Newsletter of the Oregon Natural Resources Council
ONRC
Wild Oregon
Fall 2003 Volume 30, Number 3
Thank God they cannot cut down the clouds! -Henry David Thoreau
Inside: Old Growth Victory! Klamath “Salmongate” Scandal Bush Stumps for Fire Legislation 2003 Wilderness Conference Preview
From the Director
By Regna Merritt rm@onrc.org
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 Policy Analyst............................ Doug Heiken NW OR Field Rep......................... Jeremy Hall Conservation Administrator......... 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
ONRC Fund is a tax-exempt, non-profit charitable organization. ONRC Action is a tax-exempt, non-profit social welfare organization. Contributions to ONRC Fund are tax-deductible for those who itemize; contributions to ONRC Action are not. Staff are employees of ONRC Fund, which contracts with ONRC Action to carry out its activities. Portions of this newsletter are paid for by ONRC Action.
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Today we extend a warm welcome to new ONRC members and thank longtime members for your active engagement this summer! Highlights of recent ONRC work include defense of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule and the Northwest Forest Plan, record-breaking participation in statewide Wilderness Week events, and a powerful turnout for the Mount Hood Summit initiated by Congressmen Blumenauer. We moved into high gear for the Oregon visit of President Bush, who exploits the fear of fire to gut bedrock environmental laws and tip the scales of justice. While spin doctors sugarcoat his efforts to hand over our national treasures to the timber industry, ONRC resisted through field tours, radio and TV ads, editorial board visits, and your calls and letters! Conservation Director Jay Ward hosted a great press conference with Mae Lin Lantz, a Hotshot wildland firefighter; Martha Hahn, former State Director of the Bureau of Land Management in Idaho; Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club; and John Hummel, Bend City Council member. John told reporters, "If the president was truly interested in protecting the people of Bend, he would advocate for passage of a bill that first required thinning to be done immediately around cities and towns. Instead he proposes a bill that will permit logging of old-growth forests hundreds of miles away from cities. It's a boon to his timber donor friends, but it's no boon to the residents of Bend." With your support, we temporarily staved off terrible legislation. However, we anticipate intense action later this month. Given the acceleration of administration attacks, it is so important that we keep in touch between quarterly publications of this newsletter. The easiest way to ensure that you do not miss an important opportunity for public comment is to join our email activist list or an ONRC Action Team. Please contact Erin Fagley at our Portland office at 503-283-6343 ext. 200 to learn how you can lend your voice to the defense of our wild lands, wildlife and waters. I do hope to see you at our annual conference in October! (See page 9 for details.) For the wild,
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Cover: Imnaha Valley Roadless Area, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Photo by Larry N. Olson
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Conservation Director’s Report
By Jay Ward jw@onrc.org
Bush Stumps for Fire Legislation The President’s plan lacks dollars and sense
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or most states, it is an honor when the President of the United States visits. Unfortunately, it seems that President Bush visits Oregon only to make political hay and raise campaign cash. Last year, President Bush used the Biscuit fire as a backdrop to unveil his plans for increasing logging in Oregon’s national forests. This year, the fires are back, the President is back, and the industry is back with the $2,000-a-plate fundraiser. I’ve lived in Oregon for over 30 years. Every summer we endure forest fires, much the same as people in Florida endure hurricanes and people in the Midwest suffer tornados. Now people in those parts of the country know you can’t stop hurricanes or tornados, and they don’t waste time and money trying to. Instead, they focus on protecting their towns, reinforcing their homes and preparing themselves to survive those forces of nature. We should be doing the same thing with forest fires. Forest Service research has demonstrated again and again that treating the lands immediately adjacent to rural communities helps them survive fire. Political leaders, like Senators Leahy and Wyden, have crafted bills that fund landscaping, brush removal and structural treatments within a half-mile radius of these communities. Thinning small diameter trees within this Community Protection Zone to reduce the intensity of fire is not only
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a good way to protect people it can be a great way to re-invigorate Oregon’s economy.
By logging the last of the old-growth forests, they won’t solve today’s forest health crisis. Instead, they will create an even larger crisis for tomorrow. But the President’s plan can’t fund those projects because there’s no money in his plan for fuels reduction. The President’s plan tries to get off cheaply by letting timber companies log the largest, most fire-resistant trees to pay for thinning the small stuff. But logging the old-growth trees is exactly what got us in the mess we’re in today.
and the government have cut down and removed 90% of the oldest, largest, most fire-resistant trees. They didn’t do it to restore forest health and they didn’t do it to reduce fires (although that was the excuse they used). They logged those old-growth forests because it was the best way to make a quick buck. The same is true today. But by logging the last of the old-growth forests, they won’t solve today’s forest health crisis. Instead, they will create an even larger crisis for tomorrow. With your help, ONRC can demonstrate that we have learned from the past and refuse to let history repeat itself.
