Conservation Today

Kai Huschke, with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, talks to us about the hierarchy of community rights, states rights, and corporate rights. We look at examples of Rights of Nature laws in other countries, and why it is so difficult to have community or nature rights under the Unites States system of capitalism. Community vs corporation examples include the timber and fossil fuel industries. For more information, see https://celdf.org/. Ending song is “Occupy the USA” from the album “Revolutions Per Minute” by Emma’s Revolution. https://emmasrevolution.com/.  You can purchase this album in a non-capitalistic way by naming your own price at: https://emmasrevolution.com/revolutions-per-minute

A panel of speakers discusses the plight of native wild horses in "Horse Management Areas" on public lands in western states. Speakers on Part 1 and Part 2 of the Wild Horse Podcast include: Lorna Torrey Palermo is a long time horse lover, animal advocate and Advocate for Wild Equines. Linda Wallace first became interested in the wild horses as a child when she heard about Wild Horse Annie. She has been writing letters and making phone calls ever since! Linda adopted an amazing black Eastern Oregon Mustang named Moonshine in the 80s. She now visits HMAs all over the West to photograph these beautiful, majestic creatures. Nick Goertzen is a western states horse advocate Tenaya Jewell is a scientist in the medical field and a long-time activist for animals and the environment. She has always loved horses and her passion is advocating for respectful and compassionate ways of being with animals. Renee Bosarge Ivy is a long-time animal lover and dedicated horse advocate. ----------------------------------------- Links for more information: A.W.E Advocates for wild equines https://www.advocatesforwildequines.com/ https://m.facebook.com/groups/152598663650225 Wild horse education: lots of news, updates, litigation https://wildhorseeducation.org/ American wild horse campaign: Beautiful photos and very detailed background info on the issues https://americanwildhorsecampaign.org/ Skydog sanctuary: rescues mustangs, reunites families separated during round ups, has 2 locations: malibu, ca and bend, or https://www.skydogranch.org/ Articles: New evidence that wild horses are native and how history was distorted by colonizers: https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/yes-world-there-were-horses-in-native-culture-before-the-settlers-came This article includes links to official sources about grazing fees and tax payer costs http://dailypitchfork.org/?p=631&fbclid=IwAR1dMdl6jRiGlITT5amPw2vAmh68Udu4ZYXcD9vUqUkrDuLGBHBCKka2NoA Bills to Support: https://www.safe-act.org/ https://wildhorseeducation.org/2022/02/08/bill-to-ban-helicopters-to-capture-wild-horses/ ------------------------------------------- The Part 2 ending song is “Navajo Trail” by “The Slow Ponies”. Their music can be found here: https://www.slowponies.com/

This is a conversation with Carol Van Strum, who has fought against the aerial spraying of pesticides, including Agent Orange, since 1975. Join Carol on the webinar Wednesday, April 6, 6 PM, 2022. "Oregonians Love Trees".  Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83135992632?pwd=VlFvZUp1SmxxKzdjZzRESEVVQ3BiZz09 The PBS documentary that features Carol: The People vs. Agent Orange. https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-people-vs-agent-orange/ Books by Carol:  A Bitter Fog, Herbicides and Human Rights. https://bookshop.org/books/a-bitter-fog-herbicides-human-rights/9781732446830 The Oreo File. https://bookshop.org/books/the-oreo-file/9781539821830 The ending song by Alice DiMicele, Defend The Earth from her “Searching” album. https://alicedimicele.bandcamp.com/track/defend-the-earth

This is a fascinating conversation with Bonnie Olin. Bonnie is an avid river user, including kayaking on the Snake River. Bonnie talks about the four lower Snake River Dams, why they should be removed, and the impacts removal would have on fish and wildlife, as well as the economy. She covers the mitigations available for impacts such as barging grain and electrical generation. For more information, the following links were mentioned in the podcast: * Wild Salmon Center and their work. This is also the center created by Guido Rahr of the book Stronghold. https://wildsalmoncenter.org/strategy/ * Information about the book “Stronghold” by Tucker Malarkey https://wildsalmoncenter.org/stronghold-book/ * Another excellent group working to breach the dams and save the salmon is https://www.wildsalmon.org * Mike Simpson’s proposals for dam breaching. This is not a piece of legislation. It is just a set of ideas. https://simpson.house.gov/uploadedfiles/websiteslides2.4.pdf * Andy Kerr, (Public Lands Lobbyist) thoughts on Simpson’s proposal. http://www.andykerr.net/kerr-public-lands-blog/2019/9/6/a-solomonic-salmonid-solution * A link to Bonnie’s website, with stories and info about the Owyhee, and her book, The Owyhee River Journals. www.owyheemedia.com * Bonnie's letter to the editor: https://www.registerguard.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/03/20/guest-view-plight-salmon-upstream-battle/4740844001/ Walt Pollock, former BPA Administrator, letter to the editor: https://www.registerguard.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/09/02/guest-view-we-can-have-our-salmon-and-eat-it-too-hydro-power-killer-whales-chinook-oregon-idaho/5657156001/ The ending song is “Bound for the Inland Sea”, by Pacific Flyway from their album Over Our Heads, sung by Roseburg’s own Marnie Allbritten. marnie59 at jeffnet dot org

