Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Coast Range Radio
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| Water Rights and Changing Oregon's Water Law, with Christopher Hall of the Water League | 10 Sep 2024 | 00:32:15 | |
Freshwater, i.e. non-salinated water, is arguably the most precious resource on earth, and in Oregon, by law, all water belongs to the public. However, if you examine who actually controls water usage in Oregon, you might come away with a very different impression. | |||
| Forest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 2 | 12 Aug 2024 | 00:29:00 | |
Today’s episode is part two of my interview with Rand Schenk, author of a great new book on history of the Forest Service, its founder, Gifford Pinchot, and over 100 years of forest management and mismanagement in the Pacific Northwest. | |||
| Are we on the Cusp of a Community Forest Revolution?! With Alexander Harris | 27 Feb 2024 | 00:41:08 | |
Where I live in the coast range, I am surrounded in all directions by industrial timber plantations for miles in all directions. | |||
| "The Most Dangerous Dam in Oregon"! Plus, the Williams Community Forest Project | 12 Feb 2024 | 00:29:00 | |
For 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.
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| Taxing Big Timber to Protect Communities from Wildfire | 23 Jan 2024 | 00:29:00 | |
I 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. https://www.opb.org/article/2023/12/23/jeff-golden-preps-proposals-wildfire-preparedness-funding/ | |||
| State Representative David Gomberg on Marine Reserves, Rural Infrastructure, and Much More! | 09 Jan 2024 | 00:29:00 | |
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. | |||
| Reflecting on 2023, and What's Ahead for the Coast Range Association | 12 Dec 2023 | 00:29:25 | |
It’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. https://coastrange.org/sign-up-for-our-newsletter/ https://coastrange.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Wealth-Income-and-Rural-Communities-sm.pdf NW Forest Plan Amendment One-pager: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1151261.pdf | |||
| Bonus - Brenna TwoBears on NoDAPL, an Indigenous Just Transition, and More! | 05 Dec 2023 | 00:32:02 | |
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.
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| Elliott State Forest DRAMA! Plus, The Ongoing Fight to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline | 28 Nov 2023 | 00:36:28 | |
Today, 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. As always, my email is michael@coastrange.org.
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| Forests Over Profits, part 3 - Can Forests "Own" Themselves?! With John Brush | 14 Nov 2023 | 00:29:16 | |
This 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. Research Links/Show Notes:
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| Forests Over Profits, part 2 - Wall St vs Forests and Communities, with Chuck Willer | 24 Oct 2023 | 00:29:00 | |
This 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: Coast Range Association: https://coastrange.org/
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| Forests Over Profits Bonus Pod: Indigenous Environmental Network Panel! | 18 Oct 2023 | 01:02:56 | |
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. CRR #65: Who Will Own The Forest, with Brenna Bell: Indigenous Environmental Network https://www.puebloactionalliance.org/no-false-solutions | |||
| Forest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 1 | 23 Jul 2024 | 00:29:00 | |
Today’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. Powell's Link: | |||
| Forests Over Profits, part 1 - Following Indigenous Leadership | 09 Oct 2023 | 00:29:00 | |
This 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. | |||
| "Who Will Own The Forest?" With Brenna Bell | 12 Sep 2023 | 00:29:00 | |
We 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. | |||
| Fighting the "Biomass Delusion" with Rita Frost and Peter Riggs | 29 Aug 2023 | 00:36:51 | |
One of the most important questions in the drive to rapidly decarbonize our society is how to replace fossil fuel generated electricity with clean, renewable sources And one of the key questions there is, what counts as clean and renewable? But is it really? Or is it one more false solution which is polluting communities, exploiting natural resources, and worsening the climate crisis? And with the Biomass industry looking to expand into the Pacific Northwest, what does that mean for our timberlands and rural communities? Rita Frost is a forest advocate with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Born and raised in the Southern US, she lives on unceded Kalapuya land in the Willamette Valley. Rita has worked with communities confronting the biomass manufacturing industry in the Southern U.S. for the past 8 years. Peter Riggs is the director of Pivot Point, which works on a variety of land use and climate change issues in Washington state, nationally, globally. He is based on Harstine Island in the southern Salish Sea. | |||