Over the last century, the industry
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Fall 2003
Fire Policy Update
Tim Lillebo tl@onrc.org
Hot Times in Central Oregon
Sandy Lonsdale
Up close and personal with the Bush PR machine
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alk about a long, hot summer. Not only were suspicious forest fires burning in central Oregon, but President Bush and House members Greg Walden (R-OR) and Richard Pombo (R-CA) also held a barnburner of a tour to promote Bush’s logging initiative and accompanying legislation, HR 1904. By invitation, I attended the Bush rally in Redmond. Against a backdrop of federal agency personnel, federal firefighting equipment and federal forests going up in federal smoke, invited supporters surrounded Bush as he gave his canned forest fire speech. Of the 300 faithful, I noticed only one person not clapping at Bush’s every word. That would be yours truly. And they say it’s lonely at the top! No questions allowed Although national and local press abounded, no one was allowed to ask any questions of the Logger-in-Chief. Then, just as abruptly as he had arrived amidst blaring John Phillip Souza marches, President Bush finished his talk and was whooshed
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away to the deafening roar of Marine helicopters. Fortunately, I was able to buttonhole some of the press to illustrate our concerns with Bush's logging plan and offer graphic examples of the plan’s shortcomings. These rebuttals, along with a public demonstration that ONRC helped organize, were very effective in countering Bush’s “log it to save it” message and generated good local and statewide press coverage. The following Monday, Walden and Pombo held a Hearing of the House Resources Committee on HR 1904. Again, I seemed to be the only one who wasn’t wearing an official Bush logo-embossed shirt. Of 13 invited witnesses, I was the only one to testify in clear opposition to the bill. Walden and Pombo then “tagteamed” me and we exchanged charges back and forth. On to the Senate There are four fire bills pending in the Senate that could be acted on this fall. The most dangerous bill, supported by the timber industry and based on
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Rep. Walden’s HR1904, has already passed the Agriculture Committee and joins three other bills awaiting a vote by the full Senate. The Boxer/Leahy bill, S 1453, is by far the best of the bunch. It would protect old-growth and roadless forests and fund thinning projects within a half mile community protection zone. Conservationists across the country are supporting S1453.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Contact Senator Wyden and ask that he work to ensure that any Senate bill: 1. Explicitly protects old growth from fuels reduction projects; 2. Specifically protects roadless forests and drinking watersheds; 3. Provides much-needed funding for thinning projects; 4. Limits thinning projects to the one-half mile radius of the Community Protection Zone; and 5. Maintains citizen rights to appeal and litigate timber sales. 503-326-7525 700 NE Multnomah, Suite 450 Portland, OR 97232
Fall 2003
Klamath Basin Campaign Update
By Wendell Wood ww@onrc.org
Klamath Salmongate
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acing a storm of criticism over the role White House political adviser Karl Rove has played in allocating water between fish and irrigation interests in the Klamath Basin, the Bush administration is seeking to shift the focus of the Pacific Northwest's salmon debate.
The facts show that the Bush administration is bent on salmon extinction, not salmon recovery. In a public relations blitz intended to divert attention from the Klamath, the administration is attempting to claim credit for an upsurge in returning salmon populations actually caused by naturally-fluctuating ocean conditions. Given the Bush administration's abysmal record on salmon, this campaign is hardly surprising. In 2002, the Bush administration overturned efforts to improve water flows to protect salmon in the Klamath River. The move benefited politically powerful irrigation interests but, in September of 2002, the resulting low flows sparked a catastrophic fish kill of 33,000 salmon. The tragedy of the massive fish kill has been compounded by recent reports that backroom politics, not science, has driven the Bush administration's salmon policy in the Klamath. Learn about efforts to counter Bush’s Klamath policy at our October 18th conference! (See page 9 for details.)
