Vol 30 #2 - Summer 2003

Newsletter of the Oregon Natural Resources Council

Summer 2003

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Wild Oregon

Volume 30, No. 2

Dangerous Fire Bill Moves to Senate Visit the Upper Willamette Wilderness Celebrate Wilderness Week: July 19-27

To aggressively protect and restore Oregon’s wild lands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy.

MAIN OFFICE 5825 N. Greeley Avenue Portland, OR 97217 phone: 503.283.6343 fax: 503.283.0756 24-hour Action Line, ext. 403 info@onrc.org www.onrc.org Executive Director........................ Regna Merritt x Conservation Director........................... Jay Ward x Director of Finance & Admin............. Jacki Richey x Development Director..................... David Wilkins x Web Site/Info. Systems Mgr..... Sumner Robinson x Grassroots Coordinator..................... Alex Brown x Adopt-a-Wilderness/GIS ............. Erik Fernandez x Membership Coordinator.................. Joellen Pail x Executive Assistant.................... Nanci Champlin x Volunteer Coordinator/Office Admin... Erin Fagley x

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The email address for each ONRC staff member: initials@onrc.org (for example: rm@onrc.org)

WESTERN FIELD OFFICE Mailing Address: P.O. Box 11648, Eugene, OR 97440 Street Address: 454 Willamette, Suite 203 phone: 541.344.0675 fax: 541.343.0996 Litigation/Policy Coordinator........ Doug Heiken NW OR Field Rep......................... Jeremy Hall Conservation Associate............... Leeanne Siart

EASTERN FIELD OFFICE 16 NW Kansas, Bend, OR 97701 phone: 541.382.2616 fax: 541.385.3370 Eastern OR Field Rep..................... Tim Lillebo

SOUTHERN FIELD OFFICE P.O. Box 8040 Brookings, OR 97415 phone: 541.891.4006 Southern OR Field Rep.............. Wendell Wood

BOARD OFFICERS OF ONRC ACTION & ONRC FUND President- Pat Clancy Secretary/Treasurer- Jan Wilson

BOARD MEMBERS Jim Baker Lauren Esserman Gary Guttormsen

Mike Helm Scott Lewis

Brian Maguire Julie Papavero Rand Schenck

Dear Friends, Unrelenting attacks on our environment can feel like death by a thousand cuts. We fight to keep our spirits high. But today I am shocked and angry. This is why: The Bush administration recently announced new rules to cease environmental review for logging projects up to 1,000 acres in size. They will limit citizen appeals. They will drop the requirement that the U.S. Forest Service consult with U.S. Fish and Wildlife experts before logging sensitive areas. They will gag experts who work to protect endangered species like bald eagles and salmon.

President Bush is pushing dangerous fire legislation which will allow 1,000 acre clear-cuts (sound familiar?), restrict citizen participation, and limit judicial review. This legislation would log wild lands and damage drinking water sources. As Congressman George Miller stated, "Let me be clear. It will be an enormous insult and disservice to communities throughout the West if the issue of wildfire prevention is hijacked to accomplish other goals that have no relation to protecting western communities."

At the same time, this administration is gutting the Northwest Forest Plan by throwing out safeguards for old-growth forests and imperiled species that depend on them. Administration officials are also stripping protections for watersheds that shelter endangered fish.

To make matters worse, the administration threw more daggers yesterday.

It exempted the Tongass and Chugach National Forests in Alaska from protections of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule and will let individual governors determine if or how the Rule is implemented in each state!

There is some good news. In June, members of Congress introduced the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act, bi-partisan legislation which would turn the Roadless Rule into law. The Rule would increase protection for 58 million acres of pristine roadless national forests and clean water for more than 60 million Americans. It has the support of 150 co-sponsors in the House, including four of five Oregon representatives.

Today we face a tremendous battle for our wild public lands, source of our cleanest waters. Never before have we so needed your support and participation. Please join our e-mail alert list (see opposite page for details) and pitch in today. Thank you!

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By Regna Merritt rm@onrc.org

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Cover: The Zane Grey roadless area in the Wild Rogue Wilderness Proposal is threatened by clearcut logging and road building plans. Photo by Joseph Vaile.

