Posted in Conservation, Events, Oregon, WOPR, eugene, politics, tagged beer, Gordon Smith, Oregon, politics, Steve Novick on March 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last weekend I attended a fund raiser for Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Steve Novick in Eugene. I saw an article in the Register-Guard saying that Novick is pro-beer, and I thought finally, a candidate I can support. I’d actually planned to show up at the event, ask Steve a few questions on conservation issues I [...]
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This week I finished up a Q&A with Cascadia Wildlands Project’s Conservation Director Josh Laughlin. It’s going to eventually be rolled up into an essay I’m working on about the WOPR.
Who are the biggest supporters of the BLM’s Western Oregon Plan Revision (WOPR) locally in the Eugene, OR area?
Locally you’ll hear the most cheerleading from [...]
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Posted in Oregon Fishing, WOPR, salmon, tagged Fishing, mythical creatures, old growth, Oregon, photos, quixotic, salmon, steelhead, WOPR on January 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Do winter steelhead exist? Semi-credible eye-witnesses (aka The Mule) say yes, though photo evidence remains elusive. Conspiracy nuts say these “winter steelhead” are a collective hysteria, a mass hallucination perpetuated by ODFW and the Oregon Tackle Shop Lobby. Like many mythical creatures (Bigfoot, Unicorns, etc) men have risked life and domestic harmony to return from [...]
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It’s one thing to talk about Western Oregon old growth, but it’s another to hike in it. Last weekend seemed like an appropriate time to get out there onto BLM land, considering that the the agency just wrapped up the public comment period on the WOPR.
KP and I headed to Wolf Creek Falls, about 20 [...]
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This morning Karl and I drove out to the Coast Range to meet intrepid KVAL reporter Meghan Kalkstein to discuss the BLM WOPR. For those of you in the dark, the BLM WOPR is either a lunatic plan by the timber industry and Bush Administration to spit in the face of science and public opinion [...]
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Posted in Conservation, Oregon, WOPR on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Greed, political influence, shortsightedness and fear mongering are on the agenda for the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon. Big timber wants the last surviving stands of Oregon old growth and the bureaucratic systems that are supposed to manage our resources are stonewalling public opinion while our biodiversity circles the drain.
The Bush administration and its [...]
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Last weekend I ran a table for Trout Unlimited 678 at the Eugene Celebration. We managed to sign up a bunch of new members thanks to some free trial memberships from Mike Beagle.
It was also an excuse to take some out-of-town volunteers on a McKenzie River run — Blue River to Rennies Landing. FYI: This [...]
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