December 6, 2016 EDITORIAL: ‘On-the-ground’ solutions better than strong-armed monument designation Selective wilderness designations, river protections and broad prohibitions on mining would be strategic, consequential steps Congress could take to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands, the…
November 10, 2016 Owyhee Monument opponents hope Trump will help them escape federal designation Some Eastern Oregon ranchers believe Donald Trump’s victory makes it less likely that President Barack Obama will declare a national monument in Malheur County…
October 30, 2016 Locals fear Owyhee monument would ‘inflame’ deep wounds in Oregon communities In an open letter to President Obama, who has authority to declare a new monument and has done so several times in recent months,…
October 8, 2016 Oregon locals would be driven off lands by national monument Special interest groups from Portland Bend are lobbying the president to create a national monument in Eastern Oregon’s Malheur County. But what they’re not…
