Andy Kerr

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

Patty Murray

The Simpson Salmon Strategy

February 19, 2021 in Congress, Endangered Species

The Snake River salmon, other Columbia Basin and Puget Sound salmonids (and lampreys, and sturgeons, and orcas) are all counting on us. We must not screw this up.

Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations

January 26, 2018 in Congress, Administration, Department of Interior, Federal Lands, Keep it in the Ground, Marine National Monuments, Marine Sanctuaries, National Monuments, Oceans, Presidents

Abstaining from mineral development offshore is the only way to protect the marine environment and the renewable resources that depend upon it.

Public Lands Blog

Blog Posts by Category

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.