Coast Range Radio

In part one, Andrew interviews Levi Van Sant (@LeviVanSant), an Assistant Professor at George Mason University in Fairfax County Virginia whose work focuses on environmental (in)justice, particularly issues surrounding food, agriculture, and land use.  Levi wrote a formative piece in Dissent on Land Reform and the Green New Deal that influenced the Coast Range Association’s recent Climate & Or...

Sam Krop interviews Bethany Cotton, Conservation Director at Cascadia Wildlands , on the connections between rivers, salmon and communities with a look at the proposal to remove the four lower dams on the Snake River. Sam and Bethany discuss the history and cultural significance of the Columbia and Snake Rivers salmon runs, the current impacts of the dams on salmon and communities, the flaws in Re...

Chuck Willer, Executive Director of the Coast Range Association, and Andrew discuss the release of the Coast Range Association's recent report, Climate & Oregon's Industrial Forests - A Green New Deal Proposal. They highlight the need for Western Oregon's private industrial forests to store large amounts of carbon. The need for this important natural climate solution is put into...

In part two, Andrew and Abel discuss the ecoforestry practices used at Aprovecho to manage the forest there towards an old growth character forest. They discuss how this type of intentional land management connects to indigenous and climate justice. They also go into the history of indigenous genocide in Oregon and its connection to the landscape change from oak savanna to primarily Douglas fir fo...

Andrew interviews Abel Kloster. Through Resilience Permaculture Design, LLC , Abel specializes in Forest Stewardship Planning as a consulting forester for ODF and a Technical Service Provider for the NRCS. We talk on site about the ecoforestry work he stewards at Aprovecho outside of Cottage Grove, OR. We discuss the lessons he has learned in this work and the opportunities he has found in coopera...

Andrew interviews Bob Bailey, President of the Elakha Alliance. The Elakha Alliance is an Oregon nonprofit working towards a vision for an Oregon Coast 50 years from now where our children and grandchildren enjoy and benefit from a healthy sea otter population, a robust marine ecosystem, and a thriving coastal economy. Bob and Andrew discuss sea otter ecology, why sea otters are absent from the Or...

The second of a two-part series featuring visions of the future of forests and communities read by members of the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance’s Green New Deal Working Group.  These visions are interspersed with a conversation about how a Green New Deal framework creates inspiring opportunities for building carbon storage and protecting PNW forests while improving the lives of frontli...

This episode is the first of a two-part series featuring visions of the future of forests and communities read by members of the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance’s Green New Deal Working Group.  These visions for the future of PNW forests are interspersed with a conversation about how a Green New Deal framework creates inspiring opportunities for building carbon storage and protecting PNW...

Sam and Andrew interview Paula Hood from the Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project on the Trump administration's rollback of the 21" Screens for Oregon's Eastside forests. Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, Earthrise Law Center, Greater Hells Canyon Council, Oregon Wild, and Central Oregon Landwatch have been working closely to oppose the rollback of protections for large trees on e...

in this episode, Andrew interviews Dawn Villaescusa, President of the Audubon Society of Lincoln City on their Rocky Habitat Campaign. Dawn describes the ecological and social values of the rocky habitat on Oregon's coast. She describes the two community-based proposals that the Audubon Society of Lincoln City has submitted to Oregon's Ocean Policy Advisory Council’s (OPAC’s) Rocky Habit...

Sam Krop takes the lead on this interview with two inspiring climate justice activists about their work supporting the city of Eugene, Oregon in achieving a just transition away from so-called “natural” or fracked gas. Avery Temple is a student, community organizer and Latina activist working on racial justice and climate justice issues. Avery currently works for Cascadia Wildlands and is a co-lea...

In this episode, Sam Krop and Andrew Collins-Anderson interview Allie Rosenbluth who is the Campaigns Director for the Southern Oregon-based climate justice organization, Rogue Climate . Allie shares her experiences working with the powerful grassroots coalition resisting the Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal and fracked gas pipeline. If built, the Jordan Cove LNG export proj...

Coast Range Radio interviews community organizer and steering committee member of the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance, Sam Krop. Sam discusses her work to resist post-fire logging in Oregon. We also introduce Sam as a new regular contributor and host on Coast Range Radio. Sam will be helping to expand and diversify the voices heard on the program. https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradi...