| North Coast Land Conservancy's Katie Voelke on Oregon's Land-Sea Connection, reckoning with ownership of stolen lands, and more! | 14 Aug 2023 | 00:29:00 | |
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. | |||
| Representative Mark Gamba on Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session - Part Two | 25 Jul 2023 | 00:29:00 | |
This 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 session Mark 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 first episode in our podcast feed or HERE. Representative Mark Gamba’s legislative website: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/gamba Some of our allied organizations’ 2023 Session recap:
About the Oregon Forest Resources Institute: https://www.propublica.org/series/the-cutting Polluted By Money Series: https://projects.oregonlive.com/polluted-by-money/ | |||
| Representative Mark Gamba is NOT Happy About Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session - Part One | 10 Jul 2023 | 00:28:59 | |
As 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 him to give a no BS account of his perspective on the session. However, I didn’t realize just how honest and unfiltered he was prepared to be. He had a lot to say about how business gets done in Salem that I think people need to hear, and I think his perspective is one that you don’t often hear from a politician, regardless of party affiliation.
Feedback, questions, suggestions? My email is michael@coastrange.org. Representative Mark Gamba’s legislative website: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/gamba Some of our allied organizations’ 2023 Session recap:
About the Oregon Forest Resources Institute: https://www.propublica.org/series/the-cutting Polluted By Money Series: | |||
| (Updates!) "Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire", with Oregon Filmaker Trip Jennings | 26 Jun 2023 | 00:29:00 | |
As 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. On this episode, we spoke with the director of “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” to learn about the realities of how we can co-exist with wildfires. Trip Jennings is the Principal & Founder of Balance Media, a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and has won dozens of awards for his past films. His new film, ‘Elemental’, has been met with rave reviews, and is changing the narrative around wildfires. “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” is available to stream on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Vimeo, or at Elementalfilm.com https://www.elementalfilm.com/streaming Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology: https://fusee.org/ ODF Senate Bill 762 Homepage: https://www.oregon.gov/odf/Pages/sb762.aspx | |||
| Only YOU Can Prevent Logging Old Growth on Federal Lands! Take Action By June 20th | 13 Jun 2023 | 00:28:59 | |
As 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 water to boot! What’s not to love?? Well, the timber industry has long viewed our public lands as an extension of their own fiefdoms, and many of our public lands managers remain fully bought into an outdated and destructive model of "forest management" that prioritizes plantation style tree stands and harvest quotas above all other values. And that’s where we come in! After years of pressure from the conservation community and in the face of mountains of scientific research, the Biden administration issued an executive order on earth day on 2022(*) aimed at inventorying and protecting mature and old growth trees and forests on federal lands. This could, and I am underlining could with a giant metaphorical sharpie here, be an absolute game changer, and everyone listening should be incredibly excited about the potential of that executive order. Buuut - the devil is in the details, and the only way to get from Biden’s well meaning but vague executive order to actual lasting protections for our most important forests is massive public pressure and engagement towards the federal agencies tasked with implementing that order. Climate-Forests Action Page (for both the Forest Service and the BLM: https://www.climate-forests.org/take-action CRR #45- “Fighting for Mature and Growth With Lauren Anderson”: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1046044/11295389 White House fact sheet on President Biden's Executive Order on Forests: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/22/fact-sheet-president-biden-signs-executive-order-to-strengthen-americas-forests-boost-wildfire-resilience-and-combat-global-deforestation/ | |||
