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Federal Tipoffs Involving Oregon Newsletter for Sunday March 05, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Corps of Engineers to Begin Two-Year Safety, Seismic Repair Project at Willamette Falls Locks This Spring
WEST LINN, Oregon, March 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Portland District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Portland District (Corps) has awarded a construction contract for completing safety and seismic repairs at Willamette Falls Locks before the agency's official transfer of the historic navigation lock system to the Willamette Falls Locks Authority, expected to take place in 2026. The Corps has owned the locks, placed into operation in 1873 to move  more

FCC Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau Issues Public Notice: Public Safety And Homeland Security Bureau Announces Region 35 700 MHZ Regional Planning Committee To Hold Meeting
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. 02-378): The Region 35 (Oregon)1 700 MHz Regional Planning Committee (RPC) will hold a virtual (ZOOM) meeting on Thursday, March 16, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. * Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84934933321?pwd=UGE4M1NGa0QraW9XOTRiRVIzaVJM UT09 * Call In: (719) 359-4580; Meeting ID: 849 3493 3321; Passcode: 149871 The agenda for the 70  more

NASS - NW Regional Field Office: United States Trout Sales Up 4 Percent From 2021
OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Northwest Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Idaho value of trout sales during 2022 totaled $43.4 million, up 29 percent from 2021. The total value of fish sales received by trout growers in the United States totaled $103 million, up 4 percent from 2021. Idaho accounted for 42 percent of the total value of fish sold. Total value of fish sold in Oregon and Washing  more

SEC Charges Global Transportation Company Greenbrier and Ex-CEO for Failing to Disclose Perks and Payments
WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Oregon-based freight transportation supply company, The Greenbrier Companies Inc., and its founder and former CEO and Chairman, William A. Furman, for failing to disclose perks provided to Furman and other Greenbrier executives and compensation Furman received from Greenbrier's charters of Furman's privat  more

U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Makes $15 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Available For Klamath Basin Restoration Projects
KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, Feb. 28 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * Service seeks project pre-proposals that expand partnerships and enhance ecosystem restoration * * * The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it is seeking pre-proposals for projects supported by up to $15 million from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem restoration activities that address  more

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Opens Scoping Period For Morgan Nesbit Forest Resiliency Project
JOSEPH, Oregon, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Wallowa-Whitman National Forest - issued the following news release: The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is pleased to announce an open comment period for the Morgan Nesbit Forest Resiliency Project, within the Wallowa Valley Ranger District Area and Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. "The purpose of the Morgan Nesbit Forest Resiliency Project is to restore forest conditions and increase resilience t  more