Protecting the Greater Chaco Region from Fracking Victories for Wildlife, Wildlands, and Communities Across the American West WELC Expands Into Seattle and more...
Summer 2015
Defending the West
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lori Maddox President Karin P. Sheldon Vice President Kevin Kirchner Treasurer Phil Katzen William Leaphart Mike Lindsay Dr. Lisa Manning Peggy Nelson Corrie Yackulic
STAFF Erik Schlenker-Goodrich Executive Director Elizabeth Berg Foundations Coordinator Matthew Bishop, Attorney Rocky Mountains Office Director Susan Jane Brown, Attorney Wildlands & Wildlife Program Director Natalie DeNault Development & Administrative Assistant Pete Frost Attorney Dina Gonzales Administrative Coordinator Shiloh Hernandez Attorney Laura King Attorney David Lawlor Director of Development Jackie Marlette Development & Communications Coordinator John Mellgren Attorney Lyndee Prill Finance Officer Andrea Rodgers Attorney Tom Singer Senior Policy Advisor Brian Sweeney Communications Director Kyle Tisdel, Attorney Climate & Energy Program Director
Cover Photo of Chaco Canyon by Steve Corbato.
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Looking Across the West
Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Executive Director Hope is a persistent, infectious, and ever-illuminated spark. In New Mexico’s San Juan Basin, this spark powers our cutting-edge legal advocacy in support of an intensifying grassroots movement that is working with all its heart, mind, and soul to protect the Greater Chaco landscape from shale oil drilling and fracking. In California, this spark drives us to successfully challenge ill-conceived 150,000-acre logging plans that would have wreaked havoc on essential oldgrowth forest habitat for spotted owls, salmon, and other sensitive wildlife. In Washington, this spark lights a path to promote sustainable agriculture, and to help prevent nutrient pollution from concentrated animal feeding operations that harm wild salmon and contribute to the acidification of Puget Sound. In Idaho, this spark motivates us to challenge, with all we have, the brutal killing of wolves and coyotes through federally sanctioned contests that run against the grain of basic ethics and morality. And it is this spark that inspires us to step back from each of these essential battles and to seek highimpact, nationwide reform of laws and governing institutions so that they do a far better job of protecting the wild lands, rivers, and native
wildlife of the American West. Right now, with your support, we’re working on legal reforms to improve the management of our forests and public lands, to keep fossil fuels in the ground and climate pollution out of the atmosphere, and to promote resilient, sustainable agriculture. Because we know that however many victories we win, we also have to deal with root causes of environmental degradation: political dysfunction; social and economic inequities; and laws that too often favor corporate interests predisposed to exploit - not protect - our lands, waters, wildlife, and communities. Even on the darkest days, these sparks of hope persist. Indeed, it is often on the darkest days that these sparks flare with brilliance. But hope can be a fickle, elusive thing; it may flare with brilliance but have little impact. At the Western Environmental Law Center, we work, with your support, to cultivate these sparks to effect durable, meaningful, and positive change. It is in this way that we help realize—to paraphrase the inestimable Wendell Berry—a wiser, saner, and still beautiful world. For the West, Erik Schlenker-Goodrich
Keeping Chaco Sacred
We want to stop this recklessness, and we’re working to protect local communities and the area’s natural and cultural heritage.
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haco Canyon is more than just an ancient architectural and cultural marvel. Communities of people live there. They work there. They go to school there. They get their water from the ground and they breathe the desert air. But their lives are changing. They’re getting sick and watching their heritage erode under the wheels of an industry known for transforming entire regions into “sacrifice zones.” The Bureau of Land Management has proposed a massive fracking expansion in this area. In recent years the agency has approved 265 new
drilling permits, and aims to approve hundreds, if not thousands more. These permits hinge on a 2003 BLM analysis that deliberately ignores as “economically infeasible” horizontal drilling, or fracking, which is the primary extraction method in the area today. WELC, in partnership with attorneys from WildEarth Guardians, represents Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and Natural Resources Defense Council to put a stop to blind drilling in the Greater Chaco region.
Want a “Keep Chaco Sacred” bumper sticker? Let us know and we’ll mail you one free of charge. You can help spread the word about protecting Greater Chaco from fracking! For your sticker, email info@westernlaw.org or call 541-359-3250.
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BLM has approved hundreds of new fracking proposals within 20 miles of Chaco Canyon.