| Is the Forest Service "Falsifying the Scientific Record" on Wildfires? With Chad Hanson, PhD | 22 May 2023 | 00:29:00 | |
Wildfires 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. | |||
| Oregon's State Forests Need Your Help! Creating an Enduring Conservation Legacy on the North Coast | 08 May 2023 | 00:37:13 | |
Oregon 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 provide a major source of temperate rainforest carbon sequestration when we need it the most. That’s where you come in. Your voice is needed, and there are many ways big and small for you to use it! If you’re inspired by this conversation today, please go to forestlegacy.org to learn more and get involved. And share this episode with your friends! Ok, to break all of this down, I am so excited to be joined by Bob Rees. Bob is a 6th generation Oregonian who has worked for decades as a professional fishing guide, and serves as the executive director of the Northwest Guides and Anglers Association. State Forest Campaign Website: https://forestlegacy.org/ https://wildsalmoncenter.org/2020/10/19/a-70-year-conservation-plan-for-the-tillamook/ Bob Rees: https://nwguidesandanglers.org/contact-us/ Coast Range Association State Forest Page: https://coastrange.org/forests/ | |||
| Fighting for our Drinking Water, with North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection | 25 Jun 2024 | 00:29:00 | |
Whether 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. Siuslaw National Forest Action Page: https://coastrange.org/coast-range-association/siuslaw-action/ North Coast Communities For Watershed Protection: https://healthywatershed.org/ Save Mothball Hill campaign: https://www.change.org/Save-MothballHill-DavisRidge-SloughHill-from-Clearcutting | |||
| Rebroadcast: A Tale of Two Fires with Tim Ingalsbee | 24 Apr 2023 | 00:29:00 | |
Coast 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. | |||
| Oregon's Most Important Climate Legislation This Year, with Teryn Yazdani | 10 Apr 2023 | 00:30:46 | |
We’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 bill Amid 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 ticking time bomb, except it’s already exploding. But there is still time to defuse the bomb, and some of our most important tools are Oregon’s forests and farmlands. I’m so excited to be joined by Teryn Yazdani of Beyond Toxics to talk with me about SB 530, Natural Climate Solutions, and what we can do to help pass this critical legislation. Before we get started, if you want a great primer on all the environmental and climate legislation we’re tracking this year, as well as how to engage in the legislative process, check out my conversation with Catherine Thomasson from a couple months ago (click HERE). Please do me a favor and share this episode with at least one friend, or maybe blast it out to everyone you know on facebook or instagram! Finally, consider donating to the Coast Range association at coastrange.org or click the donate link below. | |||
| Fighting Back Against Big Ag in Oregon with Stand Up to Factory Farms | 27 Mar 2023 | 00:33:05 | |
We 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 animals for all the reasons we’ll get into today, and many more. Like most issues, when we make it about personal choice and personal responsibility, we let the true culprits off the hook, in this case, the agribusiness giants who control our food systems. Real progress requires systemic change. That’s why I’m so excited to speak with three representatives of the Stand Up to Factory Farms coalition about their campaigns to change policy, and what we can all do to help. The guests for this show are:
If you are inspired to get involved in this fight, their website is standuptofactoryfarms.org. Before we get to the interview, please consider sharing this episode with a friend, leaving us a review on your podcast app, subscribing if you haven’t already, all of these things that really help us reach a broader audience. And finally, you can donate at https://coastrange.networkforgood.com/projects/172942-support-coast-range-association or click the donate button in the show notes. Your support, in any and every form, truly helps, thank you. | |||
| Why You Should Care About 'Blue Carbon', with Joanna Lyle and Sylvia Troost | 13 Mar 2023 | 00:31:01 | |
Today’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 released a Blue Carbon State of the Science Report focusing on Oregon, and I am excited to be joined by one of the authors of that report, Joanna Lyle. Joanna is a Oregon Sea Grant Fellow, working with the Nature Conservancy to explore the carbon sequestration potential of Oregon’s coastal and near shore environments. We are also joined by Sylvia Troost from the Pew Charitable Trust. Sylvia’s work focuses on incorporating Blue Carbon into Pew’s marine based climate action plans. I want to encourage you to share this podcast with your friends, and leave us a rating and review on your podcast app. I have ambitious plans for this year’s shows, and we need your help to spread the word. I also love hearing feedback, guest ideas, or anything else! My email is michael@coastrange.org, and our website is coastrange.org. | |||
