Figure 4. Christina Stucker-Gassi (NCAP Staff), Sidney Fellows (Shoshone-Bannock and NCAP Staff), & Nolan Brown of LCPD discussing locations best suited for the Pinyons project. From water to accessibility for tribal membership. Photo by Choice Vaughn.   (By Sidney Fellows, Christina Stucker-Gassi, Choice Vaughn, Nolan Brown. Photos by Choice Vaughn) Continue reading

Photo: 4/23/2024 - Ana Elisa Wilson, Healthy Communities and Environment Co-Manager at NCAP, was a part of the conversation with Gov. Kotek and other State officials and representatives of different local CBOs.   (By Tommy Díaz, Healthy People & Communities Program Manager) Boardman, OR, March 2024 - With the mission of addressing Eastern Oregon’s long standing groundwater contamination problem, State and Federal officials met a month ago with regional community based organizations and community members for roundtable discussions. For Governor Tina Kotek and Casey Sixkiller, regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this meeting was also intended to follow up on this problem since it was declared an emergency in 2022. Continue reading

(By Tommy Díaz, Healthy People & Communities Program Manager) NCAP, Oregon Food Bank and the hispanic community in Morrow County establish the creation of food security programs.. The new projects will have the goal of improving Latinx folks’ access to healthy foods in Morrow County. NCAP will lead the charge along with partners like the Morrow Health Department, the Migrant Education Program and Oregon State University’s Food Hero Program. Continue reading

(By Christina Stucker-Gassi, Healthy Food and Farms Program Manager) I come from an Idaho farm family and have become a US pesticide policy expert. It is my job to lay bare the industry motives behind House Bill 653 and urge our supporters to actively oppose it.This bill would shield pesticide manufacturers from lawsuits when users of their products are injured. Legislation like this is popping up around the country and is unfair to people who have been harmed, despite their compliance with product labels.   Continue reading

(By Sharalyn Peterson, Healthy Wildlife & Water Program Manager) The Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP), under contract with the City of Gresham and Oregon Metro, are conducting professionally led landscaper workshops. Working with 8 Latinx landscaping businesses, these workshops promote best practices for pesticide reduction, and the education of human and environmental pesticide risks in Multnomah and Clackamas County. Continue reading