Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Merkley resolution urges quick climate change action
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced a Senate resolution Tuesday outlining key findings of the recent Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change report and last week’s National Climate Assessment and urging immediate action to address the problem. The resolution affirms the
Saving the sucker species
Young Klamath Basin suckers have not made it to adulthood living in Upper Klamath Lake since the early 1990s. A summit focused on the endangered fish’s survival — organized by Sen. Jeff Merkley at Oregon Tech on Friday — hopes to identify ways to change that, with the goal of
SENATOR MERKLEY HOSTS SCIENCE SUMMIT TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR SUCKERS
KLAMATH FALLS, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Friday hosted a science summit, the Sucker Recovery Summit, to share updates on the health of the species and to discuss possible short-term options to help the Lost River (C’waam) and shortnose (Koptu) suckers survive until long-term solutions take effect.
Saving the Suckers: Solutions sought in Klamath Basin fish population
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — More than 100 people gathered in an Oregon Tech. room in Klamath falls Thursday to try to determine the future of two fish species: the Shortnose and Lost River Suckers. Populations of the suckers are dwindling– so much so that Sen Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said there are
Senator Jeff Merkley, a Quiet Stalwart of the Left, Has a Breakout Moment at the Border
WASHINGTON — It did not exactly make for riveting video this month when Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, was turned away from a converted Walmart at the Texas border that is housing hundreds of migrant children who have been taken away from their parents by the Trump administration. Shirt
Merkley town hall covers host of topics
Gun control, Social Security’s future, cost of living increases, Jordan Cove pipeline and an upcoming difficult water year were all topics that came before U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley at a town hall Tuesday on the Oregon Tech campus. About 120 people attended the town hall as part of a whirlwind
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