We filed our lawsuit in March 2015. In May 2015, WELC filed a preliminary injunction to halt new permitting and to stop drilling activities in the region until the court case plays out, which could take a year or more. WELC is confident we can help protect Navajo communities and Chaco’s unique cultural and environmental resources. But the opposition is strong. The industry has initiated a $250,000 public relations campaign to sway public opinion in favor of more extraction. Grassroots support to “Keep Chaco Sacred” is powerful, and WELC has undertaken numerous efforts in New Mexico and beyond to educate and mobilize the public. WELC rallied at the New Mexico state house the day we filed the lawsuit, our Executive Director spoke in the Journey Santa Fe speaker series, and we collected more than 5,000 signatures on an online petition. The petition showed us something big: With signatures from every U.S. state, the desire to preserve Chaco is a national one. SUMMER 2015
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Victory! Defending Science-Based Forest Management (Again)
Incredibly, the challenge alleged that the rule inappropriately requires the U.S. Forest Service to use science and conservation biology when creating new forest plans, which guide management on 192 million acres of national forests. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the D.C. District Court rejected claims from a coalition of timber, livestock, and off-highway vehicle organizations that sustainability provisions in the 2012 Planning Rule will cause an economically harmful reduction in timber harvest and land use and an increase in forest fires.
WELC intervened on behalf of clients Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center and Oregon Wild, and worked together with Earthjustice attorneys, who represented The Wilderness Society and Defenders of Wildlife. We argued that existing federal law provided ample authority for the Forest Service to promulgate the Planning Rule provisions, which place an emphasis on ecologically sustainable forest management.
This victory marks WELC’s fourth successful engagement in national forestland planning over a 14-year stretch. But rather than resting, WELC plans to remain engaged on the policy side, working with the Forest Service and other stakeholders to get to the real business of developing science-based forest plans that provide for clean water, recreational opportunities, wildlife habitat, and a restoration economy for local and regional communities.
Our victory impacts all 192 million acres of National Forest Lands across the nation.
Mt. Hood National Forest. Photo by BLM.
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ELC’s record of success in protecting forests nationwide improved again this March when we deflected an industry-led anti-science challenge to the National Forest Management Act 2012 Forest Planning Rule.
The industry groups couldn’t prove the conservation science provisions had or would imminently harm them, so the judge ruled they had no standing to bring the lawsuit.
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he monstrous Navajo Mine and Four Corners Power Plant exemplify the destructiveness of coal-based energy production. Sited on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, the mine and the power plant it supplies represent one of the largest and most polluting coal complexes in the nation. It’s historically the largest emitter of nitrogen oxides in the U.S. and is among the nation’s largest sources of greenhouse gas pollution and mercury. Yet in nearly a half-century of operations, the mine and power plant have evaded meaningful environmental review—until now.
We stopped strip mining of 12.7 million tons of coal from New Mexico’s Navajo Mine.
When the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement approved an 830-acre mine expansion without in-depth analysis of its environmental impacts, WELC filed a lawsuit challenging the plan’s validity in the absence of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
entire mine-to-mouth coal complex. The proposed review would allow the 52-year-old Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mine coal complex to continue operations from 2016-2041, and mine operators planned to continue operations throughout the review process.
In July 2012, OSM announced plans to undertake a single “Environmental Impact Statement and Endangered Species Act consultation” for the
In early April 2015, a U.S. District Court decided OSM’s latent environmental review fell short of its obligations to the public. The
Navajo Mine with the Four Corners Power Plant in the background. Photo by Ecoflight.
Keeping Dirty Coal in the Ground
court ordered OSM to withdraw its unlawful approval of the mine expansion, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an initial industry appeal to allow continued mining. Key to this victory, the judge considered the negative effects of coal combustion on air quality and climate change. This is one of the first times attorneys have successfully argued this connection, and the results could be game-changing.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY
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Thank you for safeguarding the environment from reckless fracking! - Robert Resnik of Silver Spring, MD SUMMER 2015
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Case Highlights from Across the West
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Defending Public Involvement and Lynx
The Tennessee Creek Project in Colorado’s San Isabel National Forest authorizes 12,000 acres of logging (including more than 2,300 acres of clearcuts), more than 6,700 acres of prescribed fire, and 21.5 miles of road construction. The project area is home to Canada lynx and wolverine, and is an important lynx linkage area that maintains the connectivity between populations that is necessary for its survival. The Forest Service refuses to disclose where specifically it will log, opting to make those decisions in the implementation phase with no public input. WELC filed suit in April 2015 challenging the Forest Service’s failure to conduct a comprehensive review of the project’s impacts to Canada lynx.
