National Policy Consensus Center Blog

Group of students being taught in the field

August 4, 2025

REV Center Celebrates the Urban-Rural Ambassadors Program

The REV Center released a video celebrating the Spring 2025 Urban-Rural Ambassadors…

Tony Salvador

February 2, 2024

Meet Tony Salvador, NPCC's New Executive Director

NPCC is thrilled to welcome Tony Salvador as the NPCC Executive Director to replace…

View of the Oregon coast

July 23, 2023

Visit the Oregon Coast Trail Online Open House

The Oregon Coast Trail Collaborative, an Oregon Solutions project team, has developed…

Elk standing in a green grassy field

April 10, 2023

Oregon Solutions Clatsop Plains Elk Collaborative in the News

Warrenton Mayor Henry Balensifer says elk are no longer just a nuisance in his coastal…

Wendy Willis

February 7, 2023

Making Democracy Better in Oregon

Wendy Willis, Director of Oregon's Kitchen Table was featured in "Impact Stories" by…

Wolf in Eastern Finland

February 1, 2023

Policy Brief: Collaborative Governance and the Environment

NPCC is participating in a global research effort, led by the University of Eastern…

Mount Hood

January 30, 2023

Oregon Solutions Mt. Hood Project Receives $715,000 Grant

KTVZ reported that Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore…

Elliott Forest, Oregon

December 13, 2022

State Land Board Takes Historic Action toward Elliott State Research Forest

As an outcome of an Oregon Consensus' project, the State Land Board took historic…

helping hand

November 1, 2022

A Place Where We Belong: A Multiverse of Community Engagement

Wendy Willis, founder and director of Oregon's Kitchen Table, is featured in the…

Students participate in tug-of-war exercise

September 1, 2022

Joint Conflict Resolution Training: NPCC and Eastern Finland University

On August 8–12, 2022, nearly 50 international students and teachers from 17 countries…