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E.J. Finney
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The Bush administration’s real record on salmon recovery
A Chronology of Catastrophe
According to the Wall Street Journal, Bush's chief political advisor Karl Rove personally encouraged federal resource agency officials to side with irrigation interests in the Klamath in January 2002. Rove believed an agriculture-friendly outcome would bolster the 2002 re-election chances for Senator Gordon Smith and tip Oregon's seven electoral college votes to Bush in 2004. (Note: The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of the Interior recently agreed to investigate these allegations at the request of Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts.) Soon after meeting with Rove, officials ignored warnings from their own scientists and sent more water to irrigation ditches than to the drought-parched river. Senator Smith and two of Bush's cabinet officials arrived to open the spigots amid fanfare. But the party ultimately ended in disaster: over 33,000 Klamath salmon perished in the largest adult fish kill in American history.
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In late 2002, a National Marine Fisheries Service biologist requested legal "whistleblower" protection after reporting political pressure had forced his agency to endorse the administration's Klamath water plan, even though the plan’s river flows put the Klamath's endangered fisheries at risk of extinction. This summer, a federal District Court declared the administration's Klamath water plan in violation of the Endangered Species Act and ordered the plan re-written. The above facts show that the Bush administration is bent on salmon extinction, not salmon recovery. In the end, all of the White House spin on salmon recovery cannot overcome the reality of manipulation of fisheries agencies for political gain and tens of thousands of dead fish in the Klamath River. Read the Wall Street Journal article in full at: http://www.onrc.org/ programs/klamath/wsj7.30.03.html
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By Jay Ward jw@onrc.org
Oregon Wild Campaign Update
Richard Van Pelt
Summit Draws Hundreds
ONRC stands up for Mount Hood’s wild places
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Warm Springs Tribal Judge and panelist Louis Pitt, Jr. spoke for many in the audience when he said, “Maybe we should listen to the
Plans threaten Mount Ashland hat do you call a project that will cut over two million board feet of virgin old growth for ski runs, much of it in the Siskiyou Crest Wilderness Proposal? You call it the proposed Mount Ashland Ski Area Expansion.
imberline Lodge was the setting on August 8th as Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Greg Walden hosted a gathering of 300 concerned Oregonians to discuss the future of Oregon’s scenic icon - Mount Hood. Many thanks to all ONRC members and friends who attended! “Mount Hood is a source of clean water, inspiration, re-creation and pristine habitat for wildlife,” said ONRC’s Executive Director Regna Merritt, an invited panelist. Regna delivered an impassioned call to extend to Mount Hood’s waters and forests the level of protection they so richly deserve. These protections would best be achieved by designating as Wilderness the remaining roadless forests on and around Mount Hood, including the muchloved Tilly Jane/Cooper Spur Roadless Area.
Wilderness Alert
ONRC’s Regna Merritt joins Congressmen Blumenauer and Walden at Summit.
mountain. Maybe the mountain is saying it is time we give something back.” The voices for protecting Mount Hood were in the majority, with many rising to oppose Mount Hood Meadows, Inc.’s plans to develop an overnight resort, golf course and condos on the “quiet side” of the mountain. Congressman Blumenauer has already indicated an interest in protection efforts and, given the views expressed at the summit, we hope that Congressman Walden won’t be far behind.
The Middle Branch Roadless area is prime wildlife habitat and part of the world-renowned “connectivity corridor” of the Siskiyou Crest. Unfortunately, the ski expansion environmental analysis ignores the harmful impacts of fragmenting the forest and creating barriers for old-growth dependent wildlife. Although there are many problems with the proposal, the Forest Service has provided “Alternative 5” which protects the Middle Branch Roadless Area while allowing some ski expansion in current use areas. Please join ONRC and hundreds of skiers and snowboarders in support of Alternative 5.
WHAT YOU CAN DO Please tell the U.S. Forest Service that you support Alternative 5 with no moraine lodge and no parking lot expansion. Send your comments by October 23rd to: John Schuyler, Acting District Ranger, Ashland Ranger District 645 Washington St. Ashland, OR 97520 Fax: 541-858-2402 Email: pacificnorthwest-rogue river-ashland@fs.fed.us
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By Doug Heiken dh@onrc.org
Old-Growth Campaign Update
Administration and logging industry work behind closed doors to up the cut
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he Bush administration is quietly working with the timber industry to increase logging in old-growth forests west of the Cascades. The only reason to boost the logging of old growth is to reward the timber industry that helped put Bush in office. ONRC opposes the following Bush initiatives:
remove them from the Endangered Species list. Rescinding and revising critical habitat for threatened salmon based on "economic factors." Significantly amending the Northwest Forest Plan to allow logging to proceed even if it would harm
Josh Laughlin
A "sue and settle" strategy whereby the timber industry sues and the Bush administration reaches a “global settlement” - agreeing to double federal land logging within the Northwest Forest Plan area. Reviewing the threatened status of the Northern Spotted Owl and the Marbled Murrelet in an effort to
salmon and other aquatic species. Breaking the promise of the Northwest Forest Plan to search for and protect rare and sensitive species before logging begins. In addition, several national initiatives could increase logging west of the Cascades by eliminating citizen appeal rights and requirements to analyze environmental impacts of some logging projects, amending regulations to make species conservation optional, and increasing logging of municipal watersheds even where fire risk is relatively low. ONRC is pushing back hard at all levels to protect forests and expose the Bush administration's singleminded pursuit of increased logging.
