From the Conservation/ Legal Director ….Angela Jensen
In our last newsletter, I ended my article by asking readers to vote as if the climate of our children and grandchildren depended on it. And you did. In fact, the nation did. In excess of 6 million votes, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have become the nation’s choice to succeed President Trump. While every [...]
Wilderness Committee Update Winter 2020
By Bob Hoehne
Our hearts and prayers are with our many friends and neighbors who lost their homes in the recent fires. Some were UW members, and on the Wilderness Committee, care and support for them need to be ongoing.
The committee has been working steadily on the Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal. Susan Applegate [...]
Forest Management and Wildfire: Myth Meets Reality
Here we go again…
The fire lines weren’t even completed around the Archie Creek fire, and we still couldn’t see our neighbors’ houses through the smoke when the drumbeat of disinformation began to roll from the timber industry PR presses. Their message? The Labor Day fires caused unprecedented damage because of poorly managed federal forests. [...]
Take Action by Nov 29 Elliott State Forest
Have a say about how your local forests are preserved.
Biden team climate plan
The Climate 21 Project gathered 150 high-level experts to offer the incoming Biden administration a policy plan for a whole-government approach to climate change. Biden for President/Flickr
A who’s who of Obama administration alumni, climate experts and [...]Bird occurrence and wildfire disturbance
Old Growth crucial to fighting Climate Change
Brooke Jarvis, Science, 04.01.2020
Nature is already socking away a lot of carbon for us. It could soak up a lot more—if we help.
37%: The part that “natural climate solutions” could play between now and 2030 to keep [...]
Spotted Owl Critical Habitat likely to decrease
The Trump administration will likely decrease the threatened Northern spotted owl’s critical habitat before the end of his first term, though the reduction may fall short of [...]
Oregon 2020 Fires burned managed fires the most
https://fusee.org/fusee-blogs-1/oregons-2020-fires-highly-managed-forests-burned-the-most
Conservation Update
From the Conservation/ Legal Director ….Angela Jensen
It is hard to believe that it has been 3 months since the last newsletter and while I am still learning and growing in my position as Conservation/ Legal Director, there are a few small accomplishments I would like to share.
First, we have remained engaged as [...]
