Andy Kerr

Conservationist, Writer, Analyst, Operative, Agitator, Strategist, Tactitian, Schmoozer, Raconteur

Oregon Congressional Delegation

Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 2: 1st, 2nd, and 4th Districts

December 18, 2023 in Congress, Elections, Federal Lands

If you care about nature and the climate, you must not only vote but also give both time and money during the 2024 election, which is already far along.

Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 1: 3rd, 5th, and 6th Districts

December 18, 2023 in Congress, Elections, Federal Lands

Along with the great danger of the Oregon US House delegation becoming worse on public lands issues, there are also great opportunities for it to be better.

Public Land Conservation Grand Bargains, Part 1: Hard Choices Ahead for Oregon Conservationists

September 23, 2019 in Congress, Land & Water Cons. Fund

If the soundtrack of Schoolhouse Rock’s “How a Bill Becomes Law” is an earworm in your head, it’s time to exorcise the demon. It no longer works that way.

Public Lands Blog

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A ~1,000-word weekly exposition on some aspect of federal or state public lands in the United States. Some blog posts goes rather deep and serve as a useful (I hope) backgrounders on particular public land areas, matters or issues. Other weeks, you’ll find a topical piece addressing a public lands controversy of the moment. This blog not only defends, but also extols, public lands.

Andy Kerr of The Larch Company (www.andykerr.net) splits his time between Ashland, OR and Washington, DC. He has been significantly involved in the enactment of more than 25 pieces of federal and state legislation and in copious litigation pertaining to public lands. Dedicated to the conservation and restoration of nature, The Larch Company is a non-membership for-profit organization that represents species that cannot talk and humans not yet born. A deciduous conifer, the western larch has a contrary nature.

If you wish to contact me, I will probably be glad you did.