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The year 2017 in Oregon involved several major events.
In the spring, the population of pyrosomes off the coast of Oregon peaked, and scientists began studying why their population exploded starting about two years prior. From mid-August to early September, a dead zone spread off the coast of the state, causing crabs and other marine life to suffocate.
Politics and government
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing
January
- January 6 – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) releases its final cleanup plan for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site in the Willamette River.
- January 11 – Governor Kate Brown declares a statewide state of emergency due to a massive regional ice storm.
- January 21 – About 100,000 people attend the Women's March on Portland in protest of U.S. President Donald Trump the day after his inauguration.
February
- February 4 – Orenco Woods Nature Park opens.
- February 18 – After a 20-year legal dispute over the remains, the Ancient One is given a traditional burial attended by more than 200 people from a coalition of tribes from the Columbia River Plateau.
April
- April 22 – March for Science Portland
May
- May 2 – Prism Health opens in Portland.
- May 26 – 2017 Portland train attack
June
- June 4 – Trump Free Speech Rally
- June 15 – Oregon officials vote to allow a gender-neutral option on state identification documents, becoming the first U.S. state to do so.
July
- July 1–7 – The annual Rainbow Family Gathering is held in the Malheur National Forest, with about 12,000 people in attendance. Two people die during the events.
- July 12 – The Chetco Bar Fire is reported in the Kamiopsis Wilderness, having been ignited by a lightning strike.
- July 13–16 – The first Portland Queer Comedy Festival is held.
August
- August 15 – Governor Brown signs the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law, mandating abortion access remain legal and covered by insurance providers in Oregon. It also explicitly ensures access to reproductive healthcare for people of all genders, sexual orientations, and immigration statuses.
- August 21 – The path of a total solar eclipse passes over Oregon.
September
- September 1 – The Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility closes after all imprisoned residents are moved to the nearby MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility.
- September 2 – A teenager starts the Eagle Creek Fire while playing with fireworks in the Columbia River Gorge.
- September 5 – Mountainside High School opens in Beaverton.
October
- October 20 – State Senator Jeff Kruse is stripped of all committee assignments following allegations that he sexually harassed female colleagues and employees at the Capitol.
Deaths
- December 11 – Vera Katz (born 1933), politician
References
- ↑ "Researchers Probe Explosion of Pyrosomes off the Northwest Coast". NOAA. February 27, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Scientists: Oregon dodges a 'dead zone' bullet in 2017; hypoxia season similar to wildfire". Oregon State University. November 8, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Former Governors – Oregon". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Oregon Secretary Of State Richardson Dies Following Struggle With Cancer". opb. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
- ↑ "EPA Calls For $1 Billion Portland Harbor Superfund Cleanup". opb. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Gov. Brown declares a state of emergency for Oregon". KATU. January 11, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Here's what you should know about the Portland Women's March". KATU. January 21, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Portland Women's March Organizer Margaret Jacobsen on Why Change Won't Come Easy". Portland Monthly. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ Green, Sara Jean (February 19, 2017). "'A wrong had finally been righted': Tribes bury remains of ancient ancestor known as Kennewick Man". The Seattle Times.
- ↑ "Oregon's First LGBTQ Primary Health Clinic Opens in Portland". Portland Monthly. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ Segal, Corinne (June 15, 2017). "Oregon becomes first state to add gender-neutral option on driver's licenses". PBS. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "2017 Rainbow Festival Draws 12,000 Gatherers, Sees 2 Deaths". opb. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Nearby towns ambivalent about Rainbow Family gathering". The Bulletin. July 11, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Chetco Bar Fire". InciWeb. September 6, 2017. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Portland Gets Its First-Ever Queer Comedy Festival". Portland Monthly. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Oregon Just Passed the Most Progressive Reproductive Health Policy in America". Portland Monthly. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "2017 Total Solar Eclipse". Deschutes Public Library. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Oregon Youth Correctional Facility Closes After More Than 100 Years". Northwest News Network. September 2, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ Mann, David; Dooris, Pat (September 2, 2022). "Five years later: What the Columbia Gorge looks like since the Eagle Creek Fire". KGW. Retrieved October 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Beaverton's new $185 million high school, Mountainside, debuts". oregonlive. September 5, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2026.
- ↑ "State senator stripped of powers due to allegations of inappropriate touching in Capitol". oregonlive. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Oregon state senator subjected two female lawmakers to unwanted touching". NBC News. February 7, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2026.
- ↑ Beth Slovic. "Vera Katz". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
External links
Media related to 2017 in Oregon at Wikimedia Commons- 2017 Oregon legislative session at Ballotpedia
