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“With 1000 Friends of Oregon, I found a bigger tool to help save our land.” 1000 Friends Executive Director Sam Diaz sat down with outgoing chief philanthropy officer Sandy Wright to ask what drives her and what her next chapter might hold.

1000 Friends of Oregon is looking for a communications manager to capture, transform, and amplify our complex statewide work into a variety of compelling, personal, and impactful outputs.

1000 Friends of Oregon, Columbia Riverkeeper, and farmers at Port Westward celebrate the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruling to overturn Columbia County’s approval of a 400-car rail yard for the proposed NEXT refinery at Port Westward.

We have the opportunity to bring federal funding and jobs to Oregon with the CHIPS and Science Act. But, there are many pitfalls policymakers may fall into without adequate research and engagement. 1000 Friends of Oregon is offering a different approach.

On October 7, Merilyn B. Reeves passed away peacefully at home. Oregon land use activists know her as the fiery, tenacious redhead who seemed to always have the right words at the right time, whether at an LCDC meeting, a local land use hearing, or a strategic planning retreat.

1000 Friends' Working Lands Program Director Greg Holmes has been appointed to the Oregon Global Warming Commission's (OGWC) Natural and Working Lands Advisory Committee to help advise the OGWC as it determines the role that Oregon's farm, ranch, and forest lands will play in the state's response to climate change.

1000 Friends celebrates an advocacy win in Washington County regarding an ordinance that would have begun planning work for a 3-lane-8-mile-long collector road through productive farmland in SW Washington County.

1000 Friends of Oregon makes the list of Top 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For

Robert E. Stacey – or Bob, as most called him – was a gift for Oregon.

The win represents a big answer to the housing crisis in rural areas and small communities.