A century and more of Oregon farming, with help from land-use laws and property tax breaks (Oregonian, 7/31/2012) Century and sesquicentennial awards 1958-2010 [PDF] (2010) Oregon Century Farm & Ranch Program
Entries from July 31st, 2012
Oregon’s water laws
July 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Jackson County man sentenced for illegal water diversion, ordered to breach dams (Oregonian, 7/27/2012) Oregon water law [PDF](2003) Oregon Water Resources Department Water rights in Oregon : an introduction to Oregon’s water laws [PDF](2009)
Tags:water·water laws
Fish passage projects
July 31st, 2012 · Comments Off · Dept. of Transportation
Oregon watershed councils awarded grants for stream restoration, removal of barriers for fish (Oregonian, 7/27/2012) Retrofitting culverts for fish [PDF](2005) Oregon Department of Transportation, Research Unit Fish passage through retrofitted culverts : final report [PDF](2004)
Tags:culverts·fish·fish passage
Corrections staffing audit
July 27th, 2012 · Comments Off · Audits Division
Audit released on Oregon prison staffing (Statesman Journal, 7/27/2012) Department of Corrections: Managing Security Personnel Costs [PDF](2012) Oregon Secretary of State, Audits Division
Tags:audits·correctional officers·Corrections·personnel costs·prisons
Cool Schools
July 25th, 2012 · Comments Off · Dept. of Energy
Kitzhaber’s ‘Cool Schools’ program gets off to a lukewarm start (Oregonian, 7/23/2012) Cool schools=smart savings [PDF] (2012), Oregon Department of Energy Monroe School District reaps big benefits from energy savings [PDF] (2012)Oregon Department of Energy All 11 Klamath Falls school buildings getting upgrades [PDF] (2012) Oregon Department of Energy
Tags:cool schools·energy conservation·governor Kitzhaber·office of the governor
Western meadowlark habitat
July 24th, 2012 · Comments Off · Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
Land purchase aids wildlife (Register Guard, 7/22/2012)
Tags:conservation·habitat protection·western meadowlark·wildlife
Job skills gap
July 24th, 2012 · Comments Off · Employment Department
Solution to skills gap is training for new hires (Statesman Journal, 7/20/2012) What employers need : workforce challenges among fabricated metal manufacturers in Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties [PDF] (2012) Oregon Employment Department, Worksource Oregon
Tags:job skills·jobs·manufacturing·occupational training·unemployment
Mule deer poaching case
July 24th, 2012 · Comments Off · Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
3 teens suspected in big deer poaching case in central Oregon (Oregonian, 7/20/2012) Oregon mule deer initiative [PDF] (2011) Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Employment and unemployment
July 20th, 2012 · Comments Off · Employment Department
Oregon marks 4 straight months of job gains as uncertainty pervades U.S. economy (Oregonian, 7/18/2012) Job growth slow to recover in Oregon (Statesman Journal, 7/18/2012) Oregon’s employment situation [PDF] (annual) Oregon Employment Department
Baby boomers
July 17th, 2012 · Comments Off · Employment Department
In Oregon, baby boomers still rule (Oregonian, 7/13/2012) Oregon labor trends [PDF] (monthly) Oregon Emloyment Department
Tags:baby boomers·demographics
Increased timber harvest
July 11th, 2012 · Comments Off · Dept. of Forestry
Oregon timber harvest jumps 13 percent, but still way below historic levels (Oregonian, 7/10/2012) Oregon timber harvest jumps 13 percent, but still way below historic levels [PDF] (annual), Oregon Department of Forestry
Tags:forestry·statistics·timber
Whooping cough
July 10th, 2012 · Comments Off · Oregon Health Authority
Officials call pertussis alert (Register Guard, 7/10/2012) CD Summary, April 10, 2012 [PDF] (serial) Oregon Health Authority. Public Health Division
Tags:whooping cough
Marbled murrelet lawsuit
July 9th, 2012 · Comments Off · Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
Oregon suspends logging amid marbled murrelet lawsuit (Oregonian, 7/2/2012) The Marbled murrelet and the Oregon Endangered Species Act [PDF] (1995) Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Tags:endangered species·forestry·habitat protection·marbled murrelet·timber·wildlife
Wastewater temperature
July 9th, 2012 · Comments Off · Dept. of Environmental Quality
Warm wastewater may be costly for Corvallis residents (Statesman Journal, 6/30/2012) Willamette Basin TMDL : regulating and monitoring wastewater discharges [PDF] (2007) Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division
Tags:wastewater·water pollution·Water Quality Division·Willamette River
Board and commission audit
July 9th, 2012 · Comments Off · Audits Division, Secretary of State
Kate Brown to John Kitzhaber: How to better manage Oregon’s boards, commissions (Oregonian, 6/28/2012) Oregon tops 250 advisory boards (Statesman Journal, 6/28/2012) Boards and commissions : common risks, needed oversight, and steps to manage them [PDF] (2012)
Tags:
