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Coast Range RadioIs The Forest Service Using The Threat Of Wildfire To Increase Logging??The Forest Service is using the threat of wildfires to justify a drastic expansion of commercial logging on our public lands. That is the contention in an investigative reporting series from Nathan Gilles at Columbia Insight. Many of us in the environmental world have long thought this to be the case, and this series brings the receipts, including internal Forest Service documents, emails, and more.The Forest Service has received billions of dollars in recent years on top of their normal budget specifically to protect communities from wildfire. If they are using those funds to pus...
2025-03-1129 minCoast Range RadioNow is the Time to Take Action on the Northwest Forest Plan, with Grace Brahler (NWFP series, part 3)This episode is part three of our deep dive into the Forest Service’s proposal to amend the Northwest Forest Plan, which covers 24 million acres over 17 nation forests spread across Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. As I've said before, it is one of the primary reasons we have any intact or recovering forests left in the Pacific Northwest. So, kind of a big deal…What we haven’t gone in depth with yet is the conservation and environmental perspective. So for a completely non-biased, totally neutral take on the good, the bad, and the “it’s complicate...
2025-03-0342 minCoast Range RadioHow Trump's DEI Witchunts Impact the Environmental Movement, and How We Can ResistWe are going to have a couple banger episodes on the Northwest Forest Plan in the coming weeks, but I’m recording this on February 24th, just over one month since Trump’s second term began, and I think we need to step back and take stock for a minute. Don’t worry, this episode is not going to be all about the dark lord, but the administration’s actions have already had huge consequences here in the Pacific Northwest, so we need to address it.Most of what Trump and his court of billionaires and white...
2025-02-2638 minCoast Range RadioTribal Sovereignty & The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP series, Part 1)The Northwest Forest Plan is one of the primary reasons that we have any forest left in the Northwest. Without it, and other protections that are now also at risk because of the Trump administration, our public lands would look no different than the industrial clearcuts and monocrop tree plantations that surround me in the Coast Range.In December, the Forest Service released its planned amendment to the Northwest Forest Plan in what is called a ‘Draft Environmental Impact Statement’, or DEIS, and we the public have until March 17th to submit comments on their proposal.We...
2025-02-1041 minCoast Range RadioWhy Oregon Needs an Environmental Rights AmendmentThis is our first episode of 2025, and while we brace for the tidal wave of insanity coming our way on the federal level, we are also preparing for Oregon’s biennial legislative session.If you don’t know, Oregon only has full legislative sessions in odd years, meaning that 2025 will be a big year for Oregon politics and policy. Oregon’s session runs from late January through late June, but most of the important opportunities for public input happen early, in February and March. I’ve been tracking a lot of bills as the session approache...
2025-01-1529 minCoast Range RadioThe Fallacy of "Chainsaw Medicine" for Wildfire, with George Wuerthner, Part 2Today’s show is the second part of a recent talk by conservationist and author, George Wuerthner, on the failures and fallacies of some of the ingrained beliefs around wildfires and wildfire suppression.George Wuerthner is a well-known ecologist and author who has dedicated his career to studying and advocating for wilderness and wildlife conservation. He is the author of nearly 40 books on environmental issues and natural history, including co-authoring and editing “Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Policy”.If you didn’t hear part one, I would really encourage you to go back and listen t...
2024-12-2429 minCoast Range RadioThe Fallacy of "Chainsaw Medicine" for Wildfire, with George Wuerthner - Part 1Our last episode was a great discussion with a Forest Service scientist and a forest ecologist with the Nature Conservancy about the effects of various fire treatments on subsequent fire behavior. While I appreciated their perspective and research, I wanted to bring in a different viewpoint on fire and forest ecology.It’s important to remember that western forests have existed and thrived long before humans arrived in North America. The impulse to “manage” the world around us is an ingrained human trait, and not even particularly unique to humans. However, while indigenous people throughout the Amer...
2024-12-1129 minCoast Range RadioPreparing for the Dark Days AheadAs we all collectively live through the unfolding trauma of the 2024 election results, I am going to share a conversation I had yesterday with two of my colleagues in the climate justice world that I found really helpful in starting to process what this election could mean for climate justice and our movement, and how to engage in these early stages.I’m joined today by Brenna Bell from 350pdx and Forest Climate Alliance Organizer Alex Budd. And quick disclaimer, this conversation does not necessarily represent the views of our respective organizations.If you...
2024-11-1147 minCoast Range RadioState of the Climate Emergency, with Dr. Jillian Gregg“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”.Those are the opening sentences of the 2024 State of the Climate Report, led in part by scientists at Oregon State University. I’m willing to bet that not a single person listening to this needs to be convinced that fossil fuel caused climate change is a global emergency.I think the questions that we’...
2024-10-2838 min
The Results Loading... podcastJen Gaskill, STS Construction & Michael Atkin, Prosperous AIJoin us on the latest episode of "Results Loading…" podcast as host Michael Atkin chats with Jennifer Gaskill, Director of Procurement at STS Construction. Jennifer shares her journey from a purchasing agent to overseeing procurement processes, her experiences navigating the evolving industry, and the importance of strong vendor relationships. We also delve into her work with Jag and Associates and discuss the future of procurement. A must-listen for insights into procurement, construction, and industry trends!
(0:00) Introduction and career beginnings of Jennifer Gaskill
(2:59) Evolution of procurement technology and essential skills
(7:50) STS Construction's procurement process and industry trends
(12:47) Supply chain relationships and ro...
2024-08-0230 minCoast Range RadioForest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 1Today’s episode is part one of a two part interview with Rand Schenk, author of a fascinating and timely new history of the Forest Service, its founder, Gifford Pinchot, and over 100 years of forest management and mismanagement in the Pacific Northwest.The book, “Forest Under Siege: The Story of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot”, explores the Forest Service’s progressive populist origins, how it abandoned its founding mission of conservation and drove our old growth forests to the brink of extinction, and how, or if, the agency is entering a new restoration ecology era.Forest Un...
2024-07-2329 minCoast Range RadioFighting for our Drinking Water, with North Coast Communities for Watershed ProtectionWhether you live in a city, a small town, or even if you get your water from a well like I do, one of the biggest threats to drinking water in the Pacific Northwest is industrial logging.(A hugely notable exception is portland, which as my guest will touch on in the interview, does not allow logging in its drinking water source, the Bull Run watershed. Portland’s water also happens to be famous for its purity and taste, probably a coincidence though…)However, by law, Oregon’s drinking watersheds have no special protections to safegua...
2024-06-2529 minCoast Range RadioSaving Oregon's Kelp Forests, with Tom Calvanese of Oregon Kelp AllianceThe Coast Range Association is a founding member of the brand new Oregon Ocean Alliance, which has formed to more effectively advocate for Oregon’s ocean and coast ecosystems. In a future episode, I’ll be talking with some of the other founding members about our mission and goals and all of that good stuff.The reason I bring it up today is that one of our top ocean priorities is protecting and restoring Kelp forests. And no one in Oregon is doing more to help kelp than the Oregon Kelp Alliance. The Oregon Kelp Allianc...
