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Oregon / The Long Game
IP28 was the vehicle for a much bigger conversation.
One we need to be having.
IP28 was the immediate story.
What it may tell us about the future is the bigger one.
IP28 was sweeping by design. It sought to fundamentally change—and in many cases eliminate—long-established ways Oregonians hunt, fish, farm, ranch, produce food and otherwise interact with animals.
It did not qualify for Oregon's 2026 ballot. This film isn't suggesting Oregon was on the verge of adopting something that broad.
That's exactly what makes the larger question interesting.
IP28 brought debates normally fought separately into one proposal. For a moment, we could see the larger conversation all at once.
And that gave us an opportunity to ask a different question: what might this conversation look like twenty years from now?
The Long Game
The question isn't whether Oregon would have passed IP28 in 2026. It's what might feel normal in 2046.
Cultural and political change rarely happens all at once.
Usually separate. Here, connected.
- Hunting
- Ranching
- Farming
- Fishing
- Food
- Livelihoods
Oregon
IP28 didn't appear out of nowhere.
The number changed. The language evolved. The effort returned.
Beyond Oregon
The long game rarely arrives all at once.
Across the West, debates over hunting methods, predators, trapping, fishing, livestock and wildlife management are usually fought separately.
No single fight has to look anything like IP28.
More often, change arrives one piece at a time.
Ideas that seem far outside the mainstream today can become more familiar through years of smaller debates and incremental change.
No individual fight has to resemble IP28 for the larger conversation to move.
Voices in the Film
The people inside the conversation.
Ranchers. Farmers. Hunters. Biologists. Business owners. Policymakers. Indigenous voices. And the chief petitioner behind IP28 itself.
Made possible with support from
Partners who helped bring The Long Game to life.
Supporting Sponsors
Stadnisky Family Foundation • Oregon Wild Sheep Foundation • Oregon Trappers Association • Oregon Anglers Alliance • Oregon Territorial Council on Furs