SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek issued a new executive order directing state agencies to enhance efforts in making the state's ecosystems and economies more resilient to climate change.

The order outlines a decade-long goal to protect and restore an additional 10% of Oregon's lands and waters.

Nils Christoffersen, Executive Director of Wallowa Resources, expressed his support for the governor's order. He emphasized the connection between healthy ecosystems and local economies.

"If we can focus our programs, policies and investments to support the families and individuals who steward these lands with clear guidance about the targets, I think that's where we'll see tremendous benefit for rural Oregon and more broadly for the state," Christoffersen said.

The order tasks state age

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