January 18, 2023
Dear friend,
Yesterday marked the first day of Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session! For the next 160 days, COLT will be tracking bills and hearings in Salem and working to represent land trust interests across the state.
This session, we are focused on policies and programs that protect working farm, ranch, and forest lands and increase funding for land acquisition.
Our top priorities include advocating for the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Program, Forest Legacy Program, and Source Water Protection.
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We'll be sharing out regular updates as the legislative session continues, but we need you in our corner during this session!
Here's how you can get involved:
- Watch for updates and legislative wrap-ups in our e-news!
- Sign up for our Action Alert email list to receive in-depth session readouts and opportunities for advocacy action.
Thank you!
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Karsyn Kendrick
Conservation Program Manager
Photo by Karie LeFebvre Gonor.
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MEMBER HIGHLIGHT
McKenzie River Trust: Winter Writers Series Celebrates Connection
This winter, our friends at McKenzie River Trust invite you to reflect on your connection with place and each other as part of the Winter Writers Series.
Over the coming months, they invite you to explore the many ways you connect with lands, water, and people in western Oregon.
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This year’s winter writing prompt is “connection” and they look forward to hearing your own stories and reflections about what connection means for you. Share your own poems, lyrics, or short stories online.
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Photo courtesy of McKenzie River Trust.
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- New Jackson County landowner adds forest to its trust for natural habitats (KDRV, featuring Pacific Forest Trust)
- OPINION: What the arrival of emerald ash borer means for Tualatin River watershed (Forest Grove Times, featuring Tualatin Soil & Water Conservation District)
- Editorial: Ilwaco's community forest is inspirational (Chinook Observer, featuring The Trust for Public Land)
- The 2023 MLK Walk Across the St. Johns Bridge Will Take Place Jan. 21 (Willamette Week, featuring Forest Park Conservancy)
- Deschutes Land Trust hosts free speaker series about the natural world (The Bend Bulletin, featuring Deschutes Land Trust)
- Fee-free day on national forests on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (East Oregonian, featuring Blue Mountain Land Trust)
- Benton County butterfly exits endangered species list (KEZI, featuring Greenbelt Land Trust)
- Backyard Habitat program grows to 10,000 Oregon and Washington gardens (Here is Oregon, featuring Columbia Land Trust)
- A River Flowing into the Future (Daily Emerald, featuring McKenzie River Trust)
- Forest health project scheduled for East Moraine Community Forest (Wallowa County Chieftain, featuring Wallowa Land Trust)
Conservation News
Tribal News
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Events & Webinars
Pease refer to individual organizations for updates on the status of events.
🖥 = Virtual event
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EVENT HIGHLIGHT
Short Film Premiere: People, Lamprey & Cultural Ecology
January 20 | 6-8 p.m. at Friends of Tryon Creek
Join Friends of Tryon Creek and Freshwaters Illustrated for the Portland premiere of their collaborative short film: People, Lamprey & Cultural Ecology. Panel discussion to follow, featuring Gabe Sheoships (Executive Director of Friends of Tryon Creek and co-lead of the Oregon Land Justice Project), Jeremy Monroe (Founder and Executive Director of Freshwaters Illustrated), and Dave Herasimtschuk (Photographer, Cinematographer & Visual Storyteller, Freshwaters Illustrated). Learn more and get tickets.
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Upcoming Funding & Grant Deadlines
Please check with each funding entity for the most up-to-date information
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FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT
The 2023 Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative RFP is Open!
The Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative RFP is open and will award $230,000 in grants to up to 14 projects! These grants of $5,000 or up to $25,000 will support land trust monitoring, stewardship, management, collaboration and more. Proposals due March 1. Learn more an apply. |
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Conservation Jobs
- Oregon Natural Desert Association is hiring a Finance and Operation Manager (Bend, OR) Applications due January 18
- Oregon Natural Desert Association is hiring a Communications Manager (Bend, OR) Applications due January 19
- West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District is hiring a Field Conservation Intern (Portland, OR) Applications due January 20
- Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership is hiring a Principal Restoration Ecologist (Portland, OR) Applications due January 27
- Tualatin Riverkeeper is hiring a Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator (Tualatin, OR) Applications due January 30
- Klamath Bird Observatory is hiring a Spanish English Bilingual Outreach Assistant (Ashland, OR) Applications due February 15
- Deschutes Land Trust is hiring a Conservation Manager (Bend, OR) Applications due February 17
- Land Trust of the Treasure Valley is hiring an Executive Director (Boise, ID) Applications due February 24
- The Nature Conservancy in Oregon is hiring an Oregon State Director (Portland, OR) Open until filled
- The Trust for Public Land is hiring a Philanthropy Associate - Northwest (Remote) Open until filled
- Southern Oregon Land Conservancy is hiring a Development Director (Ashland, OR) Open until filled
- Ecotrust is hiring an Executive Director (AK, CA, OR, or WA) Open until filled
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