Dechutes Land Trust

April 2022: The Land Trust is leading a new effort to develop a community vision for Skyline Forest. Together with a coalition of community groups, we are working to create a robust, community-wide effort that engages local organizations, leaders, and community members in creating a shared vision for Skyline Forest’s future conservation and management. Learn more about this visioning process and an upcoming community-wide survey.

 

Skyline Forest as seen from Tumalo Reservoir. Photo: Jim Yuskavitch.
Skyline Forest as seen from Tumalo Reservoir. Photo: Jim Yuskavitch.

Continue reading “Skyline Forest Timeline: A brief history of Skyline Forest.”

By Erik Crouch,  June 10, 2015

There are more than 7,600 people in the southern chunk of North Carolina who work for Chinese companies. And more than 5,200 in central Michigan, and 3,800 in eastern Virginia. China is investing in the United States in a big way – more than 80,000 Americans are currently employed by Chinese firms, and this map by Rhodium Group shows which areas of the states are – and aren’t – getting that direct-investment lovin’. Continue reading “This map shows where China is – and isn’t – pouring money into the USA”

By Robbie Newport – Newsbreak

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Oregon has over 62 million total acres, which means Tianqiao Chen owns around a third of one percent, or 200,000 acres. Chen, a Chinese man, is a member of the Chinese Communist Party and is the second-largest foreign owner of land in the U.S., according to a story found in an OPB article by Alex Baumhardt on Jan. 21. Continue reading “Chinese billionaire owns 200k acres in Oregon, second largest foreign landowner in US”

By Michael Kohn – Bend Bulletin

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Rarely does a tract of forest in Central Oregon make national headlines. But that is precisely what occurred recently when Skyline Forest — a 33,000-acre privately owned wooded area west of Bend — became central to heated debate over land owned by foreign entities. Continue reading “Bend’s Skyline Forest — owned by Chinese billionaire — under scrutiny”

By Rebel News

Instead of taking a stance against this perversity in the pool and upholding World Aquatics guidelines, Swim Ontario is going out of its way to accommodate Cepeda. Continue reading “Swim Ontario continues to PROTECT 50-year-old man identifying as 13-year-old girl — now the Toronto Police Service is also protecting this creep!”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

Ten retired FBI officials and experts in counterintelligence sent a letter to Congressional leaders warning that the Biden administration’s policies have facilitated a “soft invasion” of military-age men into the United States from terror-linked areas of the world.

Continue reading ““The Country Has Been Invaded”: Ex-FBI Brass Pen ‘Sobering’ Letter Over “New And Imminent Danger” From Biden’s Open Border”

By JEREMY LOFFREDO – The Grey Zone

Journalist Jeremy Loffredo visits the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, a climate of unprecedented repression has descended since October 7. Loffredo documents settler terror attacks on businesses and speaks to local activists who tell him they fear arrest and beatings from Israeli police if they speak out against the assault on Gaza.

Continue reading “VIDEO: Life in Jerusalem under Israel’s military dictatorship”

By Niamh Harris – The People’s Voice

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Government adviser Professor Mark Woolhouse has told the UK Covid Inquiry that the BBC was allowed to “misrepresent” the risk posed by Covid to boost public support for lockdown. Continue reading “BBC Lied About ‘Covid’ Risk to Boost Public Support For Lockdown Inquiry Told”

By CAPITALIST EXPLOITS – Zerohedge

BATTLE MATHEMATICS

Sticking with the topic of the aforementioned conflict, let’s look at some numbers. Keep in mind these are rough numbers so for the detail oriented among readers forgive me for not being exact.

The Houthis will shoot down ships in the straight with Iranian manufactured drones—total cost from $20,000 to $50,000. Continue reading “Expect Severe Volatility And Supply Chain Disruption”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Republicans are gearing up for a new Civil War over the border dispute in Texas while Gov Greg Abbott is in India working on outsourcing their jobs. Continue reading “Republicans Gear Up for New Civil War While Gov. Greg Abbott is in India Working On Outsourcing Their Jobs”