ONRC Wins Victory in the Forest! Illegal old-growth logging is stopped by court
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his summer, ONRC secured a court victory to temporarily stop logging of some of the most controversial old-growth sales in Oregon.
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Wendell Wood
Bush Agenda: Increase Old-Growth Logging
ONRC won a temporary restraining order, protecting the roadless Pryor timber sale.
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For years, we’ve worked to stop a series of old-growth logging operations, including those on the Willamette National Forest known as Straw Devil, Canyon East, and Pryor. In late July, the Forest Service allowed logging to begin here, in spite of several significant problems: XThe federal government never prepared a legally compliant environmental assessment.
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XThe federal government failed to protect several known sites where sensitive species were present. XThe federal government never notified the public of the start of logging and refused requests under the Freedom of Information Act for information about logging plans. XLogging proceeded during extreme fire conditions. ONRC sued the Forest Service and won a temporary restraining order, stopping logging in late July. We may know the ultimate outcome in September. Our hope is that the final decision will prevent further old-growth logging in these sales.
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Oregon Wild Campaign Update Continued
By Alex P. Brown ab@onrc.org
Oregonians Explore Unprotected Wild Areas
Leeanne Siart
Erik Fernandez
Richard Van Pelt
Over 400 enjoy Wilderness Week 2003!
Brice Creek, Willamette National Forest
Jeremy Hall
Alex P. Brown
Memaloose Lake, Mount Hood National Forest
Wassen Creek, Siuslaw National Forest
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Cooper Spur, Mount Hood National Forest
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2003 OREGON WILDERNESS CONFERENCE 0CTOBER 18TH REED COLLEGE, PORTLAND
THE BUSH BRIEF:
EXPOSING THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN FOR OREGON’S ENVIRONMENT 8:45am
WELCOME: Regna Merritt, Executive Director and Jay Ward, Conservation Director, ONRC Introduction of Congressional Staff
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MORNING PANEL I Full Reverse for Oregon's Forests and Waters Panelists: Patti Goldman, EarthJustice; Bob Freimark, The Wilderness Society; Doug Heiken, ONRC; Maureen Kirk, OSPIRG
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Introducing the Zane Grey Roadless Area Presented by George Sexton, Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center and Rolf Skar, Siskiyou Regional Education Project
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MORNING PANEL II The President’s Stealthy Forest Initiative Panelists: Neil Lawrence, Natural Resources Defense Council; Timothy Ingalsbee, Western Fire Ecology Center; Jay Ward, ONRC; Cate Hartzel, Ashland City Council (invited)
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BREAKOUT SESSION I The Future of Mount Hood Wilderness: Plundered or Protected? Panelists: Heather Campbell, Cooper Spur Wild & Free Coalition; Dave Sauerbrey, Mazamas; Paul Shively, Sierra Club; Doug Scott, Campaign for America's Wilderness
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Restoring the Kalmiopsis After the Biscuit Fire Panelists: Dominick DellaSalla, World Wildlife Fund; Robert Beschta, Oregon State University (invited); Erik Fernandez, ONRC; Rolf Skar, Siskiyou Regional Education Project 3:00pm
BREAKOUT SESSION II Resolution and Recovery in the Klamath Basin Panelists: Congressman Earl Blumenauer; Klamath Basin farmer; Jim McCarthy, ONRC; Steve Pedery, WaterWatch Defending the Northwest Forest Plan Panelists: Doug Heiken, ONRC; Francis Eatherington, Umpqua Watersheds; Jasmine Minbashian, Northwest Old Growth Campaign; Nathan Poage, U.S. Forest Service Pacific NW Research Station
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TURNING KNOWLEDGE INTO POWER: A CALL TO ACTION
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RECEPTION
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KEYNOTE: Governor John Kitzhaber (invited) * Please pre-register by Friday, October 10th to reserve your meals.