| What You Need to Know About Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session | 27 Feb 2023 | 00:29:29 | |
The 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 process To help me unpack what we should all be paying attention to this session, I’m very happy to be joined by Catherine Thomasson. Catherine is a retired physician, former executive director for Physicians for Social Responsibility, the current lobby coordinator for the Metro Climate Action team, and a lot more. Before we get started, I want to encourage you to share this podcast with your friends, and leave us a rating and review on your podcast app. I have ambitious plans for this year’s shows, and we need your help to spread the word. I also love hearing feedback, guest ideas, or anything else! My email is michael@coastrange.org, and our website is simply coastrange.org. Research Links/Show Notes: Legislative Bill lookup tool: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/listbills/2022R1SessionBills.html KGW Legislative Engagement Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI100VFzQN0 Metro Climate Action Team: https://www.olcv.org/metro-climate-action-team/ | |||
| Exploring the Potential of Regenerative Aquaculture in the Pacific Northwest | 23 Jan 2023 | 00:32:53 | |
Aquaculture 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 for a boom in aquaculture, but we need to do it right. So I reached out to Megan Considine of The Nature Conservancy and Steve Rumrill with the Oregon Department of fish and wildlife to learn more about the potential and risks with this burgeoning industry. Quick note: we had some technical difficulties with Steve’s audio, but he is a wealth of knowledge and experience, so I felt that it was important to leave in. As always, I love hearing feedback and guest ideas! My email is Michael@coastrange.org. If you like the show, please leave a rating and review, share this episode with at least one friend, and please consider a donation of any amount to Coast Range Association at coastrange.org. Links and Resources:
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| Celebrating Victory on the Flat Country Timber Sale with Madeline Cowen! | 10 Jan 2023 | 00:39:44 | |
Today’s show is a perfect start to the new year - celebrating a win! 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 Association has been proud to be a part of a broad coalition fighting back, and a couple weeks ago, the Forest Service suspended it’s proposed Flat Country Timber Sale in the Mckenzie River Ranger District east of Eugene. Links and Resources Worth More Standing Report: https://www.climate-forests.org/_filesx/ugd/73639b_03bdeb627485485392ac3aaf6569f609.pdf Climate Forests Flat Country Page: https://www.climate-forests.org/post/willamette-national-forest-oregon-flat-country-timber-sale Cascadia Wildlands 42 Divide Campaign page: https://www.cascwild.org/cancel-bureau-of-land-management-plans-to-log-coast-range-forests-200-years-old/ | |||
| California's Tribal Marine Stewards Network, with Amah Mutsun Chairman Valentin Lopez | 20 Dec 2022 | 00:28:59 | |
On 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 strategy. Of course, that is not the way it started. Tribes had to work for years to bring State agencies around to a collaborative approach, and I think there is a lot to learn from their success. So I’m joined today by Chairman Valentin Lopez of the Aham Mutsun Tribal Band, which is one of the founding tribes of the TMSN. There is way more to the Tribal Marine Stewards Network, and the history of colonizers and indigenous peoples in California in general, than we were able to get into in this conversation. So I highly recommend that you check out our show notes for links and resources. And since all non tribal land in this country is stolen land, if you want to learn more about the history of whose land you’re on, a good place to start is https://native-land.ca/. As always, email me with feedback, show ideas, or anything else at michael@coastrange.org. And if you like what we do, please leave us a review in your podcast app and click the donate link in the podcast show notes. Your support really matters. Research Links/Show Notes: Tribal Marine Stewards Network website: https://tribalmsn.org/ Aham Mutsun Tribal Band: http://amahmutsun.org/ Aham Mutsun History: http://amahmutsun.org/history Californian Native American Holocaust Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwgopN9lFpg More California Native History: https://nahc.ca.gov/resources/california-indian-history/ California tribal map: https://www3.epa.gov/region9/air/maps/pdfs/r9-california-tribal-lands-reservations-air1100040_3.pdf Native Land Map: https://native-land.ca/ | |||