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Summer 2003

Conservation Director’s Report

By Jay Ward jw@onrc.org

ONRC Takes Your Voice to Washington, D.C.

Staff and board fight assaults on environmental safeguards and pristine forests

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lying at 30,000 feet, I contemplated my trip to our nation's capital. I was headed to Washington, D.C. to try and slow the machine run by corporatefriendly politicians bent on tearing down decades of progress in environmental protection.

So began the summer of 2003.

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Defending our nation's environmental laws is a little like defending alphabet soup. NFMA, NEPA, NWFP, ARA and FLPMA are not exactly household names. But, as with many of our most important laws and policies, it isn't the name that matters. What matters are the wilderness areas, old-growth forests, clean rivers and communities that these laws protect.

Protecting the forests, rivers and communities of the West is a lot like ONRC staff advocates in Washington, D.C. for the protection of your wilderness, juggling plates -- very expensive, old-growth forests, clean rivers and communities. irreplaceable plates. When asked Benign neglect would be immensely them from wildfire. ONRC supporthow one manages to maintain preferable to the White House-driven ed Congressmen DeFazio and Miller concentration with so many plates in assaults on the environment we in their efforts to protect communithe air, a juggler once responded, encounter almost every Friday ties at risk from forest fires. (See next "Don't think of them as individual afternoon. But it's payback time page). Lamentably, we lost the vote. plates, think of them as parts of a and President Bush is re-paying his Now dangerous legislation moves on system. A system whose purpose is corporate supporters in the timber to the Senate. By the look of things, to stay in motion and sustain the it's going to be a long, hot summer. industry - with interest! cycle, a system that needs the juggler to continue."

With your support, ONRC staff and This summer, ONRC board will maintain a strong presence The analogy to the present state continues the fight for in Washington, D.C., fighting for of Oregon's environment is obvious. legislation that truly legislation that truly protects our Our communities, forests, rivers and communities and wild lands. wildlife are components of just such protects communities a system. Dynamic, related and interconnected, they now need us to fight for their survival. And, as with most political struggles these days, we don't go in expecting an easy (or fair) fight.

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and wild lands.

On this trip, I worked to stave off HR 1904, Big Timber's latest attempt to log the forests to "save"

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WHAT YOU CAN DO: Sign up to receive ONRC’s e-mail action alerts by visiting us online at www.onrc.org or by contacting Sumner at sr@onrc.org

Summer 2003

By Tim Lillebo tl@onrc.org

Forest Update

Dangerous Fire Legislation Forced Through the U.S. House

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ven as new plants and trees are sprouting after last year's forest fires, many in Congress are moving rapidly to pass dangerous fire legislation.

Refusing to hold public hearings, Scott McInnis (R-CO) and our own Greg Walden (R-OR) forced a horrendous bill (HR 1904) through the House of Representatives. This bill does little to protect communities from fire or promote public land restoration, but seeks to undermine environmental laws and the judicial process. Fearful of a precedent damaging to an independent judiciary, many organizations, including NOW and the NAACP, joined the conservation community in opposing it.

In response to bad legislation, Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and George Miller (D-CA) worked to craft a worthy fire bill (HR 1621) but it was defeated along a party line vote.

The DeFazio/Miller bill would have:

Focused work in the half-mile Wildland-Urban-Interface Community Zone that needs the most protection; Provided funding for fire risk reduction activities on private, state, and tribal lands. These lands comprise 85% of the forests adjacent to at-risk communities; Avoided logging in roadless, old growth, or wild lands over one-half mile from communities; and Maintained existing environmental laws with the exception of shortened appeal timeframes.

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Wendell Wood

The Senate must stand up for communities, clean water and wild lands.

The U.S. Forest Service proposes to cut old-growth Pondersoa pine in the Metolius watershed.

Focus on Senate Now attention focuses on the Senate, where Senator Ron Wyden will play a key role in protecting at-risk communities.

Conservationists are very familiar with "fuel reduction" timber sales planned by the U.S. Forest Service.

Some, like a project designed to help protect the community of Chiloquin, are very good.

Most timber sales prepared under the guise of fire risk reduction, however, are bad. Conservationists, for example, are engaged in the proposed Metolius Project on the Deschutes National Forest near Sisters. Here, the U.S. Forest Service may choose to log 150-200+ year old, fire-resistant Ponderosa pine.

