On April 19th, 2023, a network of rural energy stakeholders from across Oregon gathered in Lake County, Oregon, at the PLAYA Center on Summer Lake, for the second annual Statewide Rural Energy Convening.

Sustainable Northwest and our Electric Farms (E-FARMS) partners – WyEast RC&D, Forth Mobility, and Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) – hosted an electric tractor demonstration day with The Black Food Sovereignty Coalition (BFSC).

Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) is leading a massive restoration effort integral to the largest dam removal and river renewal project in US history – a task vital to the future of several imperiled salmon populations on the West Coast.

Check out the latest blog post from EnergyTrust of Oregon, sharing Cameron and Garrett Duncan's efforts at making their ranching and farming operations in the Upper Klamath Basin as sustainable as possible.

Sustainable Northwest is working with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region to enhance collaborative capacity for improved forest management and restoration.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) recommending the approval of the proposed license surrender, decommissioning, and removal of the Lower Four Klamath Dams.

We sat down for a quick chat with Polly during her very busy first week!

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Fall Energy Symposium, and a special thank you to our event co-hosts, Energy Trust of Oregon, and the City of Pendleton, for their support!

The Pacific Northwest showcases exceptional land stewards, spanning from the southern coast of Oregon to the Olympic Peninsula and north to the foothills of Mount Baker.

Learning from these forests and the local communities participating in alternative forest management has been my pleasure.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) recommending the approval of the proposed license surrender, decommissioning, and removal of the Lower Four Klamath Dams.

What can we do to address the wildfire problem? While this question is daunting, reducing fuels can influence the way these forests burn, even during extreme fire weather.

Sustainable Northwest recently convened 15 architects, designers, construction firms, and others in the green building space for a tour in John Day, OR. The trip included visits to Woodgrain’s sawmill in Pilot Rock, Malheur Lumber in John Day, and restoration projects on the Middle Fork John Day and Malheur National Forest.

Sustainable Northwest board members, staff, and partners gathered in Joseph, Oregon for a deep dive into our new Regenerative Ranching program.

After two years of lockdown, social distancing, and Zoom happy hours, Sustainable Northwest was eager to kickoff summer 2022 with our first in-person board meeting and field tour since 2019.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Sustainable Startup Happy Hour on July 12th!

The Arch Cape Domestic Water Supply District realized the vision of connecting the community to its drinking-water source on June 9th, 2022.

Purchasing the watershed will permanently protect the source of Arch Cape’s drinking water from the headwaters to the tap.

On June 19th, 2022, the Oregon Water Resources Commission formally recognized the Lower John Day Integrated Water Resource Plan.

The community solar array (141.6 kW-DC) on top of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) production building in Talent, OR, has been operational since March 2022 and supplies power to 19 households from Rogue River to Green Springs.

SNW's Public Forestland Team provided Collaborative Leadership Training to 35 new US Forest Service (USFS) District Rangers from across the United States at the historic Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood.

A new study of electric tractors used on farms in Crook, Jackson, and Wasco counties in Oregon highlights the compelling case for the technology's economic, health, and climate benefits.

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will have their tribal interest and Indigenous Knowledge integrated into the management of the Mt. Hood National Forest in newly proposed legislation from Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer.