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A New Approach to Increasing the Use of Prescribed Fire in Oregon
By John Rizza and Emily Jane Davis, Oregon State University Extension After mechanical treatments occur, prescribed fire can help to reduce the accumulation of fuels so that the landscape is more...
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ANNOUNCEMENT: NCRC Community Grants Program – Call for Letters of Interest
The Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative is accepting applications for funding of climate resilience projects through its Community Grants Program. The Resilience Collaborative, a program of the...
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Large-scale Solar Developments and Protected Lands – Can We Have Them Both?
By Karen Janowitz, Washington State University Energy Program The Columbia Plateau boasts important ranchlands and are important to many endangered and threatened species and habitats as well as Tribal...
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Climate Smart Commodities for Idaho – A Public-Private-Tribal Partnership
By Doug Finkelnburg, University of Idaho Extension Cattle graze swathed cover-crops in annually cropped field in North Idaho, an example of crop and livestock practices that will be supported by the...
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Protecting the Land that Feeds Us and Mitigates Climate Change
By Andrea Krahmer and Nellie McAdams, Oregon Agricultural Trust Agricultural lands provide opportunities for carbon sequestration and resilient food systems in the face of climate change....
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Check It Out: The Sky High Emissions of Global Food Waste… and One Way to...
By Aaron Whittemore, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University A pile of rotten apples, which if left unmanaged, will release greenhouse gasses and represent...
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By John Rizza and Emily Jane Davis, Oregon State University Extension The health and function of many of Oregon’s forest ecosystems have historically been driven by and supported with fire. The warming...
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By Karen Janowitz, Washington State University Energy Program The passage of Washington State’s Clean Energy Transformation Act in 2019 mandates an electricity supply free of greenhouse gas emissions...
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By Doug Finkelnburg, University of Idaho Extension The largest grant ever awarded in the history of the University of Idaho will explore how Idaho’s agriculture can address climate change. Over the...
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By Andrea Krahmer and Nellie McAdams, Oregon Agricultural Trust From wine grapes to cattle and hay, Oregon produces more than 220 different crop and livestock products. About one-quarter of...
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By Aaron Whittemore, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University By some estimates the food sector contributes to about one-third of global greenhouse...
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