2024-06-1136 minCoast Range RadioPoor Windy Update: BLM Backs Down After Tree Sit!About a year and half ago, we did an episode on a Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, timber sale in Southern Oregon called Poor Windy, as part of our Worth More Standing series highlighting some of the biggest threats to mature and old growth forests on public lands.Recently, community activists set up a tree sit in an old growth grove that was targeted for logging within the Poor Windy sale, and within weeks, they were able to get the BLM to withdraw part of that sale! To talk about the tree sit and the victory, I...
2024-05-1429 minCoast Range RadioNorthwest Forest Plan: Protecting the Siuslaw National ForestToday, we’re going to go deep on an incredibly important subject, albeit one with a somewhat less than stirring name if you aren’t already familiar: The northwest forest planThe northwest forest plan sets the overall management strategy for 17 National Forests across a staggering 24 million acres of federal lands in Washington, Oregon and northwestern California, and the forest service is in the process of changing that plan in a significant way for the first time in its 30 year history!Those changes could have absolutely massive consequences for the future of some of our most...
2024-04-2229 minCoast Range RadioCelebrating Two Recent Victories for Oceans and State Forests!It is important to celebrate our victories, and today we get to talk about two of them!The Oregon Board of Forestry (BoF) recently voted to approve its first ever Habitat Conservation Plan on State Forests, and a bill to fully fund and strengthen Oregon’s Marine Reserve Program sailed through the recent legislative session.To talk about these victories and get updates on what’s ahead for both of these campaigns, I’m joined today by one of the leaders of each of these efforts. Charlie Plybon from Surfrider Foundation will discuss the OMRP legislat...
2024-04-0929 minCoast Range RadioThe Campaign for Oregon's Estuaries, with Annie MerrillWe often think of the land and the sea as separate worlds that have little to do with each other. But that barrier is much more fluid and interconnected than many people realize.We’ve talked on this program before about what folks call the ‘Land-Sea Connection’, and today we’re going to talk about the ‘connection’ piece of that equation, estuaries! Estuaries are where the land and sea meet and intermingle, and are some of the most productive ecosystems in the world.To talk all about the campaign to protect and restore Oregon’s estuaries, I’m...
2024-03-2637 minCoast Range RadioThe Canopy of Titans! With Author Paul KobersteinOn today’s show, Canopy of Titans: the Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest!Canopy of Titans is a new book written by journalists Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate which shines a light on the critical importance of protecting the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest.Paul and Jessica spent years reporting and researching for this book, traveling from the redwoods all the way up to alaska, and interviewing dozens of scientists, activists, experts, and even a few industry shills. The result is a truly moving celebration of the incredible forests we...
2024-03-1144 minCoast Range RadioAre we on the Cusp of a Community Forest Revolution?! With Alexander HarrisWhere I live in the coast range, I am surrounded in all directions by industrial timber plantations for miles in all directions.Now, I have no problem with logging. I think silviculture is a good and noble profession. But it is plain for anyone to see that the short rotation, financialized plantation management practiced by the Wall Street investors who own the vast majority of private timberland is destroying our communities and ecosystems.The Coast Range Association has been highlighting the need for an alternative model of forest management that sustains both economies and ecosystems fo...
2024-02-2741 minCoast Range Radio"The Most Dangerous Dam in Oregon"! Plus, the Williams Community Forest ProjectFor those of us who work to make a positive impact on the world, there is often a default towards focusing on big national and international level issues.Between the rapidly worsening climate crisis, national campaigns to preserve Mature and Old growth forests, decarbonization and electrification fights, never-ending election cycles, on and on, it’s easy to forget that there are important local, grassroots struggles happening in communities everywhere that deserve our support and attention.Local campaigns are, for a variety of reasons, overlooked and underappreciated. But that's where a small number of dedicated people can...
2024-02-1229 minCoast Range RadioTaxing Big Timber to Protect Communities from WildfireI don’t have to tell anyone reading this that here in the west, wildfires are a fact of life. I’m also sure that most folks are already aware that the climate crisis, combined with more and more homes being built in and around forest lands is creating an escalating cycle of devastation in fire prone communities.There is a tremendous amount of pressure on politicians and agencies to act, or at least to be seen to be acting, but right now, too many people, including many key decision makers, are looking at the problem backwards....
2024-01-2329 minCoast Range RadioState Representative David Gomberg on Marine Reserves, Rural Infrastructure, and Much More!This is our first episode of 2024, and I can’t think of a better guest to start the year off with than State Representative David Gomberg.Representative Gomberg represents House district 10, which encompassess Lincoln County, as well as parts of western Benton and Lane counties, and happens to be my State Representative.Among many other positions, he serves as co-vice chair of the powerful Ways and Means budgeting committee and co-chair of the subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development, and is the Chair of the bipartisan Coastal Caucus.Before we get started, if yo...
2024-01-0929 minCoast Range RadioReflecting on 2023, and What's Ahead for the Coast Range AssociationIt’s dark, it’s cold, and it’s very rainy. We may be a couple weeks from the solstice as of this recording, but for my money, we’ve definitely entered another coast range winter.I love to use this time of year to reflect and take stock, so I figured it was a great time to invite the Coast Range Association’s Executive director, Chuck Willer back for our annual year in review episode.You can find out more about everything we’ll be discussing today at our website, coastrange.org, and I really want t...
2023-12-1229 minCoast Range RadioBonus - Brenna TwoBears on NoDAPL, an Indigenous Just Transition, and More!I recently had a great interview with Brenna TwoBears from the Indigenous Environmental Network, but I couldn’t fit our whole conversation into our last full episode. Brenna came on to talk about IEN’s ongoing fight to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, and how you can take action by submitting comments to the army corps of engineers by December 13th. But we also covered a lot more ground, and I really appreciated what Brenna had to say on the broader context of an indigenous just transition, the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine, and more!I...
2023-12-0532 minCoast Range RadioElliott State Forest DRAMA! Plus, The Ongoing Fight to Stop the Dakota Access PipelineToday, we have not one, but two amazing guests talking about two important and timely topics: the Dakota Access Pipeline fight, and the recent Elliot State Forest drama.Bob Sallinger joins to walk me through the bombshell that Oregon State University just dropped on the Elliott State forest process, and why them walking away might actually be good news.But first, we’ll hear a short excerpt of my conversation with Brenna TwoBears from the Indigenous Environmental Network about their ongoing fight to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, and how you can take action by...
2023-11-2936 minCoast Range RadioForests Over Profits, part 3 - Can Forests "Own" Themselves?! With John BrushThis is part three of our Forests Over Profits series, featuring selected presentations from the Forests Over Profits Conference that the Coast Range Association helped organize this September.I’m so excited for you to hear this talk by John Brush of the Cedar Moon Collective and Tryon Life Farm, entitled, "Should Anyone Own The Forest?".From the "Rights of Nature" legal movement, to community forestry, and resurgent indigenous sovereignty, Brush shared a diverse and creative set of approaches that seek to undermine capitalist extraction as the primary human relation with land. I re...
2023-11-1429 minCoast Range RadioForests Over Profits, part 2 - Wall St vs Forests and Communities, with Chuck WillerThis episode is part two of our Forests Over Profits series, featuring excerpts from our Forests Over Profits conference and protests this past September. If you’re not familiar with this series, here’s what you need to know:This September, the Coast Range Association, in partnership with many other amazing organizations, organized a series of protests and a day long Forests Over Profits conference in response to a corporate timberland investment conference called, and this is their title, “Who Will Own the Forest”.Who Will Own The Forest brings together some of the world’s biggest c...
2023-10-2429 minCoast Range RadioForests Over Profits Bonus Pod: Indigenous Environmental Network Panel!Hopefully, you’ve already heard our last two episodes on the Who Will Own The Forest conference, or maybe you attended the Forests Over Profits protest or counter-conference that We helped organize in response.If not, I would highly encourage you to go back and listen to the episode I did a few weeks back called, “Who Will Own the Forest, with Brenna Bell” so you can have some context for this episode. You can also go to forestsoverprofits.org to learn more.As everyone who attended our counter-conference can attest, it was a packed day of...
2023-10-181h 02Coast Range RadioForests Over Profits, part 1 - Following Indigenous LeadershipThis September, The Coast Range Association, along with partners like 350pdx, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rainforest Action Network, the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance, and many more, organized a major protest and counter conference in response to the Who Will Own The Forest timber investor conference.If you aren’t familiar with the Who Will Own the Forest Conference, I’d encourage you to listen to the episode with Brenna Bell of 350pdx, which you can find on this pod feed or at our website, coastrange.org.The short version is that Who Will Own The Fore...
2023-10-0929 minCoast Range Radio"Who Will Own The Forest?" With Brenna BellWe talk a lot on this show about the devastation wrought on our environment and communities by invasive capitalism, and today we get to talk about something tangible we can do to fight back!On September 26-28, Wall Street investors will join timber corporations, big oil, carbon offset & biomass companies in Portland for their annual “Who Will Own the Forest?” conference. With tickets costing over two thousand dollars apiece, this “timberland investment conference” brings together some of the world’s biggest climate polluters, corporate forest clear-cutters, and false climate solutions peddlers. For anyone who’s watch...
2023-09-1229 minCoast Range RadioFighting the "Biomass Delusion" with Rita Frost and Peter RiggsOne of the most important questions in the drive to rapidly decarbonize our society is how to replace fossil fuel generated electricity with clean, renewable sourcesAnd one of the key questions there is, what counts as clean and renewable?Today’s episode is all about biomass energy, which is essentially the burning of pelletized wood for electricity. The Biomass industry is valued at over 100 billion dollars per year and growing, and many countries count biomass as renewable and carbon neutral. But is it really? Or is it one more false solut...
2023-08-2936 minCoast Range RadioNorth Coast Land Conservancy's Katie Voelke on Oregon's Land-Sea Connection, reckoning with ownership of stolen lands, and more!North Coast Land Conservancy, or NCLC, has been working to conserve land along the northern Oregon coast and coast range for nearly 40 years, and Katie Voelke has been its Executive Director since 2008.In this interview, she discusses NCLC's conservation philosophy, Oregon's land-sea connection, reckoning with the ownership model of conservation on stolen indigenous lands, and more.Learn more about North Coast Land Conservancy at https://nclctrust.org/Learn about our organization, the Coast Range Association at https://coastrange.org/ , and my email is michael@coastrange.org https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2023-08-1429 minCoast Range RadioRepresentative Mark Gamba on Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session - Part TwoThis episode is part two of my conversation with State Representative Mark Gamba, breaking down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the 2023 legislative sessionMark Gamba represents house district 41, which encompasses Milwaukie, Oak Grove, and parts of Southeast Portland. I knew I could trust him to give an honest assessment of his first year in Salem, and he really delivered. You don’t need to listen to episode one before jumping into the second half of our conversation, but I highly recommend listening to both episodes. Find the f...
2023-07-2529 minCoast Range RadioRepresentative Mark Gamba is NOT Happy About Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session - Part OneAs the dust settles on another chaotic legislative session, I wanted to look back, revisit some of the bills we dug into on previous episodes, and explore how we can keep pressure on our legislators between sessions.I couldn’t think of a better person to guide us through the good, the bad, and the ugly of this legislative session than one of oregon’s most tireless climate champions, State Representative Mark Gamba. I’ve known Mark since I worked as the field director for his 2020 congressional bid, so I knew I could trust h...
2023-07-1128 minCoast Range Radio(Updates!) "Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire", with Oregon Filmaker Trip JenningsAs we head into fire season, I wanted to revisit an episode from last year about an amazing documentary film called Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire.After a nationwide theatrical release and over a dozen awards, Elemental has just come out on streaming on Amazon, Apple TV, Google play, and Vimeo. Fire is, and always has been, a permanent part of our western landscapes and ecosystems, but the debate and policy prescriptions around how to protect our communities is shockingly disconnected from the science and and on the ground reality. On this episode, we spoke wi...
2023-06-2729 minCoast Range RadioOnly YOU Can Prevent Logging Old Growth on Federal Lands! Take Action By June 20thAs regular listeners may know, the Coast Range Association is a member of the Forest Climate Coalition, which is pushing for strong and durable protections of mature and old growth forests on our federal lands. As you probably also know, mature and old growth forests are absolute superstars for preserving biodiversity and sequestering carbon. Both of those ecosystem services are desperately needed in the face of the twin crises of climate chaos and ongoing mass species extinction. As an added bonus, they generously offer these services free of charge, and give us cold clean drinking wat...
2023-06-1328 minCoast Range RadioIs the Forest Service "Falsifying the Scientific Record" on Wildfires? With Chad Hanson, PhDWildfires are a fact of life in the American west. They have played a major role in our western ecosystems for millenia. But as the climate crisis deepens, and more people move into wildfire country, fires loom larger and larger in the public consciousness. Wildfires are reshaping everything from our landscapes to our politics, and the implications of how we respond to them will play a huge role in shaping our future.In the midst of this, a scientific debate is raging over what the science tells us about how to protect communities and live with fire. At t...
2023-05-2229 minCoast Range RadioOregon's State Forests Need Your Help! Creating an Enduring Conservation Legacy on the North CoastOregon manages over half a million acres of state forest land. That land is every bit as public as national forests, but historically, the state and the timber industry has treated it as just another timber plantation.But that’s finally changing, and right now, the Oregon Board of Forestry is considering a Habitat Conservation plan which would set aside almost half of that land for long term stream and forest habitat conservation in the most critical areas of the forest.This would be a huge win for salmon, steelhead, and other endangered species, and pro...