| What a Year! Coast Range Association's 2022 in review with Chuck Willer | 06 Dec 2022 | 00:31:24 | |
2022, 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. | |||
| Worth More Standing: The Poor Windy Timber Sale with George Sexton & Sangye Ince Johannsen | 21 Nov 2022 | 00:37:58 | |
Today’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 on the chopping block. And it’s not just about the trees, it’s about the entire ecosystems that they anchor. That’s why the Coast Range Association is proud to be a part of the Climate Forests campaign. Over the next few months, every couple episodes or so, I’ll be profiling a different threatened forest and some of the organizations working to protect them. These episodes are stand alone, but I suggest checking out episode 45 with Lauren Anderson to get a good overview of the Climate Forests campaign. You can find that, and all episodes of Coast Range Radio, wherever you get your podcasts or at Coast Range dot org. Speaking of our website, quick note: Most of the forests I’ll be profiling are on public land, but private timberland reform is an absolutely critical piece of the puzzle as well, and I’d encourage anyone listening to go to coast range dot org and check out our Green New Deal for Industrial Forests Proposal. Today, I’m bringing you excerpts from two interviews I did looking at Forest on Bureau of Land Management land threatened by a pair of timber sales called ‘Poor Windy” and Evans creek I spoke with Sangye Ince-Johannsen, staff attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, or WELC, and George Sexton, conservation director for the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, also known as KS Wild. I really enjoyed my conversations with George and Sangye, and there was a lot I couldn’t fit into the radio episode, so I’ll be releasing bonus episodes of the separate conversations into the podcast feed over the next week or so. Let me know what you think of the format! If you like what we do, please consider becoming a monthly donor to the coast range association, at https://coastrange.networkforgood.com/projects/172942-support-coast-range-association. Worth more standing report: https://www.climate-forests.org/worth-more-standing Poor Windy: https://www.climate-forests.org/post/medford-district-bureau-of-land-management-oregon-poor-windy-project https://www.kswild.org/staff-board-1/2017/6/13/george-sexton | |||
| Saving Oregon's Kelp Forests, with Tom Calvanese of Oregon Kelp Alliance | 11 Jun 2024 | 00:36:00 | |
The 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. Oregon Kelp Alliance: https://www.oregonkelp.com/ Kelp Forest Alliance Roadmap: https://kelpforestalliance.com/roadmap | |||
| Rally For Climate Forests in Portland! Thursday Nov 17th, 11:30am, Terry Schrunk Plaza | 16 Nov 2022 | 00:02:11 | |
Join 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! We'll start gathering between 11:30 AM and noon at Terry Schrunk Plaza (directly across from the regional Forest Service office) for live music and hot drinks, to make art together, and deliver a petition signed by over 100,000 forest lovers from across the US to make our message loud and clear that we need a lasting, durable rule that protects these climate forests from destructive logging projects. Bring a mug and a sign that says what you love most about Oregon's public forests! Carpools are currently being organized from Eugene as well. Sign up for more details and updates on this important event. | |||
| Rebroadcast: Oregon Author Robert Leo Heilman on Rural Extremism & Life in Timber Country | 08 Nov 2022 | 00:28:58 | |
We're hard at work on some ambitious new episodes! In the meantime, we're re-visiting one of our most popular episodes: | |||
| Oregon's Wild 2022 Election, and its Impact on Climate, Forests, and More | 24 Oct 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
Ballots 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 the Coast Range Association don’t make candidate endorsements, but I want to help listeners understand the choices we have and the stakes of this election. Whether we are looking at climate action, forest management, environmental and wildlife protections, women’s rights to control their bodies, investments in our rural communities, or any other issues you care about, the choices we make in this election will have real, tangible impacts. There is a lot of great reporting and trustworthy organizations out there to help you understand your choices, and though we’ll mainly be talking about the governor’s race today, our local elections are deeply impactful to our lives as well. However you vote, your choice really matters. That’s true with every election, buy more so this year than in a long time here in Oregon. So with that in mind, I