Press Releases

These are our press releases

Conservation Groups Cheer New Wyden Forest Legislation - Dec 16, 2009 - Portland, Oregon

Eastern Oregon bill builds on historic agreement between timber industry, state and national conservation leaders

Obama Administration Cancels Old Growth Logging Plan - Jul 15, 2009 - Washington, DC

Salmon, water, old-growth forests and climate win!

Jefferson Nature Center Hosts Events - May 08, 2009 - Ashland, Oregon

First of four showcase events for "Shifting Patterns: Preparing for Unsettled Days" on June 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Conservationists Win Decision Protecting Local Water Supplies, Fisheries &Wildlife - Jan 07, 2009 - Cincinnati, Ohio

Bush Rule Exempting Pesticide Application From Clean Water Act Protections Vacated

Oregon's Rogue River Basin to face climate-change hurdles - Dec 16, 2008 - Eugene, Ore

National Center for Conservation Science & Policy and University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative collaborate to look at 2030 & 2080

BEAR CREEK WATERSHED EARNS D+ FOR HEALTH - Aug 14, 2008 - Ashland, OR

Contact: Cindy Deacon Williams, Senior Scientist, National Center for Conservation Science & Policy, 541/601-4737 (cell), 541/482-4459 x303 or Tonya Graham, Executive Director, National Center for Conservation Science & Policy, 541/482-4459 x301

Scientists seek protection for 26 million acres of public lands - Mar 11, 2008 - Ashland, OR

Researchers ask Congress to vote yes on National Landscape Conservation System

CONSERVATION SCIENCE GROUP ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF ANNUAL CONSERVATION AWARDS - Feb 28, 2008 - Ashland, Oregon

"Five exemplary individuals and organizations that led the way in 2007 in protecting life on earth were honored recently by the National Center for Conservation Science & Policy..."

Klamath Basin Draft Settlement Agreement Released - Jan 15, 2008 - Ashland, OR

Draft Agreement Sets the Stage for Hydropower Agreement and Dam Removal

Eminent Local Scientist to Ask the Bush Administration and Congress to Restore Scientific Integrity in Endangered Species Protections - Jan 11, 2008 - Washington, D.C.

Media Advisory

Oregon Loses an Icon: Oregon’s Largest Sitka Spruce Breaks Apart in Storm - Dec 04, 2007

 

Feds Throw in Towel on Effort to Strip Key Salmon Protections - Nov 20, 2007 - Seattle, WA

This after court found Bush administration misrepresented views of key scientists

Water Conservation is an Alternative to Environmental Destruction - Nov 13, 2007 - Las Vegas, NV

"Las Vegas can avoid destroying vast areas of the Great Basin through smart use of water in metropolitan Southern Nevada..."

RESTORING "FREEWAYS FOR FISH" IN WILLIAMS CREEK - Williams, OR

MEDIA TOUR - PRESS ADVISORY

NEW STUDY SHOWS LARGE-SCALE GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL COULD HURT REGIONAL BIODIVERSITY - Sep 06, 2007 - Las Vegas, NV

"Plans for large-scale groundwater withdrawal to serve the growing demands of Southern Nevada will likely reduce or eliminate many spring and wetland communities throughout the Great Basin and significantly reduce the region’s aquatic biodiversity, according to a new study authored by scientists at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Trout Unlimited, and the National Center for Conservation Science and Policy..."