The Land
Weeding out noxious invaders
SALEM — When it comes to fighting noxious and invasive weeds, both rural and urban communities share in ...
The Land
Essay: Dignity, justice and room to grow
In my last essay, I wrote about the drinking water crisis that rural people in Morrow and Umatilla ...
The Land
Farmer grows world’s most expensive spice
KERBY — Tanya Golden plucked a flower from a greenhouse bed, unfurled its purple petals and removed three ...
The Land
Can farms and solar panels co-exist
AURORA — Growing crops and harnessing solar energy need not be mutually exclusive. That’s the idea behind a ...
The Land
OSU studies climate change impact on Dungeness crab
NEWPORT, Ore. — A $4.2 million federal grant will help scientists and fishery managers better understand how climate ...
The Land
Large chicken farms raise concerns in rural Oregon
SCIO, Ore. — A steady mid-June rain fell as Christina Eastman drove her UTV past fields of grass ...
The Land
Oregon to see more wildlife crossings on crash-prone highways
Underpasses, bridges and highway safety projects aren’t just for people anymore. A growing number of spots along Oregon ...
Feature Stories
Southern Oregon will soon have deep water offshore wind energy
On Feb. 25, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that a hundred-mile stretch along southern Oregon’s ...
The Land
Oregon State Parks Benefit from bonds, but more is needed
Oregon State Parks are a treasure. They range from colossal sand dunes on the coast to the otherworldly ...
Cover Story
Wind energy keeps turning in rural Oregon
MORROW COUNTY — Shiny new wind turbines rise over the sagebrush and farmland in rural Morrow County, part ...