PORTLAND, Oregon, May 15 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on May 14: The Trump administration denied Endangered Species Act protections to Pacific fishers from Northern California to the Canadian border, but granted them endangered status in the southern Sierra Nevada. The decision reversed a 2019 proposal to list fishers as threatened throughout their West Coast range. "The Trump administration's denial of protection for fishers is an unwarranted gift t  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Free Press issued the following news release: On Tuesday, Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced legislation to put a moratorium on internet and phone shutoffs during the coronavirus pandemic. The Continuing Online Networking, Negating Economic Conditions on Technology (CONNECT) At Home Act would treat broadband as an essential utility and protect access for everyone in the United States to critical public-health,  more

EUGENE, Oregon, May 12 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The U.S. Forest Service released its final revised land management plan for the Rio Grande National Forest, located in south-central Colorado. Hundreds of local community members and citizens throughout the country had urged the Forest Service to include strong safeguards for wildlife and habitat, special designations to protect wildlife corridors, and recommendations for wilderness areas and wild   more