50 Years of Accomplishments, and Counting...
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January 1, 1967
1967: Beach Bill
https://oeconline.org/beach-bill-50th-anniversary-pivotal-point-for-oregons-environment/https://oeconline.org/video-oregons-beach-bill-celebrated/https://oeconline.org/maradel-gale/Every Tuesday and Thursday leading up ...more -
January 1, 1968
1968: Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area
https://oeconline.org/larry-williams/For today's #ThrowbackTuesday post, we want to highlight the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area. #DYK in 1968, Oregon Environmental Council helped pass this act that grants the highest level of ...more -
July 18, 1968
1968: OEC is founded
Our first volunteer president Maradel Gale begins lobbying for the environment on behalf of concerned citizens across our great state.https://oeconline.org/maradel-gale/This week in 1968, one of our founders sat in reflec...more -
July 18, 1969
1969: OEC hires first full-time staff
This provided leadership on environmental issues and a consistent voice in the Oregon Legislature.https://oeconline.org/larry-williams/more -
January 1, 1971
1971: Bike Bill
https://oeconline.org/bike-bill/#DYK #Oregon was the first state to set aside funds for bike lanes? It happened in 1971, when Oregon Environmental Council and others helped pass the Bike Bill. This bill requires that at least 1% of ...more -
July 18, 1971
1971: OEC is sole environmental group advocating bill
to establish a role for the state in energy facility siting. The creation of the Nuclear and Thermal Energy Council puts the state in the driver’s seat with regard to nuclear facility siting.more -
January 1, 1972
1972: Recycling Hotline
#DYK Before there was curbside recycling in #Oregon, you had to call a hotline to find out where to take your stuff? #TBT In 1972, Oregon Environmental Council created the state’s first recycling hotline. We wanted to help ...more -
January 1, 1973
1973: Land Use Planning
https://oeconline.org/land-use-bill/https://oeconline.org/the-art-of-collaboration-working-together-for-conservation/#DYK Oregon’s beautiful farmland and forests were once at risk of being haphazardly paved over? In 1973, ...more -
January 1, 1975
1975: Hells Canyon Recreation Area
https://oeconline.org/john-frewing/ https://oeconline.org/larry-williams/more -
January 1, 1975
1975: OEC sues to temporarily halt logging
in the Bull Run watershed, source of Portland’s drinking watermore
