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Kurt Berning, left, talks about the oak habitat projects he is running on his family’s property just outside of Mount Angel to a tour group. James Day

Enviro tinkering – Learning lessons on oak habitat in Mount Angel

By James Day Kurt Berning is a born experimenter. In another era you would have seen him in greasy jeans with his head under the hood of an old Packard. Or at another time, perhaps, in his garage with a fellow tech geek developing a home computer with a four-inch screen. Instead, we find him in 2023 in his laboratory: […]

Seats open for soil & water district board

By James Day Six seats on the seven-person Marion Soil & Water Conservation District board will be up for grabs in the Nov. 8 election. The board consists of five directors who are elected by zone, with two at-large seats filling out the roster. Only Zone 4 director Dave Budeau is not on the ballot. Zone 4 is in southern […]