If the McInnis/Walden bill becomes law, this timber sale, and its oldgrowth logging, will proceed.

Citizens will have no appeal rights and judicial review will be restricted.

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Here’s what the McInnis/Walden bill would do: Increase logging in the backcountry rather than treat forests near communities; Eliminate the right of citizens to appeal logging projects; Allow unlimited logging projects (with up to 1,000 acres of clearcuts) when the agencies claim a risk of insect infestation; and Impose unprecedented limitations on judicial review.

WHAT YOU CAN YOU DO: Contact Senator Wyden at 503-326-7525.

Please ask him to stop dangerous fire legislation in the Senate and support fire risk reduction activities that protect communities while maintaining citizen rights to appeal and access the courts.

Summer 2003

Forest Update Continued

By Jay Ward jw@onrc.org

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Finding Solutions that Save the Forest and Help Tribes Transfer of Siuslaw National Forest lands to the BIA is not the answer

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or a conservationist, there are important opportunities to re-examine one's beliefs and, to be honest, one's heart. For me, this occurred when ONRC board and staff met to determine our support or opposition to the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw proposal to recreate a tribal land base on public lands.

America's treatment of native peoples is a dark stain on our country's soul. Indeed, the wrongs wrought in our name may be beyond our ability to remedy, but we should at least try. However, the way we right those wrongs is critically important.

Coho salmon ply its rivers and waterfalls short, the Siuslaw NF best of what is left original coastal forests.

swift-flowing abound. In contains the of Oregon's

Additionally, the Tribes plan to immediately sell or trade 15% of the now-public forests upon acquiring them. Nearly 10,000 acres will then be closed to public access.

Enter Senator Gordon Smith.

Recognizing an opportunity to provide trees to the timber industry and a remedy for the Tribes, he introduced legislation to transfer over 62,000 acres of the Siuslaw NF to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).

To make matters worse, the BIA is very insulated from public supervision and judicial oversight. When the BIA illegally logged ancient forests in the newly created Coquille Tribal forest, Oregonians had great difficulty getting BIA courts to listen.

Though citizens eventually prevailed, enforcement of the judgement came too late for salmon and old-growth forests.

Which leads us back to my original introspection. I am a conservationist. Conservation of the biological systems that support all Oregonians, native and non, is my bottom line. For that reason, ONRC must oppose this transfer of public lands.

The Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw people originally inhabited over 1.6 million acres of the central Oregon coast. Today, the vast majority of their ancestral lands are in Other remedies must be The Coquille Tribe received 5,400 acres of public forest in 1996.

In 2001-2002, private hands, with a found. Ancestral lands the BIA clearcut this ancient forest in violation of the Endangered Species Act. few landowners like now in private hands can Roseburg Forest Products owning Unlike the Forest Service, an agency be purchased from willing sellers for hundreds of thousands of acres of charged by Congress to manage the Tribes. Economies unrelated to formerly tribal lands. Outside of public lands with conservation boom-bust logging can be created.

Coos Bay, the state of Oregon man- values as part of its mandate, the ONRC stands ready to help achieve ages the Elliot State Forest. In the BIA has no such mandate. It is justice for Native Americans, but not northern end of their ancestral lands the responsibility of the BIA to at the expense of our native forests is the publically owned Siuslaw “develop forest land and lease assets and native wildlife.

National Forest (NF). on this land for the economic benefit WHAT YOU CAN DO: of American Indians.”

Contact Oregon’s Senators and ask them While the Siuslaw NF has been to keep public lands in public hands and authorize funding to purchase former tribal over-cut, it appears pristine compared Application of landmark environlands from willing sellers. to adjoining industrial forestlands. mental safeguards will be limited or Senator Wyden: 503-326-7525 Roadless areas and rare coastal old lost if public forests are no longer Senator Smith: 503-326-3386 growth remain within its borders. managed by the Forest Service.

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Summer 2003

The Upper Willamette Wilderness

A proposal to permanently protect wild forests in the headwaters of the upper Willamette River

Hiking trails meander through ancient forests to inspiring views of the valley from the summits of Hardesty Mountain (4,273 ft) and Mount June (4,616 ft).

