Wasco County

The USDA announced Thursday it is investing $8.2 million to improve rural Oregon infrastructure. The Department said these investments will help expand access to clean water and high-speed internet in rural communities across the state. Here is a breakdown of hose the funds will be used: Pioneer Telephone Cooperative will use a $3 million grant to construct an approximately 40-mile Fiber-to-the-

On Tuesday, the USDA designated Hood River County in northern Oregon a Natural Disaster area. The designation allows FSA to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through Emergency Loans. The USDA says emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization o

Private forestland owners in Oregon’s Wasco County are encouraged to reduce the risk of wildfire and improve their forest health with help from the NRCS. The restoration effort, called the Central Wasco County All-Lands Project, is funded by the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Initiative, a partnership between NRCS and the Forest Service. The ...

Experts say trail cameras have captured new images of the only wolves known to live in Oregon’s northern Cascades.  According to the Oregonian, cameras, which are operated as part of a collaboration between Defenders of Wildlife and Cascadia Wild, caught pictures of the adult canids, believed to be the breeding pair of the White River Pack.  The pict...

The Oregon Farm Bureau is out with the latest round of Century Farms.  OFB announced Wednesday 15 families have been honored this year with Oregon Century Farm or Ranch status, including six in eastern Oregon.   To qualify, the farm must remain in the same family for at least 100 years.  In addi...

On Thursday, the USDA designated Klickitat County as a primary natural disaster area.  Producers who suffered losses due to a recent drought may be eligible for FSA emergency loans.  The designation allows FSA to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering this summer’s drought.  Emergency loa...

The Oregon Farm Bureau will honor the state’s oldest farms, known as Century farms this weekend.  The OFB will honor the state’s oldest farm, in continuous operation, at a ceremony at the Oregon State Fair in Salem.   A dozen farms will be honored for making it one hundred years, that includes: Sandoz Farm in Wasco County, established in 1880 Rockwell-Doherty ranch in Umailla County, founded in 1