Merkley Joins Wyden On Eastern Oregon Forest Bill
By Dennis Newman
Natural Oregon
March 04, 2010
Senator Wyden’s logging bill for Eastern Oregon forests picked up the support of Senator Merkley today. Read more…
Banking on carbon
By Paul Fattig
Mail Tribune
January 31, 2010
Mike Gaudern acknowledges that the whole concept of marketing trees for their ability to draw and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is new to the Oregon woods. Read more…
Wyden bill for forests brings sides together
By Paul Fattig
Medford Mail Tribune
December 17, 2009
A bill introduced Wednesday that would restore jobs and protect old growth in Eastern Oregon is being hailed as breaking new ground in the decades-long debate over logging in the Northwest, garnering support from the timber industry and environmentalists alike. Read more…
Foes Unite to Support Bill on Old-Growth Forests
By Leslie Kaufman
The New York Times
December 16, 2009
Calling a truce in a long and bitter battle, timber executives and environmentalists united Wednesday in supporting legislation to codify and expand current protections for old-growth forests on federal land in eastern Oregon. Read more…
Wyden bill aims to end eastern Oregon timber disputes
By Matthew Preusch
The Oregonian
December 16, 2009
“Senator Wyden deserves enormous credit for pulling this agreement together,” fellow Democrat Jeff Merkley said. “For far too long, disagreements over timber have hampered our efforts both to craft a comprehensive framework for restoring forest health and to create jobs in rural communities. I applaud Senator Wyden and his team for working hard to bring a wide coalition together to draft a plan to move us beyond the timber wars of the past.” Read more…
Conservation Groups Cheer New Wyden Forest Legislation
Eastern Oregon bill builds on historic agreement between timber industry, state and national conservation leaders
PORTLAND, OREGON
State and national conservation leaders expressed strong support today for new legislation introduced by Senator Ron Wyden that would build on common ground reached between conservationists and the timber industry.
Wyden to announce plan for eastern Oregon forests
By Matthew Preusch
The Oregonian
December 15, 2009
Sen. Ron Wyden will release the details of a bill Wednesday to change how federal forests in eastern Oregon are managed. Read more…
Barred owls could get the boot (or a bullet) to save spotted owls
By Matthew Preusch
OregonLive.com
December 09, 2009
Should we kill barred owls to save the northern spotted owl, and can it work? Read more…
The Denmark Project: Facing the Changes Climate Change Will Bring
By Christy George
OPB News
December 02, 2009
International talks on climate change begin next week in Copenhagen, Denmark.
For months, we’ve been considering the impact of climate change on one small town: Denmark, Oregon. Read more…
Homeowners deal with different Rogue
By Mark Freeman
Medford Mail Tribune
October 19, 2009
ROGUE RIVER — Jan Tarantino peers over her summer patio/dock on what used to be “Savage Lake,” looking down at the Rogue River flowing more than 15 feet below. Read more…
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Robert Macnee, Ph.D. is Deputy Director of Resilience Services at Climate Resilience Consulting, where he helps governments, institutions, and communities reduce climate risk in equitable and practical ways. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Management focused on climate change impacts on health and communities, and brings over a decade of experience spanning economic development, resilience planning, and implementation.
Samantha Medlock is President of Climate Risk Advisors, helping communities and organizations advance equity, sustainability, and resilience. Her career began chasing floods as a local official in Texas Flash Flood Alley—a hands-on experience that still shapes her approach to climate and disaster risk management.
Jim is a multilingual world traveler. Based in Bavaria during the 1970s, Jim spent most of this period in India, Afghanistan and Nepal, where he founded and operated a charitable medical clinic serving Tibetan Refugees. He settled in Oregon in 1983 on a forested ranch in the Umpqua National Forest.
Dr. Micah Hahn is an Associate Professor of Environmental Health in the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. She received her joint PhD in Epidemiology / Environment and Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MPH in Global Environmental Health from Emory University. Subsequently, she was a postdoctoral fellow for the CDC Climate and Health Program, and in this position worked collaboratively with the CDC Division of Vector-borne Diseases and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Her research focuses on understanding the health impacts of climate change and working with communities to develop locally-relevant adaptation and resilience-building strategies. Dr. Hahn is also on the Management Team of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center.
Michael is a former Founding Principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst, a global non-profit helping cities and their partners tackle their toughest challenges. He is currently the Executive Director of Climate Resilience Academy at the University of Miami.
Dr. Quintus Jett is a consultant, educator, and strategist for public causes. He has a doctorate in Organizations & Management from Stanford University, and a two-decade faculty career which spans schools, departments, and programs of business, engineering, liberal studies, divinity, and public and nonprofit management. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Dr. Jett launched a volunteer project in New Orleans, which enlisted residents, students from over a dozen colleges and universities, and hundreds of others to field map the city’s Gentilly district, Lower Ninth Ward, and New Orleans East. Dr. Jett is an innovator in higher education, bridging the divide between academic research and the other priorities of the modern university, including student access and diversity, community engagement, and providing foundations for life-long learning in today’s rapidly changing world.
Scott is Monfort Professor of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He has written about 100 publications in the peer-reviewed climate literature, is a former editor of the Journal of Climate, and served for five years as founding Science Chair of the North American Carbon Program.
Linda has many years of experience in disaster preparedness and resilience. She has been an elected official on the Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors, Chair of the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the East Central Iowa Council of Governments, the statewide Mental Health Developmental Disability and the Linn County Board of Health. Langston is a former president of the National Association of Counties (2013-2014).
Ken works with families and organizations as a mediator, organizational consultant, trainer and facilitator. Along with his passion for helping people prepare for and reduce climate change, Ken also volunteers as a mediator through Mediation Works and is passionate about supporting youth through mentoring with Boys to Men of Southern Oregon.
Matthew is a retired high school teacher who was once honored as Oregon High School Social Studies Teacher of the Year. Before his teaching career he was in the restaurant business in Portland. He is also a lawyer who has been a member of the Oregon State Bar Association since 1980.
Andrea is the Resilience Policy Advisor for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency. She works across state agencies and with local governments to increase the state’s resilience to the impacts of climate change.