Given the serious shortcomings of Thornburg’s water mitigation model which can only be described as “best (and only) case” combined with Thornburg’s credibility damaged by their failure to make measurable progress on approved water mitigation commitments they made more than 16 years ago, there is every reason to decline Thornburgh’s appeal, and absolutely none to approve it. If that’s not enough, consider the backdrop of our severe and worsening drought that’s now gained national attention ...

What's proposed? 1,425 dwelling units, including 900+ permanent, 425 overnight and 50 room Hotel. Three 18-hole golf courses 20 Acre water ski lake Ten-fold increase in vehicle traffic on Highway 126 and Cline Falls Road, at completion. Why this Matters: Many of our conservation partners and the general public oppose this sale. The land in question is considered by the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to be "Biological Wintering Grounds” for mule deer--this land is extremely ...

By Oregon BHA Member, Karl Findling of Oregon Packworks.   I followed my father on many of his favorite hunts from about nine years of age. About the years that a young man was able to walk through the woods; of course at a pace that was reasonable as to not annoy him (as the hunter) too quick of movements when you’re too young--I learned that wild places were the norm from a young age. My father was a depression-era baby.  Hard work was his norm. Wild-places renewed him. The fact that he ...