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Week in review

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Another very busy and eventful week on the Daily Digger blog, with a record number of visitors attained on Thursday, so welcome to all of our new readers! If you are just coming by at the end of the week, here’s what we reported on: OAN and WSNLA consider merging (See also press release) Christmas […]

A greener Christmas this year?

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With the economy as it is, retailers are expecting an absolutely dreadful holiday shopping season, but that may not be the case for Christmas tree growers. According to the Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association, sales of real Christmas trees usually go up when the economy is in a downturn. Sales went up in 2002, which […]

Bye bye butterfly (bush)

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Nursery operators have known for some time that cultivars of the butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii) are on the way out of Oregon nurseries, deemed invasive by the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Nurseries can’t propagate it, and they have until the end of 2009 to get rid of their remaining stock. Now the word is getting […]

Black market metal

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Metal thefts are a huge problem for many, from nurseries to cemeteries. Here’s a very good news story from KMTR-16 TV in Eugene, Ore., explaining what is being done in the Willamette Valley to stop it.

Only you can prevent forest fires ash tree deaths

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The Emerald Ash Borer is among the more dreaded insect pests, as we’ve discussed. Particularly insidious is its ability to spread via non-local firewood, particularly when people go camping. But now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is fighting back with a public relations campaign called “Stop the Beetle.” Last week, the campaign went live in […]

Learning to share with others

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If you look at the bottom of each post, or at the upper right side of this page, you will notice something new. We added a mouse-over “Add This!” button which allows you to share individual posts, or the entire site, via Reddit, Digg, Facebook, del.icio.us, MySpace, Mixx, LinkedIn, and a whole bunch of other […]

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Sharing the message

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On Friday, the Coalition for a Working Oregon held a forum on immigration issues that was hosted by the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce. Kelly O’Brien, CWO coordinator, reports on the event: The session was held at a local downtown restaurant and featured speakers Jeff Stone with the Oregon Association of Nurseries and Renee Sinclair […]

E-verify not required of all

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We noted earlier today that U.S. Homeland Security posted a new rule requiring federal contractors to use E-verify, effective Jan. 16. Well, evidently, we should have said “many federal contractors,” because in a concession to business groups, only federal contractors doing $100,000 worth of federal work or more will be so obligated. The Washington Post […]

Immigration frustration

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The issue of comprehensive immigration reform didn’t get mentioned much, if at all, by either candidate during the recent presidential campaign. That was in spite of the fact that Sen. Barack Obama and John McCain both have favored a reform approach that includes a path to citizenship. Now that Obama is the president-elect, activists are […]

E-verify reqiured of federal contractors starting Jan. 15

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced (PDF version) that starting Jan. 15, 2009, all federal contractors will be required to use the E-Verify system to check the employment eligibility of all their employees. According to Craig Regelbrugge, government relations director for the American Nursery and Landscape Association, the overall effects of this requirement […]