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To see the current distribution of wolves in the Pacific Northwest, please click the wolf map image at the right and once the new window opens click in it again to get a full-sized view. And please take time to sign our petition to the US Fish and Wildlife Service to maintain protections for western … Read more
We Need Your Help Again Four significant events happened this year in wild Cascadia: 1- In the spring of this year the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) vacated permits for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline and an LNG terminal at Coos Bay, Oregon. 2- This spring the Imnaha Wolf Pack gave birth to … Read more
Cascadia Wildlands submitted the following comments on the Coyote Island Terminal Permit Application (Port of Morrow): Click below to view the PDF file. CascWild – Comment on APP0049123 Coyote Island Terminal Permit Application
By Tamara Schiff Last week Governor Kitzhaber and 42 other state and private actors returned from an 11 day trade mission to Asia. Though two officials from the Port of Coos Bay accompanied Governor Kitzhaber on the trade mission, the visit included trips to China, Hong Kong, and Japan, but not South Korea, the potential … Read more
Dear Board of Lane County Commissioners: As you prepare to vote on this resolution, please consider the potential huge negative health and environmental impacts of coal exports. Lane County residents have fought long and hard to improve air quality, public health and our quality of life. Please do not undercut that progress by allowing new … Read more
Sample verbal testimony : Chair Leiken and County Commissioners: As you prepare to vote on the draft resolution, we ask that you consider potential huge negative health and environmental impacts of coal exports. Lane County residents have fought long and hard to improve air quality and public health. Please do not undercut that progress … Read more
ATTACHMENT D IN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LANE COUNTY, OREGON RESOLUTION NO. IN THE MATTER OF RECOGNIZING THE PORT OF COOS BAY AS IT SEEKS TO DEVELOP A NEW BULK COMMODITY FACILITY WHEREAS, The Port of Coos Bay is the largest deep draft coastal harbor between San Francisco Bay and … Read more
We just learned that Lane County will be quietly voting on the Coal Terminal issue on Wednesday October 3rd. Please send your thoughts to: Jay.Bozievich@co.lane.or.us Rob.Handy@co.lane.or.us Sid.Leiken@co.lane.or.us Pete.SORENSON@co.lane.or.us Faye.Stewart@co.lane.or.us The City of Eugene will be hearing arguments for a coal terminal from the Port of Coos Bay on October 8 during a working session. … Read more
By Bob Ferris People who teach in a classroom understand that the game is won or lost and the tone set extremely early in the process. Setting and communicating clear boundaries and expectations on that first day of class can help head off problems and save a lot time and energy on corrective actions. By … Read more
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Fish and Wildlife will be meeting October 5-6 in Olympia, Washington (see agenda here). On October 5, one of the topics will be the wolf management plan. This is an excellent opportunity for wolf supporters across the state to speak up for wolf recovery and also comment on … Read more
[Editor's note: When the New 49er's griped about the bias of scientists involved in the public advisory committee for suction dredging in California, the State eventually acquiesced allowed the New 49ers to invite two people with science degrees from their camp. They selected Joe Greene and Claudia Wise retired EPA scientists from Oregon and current … Read more
By Bob Ferris With every complicated, science-based issue we seem to tackle, from climate change to wolves and from forestry to diesel particulates, there seems to be a handful of slide-rule era-educated, contrarian scientists who pull themselves up from the depths of retirement to confuse the issue. These self-proclaimed mavens generally have some credentials, but not the … Read more
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