Introduction - Resource Management in the Pacific Northwest The management of federal public lands in the Pacific Northwest has historically been defined by an intricate and often contentious balance between economic extraction and ecological conservation. On February 19, 2026, the United States Bureau of Land Management published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register, initiating a formal process to revise the Resource Management Plans for Northwestern, Coastal, and Sout

Introduction: The Hundred-Billion-Dollar Question For decades, the mandate of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF) was straightforward: maximize returns to ensure that the state’s firefighters, teachers, and civil servants received their promised pensions. The primary variables were interest rates, inflation, and market volatility. Today, a new, volatile variable has entered the equation—climate change. With a portfolio valued at over $100 billion, the Oregon S