This is a conversation with Jim McCarthy, the Southern Oregon Program Director for WaterWatch of Oregon. Waterwatch is part of a coalition of conservation groups suing over the fish-killing Winchester Dam on the North Umpqua River, North of Roseburg. Jim describes the history of the dam, ownership, management, and why the dam kills fish, including coho, steelhead, and pacific lamprey. Visit Waterwatch at: https://waterwatch.org/. Winchester Dam page: https://waterwatch.org/programs/winchester-dam/ Fact sheet on Winchester Dam: https://waterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WINCHESTER-DAM-FACT-SHEET-FINAL-11-10-20.pdf Our ending song is “Big Fat Fish” by “Walkin’ Jim Stoltz” from his “The Web of Life” album. You can download his song here: https://walkinjim.com/the-web-of-life-cd/

Today we talk with Kimberly Holmquist about Douglas County Community Rights and some issues before the Douglas County Commissioners, including the proposed 2,800 acre destination resort planned for near Yoncalla. Kimberly also describes the history of the “Doctrine of Discovery”, and how it favors corporate rights over community rights.  The ending song is "Why Am I An Anarchist?" by Norman Nawrocki. For more information about the Douglas County issues discussed in this podcast, see: https://celdf.org/community-rights/ https://communityrightslanecounty.org/ https://orcrn.org/Lincoln-county/ https://orcrn.org/ https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2019/11/former-oregon-securities-broker-charged-with-investment-fraud-tax-evasions.html https://www.ridgecrestca.com/news/20200114/despite-legal-trouble-pegasus-equestrian-facility-still-planned-in-yreka Pathway to Democracy Part 1--The Doctrine of Discovery and Thomas Jefferson's Legal Mind: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/dGHJF5kpKJ6ZO-T9f7lFjN1fg9spFcAyeh3kx1qzpQEvir2QkDcjkRNfcFYU3vpd.OLUh4bT377LyCBNQ Pathway to Democracy Part 2-- The Doctrine of Discovery and Thomas Jefferson's Legas Mind: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/bHmQPcwznh7Z4yS3zp-24FDp1-Ub9HRBDNq5V5JmIjyBDiwMsPKV8mbYyShxnhyQ.KofhCOjVwE5B17Bd

We speak with Kat Stone who ran for the Oregon State Senate District 1 last year, against the republican Dallas Heard. Kat will tell us about her campaign, including reforming the tax structure for private industrial land owners. Kat will also talk about her other activities, like monitoring the Douglas County Commissioners meetings. The day after we recorded this podcast, Kat's campaign manager for her 2020 senate campaign, Christian Avana, suddenly passed away. So we got back together to talk about Christian and his gifts to our community. In Memory of Christian, our final song is "Rise" by Alice DeMicele. It is available for a free download here: https://www.alicedimicele.com/store. Links relevant to this podcast: Douglas County Commissioners Meetings: https://video.ibm.com/channel/douglascountyoregon Douglas Complex fire research showing private lands burn hotter than public lands: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Location-of-and-fire-severity-within-the-Douglas-Complex-in-Oregon-USA-Fire-severity_fig1_324786837 Britt Nichols County Park and Dave Busenbark County Park: https://flic.kr/s/aHskAvo63S

Dr. Phil Harding is with Citizens Climate Lobby. We talk about HB 763, a federal climate bill supported by Citizens Climate Lobby, including what its impact would be on citizens, companies and our climate, as well as its impact on Oregon projects, such as Jordan Cove LNG and the timber industry. How does it differ from a state bill we have tried to pass in Oregon? Later, Phil talks about his work at Willamette Falls Paper Company, developing non-tree-fiber paper. Do they use hemp fiber? What about the carbon footprint of recycled paper? Phil will answer those questions. Ending music is by Roy Zimmerman, "Hope, Struggle & Change" from his "You're Getting Sleepy" album. You can download free songs from Roy here: https://www.royzimmerman.com/ Other links from today's show: Citizens Climate Lobby: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ OSU's Study on Carbon released by logging: https://sustainable-economy.org/osu-research-confirms-big-timber-leading-source-greenhouse-gas-emissions-oregon/