2023-05-0837 minCoast Range RadioRebroadcast: A Tale of Two Fires with Tim IngalsbeeCoast Range Radio’s interview with Timothy Ingalsbee, Ph.D. We discuss a new messaging guide - Incendiary Rhetoric: Climate Change, Wildfire, and Ecological Fire Management from Tim’s organization, Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics & Ecology. To find the guide and to learn more visit their website, fusee.org. Tim is a leading expert in fire ecology and provides many insights to the large fires impacting Oregon and the west in 2020. Our conversation reveals several inconvenient truths about fire in Oregon. Tim tells a tale of two fires and offers many solutions to protect our homes and commun...
2023-04-2429 minCoast Range RadioOregon's Most Important Climate Legislation This Year, with Teryn YazdaniWe’ve already done a couple shows this spring on Oregon’s 2023 legislative session, and I would highly recommend you give those episodes a listen if you haven’t already.But today we’re going to talk about the bill I’m most excited about this year - Senate Bill 530, aka the Natural Climate Solutions billAmid all of the other pressing issues worthy of our time and energy, climate change stands alone as the singular crisis where we have no second chances if our society does not act now. It’s like a tick...
2023-04-1030 minCoast Range RadioFighting Back Against Big Ag in Oregon with Stand Up to Factory FarmsWe talk a lot on this show and in the Coast Range Association work more broadly, about the invasive plague of global capital into our timberlands, all just about all other aspects of our world. One of the key frontlines in the fight against that invasion is mega factory farms, and the pacific northwest is a huge land grab target for Big Ag. I want to say right up top, this episode is not about eating meat or not. No matter where you stand on eating meat, factory farms are an indefensible way to raise ani...
2023-03-2733 minCoast Range RadioWhy You Should Care About 'Blue Carbon', with Joanna Lyle and Sylvia TroostToday’s topic is something I’ve been interested in learning more about for a while now. Many of you may be familiar with the amazing carbon sequestration potential of mature and old-growth forests, and I hope our listeners are familiar with the Coast Range Association’s groundbreaking land reform work focusing on private timberlands.But forests aren’t the only ecosystem heroes in our fight against climate change. Our oceans and nearshore environments hold enormous potential as well.Blue Carbon refers to the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems. The Nature Conservancy has just releas...
2023-03-1331 minCoast Range RadioWhat You Need to Know About Oregon's 2023 Legislative SessionThe 2023 legislative session is underway, and a LOT of interesting Bills have been introduced. Speaking from experience I think the legislative process can be pretty daunting and somewhat byzantine if you’re not already familiar with it.So I wanted to make an episode to help folks understand some of the most important climate, forestry, and conservation focused bills that have been introduced, and how to meaningfully engage with the processTo help me unpack what we should all be paying attention to this sess...
2023-02-2829 minCoast Range RadioExploring the Potential of Regenerative Aquaculture in the Pacific NorthwestAquaculture is the intentional cultivation of aquatic organisms like fish, mollusks, and aquatic plants, and humans have been practicing it in various forms for thousands of years.If I asked you to picture what aquaculture looks like, there’s a good chance that if anything comes to mind, it would be environmentally destructive salmon farms, which are basically the underwater equivalent to confined factory animal farming operations. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Aquaculture can be not only sustainable, but environmentally regenerative. The Pacific Northwest is ripe fo...
2023-01-2332 minCoast Range RadioCelebrating Victory on the Flat Country Timber Sale with Madeline Cowen!Today’s show is a perfect start to the new year - celebrating a win! We’ve talked extensively in past episodes about the vital role that intact and recovering western forests play in carbon sequestration and preserving biodiversity. We’ve also talked about the threats to those forests. Even as the climate emergency deepens and President Biden has issued executive orders to preserve mature and old growth forests, the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have proposed timber sales of those endangered forests all across the country. Well, the Coast Range Associati...
2023-01-1139 minCoast Range RadioCalifornia's Tribal Marine Stewards Network, with Amah Mutsun Chairman Valentin LopezOn today’s show, we’re heading south to California to learn about the groundbreaking Tribal Marine Stewards Network.The Tribal Marine Stewards Network, or TMSN, is an alliance of Tribal Nations working collaboratively to reclaim their right to protect and restore coastal and marine ecosystems in California. Even in the modern era, government agencies have historically been either resistant, or outright hostile to, Tribal co-management and sovereignty, (google northwest fishing wars for just one modern example) and so I was really excited to see the State of California changing course and supporting a co-management strat...
2022-12-2028 minCoast Range RadioWhat a Year! Coast Range Association's 2022 in review with Chuck Willer2022, like the last several years, has been quite a ride! And we at the Coast Range Association have been hard at work all year, providing the kind of inter-sectional analysis that no other organization brings to western Oregon and the coast.So as we enter into the reflective days of December, I thought it would be a good idea to have our Executive Director, Chuck Willer, back on the show to discuss what we've been up to, and what 2023 might have in store for CRA.If you want to learn more about anything we talked a...
2022-12-0631 minCoast Range RadioWorth More Standing: The Poor Windy Timber Sale with George Sexton & Sangye Ince JohannsenToday’s episode is part of an ongoing semi- monthly series i’m putting together on Threatened Mature and Old Growth Forest in the united states. Mature and oldgrowth forest are vital resources for carbon sequestration, biodiversity resilience, watershed protection, air purification, and so much more.some studies show that old growth counts for as little as seven percent of our remaining forestlands. Yet mature and old growth forests, which by definition take generations to regenerate, are being logged right now. Literally, if you’re listening to this during daylight hours, these heroes of our world are...
2022-11-2137 minCoast Range RadioRally For Climate Forests in Portland! Thursday Nov 17th, 11:30am, Terry Schrunk PlazaJoin us TOMORROW (or today, depending on when you're listening), Thursday, November 17th, 11:30am, at Terry Schrunk Plaza in Downtown Portland, as we rally to say that Mature and Old Growth Forests are Worth More Standing!Preserving our mature and old-growth forests is one of the best ways we can fight climate change, as well as preserve wildlife habitat and drinking water. Join us and other activists rallying across the country to make sure the Forest Service (and the President!) know our forests are worth more standing! We'll start gathering between 11:30 AM and noon at T...
2022-11-1602 minCoast Range RadioRebroadcast: Oregon Author Robert Leo Heilman on Rural Extremism & Life in Timber CountryWe're hard at work on some ambitious new episodes! In the meantime, we're re-visiting one of our most popular episodes:Andrew interviews award winning and prolific author, essayist, and commentator Robert Leo Heilman from Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Bob is the author of several books including Overstory Zero: Real Life in Timber Country, Children of Death, and The World Pool: A Literary Variety. He has also been a prolific contributor to guest columns in the News Review in Roseburg. Bob has recently been the target of violence for his recent writings in his local paper that ca...
2022-11-0828 minCoast Range RadioOregon's Wild 2022 Election, and its Impact on Climate, Forests, and MoreBallots are out for the 2022 general election, and it is no exaggeration to say that this is the most consequential election for Oregonians in years if not decades.Three out of six of Oregon’s seats for the US house of representatives are considered tossups where either the Democrat or Republican could win, and the race for Governor is anyone’s game. To put that into perspective, Republicans haven’t held the Governor’s seat since 1986, and our federal delegation to the US House could swing from a 4-1 Democratic majority to a 4-2 Republican majority.We at t...
