning for tech investments that don't compromise farmland protections
We have the opportunity to bring federal funding and jobs to Oregon with the CHIPS and Science Act. But, there are many pitfalls policymakers may fall into without adequate research and engagement. 1000 Friends of Oregon is offering a different approach.
Remembering land use advocate Merilyn Reeves
On October 7, Merilyn B. Reeves passed away peacefully at home. Oregon land use activists know her as the fiery, tenacious redhead who seemed to always have the right words at the right time, whether at an LCDC meeting, a local land use hearing, or a strategic planning retreat.
Washington County ordinance paving the way for road through productive farmland rejected!
1000 Friends celebrates an advocacy win in Washington County regarding an ordinance that would have begun planning work for a 3-lane-8-mile-long collector road through productive farmland in SW Washington County.
What role will Oregon's farm, ranch, and forest lands will play in the state's response to climate change?
1000 Friends' Working Lands Program Director Greg Holmes has been appointed to the Oregon Global Warming Commission's (OGWC) Natural and Working Lands Advisory Committee to help advise the OGWC as it determines the role that Oregon's farm, ranch, and forest lands will play in the state's response to climate change.
1000 Friends named one of Oregon's 100 best nonprofits to work for!
1000 Friends of Oregon makes the list of Top 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For
In Memory of Bob Stacey
Robert E. Stacey – or Bob, as most called him – was a gift for Oregon.