https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog daily 0.75 2026-03-14 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/governor-koteks-ten-percent-in-ten-years monthly 0.5 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/67d30e64-3d00-436d-a68c-c725abd693b0/960px-Tina_Kotek_official_portrait_2021%283x4_cropped%29Wikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Governor Kotek’s “Ten Percent in Ten Years” - Make it stand out Figure 1. Oregon governor Tina Kotek (in office 2023–20??). Source: State of Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8b64ce88-71d4-4aec-a063-c55f0a131467/StateOfOregonLandsODSL.png Public Lands Blog - Governor Kotek’s “Ten Percent in Ten Years” - Make it stand out Figure 2. Shown in dark colors: State of Oregon lands (surface and/or subsurface ownership) of various kinds, totaling ~4.3 million acres. (Ignore the lighter green that is nothing but noise on the base layer of this online map.) The Oregon Territorial Sea is depicted as well. Source: Oregon Department of State Lands. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/return-to-old-growth-liquidation-in-western-oregon monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c3a275ad-aecc-4daf-8864-e5f5e868b20c/OGFBLMWOROregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - Return to Old-Growth Liquidation in Western Oregon? - Make it stand out Figure 1. Old-growth forest stand on a piece of the nation’s forestlands in western Oregon administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f277edb2-5639-4bf0-ad46-fe08a86d234a/BLMClearacutWesternOregonOregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - Return to Old-Growth Liquidation in Western Oregon? Figure 2. A former old-growth forest on BLM holdings in western Oregon. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bcfd23f4-0d93-468b-aec2-4ac73ed52b5f/BLMOGForest2WesternOregonOregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - Return to Old-Growth Liquidation in Western Oregon? Figure 3. A very old, very large Sitka spruce. The only way to attain the timber volumes sought by the Trump administration is to return to the massive liquidation of old-growth forests. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b7a516f2-e8a5-43d8-960b-66bc191d7a5e/BLMWORClearcutOregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - Return to Old-Growth Liquidation in Western Oregon? Figure 4. Logging on western Oregon BLM land. As a few trees are left standing (until the next big windstorm), the BLM says this is not a clear-cut. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e37a8777-c4a4-429a-8c92-8e80fe0f4c8a/StreamWesternOregonBLMOregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - Return to Old-Growth Liquidation in Western Oregon? Figure 5. A river in the BLM’s western Oregon forestlands. It’s not just about the big trees but also the watersheds that support fish and wildlife and downstream uses by humans. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/320dc8fc-c7db-4325-9e1c-3688aa033502/BLMOGForestOregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - Return to Old-Growth Liquidation in Western Oregon? Figure 6. An old-growth Douglas-fir. Even above the significant butt swell, the tree is significantly wider than the conservationist is tall. Source: Oregon Wild. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/grazing-or-overgrazing-the-correct-word-for-bovine-impact-on-public-lands monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ed7b9ce7-c6bb-4eba-b43f-64a938d7c47b/00000-00387+Cow+bombed+BLM+lands+along+Paria+River+Escalante+Grandstaircase+NM+Utah+George+Wuerthner-2708+copy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Grazing or Overgrazing? The Correct Word for Bovine Impact on Public Lands - Make it stand out Figure 1. Livestock in the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah. Is overgrazing the cause of their harm—or just grazing? Source: George Wuerthner. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/book-review-a-beautifully-burned-forest-learning-to-celebrate-severe-forest-fire monthly 0.5 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/18178186-ddb1-4ccf-becb-f90b0a8d4d78/BookCover.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Richard L. Hutto. 2025. A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire. Springer Books. $37.99 paperback, $19.24 Kindle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d9690b06-a54e-4d00-b5d3-d65f98886743/NorthCascadeStandreplacementFireAftermathWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 1. A freshly burned forest. Though it looks like hell to the mis-trained eye, it is nonetheless the necessary and inevitable beginning of the next forest. Just give it a bit of time, and neither salvage log nor replant it. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1d79c748-8427-44e8-b02b-b7b627999ca5/67597-02311+Glacier+lily+and+burnt+log+after+1988+fires.+Yellowstone+NP%2C+WY.+George+Wuerthner.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 2. Glacier lilies, the vanguard of rebirth after the fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af0c0e10-331d-434f-af40-cd6ee47877fb/RimFireStanislausNF2013USDAFSWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 3. The 2013 Rim Fire, Stanislaus National Forest, California. A forest in full burn is a sight to behold from afar and scary as hell up close. Source: Wikipedia (Forest Service). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e1f60d44-67b8-4fb5-9b02-0b6afd241db5/Fireweed+in+burn%2C+Snake+River%2C+Yellowstone+NP%2C++Wyoming++George+Wuerthner-6775.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 4. Several years after the Yellowstone fires of 1988. Notice dead trees, both standing and fallen. Notice the profusion of fireweed. Notice that the young trees are thriving. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a3102f56-e013-4038-b3e3-74c4a0bf4c8b/960px-TownsendsSolitaire+Polinova%28Wikipedia%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 5. Townsend’s solitaire. This species has been found to nest in the upturned root wad of a tree felled by fire. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/21c5749e-5e43-40e2-87b5-7358ba7ebf89/Mountain_BluebirdDeschutesNFelaineRWilson%28Wikipedia%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 6. Mountain bluebird. Like several other species, this one soon finds severely burned forests. But it likes only those that have plenty of large dead trees, which means forests that didn’t have the life logged out of them before they burned. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2bafc941-e137-4ed2-aaba-14f7d74c14fc/960px-Golden_Buprestid_%2814881767118%29KatiaSAchulWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 7. The golden jewel beetle (Buprestis aurulenta), found from southern British Columbia through the Rocky Mountains to Mexico and in their greatest abundance in severely burned forests. Source: Wikipedia (Katja Schulz). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c2549fe0-b4cb-4cf1-b36e-af33856bc62b/Geranium_bicknelliiUSEPA.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 8. Bicknell’s geranium, a species known to have waited two hundred years for that right severe fire to trigger its germination. Source: US Environmental Protection Agency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ebabcb03-1ebc-4c3a-b182-2607b8046320/MALE960px-Picoides_arcticus_-Brunswick%2C_Vermont%2C_USA_-male-8USFWS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 9. Adult male black-backed woodpecker, with the characteristic yellow crown patch. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a5a1b764-9886-4015-a71a-6d2f70f32d51/Female960px-Picoides_arcticus_FM2+Cephas%28Wikipedia%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 10. Adult female black-backed woodpecker. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6d48c38f-06d8-4809-b706-d52aca55374d/Boreal_toad_%28Anaxyrus_boreas%29_%287046220291%29USFWS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 11. Boreal toad. Knots of these toads are known to move into burned forests in great numbers. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/311bde5a-4ea9-47a8-98c1-dc166a0c5c90/Williamson%27sSapsuckerNPS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 12. Williamson sapsucker (female on left, male on right). A cavity nester, this bird is rare in the first years following a fire but very common in later decades, when all those dead trees have developed all those nesting cavities.Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9f8f401e-3eed-4ed8-ac2f-f07f5c918fbb/Smokey1940sUSDAFS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: “A Beautifully Burned Forest: Learning to Celebrate Severe Forest Fire” Figure 13. A 1940s poster titled “Smokey says—Burned timber builds no homes. Prevent forest fires.” Over the decades, the Forest Service has tweaked the message of Smokey Bear to appeal to modern sensibilities, but this is as close to the now-unstated truth as ever. Burned, er I mean unlogged, timber builds no homes. Source: US Forest Service, Smokey Bear Collection. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preremembering-james-monteith-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e4499680-a53c-4564-b0fb-d4cecd4d468a/304C8297-B4CE-4C0B-81FE-225DDF65D513_1_201_a.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Figure 1. Left to right: Gayle Landt, James Monteith (check out his free-flowing mane), Kurt Kutay, and Marcy Willow (all standing), early staff members of the Oregon Wilderness Coalition (OWC), ca. 1974. Joe Walicki (squatting) was one of the three founders of OWC. Source: Joe Walicki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/70cd40fb-2899-47cb-801c-85b93ddc5769/Early+OWC+staff.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 2. Oregon Wilderness Coalition staff, ca. late 1970s. Clockwise from top left: Tim Lillebo, Kurt Kutay, Nancy Duhnkrack, Andy Kerr, and James Monteith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0dfaf0f8-6b7b-486c-9513-c888fde287b7/image.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 3. Oregon Natural Resources Council staff in the early 1980s. Left to right: Mark Prevost, Nancy Peterson, Andy Kerr, Wendell Wood, Tim Lillebo, James Monteith, and Don Tryon. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fce5964a-d90a-44fb-b0d5-482e52547d65/Monteith+fundraising+1979+newsletter.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 4. A plea for donations, ca. 1980. Money was always tight, and we would do almost anything to make a buck. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/38dff464-4fb0-4db8-83fe-3a79455e4eff/James+Monteith+and+Andy+Kerr.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 5. James Monteith and Andy Kerr in the ONRC office on 12th Street in Eugene in the early 1980s. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c5cc3edf-bad9-4941-9895-a5307566ce46/The+Wilderness+Pros+%28color%29.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 6. The February 12, 1984, cover of Northwest magazine, then a Sunday supplement to the Oregonian. The Oregon Wilderness Act would be enacted into law a few months later. (Yes, James is wearing my three-piece suit.) Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/58b48123-b8e5-497c-8353-2c61924ec25e/Jim+Monteith+and+Tim+Wapato.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 7. James Monteith and Tim Wapato of the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9a691fb3-a182-4daa-a18f-0651ea5547c5/Monteith+at+Salem+wilderness+hearing+1981.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 8. Monteith testifying in Salem, Oregon, in 1981 at a congressional field hearing on Oregon wilderness legislation. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0bda3551-88b5-402a-b371-ef74b13e135b/James+Monteith+%28w+Packwood+at+Hells+Canyon%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 9. Monteith in 1985 at Buckhorn on the western edge of Hells Canyon, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Hells Canyon Act of 1975 by presenting the legislation’s chief sponsor, Senator Bob Packwood, with a commemorative picture. (Monteith’s long hair had long been sacrificed to the cause of wilderness.) Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5083156d-ff6f-4d4b-8a23-37fa94100d03/James+Monteith+%28Wilderness+more+than+recreation%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 10. Monteith in his “Wilderness . . . more than [just] recreation” T-shirt, ca. 1980. A biologist at heart, he advocated a more biocentric and less anthropocentric wilderness ethic. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0fd3c646-dbd8-42ac-9172-84a8d8d71d15/Monteith+and+Hatfield.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 11. Monteith chatting with Senator Mark Hatfield about “ancient forest.” While most of Oregon’s protected wilderness came at the sufferance of Hatfield, much de facto wilderness was lost due to the senator’s support of Big Timber. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9200c3cb-d65f-47d0-8519-484a9af5899d/P1070604.JPG Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 12. James Monteith and noted American essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer Barry Lopez. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/44aee441-60b1-4fff-8341-379df445a438/MonteithWallowaLakeLodgeDAvidMildrexler.JPG Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 13. Monteith rallying the troops at the Wallowa Lake Lodge near Joseph, Oregon. Source: David Mildrexler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f237ab75-80fe-4fe8-a2e6-c16b66051ce1/MonteithDavidMildrexler%26Kerr.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering James Monteith, Oregon Conservationist Figure 14. James Monteith, Wallowology systems ecologist David Mildrexler, and Andy Kerr at a 2023 rewilding conference near Camp Sherman in the Metolius Basin, Oregon. Source: David Mildrexler (alas, neither he nor I recall who took the photo). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-death-of-the-forest-service-is-overdue monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b7e03c1e-7211-4623-ace7-d8b03accd45b/ChatGPT+Image+Dec+9%2C+2025+at+09_55_44+AM.png Public Lands Blog - The Death of the Forest Service Is Overdue - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Forest Service needs to go. The National Forest System needs to stay. Source: ChatGPT5.1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e772e8a5-b9e3-455a-af8f-24c3806dbca1/USFSRegons.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Death of the Forest Service Is Overdue Figure 2. The nine regions of the current Forest Service. The Trump administration is eliminating these regions to consolidate bureaucratic power in Washington DC. To my amusement, a White House position paper justifying the move cited a 2007 paper by me (“Eliminating Forest Service Regional Offices: Replacing Middle Management with More On-the-Ground Restoration”). Source: USDA Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/steens-mountain-silver-jubilee-part-2-grand-bargain-details-and-unfinished-work monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5454ef10-2f3f-4c94-ba20-5abb4e27e1ee/AlvordDesert+Dan+Streifest%28Flickr%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Alvord Desert. Source: Dan Streifest, Flickr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e20fabfd-72b1-4c5b-af08-3ea934e4b37e/Steens+Mountain+Congressional+Designations+Map+BLM+copy.png Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Map 1. My favorite map, showing all but one of the major conservation designations in the Steens Act of 2000. (Missing are additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; see Map 2 for those.) Click on the image to expand to a more readable scale, and see the text commentary for the significance of the various colored lines. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e4a13219-f4ec-4806-82d5-274cea6f97ed/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0b2ecb9d-eea9-4dd6-9fdf-563aa671b9b5/BoraxLakeChubUSFWS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work Figure 2. Borax Lake chub. Removal of the threat of geothermal development around Borax Lake by the Steens Act was a contributing factor to the delisting due to recovery of the Borax Lake chub under the Endangered Species Act. Source: Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cc95fac8-bceb-402f-8b6f-1bbbf7791a0d/Steens-AlvordWSRs%26WSA.png Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Map 2. Wild and scenic rivers on Steens Mountain. The Donner und Blitzen Wild and Scenic River includes several tributaries that drain northwesterly into Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The two disjunct blue lines are the Wildhorse (south) and Kiger (north) Creeks Wild and Scenic River. Source: rivers.gov. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/546f47ff-5578-4362-8101-1df04a107a7c/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0ab8cda0-a0ba-44a4-9998-40c74689cd4b/Table3.png Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/79b3908f-40d8-4259-96ac-3705925265b6/SteensMountainWilderness%26WSAMap.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Map 3. The Steens Mountain Wilderness (in peach), wilderness study areas (in light pink), other BLM land (in tan), nonfederal land (in white), national wildlife refuge (in green), and State of Oregon land (in blue). Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5aeabc40-7e50-4da4-9198-2324574b013b/Table4.png Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1705c507-5350-4e27-8997-33dce99278dc/HeathLake%26TalbleMountainWSAsBLMFlickr.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Figure 3. The Heath Lake and Table Mountain wilderness study areas, part of the greater Alvord Desert landscape. Source: Bureau of Land Management, Flickr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0544e3b7-e5e2-4fdb-803f-398976a24f1f/GreaterAlvordWSABLMFlickr.png Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Map 4. The Steens Wilderness (in orange) and official BLM wilderness study areas (in brown). Significant portions of the other BLM lands (in tan) have wilderness characteristics. The SMCM&PA is outlined in brown. The greater Alvord Desert lies between Steens Mountain Wilderness on the west and US 395 / OR 78 on the east. Source: Bureau of Land Management, Flickr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fa03ce74-bfc9-41d9-86f5-d7c17724b46d/%E2%80%A0umTumLakeRNABLMFlickr.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Figure 4. The Tum Tum Lake Research Natural Area. Source: Bureau of Land Management, Flickr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be097e05-fd38-4b15-8967-74804c1af238/DonnerUndBlitzenRedbandTroutBLMFlckr.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Figure 5. A Donner und Blitzen population of native redband trout. Source: Bureau of Land Management, Flickr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/590ca5db-5eab-4eaa-ba4c-ab6e4d05af92/BigIndianGorgeSteensMountainBonnieMoreland%28Flckr%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 2: Grand Bargain Details and Unfinished Work - Make it stand out Figure 6. Big Indian Gorge on Steens Mountain, in the Steens Mountain Wilderness, Donner und Blitzen Wild and Scenic River, and Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area. Source: Bonnie Moreland, Flckr. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/steens-mountain-silver-jubilee-part-1-lead-up-to-the-grand-bargain monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/50e60dc3-1bec-48a6-ad5d-bf09a5f2a03b/SteensMountainOregonArchivesGaryHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 1: Lead-Up to the Grand Bargain - Make it stand out Figure 1. Steens Mountain summit. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/df3e1246-d4f8-47fc-8ce8-5011ad47938e/960px-Bruce_Babbitt_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 1: Lead-Up to the Grand Bargain Figure 2. Bruce Babbitt in 2019. Source: Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7488fe49-5fd7-4f75-bc14-99319d61a59a/960px-Kiger_Gorge_Overlook%2C_Steens_Mountain_WildernessAustinShaeferWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 1: Lead-Up to the Grand Bargain - Make it stand out Figure 3. Kiger Gorge on Steens Mountain, in the Steens Mountain Wilderness and Wildhorse and Kiger Creeks Wild and Scenic River. Source: Austin Schaefer, Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5755cac7-5224-4654-91ed-5b1590473c7b/DonnerUndBlitzenWSRNWRaftingCompany.png Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 1: Lead-Up to the Grand Bargain - Make it stand out Figure 4. Donner und Blitzen Wild and Scenic River. Source: Northwest Rafting Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/51f5ff04-ba17-49af-a90a-249a4fbc7d5a/FishLakeSteensMountainBonnieMorelandFlcker.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 1: Lead-Up to the Grand Bargain - Make it stand out Figure 5. Fish Lake, at 7,400 feet of elevation on Steens Mountain. Source: Bonnie Moreland, Flickr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b15de467-0b40-46d1-aba2-2f7000cc15d5/Winter_steam_at_Mickey_Hot_Springs_BLM%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 1: Lead-Up to the Grand Bargain - Make it stand out Figure 6. Mickey Hot Springs, no longer threatened with geothermal exploitation. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b8a9f98e-ac1f-4765-adc8-3a3271f798f8/WildhorseLakeSteensMountainMaryAnneWhitney-HallFlcker.jpg Public Lands Blog - Steens Mountain Silver Jubilee, Part 1: Lead-Up to the Grand Bargain - Make it stand out Figure 7. Wildhorse Lake and Little Wildhorse Lake in Wildhorse Gorge on Steens Mountain, in the Steens Mountain Wilderness and the Wildhorse and Kiger Creeks Wild and Scenic River. Source: Mary Anne Whitney-Hall, Flickr. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/blm-conservation-rule-to-be-trumped-good monthly 0.5 2025-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3ddc97ff-347a-49dd-b6c5-f506872f1594/BLM+1952+Logo+copy+2.png Public Lands Blog - BLM “Conservation” Rule to Be Trumped. Good! Figure 1. How the Bureau of Land Management branded itself in 1952. Though the agency rebranded itself in 1964 (see Figure 2), the original—alas!—more accurately represents the ethos of the BLM in 2025. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b882772a-2257-4468-90be-f6916ed5cdde/BLM+1964+Logo+copy+2.png Public Lands Blog - BLM “Conservation” Rule to Be Trumped. Good! Figure 2. A modern refresh of BLM’s logo from 1964 would lose the snow due to climate change. The tree would be replaced by a stump. Solar panels would be shown on one side of the stream and an open pit mine on the other. The stream would still be devoid of riparian vegetation due to livestock grazing. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7e1ede60-f318-44e9-8baf-7a049f879fc5/ConcentratedSolarBLM+copy.jpg Public Lands Blog - BLM “Conservation” Rule to Be Trumped. Good! Figure 3. The Biden administration—with the support of some so-called public land conservation organizations—opened up BLM lands to further industrial development. If you are a desert tortoise, you’re dead even if this concentrated solar power plant in your habitat is producing renewable green energy rather than nonrenewable brown energy. Renewable energy development won’t happen on public lands during Trump 2.0, but nonrenewable energy development will. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a3dedff6-511c-410c-8934-48b5397e97e4/LongHornAguaFriaNationalMonumentBLM+copy.jpg Public Lands Blog - BLM “Conservation” Rule to Be Trumped. Good! Figure 4. A bovine bulldozer in the BLM’s Agua Fria National Monument in Arizona. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be4cdec0-07b3-42f1-bb2e-351fb4d85624/WindPowerBLM+copy.jpg Public Lands Blog - BLM “Conservation” Rule to Be Trumped. Good! Figure 5. Industrial development is industrial development. Wildlife habitat is lost and scenery is marred. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/22995b98-54c8-406c-92ca-889649216161/SolarPVBLM+copy.jpg Public Lands Blog - BLM “Conservation” Rule to Be Trumped. Good! Figure 6. Industrial development is industrial development. Wildlife habitat is lost and scenery is marred. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/114587ce-a9e0-4a67-8155-265f6e453f6b/OpenPitMiningNVBLM+copy.jpg Public Lands Blog - BLM “Conservation” Rule to Be Trumped. Good! Figure 7. Industrial development is industrial development. Wildlife habitat is lost and scenery is marred. