When Diana Purdy pulled up stakes 20 years ago to find cleaner air, she landed on the Oregon coast, living in a small home in Seal Rock on property next to woods. She had left the Eugene area back ...

Noxious weeds cost Oregon more than $83 million in lost income and jobs. If left unchecked, they could cost even more. Skip to Main Content. ... especially on the west coast.

“If you brought a swimsuit to the Oregon Coast, don’t worry, someone will loan you a sweater,” the Oregon Tourism Commission assures. ... Eventually, Gates began selling weed on the property.

Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for its denial of Endangered Species Act protections for the red ...

Oregon’s relationship with cannabis is really singular. Yeah, we’re part of this West Coast weed concern, but we’re also not because Oregon decriminalized cannabis in the ’70s.

Palmer amaranth, added to Oregon’s noxious weed list in 2024, can inhibit the growth of productive crops. The weed is native to the Southwest but has spread across the country.

But Oregon’s Noxious Weed Program has also faced challenges in recent years. For one thing, the earnest young people, like Farrar, who signed up for careers at the agency in the ‘70s and ...

Oregon lists 105 noxious weeds, but a mere 21 of those varieties cost taxpayers $83 million a year — largely in grazing and timberland losses, said Tim Butler, manager of the Oregon Department ...

Weeds. Nobody wants them. But, lately, the subject has taken over everything in rural Sherman County — the talk around town, email servers, even the local high school gymnasium. At issue is ...