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Wyden at Energy Committee Hearing on Rural Water Projects
Posted on 08/01/12 -
Surface Transportation Bill Includes Senate-Passed County Payments Extension
This morning, conferees on the House-Senate surface transportation bill announced that the final negotiated legislation includes the one-year $346 million extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act – commonly known as the co...…Read More
Posted on 06/28/12 | -
Wyden Leads Letter to Senate Conferees Calling for County Payments and PILT to be Adopted in Surface Transportation Conference
Local and county governments are currently finalizing their budgets for the coming year. Without reauthorization of county payments legislation included in the Senate version of the surface transportation bill now being considered by members from both houses in the conferen...…Read More
Posted on 05/10/12 -
***Webcast Available*** Wyden to Chair Hearing on Bill to Preserve Rogue River as Wild and Scenic Waterway
Continuing work to preserve Oregon’s natural beauty for future generations, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will chair a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests discussing Wyden’s...…Read More
Posted on 03/22/12 | -
Wyden Statement on USDA Announcement of a New Forest Planning Rule
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) issued the following statement in response to the Forest Service’s announcement that the Department of Agriculture will issue a new planning rule to govern how the Forest Service develops its forest plans:
Posted on 01/26/12Read More -
Wyden and Merkley Introduce Bill to Protect 60K acres around Rogue River
Continuing their efforts to preserve and protect Oregon’s most wild and environmentally important areas, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have introduced legislation that will add 60,000 acres of new wilderness to the existing Wil...…Read More
Posted on 12/15/11 | -
Wyden/Merkley Devil’s Staircase and Oregon Caves Bills Passed by Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Efforts to preserve some of Oregon’s most pristine and valued natural resources moved closer to success today as two bills protecting Oregon’s Devil’s Staircase and Oregon Caves cleared the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Sponsor...…Read More
Posted on 11/10/11