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Victory! Protecting the North Fork of the Gunnison
When the U.S. Forest Service approved a plan to drill five new gas wells near Little Henderson Creek in Colorado, it did so in a piecemeal fashion without conducting a cumulative impacts analysis of the project’s impacts on water and air quality, wildlife, and downriver communities. WELC knew that an accident, spill, or chemical release would threaten to poison the creek, which flows into the North Fork of the Gunnison River. We filed a lawsuit to overturn the authorization, and following our brief, the Forest Service agreed to withdraw approval of the project. Thanks to our work, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management will conduct a joint environmental analysis of the drilling project and allow public review.
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Stopping the LNG Terminal and Pipeline in Oregon
WELC and our allies recently submitted comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 5,000page draft environmental analysis on the Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and its associated Pacific Connector Pipeline. If approved, this would become the first gas export terminal on the West Coast and would export foreign and domestic fracked natural gas to overseas markets. We enumerated dozens of concerns with the legality and environmental impact of the project, including its contribution to climate-warming global emissions, which were echoed by numerous federal agencies. Nevertheless, FERC expects to make a decision on the project later this year, setting us up for legal action.
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WELC is working in all 11 Western states providing legal services to more than 135 clients—for free.
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Victory! Protecting Owls and Salmon from Logging
WELC helped northern spotted owls in Siskiyou County, California, escape a destructive 50-year logging plan this spring. That plan, approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, would have allowed Fruit Growers Supply, a logging company, to kill or harm up to 83 northern spotted owls–half the population of the 150,000-acre logging area. The logging would have impacted federally protected salmon and steelhead, and the fisher, an animal proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act. The plan would also have harmed water quality in the Klamath and Scott rivers. WELC will monitor the situation, and is ready to take action again in the future if necessary.
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Working Toward Solutions on Methane Pollution
Methane emissions exacerbate asthma and climate change, but oil and gas drillers are subject to few regulations to control this pollution. This lack of oversight has led to a 2,500-square-mile methane hotspot looming over New Mexico and the Four Corners region. WELC is leading efforts to press the Bureau of Land Management and EPA to adopt rules protecting our health and climate. This spring, WELC Executive Director Erik Schlenker-Goodrich and Senior Policy Advisor Tom Singer traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with officials at the White House and EPA and with the New Mexico congressional delegation to fight for tough rules.
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Victory! Protecting a Nat’l Monument from Shooting
Arizona’s Sonoran Desert National Monument is renowned for its saguaro forests and archaeological relics, and is one of the most biologically diverse desert ecosystems in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans found the monument unsuitable for recreational target shooting. Under intense pressure from the National Rifle Association, however, BLM did an about-face and issued a final decision opening every square inch of the monument to shooting. Today, irresponsible shooters have left their mark on the landscape, damaging decades-old cacti and centuriesold petroglyphs. WELC stepped in and in March 2015, won a huge victory to protect the monument and stop this destructive activity.
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Saving Salmon from the Vacuum of Death
Suction dredge mining in southern Oregon’s pristine rivers harms threatened wild coho salmon. Dredge mining essentially vacuums the river bottom and can damage spawning habitat and water quality, harming the wild fish. The U.S. Forest Service permits this activity in the Rogue River Basin’s coho country without first ensuring that the activities will not cause harm to these vulnerable wild salmon and their critical habitat.
WELC was the one of the first groups to engage in this issue, a key piece of President Obama’s climate action plan.
In 2012, on behalf of three conservation allies, we sued the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest for failing to protect threatened coho salmon. We argued the case in 2015, seeking federal fisheries biologist review of suction dredging operations to ensure they don’t harm wild coho and their habitat on USFS- managed streams and rivers.
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Photo Credits: 1. di.wineanddine 2. © iStockphoto.com/ImageOregon 3. NPS 4. © iStockphoto.com/MikeLand45 5. Brett Cole Photography 6. Serge Melki 7. © iStockphoto.com/Arctic_Tern
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Ending Wolf and Coyote Bloodsport in Idaho
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n 2013, an Idaho hunting group held a coyote- and wolf-killing contest with a $1,000 prize offered to the person who killed the most of each animal. The flyer bragged that the event was the first wolf-killing contest held in the U.S. since 1974 and encouraged children to enter. That year, 230 participants killed 21 coyotes but no wolves.
were killed. Our lawsuit challenges the BLM and the Forest Service, and seeks to stop future carnivorekilling contests from occurring on our public lands. We expect the case to be resolved later this year.
Contests like these promote senseless killing. These creatures deserve our respect, and WELC will work to ensure that public lands serve as a safe haven for wolves and coyotes, as they once were.
