The 80th Oregon legislative session was turbulent and challenging for wetland conservation. While we can’t declare 2019 a victory for wetland and water conservation, with the help of our community and partners, there was a heightened awareness in Salem of the critical role wetlands play in cleaning and recharging our water supply and mitigating climate change.
Since fourth grade taking action on climate change has been my passion. Although I am still a Freshman, my climate activism has changed from a simple blog to my co-founded organization Affected Generation. For the past years, I have worked alongside Jeremy Clark to be leaders and organize some of the largest youth climate events
Liz Frenkel died the morning of March 13, 2019. For many years there was an all-too-common phrase repeated by environmental lobbyists and others in the halls of the Oregon state capitol building in Salem: “Find Liz Frenkel! NOW!” Surprise hearing on a key land use bill? Find Liz Frenkel! NOW! Really bad wetlands bill? Find
The interconnections of wetlands with forests, streams and estuaries were ably demonstrated by conservationists and landowners during a tour of the Beaver Creek and Yaquina River watersheds. Led by TWC’s Esther Lev and Paul Englemeyer, an entourage of a dozen friends of TWC visited multiple wetland, upland and estuary sites that were in various stages
It is not often that you get to gather a group of people with no connection to each other, for a conversation, and listen to them talk. Over the past 6 weeks, The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (COLT) and its member land trusts have done just that. It was an opportunity to listen and