The Thalweg Series

In this episode of Meet Us Down Here: The Thalweg Series, Denise Lofman talks with Emily Akdedian, Executive Director of the Lower Nehalem Community Trust, about what can happen when a community decides the places it loves are worth protecting.  LNCT itself grew from just such a decision, when local residents came together to protect...

Denise Lofman of CREST speaks with Mark McLaughlin, Conservation Director at North Coast Land Conservancy, about conserving and connecting the landscape of the Oregon Coast. 

 In this episode, Denise Lofman of Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce talks with Nadia Gardner and Austin Tomlinson of Columbia Land Trust about what becomes possible when caring for the land also becomes an investment in the resilience and vitality of the region.   

Denise Lofman of CREST talks with Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership’s Public and Legislative Affairs Manager, about the organization overall and their projects down in the lower part of the river.

Denise Lofman talks with Jim Good, former director of CREST, and Garrett Phillips, CREST’s senior coastal planner, about the history of land use planning in the Columbia River Estuary.  

Denise Lofman speaks with Jason Smith and Narayan Elasmar about CREST, and what habitat restoration and monitoring actually looks like in the lower Columbia estuary.