National Policy Consensus Center Blog

An Oregon lottery bonding bill, HB 5534 (2021), appropriates $7,250,000 for restoration and reopening of the Willamette Falls Locks. Also, HB 2564 establishes the Willamette Falls Locks Authority as a public corporation.The Willamette Falls canal was constructed in the 1870s to allow river traffic to navigate…

Laurel Singer, NPCC's executive director, and Steve Greenwood, NPCC's Director of Academic and Training programs, joined faculty from the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) to present an online course on environmental collaboration and conflict resolution. The course brought together more than forty…