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Protecting Forests /
Preventing Fire |
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New
government report criticizes current wildfire suppression budget
practices |
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Forest
Service Agrees to Wyden Request to Split Biscuit Plan |
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Wyden
calls for full wildfire prevention funding for Healthy Forests
Restoration Act |
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Forest
Service accepts Wyden’s proposal to create a Prineville
forest health research center |
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Wyden
calls on Administration to move quickly and protect Oregon jobs
in Biscuit salvage |
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U.S.
Senate committee approves Wyden's bill to establish Prineville
forest health research center |
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Wyden
Successfully Amends Budget To Truly Fund New Forest Law |
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Wyden
to President: Fully Fund Healthy Forests |
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U.S.
Congress passes final wildfire legislation,bill now goes to
the President for signature |
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House,
Senate negotiators accept Senate forest compromise as basis
for wildfire bill |
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Senate
Sees Light on Wildfires, Approves Wyden-Feinstein Forest Compromise |
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Wyden-brokered
Wildfire Bill Will Bring Forest Research Center to Central Oregon
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Prineville
facility to assess Western forest health, help reduce fire risk
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Senators
reach agreement on wildfire legislation |
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Wyden, Feinstein
introduce wildfire legislation with balanced approach for addressing
fire threat |
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View "The
Community and Forest Protection Act of 2003" |
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Wyden
introduces stand-alone legislation to create Prineville forest
health research center |
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Drought Preparedness |
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Wyden
launches online list of drought resources |
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Smith,
Wyden Announce Support for National Drought Preparedness Act
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Fort Clatsop Expansion |
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Senate
Passes Smith-Wyden Ft. Clatsop Bill |
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Wyden,
Smith Introduce Bill to Create Lewis and Clark National Historical
Park |
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Wyden,
Smith Hail Final Senate Passage of Fort Clatsop Memorial Expansion |
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Wyden,
Smith Hail Committee Approval of Fort Clatsop Memorial Expansion |
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View
H.R. 2643, The Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act
of 2002. Passed by the Senate on 8/1/02. |
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Haines Landfill |
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Haines
Landfill Bill Approved for Senate Consideration: Wyden, Smith
Proposal to Use Surplus Land Clears Senate Committee |
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Senate
Subcommittee Addresses Wyden, Smith Haines Landfill Bill |
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Wyden,
Smith Introduce Bill to Help the City of Haines Close Dump |
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Eagle Creek |
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West Butte
/ Millican Road |
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Wyden
Road Bill Could Bring Business, Jobs to Prineville |
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Senate
Panel Takes Testimony on Wyden Road Swap Bill: West Butte Right-of-Way
Could Provide Corridor for Commerce |
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Steens Mountain |
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Wyden,
Smith Pass Steens in Senate |
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Little Sandy / Bull Run Watershed |
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Senate
passes Wyden-Smith Bill to Safeguard Portland's Drinking Water
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Wyden,
Smith, Blumenauer Announce Plan to Safeguard Portland's Drinking
Water |
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View
P.L. 107-30, The LITTLE SANDY RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION ACT |
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County Payments |
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Bush
Administration Offers Support Today For Wyden's Bipartisan County
Payments Law |
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Oregon
counties to receive $110 million today in first installment
of 2003 county payments |
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View
S. 1608, The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination
Act of 2000 |
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County
Payments Checks Roll Out to Oregon:
Wyden, Craig Wrote Law to Help Timber Communities |
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Wyden
Clarifies County Payments Legislation, Ensures that Rural Schools
Will Fully Benefit from Federal Funding |
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President
Signs Wyden-Craig County Payments Bill into Law |
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Wyden
to Salem: "County Payments Education Money is for Education
Only" |
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Final
Wyden-Craig County Payments Conference Report Passes House |
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Wyden-Craig
County Payments Agreement Passes Senate |
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