2022-10-2429 minCoast Range RadioRon Wyden Goes Big! The River Democracy Act w/ Jamie DawsonToday’s show is about a topic that is near and dear to my heart - Wild and Scenic rivers! We in Oregon are so fortunate to have not only amazing waterways, but also a history of elected officials who have been willing to fight for them, and for public access.Without Wild and Scenic protections, many of our most special and important places in Oregon would not exist as we know them. What most folks don’t know is that only about 2% of our waterways are protected with this designation.Last year, Senator Ron Wyden...
2022-10-1029 minCoast Range RadioThe Film Changing the Narrative Around Wildfires, with 'Elemental' Director, Trip JenningsFire is, and always has been, a permanent part of our western landscapes and ecosystems, but the debate and policy prescriptions around how to protect our communities is shockingly disconnected from the science and and on the ground reality. That’s why I’ve asked the director of an inspiring and powerful new film called ‘Elemental’ onto the show to talk about the realities of how we can co-exist with wildfires and create fire safe homes and communities. Trip Jennings is the Principal & Founder of Balance Media, a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and has won do...
2022-09-2628 minCoast Range RadioFighting for Mature and Old Growth Forests with Lauren AndersonPreserving mature and old growth forests across the US is a critical piece of the puzzle in fighting climate change, and on Earth Day of this year, President Biden issued an executive order to "strengthen America's forests, boost wildfire resilience, and combat global deforestation".Great news, right? Not so fast. To learn more about the good, the bad, and the ugly of Federal forest and climate policy, I spoke with Oregon Wild’s Forest Climate Policy Coordinator, Lauren Anderson. Lauren joined Oregon Wild in 2020 after several years in Washington, D.C. working on energy, climate and wildlife poli...
2022-09-1329 minCoast Range RadioExploring Oregon's Marine Reserves, Part Three - Otter Rock, Cape Perpetua, and Redfish RocksThis is part three of our series celebrating 10 years of Oregon’s Marine Reserve Program. For those who aren’t familiar, a Marine Reserve is an area within coastal waters dedicated to scientific research and conservation.Think of it as a combination of an underwater State Park, a wildlife preserve, and a living laboratory! Here in Oregon, we have five designated Marine reserves. From North to South, they are located offshore of Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, Otter Rock, Cape Perpetua, and way down South near Port Orford, Redfish Rocks. In part one, we got a gr...
2022-08-2229 minCoast Range RadioExploring Oregon's Marine Reserves, Part Two - Cape Falcon & Cascade HeadThis is part two of a three part series celebrating the 10th anniversary of Oregon’s Marine Reserve Program! A Marine Reserve is an area within coastal waters dedicated to scientific research and conservation, where all ocean development and removal of marine life is prohibited. Think of it as a combination of an underwater State Park, a wildlife preserve, and a living laboratory! Here in Oregon, we have five designated Marine reserves. From North to South, they are located offshore of Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, Otter Rock, Cape Perpetua, and way down South near Port Orford...
2022-08-0829 minCoast Range RadioGoing Deep on Floating Offshore Wind Energy with Shannon Souza And Joe LiebezeitOn the show today, we’re diving into the exciting and choppy waters of offshore wind! Floating Off-shore wind energy is relatively a new technology with huge potential. The federal Bureau of Oregon Energy Management estimates up to 3 gigawatts in near-term commercial potential off of the Southern Oregon coast alone. That’s enough power for over 200,000 homes.I’m excited for today’s topic, because it really encapsulates a lot of the complexity and messiness around what it looks like to actually transition quickly away from fossil fuels. How do we move with the speed n...
2022-07-2639 min
Coast Range RadioJoe Seamons on Northwest Folk Music and AllyshipJoe Seamons is a musician and educator based in the Pacific Northwest and dedicated to helping people connect with their heritage through music and storytelling. Born and raised in Northwestern Oregon, Joe has made a living interpreting the songs and stories of the local sawmill, logging, and fishing ballads composed by elder working people and folklorists. Many of these songs are included on the 2016 album, Timberbound, In the same vein, Joe directed and served as executive producer for a Smithsonian Folkways album entitled, "Roll, Columbia: Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs."As director of The Rhapsody Project...
2022-06-2729 minCoast Range RadioBest of CRR: Levi Van Sant, Part 1Hello! I'm Michael Gaskill, your new host for Coast Range Radio. I'm hard at work putting together brand new episodes for the show, and we have some great guests lined up. I'm also always looking for feedback, show ideas, and guest suggestions! Email me at michael@coastrange.org.In the meantime, I wanted to replay on of my favorite epsiodes from the past couple years of the show. This is actually part one of a great two-part conversation between Andrew and Levi Van Sant (@LeviVanSant), an Assistant Professor at George Mason University in Fairfax County Virg...
2022-06-1029 minCoast Range RadioOregon's Marine Reserves, Part 1 - Cristen DonOutgoing Coast Range Radio host and producer, Andrew, introduces Michael Gaskill. Michael will be the new host and producer of Coast Range Radio and is the new communications staff for the Coast Range Association.Michael and Andrew interview Cristen Don who oversees the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife's Marine Reserve Program. Over the past 17 years Cristen's work has spanned a variety of ocean related topics including marine protected areas, ocean renewable energy, and fisheries. Cristen has worked on the planning and implementation of Oregon’s marine reserves since 2007. She has a Bachelor’s degree in marine biology from...
2022-05-0529 minCoast Range RadioBuilding Just Rural Forest Economies - Chuck WillerCoast Range Radio interviews Chuck Willer on how to build equitable rural forest economies in Western Oregon. Chuck describes how social benefit and community centered forest solutions can revitalize rural Oregon communities and economies. Chuck’s vision and analysis comes from 30 years of work addressing the underlying causes of social and environmental problems in Western Oregon. To learn more and support this work visit www.coastrange.org.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2022-04-0429 minCoast Range RadioThe Tongass Rainforest and a US Strategic Natural Carbon Reserve - Dr. Dominick DellaSalaThis episode is an edited broadcast of a presentation given to the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance by Dr. Dominick DellaSala. DellaSala is the Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage, a project of Earth Island Institute, and former President of the Society for Conservation Biology, North America Section. He is an internationally renowned author of over 200 science papers on forest and fire ecology, conservation biology, endangered species management, and landscape ecology.DellaSala describes the nuts and bolts of forest carbon accounting, the importance of mature and old-growth forests as carbon reserves, his most recent US primary...
2022-02-2529 minCoast Range RadioWhat’s Next for the Elliott State Forest? - Bob SallingerAndrew interviews Bob Sallinger, Conservation Director at Portland Audubon, on the history and current conservation efforts for the Elliott State Forest in Oregon. Bob details the public process over the past three years to separate the Elliott State Forest from the Common School Fund and turn the Elliott State Forest into a publicly owned research forest. Learn more here. 2022 is a turning point for the Elliott State Forest, and there is a bill in the Oregon 2022 short session that makes this transition possible. Learn more about the bill here.https://www...
