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The repeated attempts to expand the Aurora Airport’s runway onto farmland not only violates Oregon’s land use planning laws, but also wastes the public’s time and money. We hope this is the last we’ll be hearing about the expansion.

Thanks to legal help from 1000 Friends, Friends of Marion County defeated an ill-advised proposal to pave over rich farmland in Marion County with a sprawling, low-density subdivision.

Columbia County’s effort to rezone hundreds of acres appealed to Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals.

The month of 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.

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 over 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.