Natural and Working Lands Bill
The OCAP Natural and Working Lands Table and our partners are working hard to advance the Natural and Working Lands Bill (SB 1534A) this legislative session, which ends in just two weeks!
The bill will enable Oregon’s natural and working lands (NWL) to be voluntarily managed as a resilient and robust carbon sink, while maintaining the health of our economy and communities and enhancing social equity and quality of life for Oregonians. SB 1534A is rooted in the voluntary stewardship of our natural and working lands.
This bill will:
• Define NWL, establishing the policy direction to advance carbon sequestration and storage
and resilience strategies.
• Create an NWL Advisory Group at the Oregon Global Warming Commission (OGWC).
• Direct Oregon State University to develop metrics, an NWL inventory, and a workforce and
economic development study.
• Direct state agencies to report on metrics and the inventory.
More detailed information about the bill including the bill text is available here:
Summary of SB 1534A: NWL
The bill is at a critical point and we need your support to make sure it advances before the end of the legislative session!
A template and talking points are here:
SB 1534A Messaging Guide for OCAP NWL (forests, ag, water)
If your legislator is on this list of Democratic legislators who need to hear from OCAP stakeholders, please contact your legislator (not all legislators on the list) and urge their support for the bill.
If you are a state-wide organization, please send a message, on behalf of your organization to:
Senators Dembrow, Golden, Patterson, Prozanski, Lieber, Taylor to ask them to go to legislative leadership to urge them to advance SB 1534A, the Natural and Working Lands bill. You can use the template below.
Senate President Courtney and House Speaker Wagner to urge them to advance SB 1534A, the Natural and Working Lands bill. You can use the template below but change the subject to: Advance the Natural and Working Lands Bill SB 1534A (rather than ask leadership to, because they are leadership!)
Thank you for your advocacy!
The bill will enable Oregon’s natural and working lands (NWL) to be voluntarily managed as a resilient and robust carbon sink, while maintaining the health of our economy and communities and enhancing social equity and quality of life for Oregonians. SB 1534A is rooted in the voluntary stewardship of our natural and working lands.
This bill will:
• Define NWL, establishing the policy direction to advance carbon sequestration and storage
and resilience strategies.
• Create an NWL Advisory Group at the Oregon Global Warming Commission (OGWC).
• Direct Oregon State University to develop metrics, an NWL inventory, and a workforce and
economic development study.
• Direct state agencies to report on metrics and the inventory.
More detailed information about the bill including the bill text is available here:
Summary of SB 1534A: NWL
The bill is at a critical point and we need your support to make sure it advances before the end of the legislative session!
A template and talking points are here:
SB 1534A Messaging Guide for OCAP NWL (forests, ag, water)
If your legislator is on this list of Democratic legislators who need to hear from OCAP stakeholders, please contact your legislator (not all legislators on the list) and urge their support for the bill.
If you are a state-wide organization, please send a message, on behalf of your organization to:
Senators Dembrow, Golden, Patterson, Prozanski, Lieber, Taylor to ask them to go to legislative leadership to urge them to advance SB 1534A, the Natural and Working Lands bill. You can use the template below.
Senate President Courtney and House Speaker Wagner to urge them to advance SB 1534A, the Natural and Working Lands bill. You can use the template below but change the subject to: Advance the Natural and Working Lands Bill SB 1534A (rather than ask leadership to, because they are leadership!)
Thank you for your advocacy!