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This popular recreation area is a wild oasis in a sea of clearcuts. Home to cascading waterfalls, inspiring vistas, wildflower meadows, favorite swimming holes and abundant wildlife, the Upper Willamette must be permanently protected so that future generations can enjoy the untrammeled beauty of this irreplaceable treasure.

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Summer 2003

By the Oregon Wild Forest Coalition, www.oregonwild.org

Oregon Wild Campaign Update

CELEBRATE WILDERNESS WEEK 2003: JULY 19-27 Lush old-growth forests, wild river gorges, majestic canyons, wildflower meadows, cascading waterfalls, snowcapped mountains....

Saturday, July 19th

Tuesday, July 22nd

17th Annual Umpqua River Appreciation Day Stanton Park, Near Umpqua National Forest Sponsored by Umpqua Watersheds Details: (541) 672-7065

Wild Forests & Wild Fish Presentation Lucky Lab Brew Pub, Portland Sponsored by Trout Unlimited and the Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited Details: (503) 827-5700 ext. 15 ebarnholdt@tu.org

Clackamas River Tour/Hike/Fishing Trip Mount Hood National Forest Sponsored by Trout Unlimited Details: (503) 827-5700 ext. 15 ebarnholdt@tu.org Hardesty Mountain Hike Willamette & Umpqua National Forests Sponsored by ONRC Details: (541) 344-0675, jh@onrc.org

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Cooper Spur Hike, Mount Hood National Forest Sponsored by ONRC Details: (503) 2836343 ext. 224 Kentucky Falls Hike, Siuslaw National Forest Sponsored by the Eugene Natural r e s t Historical Society C u o S is k iy Details: (541) 334-6883

Sunday, July 20th Brice Creek Hike Umpqua National Forest Sponsored by ONRC Details: (541) 344-0675, ls@onrc.org Memaloose Lake Hike Mount Hood National Forest Sponsored by ONRC Details (503) 283 6343 ext. 202, ef@onrc.org

Mudusa Flat Hike Klamath National Forest Sponsored by ONRC Details: (541) 482-3560 burlchild@hotmail.com

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Friday, July 18th-20th

Wednesday, July 23rd

Siskiyou Crest Hike Rogue River National Forest Sponsored by Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center Details: (541) 488-5789, joseph@kswild.org

Columbia Gorge Hike Mount Hood National Forest Sponsored by Sierra Club Details: (503) 243-6656 nat.parker@sierraclub.org

CAMPOUTS:

Alder Creek Hike Mount Hood National Forest Sponsored by ONRC Details: (503) 697-3382 joypx@bigplanet.com

Wild Umpqua Slide Show 7pm, Douglas County Library, Roseburg Sponsored by Umpqua Watersheds Details (541)672-7065

Thursday, July 24th Cougar Bluff Hike for Seniors Umpqua National Forest Sponsored by Umpqua Watersheds Details: (541) 672-7065

Saturday, July 26th Soda Mountain Hike Medford BLM District Sponsored by Soda Mountain Wilderness Council Details: (541) 552-6804 jessup@sou.edu Salmon River Meadows Hike Mount Hood National Forest Sponsored by ONRC Details: (503) 283 6343 ext. 202 ef@onrc.org

Sunday, July 27th

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Zane Grey Hike Medford BLM District Sponsored by Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center Details: (541) 488-5789 joseph@kswild.org

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Kalmiopsis Wilderness Additions Campout, Hikes & Workshops Siskiyou National Forest Sponsored by Siskiyou Regional Education Project Details: (503) 222-6101 rolf@siskiyou.org

Saturday, July 26th-27th Wassen Creek Campout & Hike Siuslaw National Forest Sponsored by Umpqua Watersheds & ONRC. Details: 541-344-0675, jh@onrc.org

July 23rd-24th Rock Creek Lake Campout & Hike Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Sponsored by ONRC Details: (541) 382-2616 tl@onrc.org

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Friday, July 25th-27th Iron Mountain Botanical Hike & Wildflower ID Workshop Willamette National Forest Sponsored by ONRC Details: (503) 283-6343 ext. 203 nc@onrc.org Twin Lakes, Youth Campout & Hikes Umpqua National Forest Sponsored by s dow Umpqua Watersheds a e M iver Details: (541) 672-7065 on R m l a S

Look for a detailed brochure in your mail soon or visit

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Klamath Basin Campaign Update

By Wendell Wood ww@onrc.org

Legislation Offered to Help Resolve Klamath Woes

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Federal bill would establish water conservation and habitat programs in the basin

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or too long, an excess of bad policy and bad politics has ravaged the Klamath Basin. Insufficient water in the Klamath River leaves salmon dying. Many Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge marshes are parched at the onset of the amazing fall waterfowl migration.

