News

Welcome New Board Members

Sustainable Northwest is pleased to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors: Camilla Seth, Jeff Allen, and Marcie McLaughlin.

Oregon Business Plan and Rural Idaho Entrepreneur Recognized for Leadership in Sustainability and Conservation

2008 Cecil D. Andrus Leadership Awards Presented at SNW Gala on March 14th in Portland

Klamath Basin Agreement establishes new paradigm for Western watershed management

The proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement represents a positive step forward for the management of the West's rivers, rangelands and forests.

Sustainable Forestry and Green Building Tour

SNW recently partnered with Northwest Natural Resource Group to host a full-day field tour of local sustainable forest management and wood products manufacturing.

Lakeview dedicates small diameter mill and biomass energy project

The Collins Companies and Marubeni Sustainable Energy host the ribbon cutting for a new small diameter sawmill and highlight the future Lakeview Biomass Energy Plant in Oregon

Our First Video: The People and Place of Lake County, Oregon

Through interviews with community members and sweeping images of the quiet Lake County landscape, this video provides a beautiful history of the early days of the community-based sustainability movement in the Northwest. Featuring Paul Harlan, Collins Companies, Jim Walls, Lake County Resources Initiative, Jane O'Keeffe, SNW Board Member and Martin Goebel, SNW President on the story of collaboration on the Lakeview Sustained Yield Unit.

Public Forum on Working Conditions for Forest Workers Held with Federal Officials

Federal officials gathered at a public forum in Eugene, Oregon on January 31, 2007 to discuss new efforts to protect the health and safety of contract workers on national forest lands, and hear comments from forest workers and contractors about their experiences with forest working conditions. Among the eighty people in attendance were Mark Rey, USDA Undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, and Alex Passantino, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

Chewaucan Challenge: Return of the Desert Red Band Trout

Due to a recent restoration and dam removal effort, the Chewaucan River in Lake County, Oregon is seeing the return of the Red Band Trout. Scheduled for July 22-25, 2007 in Lakeview, the first-annual Chewaucan Challenge is an elite catch-and-release fly fishing tournament to inaugurate the return of this once thriving recreational fishing industry.