We’re fighting to stop carnivore killing contests on our public lands.
Contest organizers deemed the event such a smashing success that they asked the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for a five-year permit to host the event annually on public land surrounding Salmon, Idaho.
Photo © iStockphoto.com/hfrankWI.
In November 2014, BLM approved that permit. That same day, WELC filed a lawsuit to stop these contests on public lands. Twelve days later, we celebrated a victory when BLM revoked the permit. Unfortunately, the killing contest could still be held on National Forest lands, and the event took place in early January 2015. Thankfully, no wolves
REMEMBERING SCOTT REED Scott Reed, one of our first and longest-serving board members, died May 2 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Scott cared deeply about WELC. He helped found it, financially support it, and shepherd it for decades. We all will miss him dearly.
Photo by Kathy Plonka.
A few years ago Scott, with other board members and staff, rafted Oregon’s McKenzie River. He smiled big, taking in the sun and cold spray. We stopped for lunch at a midstream island, and we asked if we could give him a hand wading across the rocks. He said no, “this is the best part.” We think he meant something about the continued challenge of who we are in relation to this place we love so much, and not wanting to give up on either. FROM THE MAILBAG ...
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With great appreciation for the important work you are doing for all of us. - Phillip Gregg of Chatham, IL
Reining in a Rogue Extermination Program
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ildlife Services is a standalone federal extermination program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that kills roughly 4 million animals per year, including wolves, bears, otters, foxes, coyotes, and birds—with almost no oversight or accountability. An internal audit revealed that Wildlife Services’ accounting practices lack transparency and violate state and federal laws. Concerns about the program’s practices and effectiveness are the focus of an ongoing investigation by the USDA Inspector General. Wildlife Services claims that killing wolves reduces livestock predation, yet recent peer-reviewed research directly contradicts this conclusion, finding that killing wolves actually leads to an increase in wolf-livestock conflicts. Wildlife Services has also failed to fully analyze the ecological effects of killing wolves in Washington state, including impacts on wolf populations in neighboring states and on non-target animals, including federally protected grizzly bears and Canada lynx.
“The science tells us that killing wolves does not actually reduce wolf-livestock conflicts, but Wildlife Services is continuing its brutal assault on this iconic animal. We are using the full power of the law to stop them.” - John Mellgren, WELC Attorney breeding female threatens the future of the entire pack. Wolves are making a comeback in Washington, but still only 68 individuals are estimated to live in the state. Wildlife Services operates with a cavalier and rogue attitude. The grave error of shooting the alpha female is just one example of why the program has no place in the management of a still-recovering animal like the gray wolf. As a result of this incident and to protect these wolves, in March
2015 we filed a lawsuit challenging Wildlife Services’ authority to investigate livestock depredations and when authorized, trap and kill the state-endangered wolves via aerial gunning and shooting. Our goal is to stop Wildlife Services’ harmful involvement in managing Washington’s wolves. We filed this lawsuit on behalf of five conservation groups. The suit is ongoing, and we hope to get answers soon. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on this important work.
We want to save bears and wolves from being killed by Wildlife Services.
Washington has already experienced Wildlife Services’ recklessness firsthand. In August 2014, Wildlife Services snipers accidentally shot and killed the Huckleberry wolf pack’s alpha female during a helicopter gunning operation. Photo by Gregory “Slobirdr” Smith.
The killing directly violated explicit Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife instructions to spare the pack’s alpha members. The death of the Huckleberry pack’s
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WELC’s efforts are critical to the survival of wolves and to rewilding the West. - Dr. Cristina Eisenberg, Author and Ecologist SUMMER 2015
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Increasing Our Impact in Washington State Training the Next Generation of Environmental Advocates
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agricultural pollution. These efforts rely on data collection, government advocacy, tribal collaboration, dialogue with industry, and possibly, litigation.
an average of 30 tons of toxic coal per trip. WELC will use the Clean Water Act to stop this pollution from fouling our air and water.
On the policy side, we are spearheading an effort for the Washington Department of Ecology to issue a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) General Permit that protects surface and groundwater. This work has broad-reaching benefits–to wild salmon, human health, shellfish beds, and beyond.
WELC will also work toward healthy instream flows and restored salmon populations in the Similkameen River. The Washington Department of Ecology issued permits to re-energize an uneconomical dam on the river while delaying required aesthetic instream flow studies until after the project is completed. WELC and others are working to ensure the river has adequate flows for people and salmon.
