The Horizon

All the latest updates on our work defending rural lands, creating livable cities and towns and preserving wild lands and water throughout Central Oregon

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Defending wild places

In 2021, our monitoring and commenting on Forest Service projects got results. The LandWatch legal team succeeded on a lawsuit to keep excessive and illegal logging and roads out of delicate ecosystems in the Ochoco National Forest.

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Restoring rivers and springs

Drought has been the big story resonating throughout Central Oregon this year. The record-breaking heat and dry conditions were devastating for farming families in Jefferson County, many of whom now face a shaky financial future.

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Another logging project in the Metolius?

We began monitoring the Green Ridge Project near the Metolius Basin in 2017. Now, the current plan preferred by the Sisters’ Ranger District would impact 19,991 acres with thinning and logging throughout the entire project landscape. Take action for the forest today!

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The Land Use System That Makes Oregon Different

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Oregonians were increasingly troubled by unbridled growth and the urban development sprawling across the state's farmland and forests. In 1973, Governor Tom McCall made an impassioned plea to the Oregon legislature to enact a statewide land use planning program to protect Oregon's threatened agricultural and forest industries.

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Podcast Episode with Dirty FreeHub

Listen to Dirty Freehub's recent podcast episode to hear more about LandWatch's work in the Ochocos. In this episode, Rory Isbell discusses the importance of migration corridors and riparian areas for Redband Trout and elk, along with our recent victory to protect wildlife habitat in the Ochoco National Forest.

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