The Campaign to End Field Burning includes doctors, nurses, other health professionals, individuals, and organizations dedicated to protecting the public health.

SIGN THE PETITION TO END FIELD BURNING NOW

View our petition to End Field Burning Now (pdf).  Feel free to print, sign, circulate and return to us.

BACKGROUND

For decades, Oregonians have suffered health effects from the field burning of grass residues in the Willamette Valley. Due to the location and the prevailing winds, the smoke from field burning envelops the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area and surrounding smaller communities, causing respiratory problems and obscuring visibility. Already, the prevalence of asthma in Oregon is considerably higher than the U.S. average and continues to rise.

Both Washington and Idaho have banned the practice and viable alternatives to field burning do exist. Read a recent Idaho study on the health effects of fine particulate pollution.

Due to our extensive research and advocacy, in 2007 the Lane County Board of Commissioners and the Lane County Board of Health decided to formally urge the state’s Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) to order a two-year moratorium of open field burning in the Willamette Valley in order to protect Oregonians from the extreme dangers of smoke inhalation from burning grass seed fields. Read the letter to the EQC. 

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GOVERNOR KULONGOSKI

We have been corresponding with Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski urging him to use his authority to immediately ban field burning.

Please click here to read the correspondence.

FIELD BURNING IN THE NEWS

There have been many articles highlighting field burning. 

Please click here to access our archives.

READ OUR E-ALERTS

We issue regular e-alerts about field burning.  Click here to view the alerts or to get on our email list and stay informed of the latest developments in our campaign to end field burning, please contact us at endfieldburning@westernlaw.org

READ OUR BROCHURE

Click here to view the brochure. (pdf)

VISIT THE FIELD BURNING PHOTO GALLERY

Click here to view photos submitted by members of the Campaign.

TAKE ACTION

1.    Contribute to the Campaign.  Click here to enter PayPal and donate securely online to the Campaign to End Field Burning.

2.    Sign and circulate the Petition to End Field Burning Now.  Click here to download the Petition in pdf.
3.    Contact the Governor and your state legislators and ask them to put an end to field burning. 

Governor Ted Kulongoski
160 State Capitol
900 Court Street
Salem, Oregon 97301-4047
ph: 503.378.4582, fax: 503.378.6827
www.governor.oregon.gov

To find your state legislator and get complete contact information, visit www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr

To email your state legislator, visit www.leg.state.or.us/writelegsltr

4.    Write a letter to the editor.
5.    Volunteer.  Contact us at endfieldburning@westernlaw.org.

FIELD BURNING: CLEARING THE AIR

A 9 minute in depth look at how field burning affects the lives of Oregon residents by Dana Vion of Sky's the Limit Creative Services. 

Attorneys: Dan Galpern and Charlie Tebbutt

Campaign Coordinator: Samantha Chirillo