IP28’s Radical Attempt to Kill Oregon’s Way of Life

IP28’s Radical Attempt to Kill Oregon’s Way of Life

By Vanessa Mayerwith Naomi Inman Hunting, fishing, farming, and ranching have always been a way of life in Oregon — from millennia of Native American stewardship to the more than 35,000 farms and ranches operating statewide today, according to the 2025 Oregon State Board of Agriculture. But one group of initiative petitioners is now gathering signatures to place IP28 on the November ballot and end that way of life — and all the economic activity…