2022-02-0231 minCoast Range RadioResisting Aerial Herbicide Spray - Deb FantAndrew interviews Deb Fant. Deb is a retired nurse and 30 year Oregon resident. She is a leader at Lincoln County Community Rights and was actively engaged in the work to enact the Lincoln County Aerial Spray Ban in 2017.We discuss the history of this local aerial spray ban, the work of Lincoln County Community Rights, the challenge to the overturned ban in the Oregon Supreme Court in 2021, and her work to build a broad network in Oregon to protect community rights and the rights of nature.https...
2022-01-2429 minCoast Range RadioWhy Drinking Water & Industrial Forests Don’t Mix - Betsy HerbertSam Krop and Andrew interview Dr. Betsy Herbert, an environmental scientist and published author who has expertise in researching how forest management impacts drinking water. She is also an active volunteer for North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection and Forest Waters Watch. Betsy describes how she started in this work, the importance of forests for providing quality drinking water and what is happening in Oregon drinking watersheds that are dominated by short rotation industrial forestry. Betsy also provides nine excellent examples of policy changes to Oregon’s Forest Practices Act that would increase protections for drinking water.
2021-12-2229 minCoast Range RadioOcean Acidification on the Oregon Coast - Dr. Melissa Ward and Ryan HasertAndrew interviews Dr. Melissa Ward, PhD post-doctoral researcher working out of San Diego State University, and Ryan Hasert, public policy analysis graduate student at Oregon State University. They are part of the research project “Assessing Community Vulnerability to Ocean Acidification Across the California Current Ecosystem”. The project looks at Ocean Acidification on the West Coast and specifically the impacts and adaptive capacity strategies employed by shellfish farmers and other shellfish fisheries. We learn about Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia, the impacts to coastal communities and ecosystems and important policy opportunities....
2021-11-2029 min
Coast Range RadioDivest Oregon from Fossil Fuels - Andrew BograndAndrew interviews Andrew Bogrand, volunteer Communications Director for the Divest Oregon Campaign. Andrew is a human rights campaigner and policy advocate who supports nonprofits, coalitions, and communities fighting injustice.They discuss why a diverse coalition of Oregonians have come together to demand the Oregon Treasury, managing $120 Billion in investments, divest from the climate warming fossil fuel industry. Andrew provides great economic and environmental justice arguments for why the state should divest from fossil fuels. He then provides details on opportunities for individuals and organizations to get involved in the campaign.
2021-10-1129 min
Coast Range RadioProtecting Southern Forests - Rita FrostSam and Andrew interview Rita Frost, Campaigns Director at the Dogwood Alliance. The Dogwood Alliance advances environmental justice and climate action by mobilizing diverse voices to protect southern forests and communities from industrial logging. Rita outlines the threats of biomass as a false climate solution that threatens southern forests and the importance of bringing communities most impacted by industrial logging to the decision making table. The conversation then turns to the importance of ensuring environmental justice and forest protection as key components to a holistic response to the climate crisis.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2021-09-2728 min
Coast Range RadioReal Life in Timber Country - Robert Leo HeilmanAndrew interviews award winning and prolific author, essayist, and commentator Robert Leo Heilman from Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Bob is the author of several books including Overstory Zero: Real Life in Timber Country, Children of Death, and The World Pool: A Literary Variety. He has also been a prolific contributor to guest columns in the News Review in Roseburg. Bob has recently been the target of violence for his recent writings in his local paper that call out rightwing extremism. We discuss the duty Bob feels as a writer to speak openly about the dangers of the extremism a...
2021-09-0329 min
Coast Range RadioLand Reform and the Green New Deal, Part Two - Levi Van SantIn part two, we continue our conversation with Levi Van Sant (@LeviVanSant), an Assistant Professor at George Mason University in Fairfax County Virginia whose work focuses on environmental (in)justice, particularly issues surrounding food, agriculture, and land use. Levi wrote a formative piece in Dissent on Land Reform and the Green New Deal that influenced the Coast Range Association’s recent Climate & Oregon’s Industrial Forests: A Green New Proposal. In this episode, Andrew and Levi discuss alternative land ownership models such as Frannie Lou Hamer's Freedom Farm Cooperative and the history of colonization in the U.S. an...
2021-08-1229 min
Coast Range RadioLand Reform and the Green New Deal, Part One - Levi Van SantIn part one, Andrew interviews Levi Van Sant (@LeviVanSant), an Assistant Professor at George Mason University in Fairfax County Virginia whose work focuses on environmental (in)justice, particularly issues surrounding food, agriculture, and land use. Levi wrote a formative piece in Dissent on Land Reform and the Green New Deal that influenced the Coast Range Association’s recent Climate & Oregon’s Industrial Forests: A Green New Proposal. Andrew and Levi discuss agricultural land transitions, the history of the First National Conference for Land Reform and the unifying opportunities that could come from including rural justice and land owner...
2021-07-2629 minCoast Range RadioSnake River Dams Removal - Bethany CottonSam Krop interviews Bethany Cotton, Conservation Director at Cascadia Wildlands, on the connections between rivers, salmon and communities with a look at the proposal to remove the four lower dams on the Snake River.Sam and Bethany discuss the history and cultural significance of the Columbia and Snake Rivers salmon runs, the current impacts of the dams on salmon and communities, the flaws in Representative Simpson’s concept for removal of these dams, and a vision of the future for our rivers and communities.Resource Links:Environmental Implications for Simpson Concept for Snake Ri...
2021-07-1229 minCoast Range RadioClimate & Oregon's Industrial Forests - Chuck WillerChuck Willer, Executive Director of the Coast Range Association, and Andrew discuss the release of the Coast Range Association's recent report, Climate & Oregon's Industrial Forests - A Green New Deal Proposal.They highlight the need for Western Oregon's private industrial forests to store large amounts of carbon. The need for this important natural climate solution is put into context by analyzing industrial forest ownership by Wall Street investment firms and the economic hardships faced by rural Oregonians. Issues like Wall Street ownership and the economic disparities in rural Oregon are central to the call for a Just Transition...
2021-06-2429 minCoast Range RadioEcoforestry in Practice, Part Two - Abel KlosterIn part two, Andrew and Abel discuss the ecoforestry practices used at Aprovecho to manage the forest there towards an old growth character forest. They discuss how this type of intentional land management connects to indigenous and climate justice. They also go into the history of indigenous genocide in Oregon and its connection to the landscape change from oak savanna to primarily Douglas fir forest at the site.Article Abel references on Kalapuyan enthnohistory:QUARTUX | Journal of Critical Indigenous Anthropology | David G. Lewis, PhD https://ndnhistoryresearch.com/tribal-regions/kalapuyan-ethnohistory/Through Resilience Permaculture Design, LLC...