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/new-old-forests-in-new-england-part-2-is-the-vision-visionary-enough monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3607c120-f874-494f-9162-f7acd6f835d6/OGFSourceHarvardForest.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 2: Is the Vision Visionary Enough? - Make it stand out Figure 1. Old growth in a forest in New England, where old growth covers less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the land, according to Foster et al. 2023. Source: Harvard Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/81ddb15e-7fe6-43de-ab38-0ddbe81366e4/BinneyHillWildernessPreserve2017v2018PaulWillis.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 2: Is the Vision Visionary Enough? - Make it stand out Figure 2. Binney Hill Wilderness Preserve before and after acquisition by the Northeast Wilderness Trust. The land was acquired in 2018, at which time the large log landing (top image) was heavily compacted and was habitat only for off-road vehicles. The installation of a gate and the spreading of native seeds resulted in a wildflower meadow full of bees and butterflies the following summer (bottom image). Already, native trees and shrubs are beginning to recolonize the former forest. The long-term goal is an old-growth forest. Hence, this is a capital-W Wildland. Source: Foster et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fc5b9764-1f63-4499-86f0-38751b8729f6/WhiteRiverVermont1900%C2%B120LogDriveVermontHistoricalSociety.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 2: Is the Vision Visionary Enough? Figure 3. The White River chock full of logs that were chock full of carbon around the turn of the twentieth century, when fires flourished in the region. Source: Foster et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4f61b9a6-b6c5-44c6-b773-61c8ff118052/ScalycapMushroomVermontLandTrust.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 2: Is the Vision Visionary Enough? Figure 4. A species of scalycap mushroom that takes advantage of dead trees, demonstrating that there is more to an old-growth forest than just old trees. Source: Vermont Land Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/53735865-a506-4111-92ad-3ebde86b0b5c/960px-Henry_David_Thoreau_2.jpg Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 2: Is the Vision Visionary Enough? Figure 5. Henry David Thoreau. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0c4b2ac0-b09b-44da-9652-3f65e6cdc1e6/Wildlands%26OtherProtectedLands.jpg Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 2: Is the Vision Visionary Enough? - Make it stand out Figure 6. As defined in Wildlands in New England, Wildlands are a subset of protected lands, the vast majority of which cannot be developed further but can continue to be logged. Source: Foster et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/649c783e-b6db-4a95-8da9-9e32a3b04597/Wildlands%26TheNewEnglandPopulation.jpg Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 2: Is the Vision Visionary Enough? - Make it stand out Figure 7. Distribution of people and Wildlands in New England.The existing Wildlands are and future Wildlands will be in areas of very low to no population. Source: Foster et al. 2023. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/new-old-forests-in-new-england-part-1-what-how-good-and-how-much monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/75baf651-992f-4ae3-9b8b-6694bddbc5b8/CoverReport.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? - Make it stand out Figure 1. A recent path-making study of New England wildlands, telling us how much there is and how much the authors think there should/could be. Source: Foster et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/27aa2ccd-b48b-496e-931b-1e3a4d49bc6a/WildlandsByOwnership.jpg Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? - Make it stand out Figure 2. Unlike in the American West, in New England most wildlands are not federal public lands. Source: Foster et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/12ac761a-85d7-44d3-aa3c-ab02619e166d/LimestoneBluffCedarPineForestVermontLandTrust.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? Figure 3. Cedars on a bluff of shallow rocky soils above Lake Champlain that while not particularly large are at least two hundred years old. Rare plants also abound. Source: Vermont Land Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/971d4d11-3b3d-44b1-960c-7b487556b7e3/Furrowed%26ScalyBarkVermontlandTrust.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? Figure 4. Old black gum tree in the Vernon Black Gum Swamps in the Vernon (Vermont) Town Forest. Old-growth trees often have scaly bark and/or deep furrows like this one. Source: Vermont Land Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b5c5e67f-7a8a-472c-a770-4b2444c3d109/SwiftRiverPetershamMA1880s.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? Figure 5. Near the Swift River in Petersham, Massachusetts, in the 1880s. The old-growth forest was long gone and deforestation was peaking. Source: Foster et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/296f04a1-c0f3-49d2-b1b3-0a511ed38150/SwiftRiver144dpi.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? Figure 6. The same spot near the Swift River in Petersham, Massachusetts, in 2010. Leave it alone and give it enough time, and it will again be an old-growth forest. Source: Foster et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b2a4d985-9b85-40e2-80e3-c481eae2a20f/HarvardForestDiorama1Pre-SettlementForest.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? Figure 7. A presettlement forest ca. 1700 as represented in a diorama at Harvard Forest’s Fisher Museum. Virgin old growth is so rare in New England that one is often reduced to viewing it in a museum. Source: Harvard Forest Fisher Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/525a9b64-4c01-4d08-9dcd-daddfe31b5ca/HarvardForestDiorama2.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? Figure 8. A Fisher Museum diorama of an old-growth forest on the shore of Harvard Pond. The site was too rocky for agriculture. Source: Harvard Forest Fisher Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2897fcec-b0ef-420e-957c-2f92634e6529/HarvardForestDiorama3.png Public Lands Blog - New Old Forests in New England, Part 1: What, How Good, and How Much? Figure 9. Another Fisher Museum diorama, this one with a couple of human figures for scale. Source: Harvard Forest Fisher Museum. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-public-lands-conservation-legacy-of-senator-ron-wyden-part-2-an-opportunity-for-greatness monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cd0ee328-1a03-4d20-9aa0-f70abdafd7d9/ronwyden3WydenforSenate.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 2: An Opportunity for Greatness Figure 1. US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) walking Cannon Beach. Haystack Rock, part of the Oregon Islands Wilderness within the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, is in the background. Source: Wyden for Senate Campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2507e69b-1116-4369-ace9-ebf164da1ac5/SpringBasinWildernessBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 2: An Opportunity for Greatness - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Spring Basin Wilderness, established in 2009 by legislation sponsored by Senator Wyden. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/36497d1c-462c-456f-a244-c768b337fffb/BLM960px-Lower_White_River_Wilderness_%288614110893%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 2: An Opportunity for Greatness Figure 3. The Lower White River Wilderness, established in 2009 as part of Senator Wyden’s Mount Hood legislation. Source: Wikipedia (Bureau of Land Management). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/605439d9-a28a-49f3-8f47-c4f8979703e8/RiverStyxNPS.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 2: An Opportunity for Greatness Figure 4. The River Styx in the Oregon Caves National Monument, the nation’s first underground wild and scenic river. Senator Wyden and others legislated its protection in 2014. Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/645fb2e0-67d9-4e07-bbf4-38e444c3cd4a/89NestuccaRiver+copy+2.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 2: An Opportunity for Greatness Figure 5. The Nestucca Wild and Scenic River, established in 2019 by Senator Wyden’s legislation. Source: Erik Fernandez, Oregon Wild (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, 2004). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-public-lands-conservation-legacy-of-senator-ron-wyden-part-1-very-respectable-but-not-yet-stellar monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/975d75d6-f65e-43bb-ae4f-89501b084253/ea562c21-c2fd-206c-6404-2f328251bb47.png Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 1: Very Respectable but Not Yet Stellar - Make it stand out Figure 1. The official portrait of Representative Ron Wyden in his first year in political office in 1981 at age thirty-two. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/95a8dd1c-2278-4596-a350-3c55c3e074f6/974d4d6d-33ae-55cc-58fc-15673b38f748.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 1: Very Respectable but Not Yet Stellar - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Table Rock Wilderness in the Molalla River watershed, Oregon. The only reason this wilderness exists today is that then Representative Ron Wyden insisted that Senator Mark Hatfield include it in what became the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/477f936a-f98d-43a8-b4a6-42f52dd24206/e6a48f33-b710-49e5-ff2b-a449db9ae467.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 1: Very Respectable but Not Yet Stellar - Figure 3. Figure 3. Wyden’s 2025 part memoir, part how-to-make-political-good manual (Grand Central Publishing). Source: Hatchette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d3d7d5d-da25-47cd-a24d-1110b7a9d05f/143de6c7-877c-37c4-92fd-31357b427e7e.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 1: Very Respectable but Not Yet Stellar - Make it stand out Figure 4. Elk Creek Wild and Scenic River, Oregon. Wyden’s legislation not only made it a wild and scenic river, it also deauthorized the infamous Elk Creek Dam so it could never threaten this stream again. Source: Greg Shine, Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5263909c-a471-48e0-b2dc-9c18a1da4ec2/7743eeac-c554-b98a-8604-1581b355a620.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Legacy of Senator Ron Wyden, Part 1: Very Respectable but Not Yet Stellar - Make it stand out Figure 5. Wasson Lake in the Wasson Creek Wild and Scenic River and Devil’s Staircase Wilderness, protected in 2019 by Senator Wyden’s (and others’) legislation. Source: George Wuerthner (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, 2004). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/roadless-area-ping-pong monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ff974908-80b1-4880-b2ad-794d8bc85c09/LookoutMountainCropped.jpg Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong - Make it stand out Figure 1. Lookout Mountain Inventoried Roadless Area on the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon. Source: Larry Olson (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7cb99fd5-46a1-487c-9f9d-7d28e209c5cb/IRAsW100th.png Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong - Make it stand out Map 1. Inventoried roadless areas on the National Forest System west of the hundredth meridian. Source: Conservation Biology Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/763802d4-e609-4bb4-b500-bbb86c7ba3ab/IRAsE100th.png Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong - Make it stand out Map 2. Inventoried roadless areas on the National Forest System east of the hundredth meridian. Source: Conservation Biology Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f17b3269-0d8d-4a56-99db-d2c1af6132a8/YamsayMountainCropped.jpg Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong Figure 2. Yamsay Mountain Inventoried Roadless Area on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon. Source: George Wuerthner (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1336929b-c709-4562-88fc-9445ed192ad8/IRAsAlaska.png Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong - Make it stand out Map 3. Inventoried roadless areas on the National Forest System in southeast Alaska. Source: Conservation Biology Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/24f41bcc-6339-41ff-9725-8ba294bbbfb2/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong - Make it stand out Table 1. Legislative Nonhistory of the Proposed Roadless Area Conservation Act. Source: Congress.gov. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8cf788a9-034e-426f-b4c2-6793f801654e/ColemanRimCropped.jpg Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong Figure 3. Coleman Rim Inventoried Roadless Area on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon. Source: Sandy Lonsdale (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/498b45b4-5888-44d2-a414-e17567518168/LakeForkCropped.jpg Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong Figure 4. Lake Fork Inventoried Roadless Area on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. Source: Ric Bailey (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/39629518-f1fe-4fc2-8eda-41a3e7023d3a/132BunkerHill+copy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Roadless Area Ping Pong Figure 5. A rather large tree in an uninventoried roadless area on the Umpqua National Forest, Oregon. Source: Umpqua Watersheds (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/while-it-has-never-been-worse- monthly 0.5 2025-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/103c834e-7eeb-425c-872e-d6861ebe450a/960px-Rep._Ryan_Zinke_official_photo%2C_118th_Congress.jpg Public Lands Blog - While It Has Never Been Worse . . . Figure 1. It’s a very sad day in America when former Trump secretary of the interior Ryan Zinke, now Republican member of Congress from Montana, must be heralded as a champion of federal public lands. Source: US House of Representatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fe89ad17-bd54-4cae-8e31-c1311159116b/CSNMOregonStateArchive.jpg Public Lands Blog - While It Has Never Been Worse . . . - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. This national monument in Oregon and California was established in 2000 by President Clinton to conserve extraordinary biological diversity and was expanded in 2017 by President Obama. Source: Oregon State Archives. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/book-reviewnbspthenbspothernbsppublic-lands-preservation-extraction-and-politics-on-the-fifty-states-natural-resource-lands monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/27506f1c-9fcc-4a1b-8a22-6d803cdc1cfe/91Mwf2FOYZL._SL1500_.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands - Make it stand out Figure 1. The new book by Steven Davis, just out from Temple University Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/20b4665d-837d-4303-b594-0d5b89f5009d/2Overview.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands Figure 2. State-owned land as a percentage of all land in each state. Hawaii tops the list at 37 percent and Kansas bottoms the list at 0.6 percent. Source: The Other Public Lands (Davis 2025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3b028989-260a-4358-99e3-8dd8c4d604be/3StateNaturalAreas.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands Figure 3. State natural areas as a percentage of state public land in each state. For Hawaii, 3 percent of its state public land is in such areas, while none of the state public land in Alabama and Montana is in such areas. Source: The Other Public Lands (Davis 2025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6761fa48-2dbb-47b7-90e0-5f9bb938a1ac/4StateParks.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands Figure 4. State parks as a percentage of all land in each state. New York has 10.7 percent of its land in state parks (think the Adirondacks and Catskills providing water for the City), while Arizona, Montana, Kansas, Mississippi, and North Dakota have less than 0.1 percent of their land in state parks. Source: The Other Public Lands (Davis 2025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f5a86012-a222-49c0-8f63-9bcb927987b4/5Trustland.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands Figure 5. Acreage of state trust land in each state. Alaska has 91 million acres of trust land, on which it cannot be trusted. Source: The Other Public Lands (Davis 2025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/665cc464-9334-4a15-9f21-b2895c4fe132/6WildlifeAreas.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands Figure 6. Wildlife management areas as a percentage of all land in each state. Hawaii has 9.1 percent of its state public land in state wildlife areas. Source: The Other Public Lands (Davis 2025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2fd16ccb-c65d-4e0a-b453-32de14df8e05/7Forests.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Public Lands: Preservation, Extraction, and Politics on the Fifty States’ Natural Resource Lands Figure 7. Acreage of state forest in each state. Hawaii has 16.6 percent of its state public land in state forests. Minnesota has the most state forest land at 4.2 million acres. Source: The Other Public Lands (Davis 2025). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-national-monument-for-the-douglas-fir-1 monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/45d165df-84dd-4ed0-9e43-3f20e3488119/South+Santiam+forest+3493_8SteveSharnoff.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir - Make it stand out Figure 1. Old-growth Douglas-fir forest in the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Steven Sharnoff). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/65c4f2f9-95f0-495c-a15d-99f4a0fca7d1/near+Gordon+Mdws+mid+seral+3511cSteveSharnoff.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 2. A mature forest near Gordon Meadows in the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. A mature forest is an old-growth-forest-in-waiting. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Steven Sharnoff). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/61aa3d9f-f486-44fa-b646-3dbc0c341294/Rhodendron+and+Old+growth+Douglas+fir+Three+Sisters+Wilderness+Willaimette+NF+Oregon++George+Wuerthner-6366+credit.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 3. Rhododendron in an old-growth Douglas-fir forest in the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/64d4cf49-fade-4276-923c-d0b935bc358a/MiddleSantiamRiverAboveWildernessFDFNM.png Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 4. The Middle Santiam River. The upper portion of the river and the surrounding old-growth forest is above the eponymous wilderness area established in 1984 and therefore not protected for the benefit of this and future generations. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Milo Meacham). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/355cff0f-9270-41ae-aee0-1efc230bd153/DFcone.KusAouikaza%3AWikipediajpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 5. A coast Douglas-fir cone. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/133c3686-116d-470b-8bc8-f04e3cd88cbd/DougFirRangeMapUSGSAtlasOfUnitedStatesTrees.png Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Map 1. Green shows the range of the coast variety of Douglas-fir; blue shows the Rocky Mountain variety. Map courtesy of Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/29b61be5-774c-4c0a-91aa-877189bf13d8/DFLog7000bf9%27DBHNationalParkService.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 6. A Douglas-fir log 7+ feet in diameter. Across the range of the Douglas-fir, most of the large trees are gone. Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2abf079a-d633-4f8a-9e88-c02abeb72602/Weyerhaeuser+timberland+3600_6SteveSharnoff.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 7. Weyerhaeuser timberland. If the forest is still intact, it is very likely on federal public land. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Steven Sharnoff). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d4b2f6c0-6a76-49aa-b4a9-fe0f88f8ce1a/GordonLakes2MiloMeacham.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 8. One of the two Gordon Lakes, one of hundreds of small lakes dotting the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Milo Meacham). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b0c72ff6-5c09-4e8f-9c2d-bcf5e06398d3/Crabtree+grove1+Darryl+Lloyd+8x10-200.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 9. The old-growth Douglas-fir forests of Crabtree Valley, among the very oldest in Oregon and elsewhere. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Darryl Lloyd). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5ab87e5f-009e-4891-a2e0-e45d05d1875d/rd+2041+thinning+3494_1SteveSharnoff.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 10. A Douglas-fir plantation. Scientifically sound ecological restoration thinning can put this stand back on track to become an old-growth forest again. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Steven Sharnoff). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fa33eca3-2bb8-46d5-925d-cdc572014c60/nurselogMiloMeacham.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 11. A very long dead and fallen Douglas-fir serving as a “nurse log” for future old-growth trees. When an old-growth Douglas-fir (okay, any old-growth tree) dies, it has perhaps lived only half of its life. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Milo Meacham). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f1586af1-f15e-43a1-84db-ad1b45713cbf/echobasincedarsbrightMiloMeacham.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 12. Old-growth western redcedar in the Echo Creek Basin in the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Milo Meacham). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/90d123e9-1c27-4416-8d5b-149c977ebd18/crescent+mtn+by+glenn+IMG_2190credit.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 13. Crimson columbine on Crescent Mountain in the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Source: Glen VanCise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3dfdc68e-0fc7-4976-a5e4-81be8d9cb91f/ricardo+Small+Iron+Mtn+cone+peak+from+trail.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 14. Cone Peak from Iron Mountain in the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Ricardo Small). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3b1ea500-261a-4816-afa4-f73f2ccee5ad/pDFNMMapFDFNM.png Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir - Make it stand out Map 2. The proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Green is Forest Service land, yellow marks Bureau of Land Management holdings, and white is private land. To download a larger, more viewable version, click either on the map or here. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/47486dc1-ba8f-4159-bfe1-cf2c6d1e7c20/oldgrowth+breitenbush+3507jSteveSharnoff.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir Figure 15. A portion of the hundreds of miles of hiking trails in mature and old-growth forests in the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Source: Friends of Douglas-Fir National Monument (Steve Sharnoff). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a849d23c-c2d3-49c3-b385-73f99cc0eec0/xivDougFirWesternRedcedarSanyLondsaleOW.jpg Public Lands Blog - A National Monument for the Douglas-Fir - Make it stand out Figure 16. Old-growth Douglas-fir forest in the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Source: Sandy Lonsdale (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/bsbyzx01jg60njbyjtuvr7twvxkdox monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/996ae70c-eeb6-4cf8-b441-29133855bca4/640px-RedwoodMarioVadenWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not - Make it stand out Figure 1. According to Chisholm and Gray (2025), the number of large coast redwoods is increasing. Source: Mario Vaden (Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be59989e-8634-497d-ae10-3eaae8e5e5e1/SilverMapleUSDAFS+Steven+Katovich.