Lastly, we are active in a climate change case in which youth plaintiffs are asking for carbon dioxide emissions regulations from the Washington Department of Ecology. The agency has the authority and obligation to protect Washington’s residents and natural resources from the effects of climate change and ocean acidification, but has refused to do so. WELC argued the case in May 2015.
We are also leading work to protect salmon in Puget Sound from
Washington’s waters are also at risk from coal trains, with open tops spilling
We are excited to be increasing our impact across Washington state.
Puget Sound. Photo by High Rex/WikimediaCommons.
ELC expanded its footprint in Washington when Seattlebased attorney Andrea Rodgers rejoined our tenacious team. She adds to our docket compelling, significant cases and policy work.
We now have a Seattle office focused on restoring salmon, clean water, and sustainable agriculture in Washington state.
TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION “Having an opportunity to do actual legal work in law school is always awesome, and that is what WELC’s clinic provides. I had a great experience.” Spring Term Environmental Clinic Students: Jill Randolph, Andrew Mulkey, and Ally Hoffman.
- Andrew Mulkey Univ. of Oregon Law School Graduation Class of 2016
WELC operates the University of Oregon Law School’s environmental law clinic and provides students with the practical, hands-on learning needed for an environmental law career. This term, the students’ group assignment focused on Oregon’s proposed Boardman-to-Hemingway Transmission Line Project, and individuals focused on our lynx trapping case, Southwest oil and gas projects, stopping the Oregon LNG pipeline, and Oregon forest planning issues. Over the years we’ve trained more than 500 students. FROM THE MAILBAG ... 9
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For the protection of wild predators necessary to a balanced environment. - Judith R. Hance of Seattle, WA
Behind the Scenes WELCome New Board and Staff
WILLIAM LEAPHART BOARD MEMBER
LYNDEE PRILL FINANCE OFFICER
BRIAN SWEENEY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Justice Bill Leaphart served on the Montana Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2010. Before his election to the Supreme Court, Justice Leaphart was in private practice in Helena, Montana. He worked as a public defender and represented individuals and small businesses. Justice Leaphart was born and raised in Montana and received his J.D. from the University of Montana School of Law. He has twice argued before the United States Supreme Court.
Lyndee joined WELC in late 2014. She has more than 12 years of diverse accounting and business experience. Lyndee graduated from the School of Business of the University of Montana. Part of the reason she wanted to work for WELC is that she has lived near a coal power plant and witnessed the devastating effects it had on the land. She also has a strong love of the outdoors, which began in her youth as a Montana native. Lyndee is an avid runner and has completed three half marathons.
Brian brings seven years of communications experience to WELC, having worked previously for Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality and the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, D.C. His passion for the environment stems from a youth exploring the forests and ponds of southeastern Wisconsin. He received his B.S. in agricultural journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a certificate from the Gaylord Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies.
Journey Santa Fe Speaker Series in New Mexico
Webinar and White Paper: Helping Collaborative Groups
In April, WELC Executive Director Erik Schlenker-Goodrich detailed our work to protect the Greater Chaco region of New Mexico as a featured panelist in the Journey Santa Fe speaker series. This speaker series hosts presentations of progressive thinkers in the Santa Fe area who explore issues that influence our daily lives and the lives of future generations. Our event was standing room only and was broadcast on KSFR Radio. We plan to collaborate more with Journey Santa Fe in the future, so stay tuned for details.
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Also in April, WELC Wildlands and Wildlife Program Director Susan Jane Brown conducted a webinar hosted by Northern Arizona University. The discussion centered on her white paper designed to help collaborative groups to engage in administrative and judicial review processes that allow stakeholders an opportunity to be heard by federal land managers. This paper is available on our website. Please contact us if you’d like a paper copy.
Thanks so much! We so appreciate all you do for our world! - Linda Agerter of Berkeley, CA SUMMER 2015
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Why I do what I do... BY ANDREA RODGERS, WELC ATTORNEY I work in the family business. My dad, Professor William H. Rodgers, has been practicing and teaching environmental law for nearly 50 years and I am lucky to follow in his footsteps. You could say that I had a rather unusual childhood. While there were certainly trips to beaches and beautiful places, our journeys usually involved visits to less traditional vacation spots: Superfund sites, fish hatcheries, open pit mines, oil refineries, and smoke stacks. Some fathers collect golf clubs. My dad collects pesticide labels. Now that I am the mother of two children of my own, I truly recognize the gift my dad gave me: inspiration to protect the air, water, and wildlife that make life so beautiful. With all of the environmental devastation, destruction, and corruption our world faces today, I continue to be inspired, excited, and happy to work to protect this remarkable planet.
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