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By Erin Fagley efa@onrc.org
People and Places
ONRC’s Forest Celebration Picnic a Success! Jeremy Hall
Friends relax together along the Sandy River
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regon Natural Resources Council celebrated together with our friends, family and community members on August 10th at Oxbow Park. We enjoyed games, a superb raffle and conversations with friends while feasting by the Sandy River.
the food was donated from area businesses and the raffle was a hit! We are particularly grateful to Elizabeth Tilbury and C. Lyn Terry for their support of the picnic. forest -growth the old g n ri . Explo ow Park at Oxb
Conservation Director Jay Ward provided an update on wilderness protection efforts and the threats
Tha nks, Wal mak t a ing nd fam the ily, picn for ic a succ ess!
posed by fire legislation pending in Washington, DC.
Many volunteers and staff worked to make this year's picnic a success. All
This year's all-star picnic volunteer was Walt Trandum. Walt and his family play an important role in organizing the picnic. Huge thanks also go to MJ Coe and Betsy Miller who led our old-growth hikes. Thank you!
To volunteer with ONRC contact Erin at 503-283-6343 x 200 or efa@onrc.org
Thank You Picnic Supporters! Raffle Prizes Alder Creek Canoe & Kayak All Star Rafting and Kayaking Annie Bloom’s Books The Bear Deluxe Magazine Birkenstock Cinema 21 Common Ground Wellness Center Ellen Morris Bishop Iron Horse Restaurant Laurelwood Arts Looking Glass Bookstore Manic Organic, Inc. Metro The Mountain Shop Music Millennium Old Wives Tales Paloma Clothing Patagonia Portland Nursery REI Reverb Records Venus Envy Day Spa Wallowa Llamas
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Food & Beverages Alberta Cooperative Grocery Be-Bop Biscotti Emerald Valley Kitchen Every Day Wine Food Front Gardenburger Grand Central Bakery Genesis Juice Cooperative Helen Bernhard Bakery Helvetia Winery Higher Taste Kettle Foods King Harvest Natural Foods Madrona Hill Baking Company Manic Organic, Inc. Nature Bake Noah's Bagels Peet's Coffee and Tea People’s Cooperative Safeway Tazo Trader Joe's Whole Foods
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Inside ONRC Soon we will bid a fond farewell to Leeanne Siart, a key staff member in our Eugene office. Leeanne screened and monitored thousands of timber sales and development proposals for Oregon’s public forests during her three years at ONRC. She also identified forest restoration projects that ONRC can actively support. Most importantly, Leeanne helped keep gorgeous forests standing proud. In October, Leeanne will leave Oregon for the Galapagos Islands, where she will work to protect the area’s endangered species. Thank you, Leeanne, for your tireless dedication to saving Oregon’s wildlife and beautiful forests. We wish you the best and will miss you!
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Membership Update
By David Wilkins dw@onrc.org
Contribute to ONRC at Your Workplace: It’s So Easy! Sumner Robinson
Earth Share of Oregon makes supporting Oregon’s wild places a snap
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or thousands of Oregonians, the advent of fall means the changing of the leaves and the arrival of charitable fundraising campaigns in the workplace. ONRC is one of Earth Share of Oregon's 66 member groups that receive funds to protect wild lands, wildlife and waters. You and your colleagues can choose to have contributions sent automatically to your favorite Oregon conservation group, including ONRC.
Since your donation is spread out over the course of a year, the amount deducted from your paycheck is minimal, and all gifts are fully tax-deductible. If your workplace is not currently involved in an Earth Share of Oregon (ESOR) giving program, establishing one is easy. ESOR will work with your employer to set up a program that meets your company's needs. Oregon's natural beauty and livability are legendary, and you
can make a difference in protecting our environment! For more information about Earth Share of Oregon please contact Ron Shoals at (503)223-9015 or rrs@earthshare-oregon.org or visit www.earthshare-oregon.org.
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In honor of the union of Beth Gibans & Leon W erdinger
Mary Ann and Dennis Buchanan Britt Hult Stephanie Lucas Shayna Peavey Ross Wolman
Emilie Barnett Lauren Esserman
Oregon Natural Resources Council celebrates the memory of Ruth Capper, Connie Jensen and Janet Rekate who, through their generous bequests, have left an enduring legacy for the Oregon they loved. ONRC Wild Oregon
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Oregon Natural Resources Council Presents
THE BUSH BRIEF: EXPOSING THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN FOR OREGON’S ENVIRONMENT
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