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 2. The number of large silver maples is increasing. Source: USDA Forest Service, Steve Katovich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a1d1e720-6ad3-4e89-abf3-edb567377dfd/IncenceCedarCondreyMountainIRACATheSiskiyouCrest.png Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 3. According to Chisholm and Gray (2025), the number of medium-sized incense cedars is decreasing. This ultra-large specimen is in California near the Oregon border and was for a short time considered the largest incense cedar in the world, and some sources still claim such. Others say it is two trees that fused together. Either way, it is an amazing tree at more than 13 feet in diameter. For scale, notice the human head near where the trunk splits. Source: Applegate Siskiyou Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c4572966-93b2-41dd-949e-5595dd5afd07/InteriorLiveOakBennyWhiteWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 4. According to Chisholm and Gray (2025), the number of medium-sized interior live oaks in low-elevation woodlands is decreasing. Pictured is a large, not a medium, live oak. Source: Benny White (Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2c990ad3-eba9-4c75-8efe-4f7a48fe9b4b/NorthernRed+OakVerWilkinsIndianaU%28bugwood.org%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 5. According to Chisholm and Gray (2025), the northern red oak is the most prevalent large tree in the American East, accounting for 9 percent of trees there. Source: Vern Wilkins, Indiana University (bugwood.org). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6542e07c-a99f-417a-a5d5-92e92ece46ad/SitkasprucetrunkKingCountyWA.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 6. The number of large Sitka spruce is increasing. This one grows all year at near sea level in the Puget Sound. Source: Greg Rabourn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/25087f3e-51ae-4395-9f5f-468a26ffb641/Walbran-Cedar-Grove-10ftDBHAncientForestAllianceBC.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 7. The number of large western redcedars is increasing. This specimen is in British Columbia, and the orange tape marks the boundary of a timber sale. Whether this tree still stands, I cannot say. Source: Ancient Forest Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a3bb8bfb-8b5f-4ed4-8273-3884c0ae87fe/SouthernLiveOakArnoldArboretum.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 8. The number of large southern live oaks is increasing. Source: Arnold Arboretum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be0c4304-44b5-4b5c-9e9e-13fc8f58b3f3/TulipPoplarEocAddendum.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 9. The number of medium-sized tulip poplars is increasing. The Gennett Poplar on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia is not a medium-sized specimen. It is at least three hundred and possibly five hundred years old or older and is the second-largest tree in Georgia. Somehow it avoided the widespread logging during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Source: EcoAddendum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5b314958-66e1-4386-a911-d50f4f76b5bf/WhiteAlderThomasJungBugwood.org.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 10. The number of medium-sized white alders is decreasing. This one suffers from Phytophthora disease. Source: Thomas Jung (bugwood.org). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/36b40473-162e-4d09-8891-19e2ff9610ef/SugarpineOSUhandcoloredlanternSlideOSUSpecialCollections.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 11. The number of large sugar pines is decreasing. This is a hand-painted lantern slide of a large sugar pine near Crater Lake, Oregon. Source: Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c2ce01b5-c3fb-4bb3-bb1f-0fa9e61618e7/WBP-grandmother-treeCLNP500YONPS.jpg.png Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 12. The number of medium-sized whitebark pines is decreasing. Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a2af01cb-90d4-4abb-b5be-d36a6abb5871/PonderosPineDeschutesLandTrust.png Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not - Make it stand out Figure 13. Old-growth ponderosa pines can often be found grouped in clumps. Source: Deschutes Land Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a4088a17-b594-4047-acda-df2569793d8a/WhiteAshUGuelphArboretum.png Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 14. The number of medium-sized white ash trees is decreasing due to an exotic woodborer. Source: University of Guelph Arboretum (Guelph, Ontario). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4d04c059-7e6a-4a38-be42-1dc468ec04d9/SubaplineFir+MaryEllen%28Mel%29Harte%2CBugwood.org.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 15. The number of medium-sized subalpine firs is decreasing. Source: Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte (bugwood.org). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/718c1219-ead9-43c9-97ed-e9a3496632b7/Mature%26LargeRecruitmentRemovalMortalityBarChartChishom%26Gray.png Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Graph 1. Population change caused by recruitment, removal, outgrowth, and mortality for large (E) and medium-sized (F) members of all tree species, aggregated by region. Estimates of total population change are denoted by the centered dot, with the black lines above and below each dot representing the range of potential sample error. “Outgrowth” indicates trees of the medium size class (F) that have grown into the large size class (E), so a negative for medium-sized trees translates to a positive in recruitment of large trees. Source: Chisholm and Gray 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0fb60d02-2195-45f0-b97d-c169b8a4516b/RedFirGSNMDavidPrasadWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 2: More Good News Than Not Figure 16. The number of large red firs is in significant decline. Source: David Prasad (Wikipedia). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/big-old-trees-are-a-big-deal-part-1-busting-a-myth-and-discovering-microhabitats monthly 0.5 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f0116e99-d67d-4532-b26f-a20e687c9b02/baldcypressOgeecheeRiverkeeper.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 1: Busting a Myth and Discovering Microhabitats - Make it stand out Figure 1. According to Chisholm and Gray (2025), the number of large bald cypresses is increasing (so are great blue herons). Source: Ogeechee Riverkeeper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f3a81acc-705c-4f5e-9507-d025b9e7cd89/BalsamPoplarStevenKatovich%28bugwood.org%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 1: Busting a Myth and Discovering Microhabitats Figure 2. A very old balsam poplar. Source: Steve Katowice, budwood.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/adb74132-2659-4d4f-ab92-149e31563f98/DouglasFirForestFSEEE.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 1: Busting a Myth and Discovering Microhabitats - Make it stand out Figure 3. According to Chisholm and Gray (2025), the number of large (and also medium-sized) Douglas-firs is increasing. Source: FSEEE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5fa27ec5-bf16-466b-a3a1-03cb80d7585f/Artist%27s+conkGanodermaApplanatumJosephOBrienUSDAFS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 1: Busting a Myth and Discovering Microhabitats Figure 4. Bracket fungus commonly known as artist’s conk (Ganoderma applanatum) growing on an American beech. Source: Joseph O’Brien, USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d05446e6-0bf4-4f74-a311-125ed0a62eae/TreMsDepictionMartinEtAl2022.png Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 1: Busting a Myth and Discovering Microhabitats - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1d085ba8-5594-460e-b30f-1de4dc3c0f10/PonderosaPineKSWild.png Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 1: Busting a Myth and Discovering Microhabitats Figure 6. According to Chisholm and Gray (2025), medium ponderosa pine numbers are increasing significantly, but the change for large ponderosa pine is not significant.This specimen is at least a size 3XL tree. Source: Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ceacec94-4cfc-47e6-9f13-fdf36e697e81/EngelmannSpruceIdahoMiguelVieiraWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Big Old Trees Are a Big Deal, Part 1: Busting a Myth and Discovering Microhabitats Figure 7. According to Chisholm and Gray (2025), the number of medium-sized Engelmann spruce is decreasing. Source: Miguel Vierira (Wikipedia). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/blog-post-title-one-96smf monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fabe26cd-09d2-4321-be22-fedd16a5beb1/TrumpPortrait.jpg Public Lands Blog - Trump 2.0 and the Nation’s Federal Forestlands - Make it stand out Figure 1. The official 2025 portrait of Donald J. Trump, 47th president of the United States of America. Note the striking similarity to the official mugshot in Figure 6. Source: The White House (Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d3893c29-2cec-4baf-9ee1-fe4ba0f6e668/Edited-06809.jpg Public Lands Blog - Trump 2.0 and the Nation’s Federal Forestlands - Make it stand out Figure 2. An old-growth incense cedar in the Yellow Panther Timber Sale on the BLM Roseburg District in Douglas County, Oregon. Source: Cascadia Wildlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/97aae366-ff97-42e6-bc13-427733799878/1940-2021NFSLoggingLevels.png Public Lands Blog - Trump 2.0 and the Nation’s Federal Forestlands - Make it stand out Figure 3. Logging levels on the National Forest System from 1940 to 2021 measured in millions of board feet. The cut value, represented by the rust-colored line, is in 2021 dollars. That green area representing cut volume includes most of the old-growth trees on our national forests, which have been lost to logging. Source: Congressional Research Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6c576cb8-c7ea-4aeb-9274-518ec711bc11/Edited-07138.jpg Public Lands Blog - Trump 2.0 and the Nation’s Federal Forestlands - Make it stand out Figure 4. The oldest trees in this stand seem to have survived the last stand-replacing fire as they appear to have grown in the open (all those lateral branches far down the trunk would have fallen off if the tree had grown in a denser stand). Source: Cascadia Wildlands. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/blog-post-title-two-amcaz monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/baa07690-051f-452a-8e00-5b87ee1ce423/DFWRCcropped.png Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Figure 1. An old-growth forest of Douglas-fir and western redcedar. Source: Sandy Lonsdale (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/38f55361-1710-4e63-97f4-4bc958fb7cfe/NWFPRangeMap.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Map 1. The national forests within the Northwest Forest Plan. Source: Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/849e4cd6-b034-4441-a4d7-057a89004ce2/FederalLoggingLevels.png Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Chart 1. Federal logging levels by state on national forests in the NWFP area, 1985–2022. This graph doesn’t include the ~1,000 MMBF (aka billion board feet peak) of logging of BLM forestlands annually in Oregon ca. 1989. Source: Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bed8c1a2-2f49-4c24-9118-bc6a263274b9/132BunkerHill%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Figure 2. This Douglas-fir is perhaps a thousand years old. The only way to know for sure is to cut it down and count the rings. Counts on nearby stumps showed more than six hundred rings on trees that were three feet in diameter at their base. Source: Umpqua Watersheds (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6d77e393-96f0-4228-8502-3cc37d05a37f/POCCropped.png Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Figure 3. Old-growth Port Orford cedar. Source: Steve Miller (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d00922a5-0dfd-4c1a-97a5-4e7c4fec0f49/MaMuCropped.png Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Figure 4. The marbled murrelet nests exclusively in old-growth trees hundreds of feet above the ground and up to 30 miles from the ocean. The bird also can dive up to 164 feet deep in the ocean seeking fish to bring home to feed the offspring. Source: Gary Braasch (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/04580135-d6da-4a7e-937a-63142ffc1cb5/PCPPPineCropped.png Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Figure 5. Ponderosa pine is a “dry” forest type. Source: Elizabeth Feryl (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/04824852-1861-42bf-8751-54fd16a6fc42/32MassiveOldGrowth%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Figure 6. Old-growth forests keep massive amounts of carbon safely out of the atmosphere. Source: Gary Braasch (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f3ce0da4-6189-4eb2-8422-23c62b9291ea/85SitkaSprucePeople%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Demise of Northwest Forest Plan - Make it stand out Figure 7. An old-growth Sitka spruce. Source: Oregon Wild (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/blog-post-title-three-9ax2h monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ac181164-3282-40b1-b40a-dcc9f58a0b12/Portait_of_Secretary_Doug_Burgum%2C_2025_.