Severe droughts that plagued the Basin in recent years have been made worse by the Bush administration's one-sided policies.

These policies guarantee water for subsidized agriculture, while ignoring the needs of the National Wildlife Refuges, downstream communities, sport and commercial fishers, Native American tribes, and recreational businesses. Coho and Chinook salmon, birds, and other wildlife also suffer.

However, there is good news!

On April 10, 2003, Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Representative Earl Blumenauer (DOR) introduced legislation to significantly restore Klamath fish and wildlife habitat.

The Klamath River Basin Restoration and Emergency Assistance Act of 2003 (HR 1760) would establish water conservation and habitat restoration programs in the Klamath Basin to increase flows to the Klamath River. It would also provide emergency disaster assistance to fishers, Native American tribes, small businesses, and others that suffered economic harm from the devastating

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The Klamath Basin Restoration Act would help restore wetlands and marshes in the Upper Basin to their former glory.

effects of the 2002 fish kill, which left over 33,000 salmon dead in the Klamath River.

We thank Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Mike Thompson for their strong actions. Now it's time for others in Congress to step up.

This legislation calls for studies to determine the amount of water necessary to sustain wetland habitats within the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges. After completion of these studies, full water deliveries to the Refuges to sustain existing wetlands and restore

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HR 1760 would also authorize $200 million to purchase land and water rights from willing sellers. This appeals to over 50 Klamath Basin irrigators who have indicated that they would like to sell.

This legislation would help provide farmers with just compensation, restore instream and riparian habitat, improve water quality and quantity, and conserve fish and wildlife.

We thank Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Mike Thompson for their strong actions. Now it's time for others in Congress to step up.

We face a tough battle with this administration but, with your support, we can pass legislation that will help conserve water, salmon, and precious wildlife that depend on the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Please ask these Oregon Congressional Representatives to support HR 1760: Rep. DeFazio: 1-800-944-9603 Rep. Hooley: (503) 588-9100 Rep. Wu: 1-800-422-4003 For more details and a sample letter, please visit ONRC on the web at www.onrc.org/alerts/146.klamath.html

Summer 2003

People and Places

By Jeremy Hall jh@onrc.org and Erin Fagley efa@onrc.org

Wild Beauty Inspires Wilderness Adopter Tony Wiley

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When Tony learned the U.S. Forest Service had aggressive plans to clearcut roadless, ancient forests within shouting distance of the beautiful waterfalls on Wyatt Creek, he worked with ONRC staff and activists to stop the sale.

ony Wiley had hiked the Brice Creek trail for years and seized upon the opportunity to further explore the area through ONRC’s Adopt-A-Wilderness program. The beauty of the large creek, with its deep swimming holes and old-growth forests, later inspired him to move from Eugene to Cottage Grove. Now, the forests he loves are only a bike ride away.

While he knew many of the trails in the Brice Creek roadless area before adopting them, Tony subse- Artist Tony Wiley explores Brice Creek and quently discovered and fell in love the Row River area near Cottage Grove. with the wilder places. Wyatt Creek, a tributary of Brice Creek, is so Here, you'd never know that one of rugged that it takes all day to go just the Umpqua National Forest's most a few miles through the steep canyon popular hiking trails is only a stone's and around spectacular waterfalls. throw away.

Last year, Tony’s hard work paid off.

While the Forest Service has not formally cancelled the Wyatt timber sale, the agency announced that it will cease planning efforts here.

A talented artist, Tony has painted ONRC banners and designed our Oregon Wild Campaign logo.

Thanks, Tony, for bringing all of your talent and passion to the protection of Oregon’s wild places!

