*Fall 2007 update: A rewrite of Measure 37, Measure 49, will be on the Oregon ballot in November 2007. Read our ongoing commentary on the M. 37 debate on our blog, and see Sightline maps on the impact of Measure 37.

Released, February 8, 2007

Media contacts:
Eric de Place, eric@sightline.org, 206-447-1880, x. 105
Elisa Murray, elisa@sightline.org, 206-447-1880, x. 111
Eric Stachon, 1000 Friends of Oregon, 503-497-1000 (cell) 503-758-5209, eric@friends.org

Two years after Oregonians voted for Measure 37, survey data and case studies reveal that many Oregonians would vote against the measure if it were on the ballot today. A new report by Seattle-based Sightline Institute (download the pdf here), documents how Measure 37 has affected residents of seven communities--farmers, foresters, business owners, and suburbanites--and examines whether the initiative is undermining the very rights it claimed to protect.

**Watch the video version--seven stories

Media materials

• "Two Years of Measure 37" report (pdf)
• Press release by 1000 Friends of Oregon (pdf): Oregonians change attitudes about Measure 37

• All stories
  
• Mining in a national monument (Central Oregon)
• Gravel mine moves in next door (Clackamas County)
  
• Suburbs in a working forest (Yamhill County)
  
• Losing farmland in Washington County
  
• Neighbors worry about their water supply (Marion County)
• Wineries threatened in Applegate Valley (Jackson County)
  
• Housing developments next to pear farms (Hood River County)
  

• Measure 37 maps: New housing claims in metro Portland
  
• 1,000 Friends of Oregon information on Measure 37
• Sightline columns on Measure 37
• Portland State University’s database of Measure 37 claims
• State of Oregon’s registry of M 37 claims
• Maps of Measure 37 claims