2021-06-1129 minCoast Range RadioEcoforestry in Practice, Part One - Abel KlosterAndrew interviews Abel Kloster. Through Resilience Permaculture Design, LLC, Abel specializes in Forest Stewardship Planning as a consulting forester for ODF and a Technical Service Provider for the NRCS. We talk on site about the ecoforestry work he stewards at Aprovecho outside of Cottage Grove, OR. We discuss the lessons he has learned in this work and the opportunities he has found in cooperative ownership and management of forests.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2021-05-2729 minCoast Range RadioBringing Back Oregon’s Sea Otters - Bob BaileyAndrew interviews Bob Bailey, President of the Elakha Alliance. The Elakha Alliance is an Oregon nonprofit working towards a vision for an Oregon Coast 50 years from now where our children and grandchildren enjoy and benefit from a healthy sea otter population, a robust marine ecosystem, and a thriving coastal economy.Bob and Andrew discuss sea otter ecology, why sea otters are absent from the Oregon Coast, the process for reintroduction and how individuals can get involved.To support the Elakha Alliance and learn more, visit https://www.elakhaalliance.org.
2021-05-1229 minCoast Range RadioVisions for the Future of Forests and Communities - Part 2The second of a two-part series featuring visions of the future of forests and communities read by members of the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance’s Green New Deal Working Group. These visions are interspersed with a conversation about how a Green New Deal framework creates inspiring opportunities for building carbon storage and protecting PNW forests while improving the lives of frontline communities.Both Sam Krop and Andrew Collins-Anderson are members of this working group. They interview other members, Matt Stevenson of the Sunrise Movement PDX, Chandra LeGue of Oregon Wild and Dylan Plummer of Cas...
2021-04-2929 minCoast Range RadioVisions for the Future of Forests and Communities - Part 1This episode is the first of a two-part series featuring visions of the future of forests and communities read by members of the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance’s Green New Deal Working Group. These visions for the future of PNW forests are interspersed with a conversation about how a Green New Deal framework creates inspiring opportunities for building carbon storage and protecting PNW forests while improving the lives of frontline communities.Both Sam Krop and Andrew Collins-Anderson are members of this working group. They interview other members, Matt Stevenson of...
2021-04-1429 minCoast Range RadioHow to Protect Eastern Oregon's Large Trees - Paula HoodSam and Andrew interview Paula Hood from the Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project on the Trump administration's rollback of the 21" Screens for Oregon's Eastside forests. Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, Earthrise Law Center, Greater Hells Canyon Council, Oregon Wild, and Central Oregon Landwatch have been working closely to oppose the rollback of protections for large trees on eastside forests. In addition, 29 conservation groups and 115 scientists have joined in voicing their unified opposition to the Trump administration's rollback of the 21" Screens. For a more in-depth look at some of the ecological issues and science b...
2021-03-2429 minCoast Range RadioProtecting Oregon’s Rocky Habitat – Dawn Villaescusain this episode, Andrew interviews Dawn Villaescusa, President of the Audubon Society of Lincoln City on their Rocky Habitat Campaign. Dawn describes the ecological and social values of the rocky habitat on Oregon's coast. She describes the two community-based proposals that the Audubon Society of Lincoln City has submitted to Oregon's Ocean Policy Advisory Council’s (OPAC’s) Rocky Habitat Working Group for Cape Foulweather and Cape Lookout. To support the campaign and learn more, visit http://www.lincolncityaudubon.org.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2021-03-0829 minCoast Range RadioFossil Free Eugene Campaign - Ana Molina & Avery TempleSam Krop takes the lead on this interview with two inspiring climate justice activists about their work supporting the city of Eugene, Oregon in achieving a just transition away from so-called “natural” or fracked gas. Avery Temple is a student, community organizer and Latina activist working on racial justice and climate justice issues. Avery currently works for Cascadia Wildlands and is a co-lead on the Fossil Free Eugene campaign.Ana Molina is a Latina environmental justice activist and advocate, wanting racial and climate justice for our BIPOC communities. Ana is also the S...
2021-02-2229 minCoast Range RadioHow to Defeat a Pipeline – Allie RosenbluthIn this episode, Sam Krop and Andrew Collins-Anderson interview Allie Rosenbluth who is the Campaigns Director for the Southern Oregon-based climate justice organization, Rogue Climate. Allie shares her experiences working with the powerful grassroots coalition resisting the Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal and fracked gas pipeline. If built, the Jordan Cove LNG export project would be the largest single source of climate pollution in Oregon. Allie recounts the history of the grassroots fight to stop the project, the recent win with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) upholding the ODEQ’s denial of a key...
2021-02-0839 minCoast Range RadioResisting Post-Fire Logging – Sam KropCoast Range Radio interviews community organizer and steering committee member of the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance, Sam Krop. Sam discusses her work to resist post-fire logging in Oregon. We also introduce Sam as a new regular contributor and host on Coast Range Radio. Sam will be helping to expand and diversify the voices heard on the program.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2021-01-2329 minCoast Range RadioHerbicides and Human Rights – Carol Van StrumCoast Range Radio interviews troublemaker and writer Carol Van Strum. Carol has spent decades documenting and fighting the atrocities perpetuated on the rural communities of the Pacific Northwest through wanton pesticide use by massive chemical corporations, the timber industry and the federal government. Carol is the recipient of the David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of A Bitter Fog: Herbicides and Human Rights, No Margin of Safety, The Oreo File and other works. Carol was also instrumental to the creation of the Poison Papers.In 2017, her work was instrumental in Lincoln County’s voter-approved fi...
