Agriculture & Natural Resources Archives

Dunn Carney Ag Summit 2012 on January 27, 2012

Portland, Ore.—Dunn Carney will host its fourth annual Ag Summit on Jan. 27, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Wilsonville, OR. This half day summit will begin at 8 AM. Topics include: • Oregon Dept. of Agriculture Update • Farm … Continue reading

Dunn Carney Attorney Elizabeth E. Howard Receives Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Luminary Award

Portland, Ore.-Dunn Carney is pleased to announce that Elizabeth E. Howard will receive Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Luminary Award. The Luminary award is given to an individual who has made early career and community contributions that … Continue reading

Three attorneys join Dunn Carney

Sept. 2011   Portland, Ore. – Dunn Carney is pleased to announce that Elissa Meyrowitz Boyd, Blair E. McCrory and Mary Anne Nash have joined the firm.  Boyd will focus on insurance coverage and commercial litigation and contribute to the … Continue reading

Elizabeth Howard quoted in Capital Press

August 22 The Capital Press quoted Dunn Carney attorney  Elizabeth E. Howard in the article, ”Rare butterfly has love-hate relationship with logging.”   The article addresses the Leona’s little blue butterfly which the federal government is considering protecting under the Endangered Species Act.  From the article–”When a … Continue reading

Bernasek quoted in Capital Press Article

August 18, 2011 The Capital Press quoted Dunn Carney attorney Tim Bernasek in the article “Right to farm law faces court test” on August 18th regarding a recent case where seven rural residents have sued the state claiming that the Right … Continue reading

New Rules Related to Water Quality Proposed for Adoption by Department of Environmental Quality

New post by Elizabeth Howard at Dunn Carney’s Natural Resources Updates Site- Oregon Adopts Rules Under Which Department of Environmental Quality Can Directly Regulate Agricultural Nonpoint Sources

Elizabeth Howard quoted in Public Lands Council Press Release

Public Lands Council News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:  Mary Geiger, 202-879-9138 mgeiger@beef.org Ninth Circuit Ruling Restores Ranchers’ Voice in Environmental Lawsuits WASHINGTON (Jan. 14, 2011) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today, Jan. 14, 2011, abandoned the ‘None … Continue reading

Elizabeth Howard quoted in Public Lands Council

Public Lands Council News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:  Mary Geiger, 202-879-9138 mgeiger@beef.org Ninth Circuit Ruling Restores Ranchers’ Voice in Environmental Lawsuits WASHINGTON (Jan. 14, 2011) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today, Jan. 14, 2011, abandoned the ‘None … Continue reading

Jan. 14-Bernasek speaks at U.S. Dept. of Agriculture event

Jan. 14- Tim Bernasek will speak at the US Dept. Of Ag-Oregon Dairy Farmers Association Specialty Crop Grant Risk Management Meeting on Managing Employment Risk in Agriculture.

Howard quoted in New York Times Article “Court to Weigh Private Interests’ Intervention in NEPA Disputes”

Dec. 10- Elizabeth Howard is quoted in this New York Times article,  Court to Weigh Private Interests’ Intervention in NEPA Disputes, regarding a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case.

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