We talk with Ken Carloni and Kasey Hovik about changing the "Douglas" reference, for Douglas County, from Stephen Douglas (a politician) to David Douglas (the botanist who first described the Douglas fir tree). In the first half we also discuss the racist beginnings of Oregon, including the racist views of Joseph Lane, who Roseburg's middle school is named after. In the second half we also discuss the ecological practices of Native Americans in Oregon. It all makes for a fascinating discussion. In honor of David Douglas's work naming Oregons plants, our ending song is about naming wildlife, "A Crash of Rhinoceros" by Carrie Newcomer. In this conversation, we reference: The Douglas County Museum: http://umpquavalleymuseums.org/museums/douglas-county-museum/ and Umpqua Watersheds: https://umpquawatersheds.org/ Check back here to find a link to the petition Ken Carloni is writing so the Douglas County commissioners can officially change the Douglas County name reference. Or, just ask the commissioners to do it now.

This is a March 19, 2020 presentation sponsored by the Great Old Broads for Wilderness about the Jordan Cove Energy Project. It was supposed to be a live panel given in Portland. But with Corvid, the live presentation was replaced by a webinar, and thus you get to listed to it. In the morning of March 19, the U.S. Government gave the Canadian corporation, Pembina, permission to condemn land for the Jordan Cove Energy Project. So it was a timely presentation. We hear from myself, Francis Eatherington, Pam Ordway, a landowner near Camas Valley whose land is threatened with eminent domain, Damon Motz-Storey from Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Anu Sawkar, an attorney with Crag Law Center. The Great Old Broads for Wilderness is a grassroots organization, led by women, that engages and inspires activism to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands. You can read more about the Broads, and join your local broadband, at: https://www.greatoldbroads.org/ You can read more about impacted landowners here: https://www.ourland-ourlives.org/, and help donate their legal defense here: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-the-pacific-connector-easement-action-team Damon Motz-Storey works on the intersection of health, climate change, and fossil fuel threats with the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility. You can support their work at: https://www.oregonpsr.org/donate You can also read Oregon & Washington PSR's report on the health threats of fracked gas at: https://www.oregonpsr.org/fracked_gas_a_threat_to_healthy_communit Anu Sawkar is an attorney at Crag Law, a nonprofit law firm that provides legal aid for communities, climate, and the wild in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about Crag Law at: crag.org. Currently donations to support Crag made through Benevity will be matched 1:1!: https://mygoodness.benevity.org/community/cause/840-931323758

Ralph Bloomers, from the Craig Law Center, will explain the MOU and legislation supported by 13 environmental groups and 13 industrial timber operators. It would require logging buffers on streams in the Siskiyou watersheds to be as large as our more northern watersheds. It would require larger buffers for helicopters that spray pesticides from the air. Homes and schools now get only a 60' buffer (Washington state gives 200'). The new legislation would help protect school children and families with a 300' buffer from aerial-sprayed herbicides next to homes and schools. For more information about Ralph's organization, see: https://crag.org/ For more information about aerial spraying in Oregon, see: https://www.beyondtoxics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/FINAL_Report_OregonIndustrialForest_and_HerbicideUse_12-17-13.pdf And here: https://oregonwild.org/support-regulation-aerial-herbicide-spraying Pictures of aerial spraying that I took around me are here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/umpquawild/0V4cBv Ending song is by Alice DiMicele, "Defend The Earth", from her "Searching" album. Alice will play us this music in Roseburg on March 22.

Samantha Krop works with Cascadia Wildlands. https://www.cascwild.org/ Sam talks about the federal timber sales, including Roseburg BLM sales in Douglas County. One alarming sale is "Umpqua Sweets" in the North Umpqua watershed. Pictures can be seen here: https://www.cascwild.org/umpqua-sweets-chronicles-vol-1-down-by-the-riverside/ https://www.cascwild.org/umpqua-sweets-chronicles-vol-4-community/ https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHuWwvZ Lone Rock Timber's new road, built through BLM old growth last year ,will now be used by BLM to log the forest on either side of the road. https://flic.kr/s/aHskvJ7H4Q Samantha also talks about the Elliott State Forest and the problems with turning it over to Oregon State University for a research forest. Other OSU research forests can be seen here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJXoymE Finally, Sam talks about the Jordan Cove Project, a proposal to ship Canadian fracked gas to Asia via Oregon. Pictures of the most recent public opposition in Salem this past November can be seen here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskeHwyL8 To get involved in timber sale monitoring, email sam@cascwild.org and join the Cascadia Wildlands Wildcat monitoring team. https://www.cascwild.org/about-us/volunteer-opportunities/wildcat/ Ending song is "Have You Been To Jail For Justice", by Anne Feeney