reached out to Hillary Borrud from The Oregonian to learn more about the Governor’s race, and then I spoke with Sidra Pierson from the Rural Organizing Project about their non-partisan voter guide. I hope you enjoy the show, and if you know folks that don’t plan to vote or are undecided about who to vote for, talk with them! As always, I love hearing feedback and show ideas. My email is michael@coastrange.org. Official State Voter Pamphlet: https://oregonvotes.gov/voters-guide/english/votersguide.html Hillary Borrud Articles: https://www.oregonlive.com/staff/hborrud/posts.html Governor Candidates on Climate Action: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/09/16/oregon-governor-race-candidates-elections-2022-climate-change-crisis/ Rural Organizing Project STAND Election Guide: https://rop.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-STAND-election-guide-English.pdf Republican Money in Statehouse Races: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/10/republicans-pour-astounding-money-into-races-for-oregon-legislature-hoping-to-flip-state-senate-to-gop-for-1st-time-in-20-years.html Measure 113: https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_113,_Exclusion_from_Re-election_for_Legislative_Absenteeism_Initiative_(2022) VoteSmart- Non-partisan website showing candidate funding, positions, endorsements, and more: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/election/2022/G/OR/?stageId=G | |||
| Ron Wyden Goes Big! The River Democracy Act w/ Jamie Dawson | 10 Oct 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
Today’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 introduced the River Democracy Act, which would triple the mileage of waterways in Oregon with Wild and Scenic status. The River Democracy Act, which is co-sponsored by Senator Merkley, has drawn widespread praise from conservation groups and public land advocates If you’re not familiar with river protection lingo, The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by Congress in 1968 to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations. The Act is notable for safeguarding the special character of these rivers, while also recognizing the potential for their appropriate use and development. It encourages river management that crosses political boundaries and promotes public participation in developing goals for river protection To learn more about the bill, I’m joined today by Oregon Wild’s Public Lands Campaigner, Jamie Dawson. Contact Your Elected Official: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials Oregon Wild RDA webpage: https://oregonwild.org/rivers Oregon Wild factsheet: https://oregonwild.org/sites/default/files/1-Uploads/Documents/2021/River%20Democracy%20Act%202021%20Factsheet.pdf Cool Short Video: https://vimeo.com/534234263 | |||
| The Film Changing the Narrative Around Wildfires, with 'Elemental' Director, Trip Jennings | 26 Sep 2022 | 00:28:59 | |
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. 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 dozens of awards for his past films. His new film, ‘Elemental’, has been met with rave reviews, and is changing the narrative around wildfires. Oregon Department of Forestry Risk Assessment Explorer: https://tools.oregonexplorer.info/oe_htmlviewer/index.html?viewer=wildfire ODF Senate Bill 762 Homepage: https://www.oregon.gov/odf/Pages/sb762.aspx | |||
| Fighting for Mature and Old Growth Forests with Lauren Anderson | 12 Sep 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
Preserving 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 policy issues. Among other roles, Lauren helps coordinate the Climate Forests Campaign, a coalition of environmental organizations across the country, working to protect mature and old-growth forests. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Let me know what you thought, send suggestions, or just say hey at michael@coastrange.org. Climate Forests: https://www.climate-forests.org/ Worth More Standing Report: https://www.climate-forests.org/_filesx/ugd/73639b_03bdeb627485485392ac3aaf6569f609.pdf | |||
| Exploring Oregon's Marine Reserves, Part Three - Otter Rock, Cape Perpetua, and Redfish Rocks | 22 Aug 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
