Category: In the News

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., wants the public’s views on expanding the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. A 2000 presidential proclamation formed the existing approximately 62,000-acre monument in Southern Oregon, southeast of Ashland. It covers Bureau of Land Management land where the Cascade, Siskiyou and Klamath mountain ranges converge. Oregon Sens. Merkley and

U.S. senators from the Pacific Northwest have joined the push to convince the federal government to build the nation’s first grid-connected wave energy device test center off the Oregon coast. The four Democrats and two Republicans from Oregon, Washington and Alaska took their message late last week to Energy Secretary Ernest

US Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are inviting more public comments on their proposed expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Following last week’s public hearing in Ashland with the Deputy Secretary of the Interior, the senators are encouraging all interested parties not able to attend the hearing to submit

The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is more than 66,000 acres of forest, meadows and canyons, known as an “ecological wonder” that sits at the crossroads of three mountain ranges in southern Oregon. It’s a big and beautiful place, but soon it might get even bigger. Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are

Preventing and reporting sexual assault became a big focus at Portland State University on Tuesday as U.S. Senators and a representative from Oregon listened to concerns. Statistics show that 1-in-5 women report being sexually assaulted in college, and those are just the reported cases. Local students and Oregon dignitaries agree that we

Three of Oregon’s top elected officials — sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici — visited Portland State University on Tuesday to discuss how to reduce sexual violence on college campuses. But no discussion of sexual assault in the current election cycle could last long without a ringing

ASHLAND — Opponents to the proposed doubling of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument say their concerns about taking federal timberlands out of production, the loss of backwoods grazing and increased wildfire risks have been improperly left out of expansion discussions. Though clearly in the minority of a packed Southern Oregon University

EUGENE, Ore. — Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden held a political discussion with students at South Eugene High School on Thursday, at the “Listening to the Future Assembly.”  Hundreds of kids packed into the auditorium hoping the senators could clarify some pressing issues this election season. The kids lined

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., reviewed Monday federal and local efforts to install pipe systems in Central Oregon canals as a way to move water more efficiently. At a meeting with local irrigation district and environmental group representatives in Bend, Merkley emphasized adequate water supply as critical for the area’s agriculture