Terri Preeg Riggsby - West Multnomah SWCD Director

Good news for once!!
https://fortune.com/2024/02/24/white-house-1-billion-salmon-oregon-washington-columbia-river/amp/

We need housing but not at the cost of paving wetlands - we've already lost over 1 million acres of wetlands in Oregon alone. This is a terrible decision for the environment and will further the social inequities already present by worsening and even causing new heat islands. This isn't an either/or equation. We NEED new housing. We don't need to pave over wetlands.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/08/09/koteks-housing-advisory-panel-proposes-gutting-wetland-protections-outraging-environmentalists/?mc_cid=99bcc2f615&mc_eid=db6dcb79be&fbclid=IwAR2T34Y1iT_WcPWl4xOZPmN771YwjycifTwH2KeFeWXmTlawjE7Hnq2em-Q

Kotek’s Housing Advisory Panel Proposes Gutting Wetland Protections, Outraging Environmentalists Gov. Tina Kotek got elected last year with strong support from environmental groups. But since taking office, she’s made housing production her top priority—putting her at odds with them.In June, Kotek teamed with Senate Republicans to try to preempt long-standing land use protections. Environme...