Bend is poised to become a finalist in the Georgetown University Energy Prize, placing 11th out of 50 American cities vying for a $5 million prize aimed at spurring education and innovation in reducing energy consumption. The city has until the end of this year to make the top 10, enabling it to enter the […]
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Captain Planet
Central Oregon LandWatch celebrates 30 years of fighting on the planet’s side
In 1985, while Paul Dewey was taking care of horses on a ranch in Sisters, he caught wind of a proposal for a hydroelectric energy project that would eventually lead him to found the nonprofit he still runs today. The proposal called for the installation of pipes in nearby Whychus Creek, and foreseeing the potential […]
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Wandering Wolves
Years after protections were put in place, the wolf returns to Oregon
No one would have the slightest idea of the wanderings of “Journey,” AKA, OR-7, without the Federal Endangered Species ruling on the releases of wolves in Wyoming in 1995. To accomplish that, a lot of changes in attitude took place in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and […]