Coast Range Radio interviews troublemaker and writer Carol Van Strum. Carol has spent decades documenting and fighting the atrocities perpetuated on the rural communities of the Pacific Northwest through wanton pesticide use by massive chemical corporations, the timber industry and the federal government. Carol is the recipient of the David Brower Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of A...

Coast Range Radio interviews Kai Huschke of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and Oregon Community Rights Network. We discuss the community rights movement and Kai provides exciting examples of Oregon communities leading efforts to protect their local environment and community health by confronting corporate power. To learn more visit, https://orcrn.org https://www.instagram.com/coast...

Coast Range Radio interviews Laura Anderson owner of the restaurant, Local Ocean, based in Newport, OR. Laura has a master's degree in marine resource management from Oregon State University. Laura is also the director of the Oregon Ocean Science Trust, a board member of the Oregon Coast Aquarium, and a trustee of The Nature Conservancy of Oregon. Laura brings a wealth of knowledge and experi...

Coast Range Radio interviews Catherine Thomasson and Jody Wiser about timber tax fairness for Oregon’s counties. Catherine has worked on climate change issues for the past 25 years and is a former Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Jody is a Tax Policy expert with Tax Fairness Oregon.  We discuss the hardships Oregon’s counties are facing with reduced timber tax revenues a...

Coast Range Radio interviews Chuck Willer on the Green New Deal and a just transition for western Oregon’s corporate-owned industrial forests. Oregon’s forests play an important role in addressing the climate crisis. Chuck describes how land reform would revitalize rural Oregon communities while storing vast amounts of carbon. Chuck’s vision and analysis comes from 30 years of work addressing the...

Coast Range Radio interview with Charlie Plybon. Charlie is the Oregon Policy Manager for the Surfrider Foundation. We discuss his work on Oregon’s marine reserves, rocky habitats, ocean plastic pollution, climate change impacts to the Oregon Coast, updates on ocean and climate policy and opportunities for coastal communities to engage in climate change activism. https://www.instagram.com/coastran...

Coast Range Radio’s interview with Timothy Ingalsbee, Ph. D. We discuss the new messaging guide - Incendiary Rhetoric: Climate Change, Wildfire, and Ecological Fire Management from Tim’s organization, Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics & Ecology. To find the guide and to learn more visit their website, fusee.org. Tim is a leading expert in fire ecology and provides many insights to the lar...

Coast Range Radio interviews John Borowski. John is a long time marine and environmental science educator in Oregon. In our discussion, John draws from his years of experience to describe the power timber and fossil fuel companies have in influencing science education. Of specific interest, John outlines how the Oregon Forest Resources Institute’s (OFRI) timber focused materials enter Oregon’s sch...

Coast Range Radio's interview with Joel Iboa. Joel is the coalition manager for Causa Oregon—Oregon’s immigrant rights organization. Joel currently serves as chair of the Eugene Human Rights Commission . Joel is also the youngest person to be elected chair for the Oregon governor's Environmental Justice Task Force .  We discuss Joel's work at Causa during the Covid-19 pandemic, envi...

Coast Range Radio’s interview with Stan Petrowski on beaver ecology and protection in Oregon. We discuss the interesting history of beavers in Oregon, their ecological importance, and the current efforts to protect beavers for the benefit of streams, forests, salmon and climate. Stan is a leader in restoration ecology in Oregon. He is the founder and President of the South Umpqua Rural Community P...

Coast Range Radio interview with Oregon based natural resource economist, Ernie Niemi. Ernie is the co-founder and co-director of the Forest Carbon Coalition, and founder of Natural Resource Economics, INC. This show highlights the important findings from Ernie's 2020 working paper “Bigger Than Expected: Climate-Change Costs & Emission-Reduction Benefits”. We discuss the range of economic...

In this episode we speak with Andrea Rodgers, Senior Attorney at Our Children’s Trust. We discuss environmental law in the age of coronavirus and the non-profit public interest law firm, Our Children’s Trust. Andrea then provides updates from the climate justice case, Juliana vs United States. Andrea Rodgers is the Senior Attorney at Our Children’s Trust where she serves as co-counsel on the const...