2021-01-0850 minCoast Range RadioCommunity Rights - Kai HuschkeCoast Range Radio interviews Kai Huschke of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and Oregon Community Rights Network. We discuss the community rights movement and Kai provides exciting examples of Oregon communities leading efforts to protect their local environment and community health by confronting corporate power. To learn more visit, https://orcrn.orghttps://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-12-0729 minCoast Range RadioOregon's Fisheries - Laura AndersonCoast Range Radio interviews Laura Anderson owner of the restaurant, Local Ocean, based in Newport, OR. Laura has a master's degree in marine resource management from Oregon State University. Laura is also the director of the Oregon Ocean Science Trust, a board member of the Oregon Coast Aquarium, and a trustee of The Nature Conservancy of Oregon. Laura brings a wealth of knowledge and experience about Oregon’s major fisheries to our conversation. We discuss these fishery’s importance to Oregon's communities and outline important conservation concerns and opportunities.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-11-2329 minCoast Range RadioTimber Tax Fairness - Catherine Thomasson and Jody WiserCoast Range Radio interviews Catherine Thomasson and Jody Wiser about timber tax fairness for Oregon’s counties. Catherine has worked on climate change issues for the past 25 years and is a former Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Jody is a Tax Policy expert with Tax Fairness Oregon. We discuss the hardships Oregon’s counties are facing with reduced timber tax revenues and the impacts to rural water providers. Learn how to become engaged in restoring economic vitality for Oregon's rural communities. Join a community presentation at www.facebook.com/TaxFairnessOregon/.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-11-0929 minCoast Range RadioA Green New Deal and Oregon's Industrial Forests - Chuck WillerCoast Range Radio interviews Chuck Willer on the Green New Deal and a just transition for western Oregon’s corporate-owned industrial forests. Oregon’s forests play an important role in addressing the climate crisis. Chuck describes how land reform would revitalize rural Oregon communities while storing vast amounts of carbon. Chuck’s vision and analysis comes from 30 years of work addressing the underlying causes of social and environmental problems in western Oregon. To learn more and support this work visit www.coastrange.org.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-10-2629 minCoast Range RadioOcean Conservation in Oregon - Charlie PlybonCoast Range Radio interview with Charlie Plybon. Charlie is the Oregon Policy Manager for the Surfrider Foundation. We discuss his work on Oregon’s marine reserves, rocky habitats, ocean plastic pollution, climate change impacts to the Oregon Coast, updates on ocean and climate policy and opportunities for coastal communities to engage in climate change activism.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-10-0229 minCoast Range RadioA Tale of Two Fires - Timothy IngalsbeeCoast Range Radio’s interview with Timothy Ingalsbee, Ph.D. We discuss the new messaging guide - Incendiary Rhetoric: Climate Change, Wildfire, and Ecological Fire Management from Tim’s organization, Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics & Ecology. To find the guide and to learn more visit their website, fusee.org.Tim is a leading expert in fire ecology and provides many insights to the large fires impacting Oregon and the west in 2020. Our conversation reveals several inconvenient truths about fire in Oregon. Tim tells a tale of two fires and offers many solutions to protect our homes and comm...
2020-09-1229 minCoast Range RadioBig Timber in Oregon's Public Schools - John BorowskiCoast Range Radio interviews John Borowski. John is a long time marine and environmental science educator in Oregon. In our discussion, John draws from his years of experience to describe the power timber and fossil fuel companies have in influencing science education. Of specific interest, John outlines how the Oregon Forest Resources Institute’s (OFRI) timber focused materials enter Oregon’s schools and influence environmental education.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-08-2529 minCoast Range RadioEnvironmental Justice for Oregon - Joel IboaCoast Range Radio's interview with Joel Iboa. Joel is the coalition manager for Causa Oregon—Oregon’s immigrant rights organization. Joel currently serves as chair of the Eugene Human Rights Commission. Joel is also the youngest person to be elected chair for the Oregon governor's Environmental Justice Task Force. We discuss Joel's work at Causa during the Covid-19 pandemic, environmental justice in Oregon, rural justice organizing, justice for immigrant forest workers and the opportunities of a Green New Deal for Oregon. https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-08-0729 minCoast Range RadioProtecting Oregon's Beavers - Stan PetrowskiCoast Range Radio’s interview with Stan Petrowski on beaver ecology and protection in Oregon. We discuss the interesting history of beavers in Oregon, their ecological importance, and the current efforts to protect beavers for the benefit of streams, forests, salmon and climate.Stan is a leader in restoration ecology in Oregon. He is the founder and President of the South Umpqua Rural Community Partnership. He is on the Board and was past president of Umpqua Watersheds, and was a past Board member of Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers - Douglas County Watershed Council. Stan has been a...
2020-07-1729 minCoast Range RadioThe Economic Cost of Climate Change - Ernie NiemiCoast Range Radio interview with Oregon based natural resource economist, Ernie Niemi. Ernie is the co-founder and co-director of the Forest Carbon Coalition, and founder of Natural Resource Economics, INC. This show highlights the important findings from Ernie's 2020 working paper “Bigger Than Expected: Climate-Change Costs & Emission-Reduction Benefits”. We discuss the range of economic impacts Oregonians should expect as the climate warms.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-06-2729 minCoast Range RadioOur Children's Trust - Andrea RodgersIn this episode we speak with Andrea Rodgers, Senior Attorney at Our Children’s Trust. We discuss environmental law in the age of coronavirus and the non-profit public interest law firm, Our Children’s Trust. Andrea then provides updates from the climate justice case, Juliana vs United States.Andrea Rodgers is the Senior Attorney at Our Children’s Trust where she serves as co-counsel on the constitutional youth climate lawsuit against the federal government, Juliana v. United States, and as lead counsel on the constitutional youth climate lawsuits against the state of Washington, Aji v. State of Washin...
2020-06-1328 minCoast Range RadioUO Climate Justice League - Courtney KaltenbachOur conversation with organizer and forests activist, Courtney Kaltenbach. Courtney is the Forest Defense Campaign Coordinator with the University of Oregon Climate Justice League and a Field Checking Intern with Cascadia Wildlands. We discuss the joy in bringing students to field check forests to ground truth logging proposals, and the importance of Oregon's forests to fighting climate change. We also discuss her experience standing up to timber industry propaganda equating clear cut forestry to climate responsible land management.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-05-2328 minCoast Range RadioCoast Range Forest Watch - Dan PenningtonIn episode 3 we speak with Dan Pennington of Myrtle Glen Farm (an organic farm and B&B nestled in the foothills of the southern Oregon coast range mountains) and Coast Range Forest Watch (a grassroots organization of community members concerned about the health of forests and watersheds in Oregon’s coast range) in Coos County. We discuss the important forest protection and anti-aerial spray work of Coast Range Forest Watch, farming during covid-19, and the interconnected nature of forests, water, and climate change. https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-05-1229 minCoast Range RadioCoast Range Radio IntroductionHi y’all, welcome to Coast Range Radio!Coast Range Radio is a monthly radio show and podcast from the nonprofit conservation organization, the Coast Range Association. Located in Western Oregon, the Coast Range Association works to build just and sustainable communities that provide for people and the natural world. Our work focuses on the connections between Oregon’s forests, communities, and the climate crisis. On Coast Range Radio we share conversations with forest advocates, scientists, farmers, lawyers, climate organizers and many others to share tools and inspiration as we all work to make a bette...
2020-04-2704 minCoast Range RadioChallenging Wall Street Forestry - Chuck WillerIn this episode we introduce the important work of the Coast Range Association and discuss Oregon's private forestland ownership and taxation issues identified through the CRA research program, Challenging Wall St. Forestry. We are speaking with Chuck Willer, Executive Director and Principle Researcher of the Coast Range Association. To learn more visit www.coastrange.org.https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
2020-04-2728 minCoast Range RadioRural Communities & Oregon's Private Forests - Chuck WillerThis is the second episode of Coast Range Radio. We continue our conversation about private forestlands in Oregon with Chuck Willer, Executive Director and Principle Researcher of the Coast Range Association.We dive in deep on the transition of private forestland ownership, taxation, and what this means for Oregon’s forests, rural communities, and our fight against the climate crisis. We then outline future discussions on Oregon’s forests and climate and the good news of how a Green New Deal would benefit rural Oregon communities.To learn more visit coastrange.org. Email us at andr...
2020-04-2729 min