The figures are in and they show that fewer and fewer people are visiting the national forests in Oregon.  The story appears in the Oregonian and is on OregonLive.

Umatilla County Commissioners have decided to go with PILT and leave federal forest payments behind.  The story appears in the Hermiston Herald. 

The health of Oregon's public lands is a hugely important issue - now we are learning that fire is a bigger threat than logging to forests.  The story is in the Bend Bulletin.

By including county payments in the recent bailout bill, the federal govenment gave Oregon some breathing room, some time to figure out what we do next.  Please read the AOC News Release.

Oregon Governor Kulongoski issued a statement shortly after the President signed the bailout bill with county payments in it.  Here's the statement.

Senator Wyden told the folks in Curry County recently that getting county payments reauthorized is going to be very hard if not impossible.  The story is in the Curry Coastal Pilot.

Code.  The Bureau of Land Management released its Environmental Impact Statement for the Western Oregon Plan Revision.  The story here is from the Daily Courier in Grants Pass.