This 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 great high level overview of Oregon's Marine Reserve System with former Marine Reserve Program Leader, Cristin Don. In part two, we heard from Nadia Gardner with Cape Falcon on the North Coast, and Duncan Berry with Cascade Head near Lincoln City. You can find those episodes, along with all of our shows, at coast range dot ORG. We’re also on all the podcast apps at Coast Range Radio, and we’d be grateful if you would subscribe to the show, and leave a rating and review. If you’re listening on your community radio station, please make sure to support them! Ok, back to today’s episode! For part three of our Marine Reserve series, we’ll hear from folks representing community groups supporting Otter Rock (Roy Anderson), Cape Perpetua (Katy Bear Nalven), and Redfish Rocks (Tom Calvanese). If these episodes inspire you to get involved with any of the community groups, or learn more about the science and research happening at the reserves go to omrp.org for more information and web links. If you have feedback or suggestions for future shows and guests, my email is michael@coastrange.org. Oregon Marine Reserve Partnership: https://omrp.org/ Friends of Otter Rock Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofOtterRockMR/ Cape Perpetua Collaborative: https://capeperpetuacollaborative.org/ Redfish Rocks Community Team: http://www.redfishrocks.org/ Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Reserve Site: https://oregonmarinereserves.com/ | |||
| Exploring Oregon's Marine Reserves, Part Two - Cape Falcon & Cascade Head | 08 Aug 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
This 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, Redfish Rocks. In part one, we got a great high level overview of Oregon's Marine Reserve System with Oregon Fish and Wildlife's former Marine Reserve Program Leader, Cristin Don. You can find that episode, along with all of our shows, wherever you are listening to this. For parts two and three of our Marine Reserve series, we’ll be talking with our community partners from each Reserve up and down the coast. We're heading North to South, and today we’ll be hearing from Nadia Gardner from Cape Falcon and North Coast Land Conservancy, and Duncan Berry with the Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve. If you have feedback or suggestions for future shows and guests, my email is michael @ coast range dot ORG. | |||
| Going Deep on Floating Offshore Wind Energy with Shannon Souza And Joe Liebezeit | 26 Jul 2022 | 00:39:32 | |
On 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 necessary to scale into a post-carbon energy society without creating collateral and unforeseen damage? What is the real economic and energy potential of projects like this, and what level of ecological disturbance is acceptable in the name of rapid decarbonization? To explore these questions, I’m joined by two guests - Joe Liebezeit and Shannon Souza. Joe Liebezeit has worked for Portland Audubon since 2013 as the staff scientist and leads Audubon's Community Science and Coastal Conservation Programs. Full disclosure - we work together as part of the Oregon Marine Reserves Partnership. Shannon Souza is the Policy Director for Pacific Ocean Energy Trust, co-founder of Oregon Coast Energy Alliance Network, and owns Sol Coast Companies, a renewable energy design, construction, and consulting business based in Coos Bay. Links and Resources Mentioned in the Show: Oregon Coastal Energy Alliance Network (OCEAN): https://www.oregonenergyalliance.org/ Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition Youtube panel presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjNZpbmLm20 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Selected studies: https://www.boem.gov/sites/default/files/documents/regions/pacific-ocs-region/environmental-science/Selected-BOEM-Research-Renewable-OR_4.pdf | |||
| Joe Seamons on Northwest Folk Music and Allyship | 27 Jun 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
Joe Seamons is a musician and educator based in the Pacific Northwest and dedicated to helping people connect with their heritage through music and storytelling. Links to Joe's projects: | |||
| Poor Windy Update: BLM Backs Down After Tree Sit! | 13 May 2024 | 00:29:00 | |
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. | |||
| Best of CRR: Levi Van Sant, Part 1 | 10 Jun 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
Hello! 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. 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 ownership solutions in the just transition mandate of the Green New Deal. Resource Links: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/land-reform-and-the-green-new-deal https://agriculture.auburn.edu/research/aers/alabama-timberland/ https://coastrange.org/challenging-wall-street-forestry/ownership/ | |||
| Oregon's Marine Reserves, Part 1 - Cristen Don | 05 May 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
Outgoing 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. | |||
| Building Just Rural Forest Economies - Chuck Willer | 04 Apr 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
Coast 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. | |||
| The Tongass Rainforest and a US Strategic Natural Carbon Reserve - Dr. Dominick DellaSala | 25 Feb 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
This 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. | |||