Contact Erik to learn more about our Adopt-A-Wilderness program: 503-283-6343 x 202 or ef@onrc.org

ONRC’s All Star Volunteer: Jill Keen Working to Protect Mount Hood Wilderness

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ill Keen came to O N R C ’ s Portland office intent on protecting Oregon's roadless forests. Armed with a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and a love for the wild, Jill quickly became immersed in protection of the Cooper Spur area in the Mount Hood National Forest.

Cooper Spur, located within the Tilly Jane roadless area, is threatened by the plans of Mount Hood Meadows North, Inc. to expand a ski area

and develop a golf resort. This would create water shortages in the Hood River Valley and eliminate the only safe, forested corridor used by deer and elk during their spring and fall migration here.

Through her outreach and organizing efforts, Jill activated local community members to support the Oregon Wild Campaign and protect the proposed Mount Hood Wilderness.

Thank you, Jill!

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Inside ONRC We bid a fond farewell to Brad Aaron, who served as ONRC's Membership Coordinator for two years. Brad helped boost ONRC's membership and did a wonderful job of coordinating our door-to-door canvass. He enhanced communications with members and transformed our database systems. We wish Brad good luck as he pursues graduate studies!

ONRC welcomes Joellen Pail as our new Membership Coordinator.

She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in English Literature. Joellen joins us following internships with Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette and the Community Cycling Center. She looks forward to engaging ONRC members in our conservation programs.

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Jeremy Hall

Artist and activist works to protect Brice Creek in the Upper Willamette Wilderness

Membership Update

By David Wilkins dw@onrc.org

Leave a Wild Oregon as Your Legacy

Your Legacy Gift to ONRC ensures that the wild places you love will endure for future generations Human life depends on nature in so many ways. So does the human spirit. Here in Oregon, we are enriched by breathtaking mountain vistas, tranquil ancient forests, and nourishing, pristine waters. We stroll upon unspoiled beaches, raft wild rivers, and appreciate species that make Oregon their only home on Earth.

Today, ONRC stands as the steadfast leader in defending the Oregon we love. We are the organization that you can trust to protect and restore our wild lands, wildlife, and waters as an enduring legacy.

Since our campfire beginnings in 1974, Oregon Natural Resources Council has worked tirelessly to preserve this precious natural heritage. Our dedicated staff has translated Oregonians’ passion for the outdoors into permanent protection for millions of acres throughout the state.

Please consider declaring your commitment to Oregon’s special places through a gift to ONRC's Legacy Fund.

Under the guidance of our Board of Directors, this fund provides ONRC with support that will keep alive your vision of a wild Oregon.

With your gift, ONRC will transform this vision into a reality.

There are many ways that you can leave a legacy to Oregon: Include ONRC in your will; Designate ONRC as a recipient of your life insurance policy; Name ONRC as a beneficiary of your retirement plan; Create a charitable remainder trust.

Example of a bequest to ONRC: “I hereby bequeath the sum of $____________ to Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund, a nonprofit charitable organization with headquarters at 5825 North Greeley Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97217.

Taxpayer ID #23-7432820.”

gPlease clip and return to ONRC in the envelope provided or phone Regna Merritt, Executive Director at 503-283-6343 ext. 214.

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Name: Phone:

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Please contact me to discuss how I may make a Legacy Gift to Oregon Natural Resources Council.

I have remembered ONRC in my will, trust, or retirement plan.

ONRC may recognize me as a Wild Legacy Circle member in the Wild Oregon newsletter.

Please keep my decision to make a Legacy Gift confidential. . (optional) I estimate the future value of my Legacy Gift to be $ ONRC’s nonprofit charitable status may entitle you to tax deductions or relief from income or estate taxes.

We recommend that you consult an attorney or financial planner to help you set up a Legacy Gift for ONRC.

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Summer 2003

Oregon Natural Resources Council’s 13th Annual

FOREST CELEBRATION PICNIC! Sunday August 10th, 2003 11 am - 5 pm Oxbow County Park, Gresham Picnic Area C

Bring your family and friends and join ONRC for a fun-filled day on the banks of the Sandy River!

Catch up on the latest opportunities for wild lands & wildlife protection.

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HAVE YOU HEARD? Threatened Townsend big-eared bat

Free for volunteers and kids under 12 $5 per person donation (plus $3 per vehicle park entry) Sorry, park does not allow pets.

For directions or to volunteer, please call Erin at 503-283-6343 ext. 200

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