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Monetization of Public Lands - Make it stand out Figure 1. The 55th secretary of the interior, the Honorable Doug Burgum. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d6f74d50-24af-46ba-8f82-2bc955d5e685/USDIIncomeChart.png Public Lands Blog - The Monetization of Public Lands - Make it stand out Figure 2. The value of commodities sold by the Department of the Interior during Trump’s first term (2017–2020) and Biden’s only term (2021–2024). Source: USDI Office of Natural Resources Revenue. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/blog-post-title-four-sz3wh monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7bdde3f4-97f2-4ad1-9906-62fc7f98b90a/1517488729237LinkedIn.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Remembering Jim Furnish, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Figure 1. Jim Furnish, 1945–2025. Source: LinkedIn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d9e965c5-8529-4241-90fc-211ed5dfc599/FurnishBookCover.jpg Public Lands Blog - Remembering Jim Furnish, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Figure 2. Any reforming Forest Service employee today should read Furnish’s memoir. So too should the reconstructed (no longer unreconstructed, but still) timber beasts, who should ask themselves if anyone would bother to read their memoir if they bothered to write one. Source: Oregon State University Press. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/blog-post-title-four-sz3wh-99dek monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b64796ff-6908-4dc6-84de-c434b9adaa3b/117OldGrowthEFeryl.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Demise of the National Old-Growth Amendment: Never Say Never - Make it stand out Figure 1. Old-growth forest in the western Cascades of Oregon on the Willamette National Forest. Source: Elizabeth Feryl (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregons-most-endangered-forests monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/68825114-c05e-42c4-81ae-a09c6eee4fd7/BullKekpBlueRockfishPlantLife-NOAA-MBNMSSteveLonhart.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 1. Rockfish in a forest of bull kelp. Source: Steve Lonhart, NOAA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ec773692-de1a-4b6e-a826-8f6c2d75e9df/BullKelpOnshoreSteveLonhartPlantLife2-NOAA-MBNMS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 2. Bull kelp washed ashore after a storm. Source: Steve Lonhart, NOAA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1bf4d524-ba5b-4efd-8e4c-fdcd1519b221/Fig3.2WernburgEtAl2019.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 3. Kelp forests of the world by major types. Source: Wernburg et al. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e7b31b90-6512-4767-9838-8dec08610b31/COVER2024OregonKelpForestStatusReport.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 4. The 2024 Oregon Kelp Forest Status Report, recently published by the Oregon Kelp Alliance. Source: Oregon Kelp Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7cd153c6-cb42-41ef-a17a-acf8556b1ed8/GrayWhaleSpoutingAmongKelpForestCapeFowlweatherOregonSaraHamiltonOregonKelpAlliance.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 5. A still image of a gray whale foraging in the midst of a kelp forest at Cape Foulweather, Oregon, in 2023, from a video captured by a drone. Look carefully slightly right of center to see the whale spouting. Source: Sara Hamilton, Oregon Kelp Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af291472-3251-472c-a182-75bcf2ccecaf/RedbandedRockfishEdBowlbyNOAA960px-Sebastes_babcocki.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 6. Redbanded rockfish. Source: Ed Bowlby, NOAA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e357d19f-842c-4353-acf3-b5c579585d4f/Fig22024StatusReport.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 7. Change in kelp canopy cover offshore Oregon from 2010 to 2022 as measured by either satellite or plane observations. Source: Oregon Kelp Alliance, 2024 Oregon Kelp Forest Status Report. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1642c807-71bb-49e4-ae7d-b31775f83f59/Fig12024StatusReportw-oCaption.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 8. Each area’s share of Oregon’s pre-2010 kelp forest canopy. Source: Oregon Kelp Alliance, 2024 Oregon Kelp Forest Status Report. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bed57cb3-cfe6-4154-b09f-765594b51289/2010v2022BlacoReef%26OrfordReefOWFW.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 9. Extent of kelp forest at Blanco and Orford Reefs, Oregon, in 2010 and 2022. Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/74d6a0e8-9d13-4e57-9e86-22faf7189607/2010v2022RogueReefODFW.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 10. Extent of kelp forest at Rogue Reef, Oregon, in 2010 and 2022. Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2c038a06-4668-417b-8779-afe1ead566a5/2010v2022RedfishRocksOWFW.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 11. Extent of kelp forest at Redfish Rocks, Oregon, in 2010 and 2022. Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/79c5915d-24b9-4f21-a000-196848b2bb1d/red-abalone_noaa.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 12. Red abalone, a species in decline along the Oregon coast due to food limitation. Source: NOAA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f27559b6-46f3-4c10-93bc-97c634d50fbf/PurpleSeUrchinClusterMult-AgencyRockyIntertidalNetworkUCSB.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 13. Close-up of a purple sea urchin barren, barren of kelp. Source: UC Santa Barbara Multi-Agency Intertidal Network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6821c804-134f-44fb-a123-2b7897caa5b3/SunFlowerSeaStarORKAIMG_1037-1-2048x2048.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 14. Sunflower sea star, a species in severe decline due to a lethal pathogen. Source: NOAA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/23e43b5d-fe0f-4564-8424-9d9d14b7e6de/SeaOtterRangeMapICUNWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 15. Oregon used to have sea otters. Oregon needs to have sea otters. Oregon can have sea otters again. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/39c2a5ad-a659-4d1e-883c-911cd2090f39/PresenceAbsenceKelpForestOregon1984NOAA.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 16. Another take on the presence (blue-green dots) or absence (gray dots) of kelp forests offshore Oregon, in 1984. Source: kelpwatch.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e879f4f3-4a6f-475d-a0f8-5f04eb3cff00/PresenceAbsenceKelpForestOregon2024NOAA.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 17. Another take on the presence (blue-green dots) or absence (gray dots) of kelp forests offshore Oregon, in 2024. Source: kelpwatch.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/69be5384-e208-4940-898e-5ac61f38bdd3/CapAragoSouthCove_Orthomosaic_export_ThuOct21235406639078-ORKA-websiteORKA.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests - Make it stand out Figure 18. Kelp forest offshore the southern tip of Cape Arago, Oregon. Source: Oregon Kelp Alliance. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wtf-now monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d958bc0-a15e-47f3-b418-5f44b547d98f/OwyheeMarkLListProtectTheOwyhee.png Public Lands Blog - WTF Now? - Make it stand out Figure 1. President Biden can proclaim an Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument on his way out the door—but only if US Senator Ron Wyden asks him to. Source: Mark List. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/utahs-existential-threat-to-most-blm-holdings monthly 0.5 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af19be8c-ecae-4f73-8bb0-2a72d0a620ef/BehindTheRocksWSA.jpg Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Figure 1. Behind the Rocks Wilderness Study Area near Moab, Utah. The State of Utah wants the US Supreme Court to order Congress to “dispose” of this area and 18.5 million acres of BLM holdings in Utah. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0f8f96f3-cc18-422c-a0f1-cb02711b6dc8/FederalLandsUtahSourceUTAH.png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Map 1. Red alert. Utah’s view of “unappropriated” federal public lands in Utah. Notably, on this map “Unappropriated BLM Land” includes BLM wilderness study areas, although by Utah’s own reasoning it should not. Source: State of Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1ed91f30-24e9-4a20-a36f-a71b2a62bc76/State+of+Utah+v.+United+States+of+America..png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1d34f00b-c31d-48ef-9077-2eeab8607a8e/FederalLandOwnershipInUSMapSourceUtah.png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Map 2. Federal land ownership in the United States. If Utah wins, most of the yellow would go away. Source: State of Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e5c8bc7a-18c6-4b81-b7d3-cc8426e16426/Utah+Capitol+Building%2C+Salt+Lake+City.png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b157116b-0087-4064-8e27-af1cbefabcd2/Public+lands+advocate+John+Leshy.png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f9c1ccfc-c81c-4155-a163-d3bc30339211/Constitution%27s+Property+Clause.png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fd30030b-0783-4037-bd6f-42bb6eb39ac0/Make+it+stand+out.png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d47453cc-8aea-4281-8737-eab1ef7a629e/Make+it+stand+out.png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/458db2d4-22ca-4467-8fa5-09a51d0e61db/The+United+States+Supreme.png Public Lands Blog - Utah’s Existential Threat to Most BLM Holdings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/rethinking-commercial-thinning-as-a-tool-to-ecologically-restore-frequent-fire-forest-types-part-2-burn-baby-burn monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5c8ebc8a-939a-40be-ac30-d4ec0f26d791/UnderstoringBurningUSFS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Rethinking Commercial Thinning as a “Tool” to Ecologically Restore Frequent-Fire Forest Types (Part 2): Burn, Baby, Burn - Make it stand out Figure 1. Understory burning on the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8b95bf5c-b042-43a3-9029-ebaa67a050ab/FigureTAMM.png Public Lands Blog - Rethinking Commercial Thinning as a “Tool” to Ecologically Restore Frequent-Fire Forest Types (Part 2): Burn, Baby, Burn - Make it stand out Figure 2. A hypothetical illustration comparing the effects on fire severity of various treatments. Notice how the end result (“Post-wildfire”) is almost identical for a prescribed (Rx) burn and a thin + prescribed (Rx) burn. The 10 percent additional reduction in fire severity means that fewer snags (which are excellent wildlife habitat) are left. The surviving live-tree component is the same.Source: Davis et al. 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/60b0d5cb-cb6f-4509-a0d5-91470d50f419/USFSMap.png Public Lands Blog - Rethinking Commercial Thinning as a “Tool” to Ecologically Restore Frequent-Fire Forest Types (Part 2): Burn, Baby, Burn - Make it stand out Figure 3. How milling capacity stacks up against current threats to od-growth forests, according to the Forest Service. To properly interpret this map, one must first suspend reality and agree with the Forest Service contention that a lack of milling capacity is a threat to old-growth forests. For example, the brown timbersheds are “low [milling]capacity/high threat [to old-growth forests].” Where the Forest Service most wants to log the old growth to save it are often the areas with low or non-existent milling capacity to carry out the deed. Source: USDA Forest Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/afef1afb-ba5b-4d42-80c8-0e88f661d1c9/PrescribedBurnUSFS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Rethinking Commercial Thinning as a “Tool” to Ecologically Restore Frequent-Fire Forest Types (Part 2): Burn, Baby, Burn - Make it stand out Figure 4. Crew on a prescribed burn. Prescribed burning creates jobs. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/saving-old-growth-from-the-forest-service monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1a900eec-0f9a-4d51-bcda-c360131444dd/OGSiuNFUSFSNOGADEISUSFSl.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 1. Cover photo, and the only photo, in the Forest Service’s National Old-Growth Amendment Draft Environmental Impact Statement. If there ever were stands of old-growth forest that don’t need any kind of “restoration” management, it’s those in the temperate rainforest of the Oregon Coast Range, in this case the Siuslaw National Forest. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/400307fa-a2ef-4c98-8b99-54986bd1a211/MOGMapNFS.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 2. Where old growth is found in the National Forest System. Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/158c2cd7-0176-4b10-8804-8108f533cfe8/PPOGFF-WNNFUSFS.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 3. Old-growth forest on the Fremont-Winema National Forest in Oregon.Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b5479edc-f27e-4117-a27c-3245727df459/OGFSiuNFUSFSSilvicultureTenhicalGuideCoverUSFS.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 4. Cover photo, and the only photo, in the Forest Service’s “Technical Guidance for Standardized Silvicultural Prescriptions for Managing Old-Growth Forests.” If there ever were stands of old-growth forest that don’t need any kind of “restoration” management, it’s those in the temperate rainforest of the Oregon Coast Range, in this case the Siuslaw National Forest. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6431f228-6b12-45d8-98ba-09f5490c673d/OGBitterrootNFUSFSThreatAnalsyisUSFSShelaghFox.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 5. Old-growth forest on the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/09486861-9b82-450d-bda9-df2211be9803/GiantSequoiaOGTreeandSeedling.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 6. A tiny sequoia in front of a giant sequoia on a national forest in the Sierra Nevada of California. Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6a87efc5-d9a6-4624-9da2-ab5fa7813e05/MOGMapR1.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 7. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Northern Region (Region 1). Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af4b7085-a9ae-4032-ab7e-630d674d8241/MOGMapR3.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 9. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Southwestern Region (Region 3). Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/583f3641-4343-469a-a056-6201c686d518/MOGMapR5.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 11. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5). Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/82f6fdfa-268c-452f-8f32-f8c9547bf9ad/MOGMapR8.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 13. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Southern Region (Region 8). Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/32e87e84-8b36-4b57-94c3-20070e406d97/MOGMapR10.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 15. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Alaska Region (Region 10). Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b36849af-467e-47cf-9f21-e800428c1dc3/MOGMapR2.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 8. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2).Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/51f682e9-03f6-4c25-b8dc-474f938a3fe3/MOGMapR4.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 10. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Intermountain Region (Region 4). Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d7c8bc9b-c5be-49a6-9ec1-2d6584d3ba2f/MOGMapR6.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 12. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6). Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f21cc41a-7f7c-48d7-a1e9-09905418af6b/MOGMapR9.png Public Lands Blog - Saving Old Growth from the Forest Service - Make it stand out Figure 14. Percent of old growth in forests in the USFS Eastern Region (Region 9). Source: US Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/rethinking-commercial-thinning-as-a-tool-to-ecologically-restore-forests-of-the-frequent-fire-type-part-1-outdated-science-and-policies monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8e5ce973-a71e-4963-8808-a7186f26074e/PrescribedFireBlackButteOROregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - Rethinking Commercial Thinning as a “Tool” to Ecologically Restore Forests of the Frequent-Fire Type, Part 1: Outdated Science and Policies - Make it stand out Figure 1. Prescribed burn in ponderosa pine forest near Black Butte, Oregon. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/512f195a-f519-4c18-8851-62e63f2ac456/EASTIDEBill.png Public Lands Blog - Rethinking Commercial Thinning as a “Tool” to Ecologically Restore Forests of the Frequent-Fire Type, Part 1: Outdated Science and Policies - Make it stand out Figure 2. Senator Ron Wyden’s bill S.2895, 111th Congress. It would have been a net gain for conservation while also aiding the timber industry, but not enough of Big Timber could see the light. Source: Congress.gov. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/94aede64-9e85-41c3-9f76-2da05971929b/PileBurningUSFS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Rethinking Commercial Thinning as a “Tool” to Ecologically Restore Forests of the Frequent-Fire Type, Part 1: Outdated Science and Policies - Make it stand out Figure 3. Pile burning on the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Under pile burns is often scorched earth, and the small fuels across the site are left untreated. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6f47927e-ff7c-451f-8ff1-981f5a3ced31/PrescribedBurnUSFS2.jpg Public Lands Blog - Rethinking Commercial Thinning as a “Tool” to Ecologically Restore Forests of the Frequent-Fire Type, Part 1: Outdated Science and Policies - Make it stand out Figure 4. Prescribed burns often kill younger, smaller trees, but not often larger, older trees. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-continuing-reduction-in-the-number-of-sawmills-in-the-pacific-northwest monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ae08a9ad-a2b2-4988-b6a6-9ee3332039e3/VirginStandPonderosaPineMalheurNF1942RussellLeeLibararyOfCongress.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Continuing Reduction in the Number of Sawmills in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Figure 1. A virgin stand of old-growth ponderosa pine in 1947 on Oregon’s Malheur National Forest. Source: Russell Lee/Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b6cea061-ca8b-4425-afa2-68b0db703365/MalheurLumberHappierDaysWWPAFacebook.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Continuing Reduction in the Number of Sawmills in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Figure 2. Happier days at Malheur Lumber Company in John Day, Oregon. Source: Western Wood Products Association (Facebook). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/37da7a4e-8154-4c2d-969e-54f3270d74fd/OGPPLogs1942MalheurNFRussellLee-LibararyOfCongress.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Continuing Reduction in the Number of Sawmills in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Figure 3. Old-growth ponderosa pine logs in 1942 on their way to the now long-closed Edward W. Hines Mills in Hines, Oregon. Source: Russell Lee/Library of Congress. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wydens-unilateral-public-lands-livestock-grazing-giveaway monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e642286a-1afb-423b-b745-9a34e16a23bc/Cow%2Bpolluting%2Bwater.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 1. A bovine on public lands crapping in the same stream from which it drinks. In the absence of domestic livestock, this stream would be colder and deeper, well shaded by willows if not also cottonwoods, and likely full of trout. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1018b4b1-2821-4474-8768-4213ff4593df/00000-00458%2BFenceline%2Bcontrast%2Bfrom%2Bgrazing%2BKemmer%2BWyoming%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner-2707.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 2. Land near Kemmerer, Wyoming. On one side of the fence, the land is ungrazed. Guess which side. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/41d2d285-27b3-4c82-8cae-6289db641d4c/00000-02648%2BCows%2Band%2Bcow%2Btrashed%2Blands%2BSonoran%2BDesert%2BNM%2BArizona%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner-2649.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 3. Livestock in the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4229722e-93f6-4a30-ae8e-705cc9577660/00000-00387%2BCow%2Bbombed%2BBLM%2Blands%2Balong%2BParia%2BRiver%2BEscalante%2BGrandstaircase%2BNM%2BUtah%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner-2708.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 4. Livestock near the Paria River in the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in Utah. I honestly don’t know what they are eating. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/698505a5-66ed-4225-b885-49f89e08036f/Cows%2Bgrazing%2Bdesert%2Bnear%2BEagletail%2BMts.%2BArizona%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner%2B-5346.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 5. Livestock in the Eagletail Mountains in Arizona. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4369406c-dcde-416a-ae54-1a9d9cce9925/Cow%2Bpie%2Bin%2Bstream.%2BGeorge%2Bwuerthner.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 6. Fresh cow shit on rocks in a stream on public lands. If it were deposited on land, many would call it a cow pie. I do not. Unlike pie, cow shit is neither sweet nor savory. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bc130ce8-d8ec-4c41-a724-49c7c34c7243/66222-00843%2BCows%2Bon%2BBLM%2Blands%2Bby%2BBeatty%2BButte%2C%2BOregon%2BOregon%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner-1887.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 7. Livestock near Beatty Butte in Oregon. The average full-grown cow (left) weighs ~1,400 pounds. On BLM land, the calves dine for free. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ddd2c7ae-ce99-41fe-9175-9720ddf35608/Cattle%2Bgrazing%2BAqua%2Bfria%2BNational%2BMonument%2BArizona%2C%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner-2711.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 8. Livestock in the Agua Fria (“Cold Water”) National Monument in Arizona. To an untrained eye, the foreground might look “natural.” Actually, it is quite cow-bombed. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/44d39f77-2dea-497e-9639-cc4924d7eff3/00000-02650%2BDead%2Bcow%2BSonoran%2BDesert%2BNational%2BMonument%2BArizona%2B%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner-2652.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unilateral Public Lands Livestock Grazing Giveaway - Make it stand out Figure 9. Dead livestock in the Sonoran Desert National Monument in Arizona. Source: George Wuerthner. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/about-that-vision-thing monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/90c62068-912f-4ebc-b913-1f33793dfe0b/Andy%2BKerr%2Bwanted.jpg Public Lands Blog - About That Vision Thing - Make it stand out Figure 1. Andy Kerr on the cover of Northwest magazine, then included with the Sunday Oregonian (circa early 1990s). Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7f90741e-e3a9-420a-9eba-0d5a6b4d5866/Andy%2BKerr%2Band%2BJesse%2BJackson.jpg Public Lands Blog - About That Vision Thing - Make it stand out Figure 2. Andy Kerr briefing the Reverend Jesse Jackson on a few of the finer points of an old-growth forest (ca early 1990s). Source: Elizabeth Feryl. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oampc-lands-act-part-4-repeal-the-act-and-transfer-the-lands monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6bc8d0d2-4e37-42f6-ab91-3aaafd5336ee/400%2BEatherington.JPG Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 1. A tree that was more than four hundred years old when it was felled as a result of the BLM authorizing roadside salvage of “danger” trees. This stump is within fifty feet of a dead-end spur road rarely used by the public. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/234f72b8-f6d4-4fbc-a42e-f8e21080f849/TracyStoneManningBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 2. BLM director Tracy Stone-Manning. How she will be remembered is still an open question. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/eb7bdba6-b2e2-4ec3-aa84-0097b48a4ed8/UpperRockCreekTSCBBLMEatherington.JPG Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 3. The Upper Rock Creek Timber Sale on the BLM’s Coos Bay District. And the BLM says it doesn’t clear-cut anymore. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a7a6f184-36d2-4594-9a7a-a23b643ce314/UpperRockCreekTSCBBLMMatureTreeEathernington.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 4. The Upper Rock Creek Timber Sale on the BLM’s Coos Bay District. Big Timber’s bread and butter these days is mature trees, which are old-growth trees in waiting. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8f6ead5e-f126-4018-b5cb-f4e35228dc99/BarryBusheuBLM.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 5. Barry Bushue, the BLM’s state director for Oregon and Washington. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0d7dd85d-006a-48d5-a4e9-ac1665c9d9c6/UpperRockCreekTSCBBLMCCEathernington.JPG Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 6. The Preacher Man Timber Sale on the BLM’s Coos Bay District. Leave a few trees and it doesn’t count as a clear-cut—unless you are either wildlife or a watershed. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/85006195-108a-4c4f-b6c3-f077388ab818/EastofJCityNWORBLMHeiken.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 7. What was once a mature forest on the BLM’s Northwest Oregon District east of Junction City. Not technically a clear-cut though, as a rather thin row of trees was left: Source: Doug Heiken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d7e9de99-cc43-4ba9-8500-e1952b848102/EOfJCityNWORBLMHeiken.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 8. The row of trees left in a BLM clear-cut so the BLM can say it is not a clear-cut. As these trees grew up as part of a stand and not standalones, they are likely to blow over in the next decent windstorm. Then the BLM can “salvage” log them! Source: Doug Heiken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8feaea14-973c-4351-a29a-a40214296e89/Unit%2B27-8%2Bin%2Bthe%2BBear%2BGrub%2BTimber%2BSale%2Bis%2Bleave%2Bor%2Bretention%2Btree%2Bmarked%2C%2Bmeaning%2Bonly%2Bthe%2Btrees%2Bmarked%2Bwith%2Borange%2Bpaint%2Bwould%2Bbe%2Bretained.Ruediger.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 9. The Bear Grub Timber Sale on the BLM’s Medford District. In this unit, any tree marked with orange paint is to be spared from logging. Source: Luke Ruediger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d562a57e-16b2-4d8d-b711-87393fa10e02/Group%2Bselection%2Blogging%2Bin%2Bunit%2B13-6%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBear%2BGrub%2BTimber%2BSale.%2BThe%2Btrees%2Bwith%2Bwhite%2Bbands%2Bare%2Bmarked%2Bfor%2Bremoval.%2BCredit%2BLuke%2BRuediger.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 10. The Bear Grub Timber Sale on the BLM’s Medford District. In this unit, the trees marked with white paint, which are generally the largest trees in the stand, are destined for the mill. Source: Luke Ruediger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c1a8ed27-aa3d-40f0-9574-f52165b8ff44/Unit%2B25-3%2Blarge%2Btree%2Bremoval%2Bonly%2Bred%2Bmarked%2Btree%2Bwould%2Bbe%2Bkept%2BPenn%2BButte%2BTimber%2BSale%2C%2Bcredit%2BLuke%2BRuediger.JPG Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 11. The Penn Butte Timber Sale on the BLM’s Medford District. In this unit, only the tree marked with red paint will not be logged. Source: Luke Ruediger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7d60d3f4-1d9c-4c1e-8a62-388872bec010/Unit%2B5-1%2BLate%2BMungers%2BTS%2C%2B40%2Band%2B37%2BD.%2Bfir%2Bidenfitied%2Bfor%2Bremoval%2Bcredit%2BLuke%2BRuediger.JPG Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 4: Repeal the Act and Transfer the Lands - Make it stand out Figure 12. Unit 5-1 of the Lake Mungers Timber Sale on the BLM’s Medford District. Good as gone are these two Douglas-firs at 37 and 40 inches in diameter at breast height. And the BLM says it doesn’t cut old-growth trees anymore. Source: Luke Ruediger. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wydens-awesome-owyhee-opportunity monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a363e7a9-84e3-4150-8a24-dd652ade301b/Mark%2BDarnell%2BLeslie%2BGulch%2BACEC%2BSpring%2Boverview.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 1. Leslie Gulch, somewhat protected by the BLM’s area of critical environmental concern designation. This and most ACECs are open to mining. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (Mark Darnell). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/673da1b2-bf79-4adb-b887-2cdd3684701a/CanyonCampfire.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Owyhee Canyonlands, the largest conservation opportunity in the American West. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (J. Davis). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cb97c484-430b-4954-80e0-7a054426b215/OwyheeStacks.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 3. Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands are very geological. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (Mark Darnell). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/74adf4a2-6df1-4b3f-9a6c-374d9bd1910b/Owyhee%2BMap%2B3.12%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Map 1. Designated wilderness (dark green, all in Idaho for now), wilderness study areas (medium green), lands with wilderness characteristics (LWCs) that are somewhat protected by the BLM (light green), fully unprotected LWCs (parallel light green diagonal lines), lands proposed in S.1890 for protection as wilderness (within the black outline), other BLM lands (tan). Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/10e866b8-0f64-4c60-a765-8fb8c8868a4c/DarkSkies.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 4. The dark sky in the Owyhee Canyonlands. I would argue that this should be considered an object of both scientific and historical interest under the Antiquities Act. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (AJ Carter). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2b6034fb-2213-40c3-b0ee-fc359d24b0ce/BoatRiver.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 5. Boaters floating the Owyhee River, which is a unit of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. While recreation cannot be a purpose of a presidentially proclaimed national monument, it certainly is a by-product. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (John Aylward). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/18a09ec5-31cb-4389-af07-84e73c264156/HikerLone.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 6. Hiking in the Owyhee Canyonlands. While recreation cannot be a purpose of a presidentially proclaimed national monument, it certainly is a by-product. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (Jim Oleachea). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f583d478-07b5-4e37-866e-c6c2035ad147/Owyhee_Mark%2BLisk_Three%2BFingers%2BLupine_smaller.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 7. Lupine in Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (Mark List). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c987e43c-6578-4090-a481-e21cb198c740/Owyhee_Tyson_Fisher_morning%2Bglow.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 8. A morning glow over the Owyhee River. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (Tyson Fisher). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3e068ab9-fcc7-4c99-81db-54e1fe1508d7/CaliforniaBigHornSheep.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 9. A California bighorn sheep ram in Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands. Wild sheep qualify as objects of scientific interest. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (S. Phifer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0a7dabea-8fa3-42e3-8007-9335b077b04d/DarkSkies.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 10. It’s called a dark sky, but it is anything but. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (John Aylward). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ce7badb3-85f9-41a2-b2e8-ce3f34958a7f/ChalkBasin%2BJohn%2BAylward.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 11. The Clack Basin in the Owyhee Canyonlands. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (John Aylward). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0de61afe-61de-49b1-b6d8-bda5bf5cc842/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/16367d42-cd3a-41ea-a19e-e266ffe34cf2/Jan_Fisher_Owyhee_Winter.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 12. Winter in the Owyhee Canyonlands. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (Jan Fisher). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a62e2310-df9f-472e-8dd2-cbb611856afe/little-west-owyhee-1-owyhee-devin-dahlgren.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 13. The West Little Owyhee River. Most of it is in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, but the protection afforded is only a narrow corridor that leaves the surrounding lands unprotected. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (Devin Dahlgren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5ab591be-357b-44d5-909e-74146db1cc78/John%2BAylward-Owyhee%2BRiver-Spring-Owyhee%2BRiver%2BColorful%2BCanyon%2Band%2BCloud.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 14. The Owyhee and West Little Owyhee Wild and Scenic Rivers, the life thread of the Owyhee Canyonlands. Wild and scenic river protection protects only a very narrow corridor along the stream. Source: Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (John Aylward). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oampc-lands-act-part-3-the-decision-of-the-district-of-columbia-circuit-court-of-appeals monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/46abeaa7-3ea9-4d08-86d6-4241c4a181c2/AFRCCaptionPage.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 3: The Decision of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 1. The first of thirty-four pages of one of the two most consequential court rulings ever to affect the infamous O&C Lands. Source: US Supreme Court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fddfb92e-bdee-4635-9728-a115fd1d67b6/NFSilverCreekWSRMedBLMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 3: The Decision of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 2. The North Fork Silver Creek Wild and Scenic River on the BLM’s Medford District. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/75ca6105-1f5f-4293-9b7b-4067ffcd8a15/RoughSkinnedNewtWassonLakeBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 3: The Decision of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 3. A rough-skinned newt, found in great abundance at Wasson Lake, part of the Wasson Creek Wilderness, on the BLM’s Coos Bay District. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7accce29-4db6-442d-b9f3-83632c10ea6f/ValleyOfTheGiantsBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 3: The Decision of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 4. One old-growth tree in the Valley of the Giants Outstanding Natural Area on the BLM’s Northwest Oregon District. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b58b5816-f3db-42d1-8f66-dc06b59fb6b2/RoughandReadyCreekBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 3: The Decision of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 5. The Rough and Ready Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern on the BLM’s Medford District. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8e456707-1adf-4ca1-a6f8-7c02844d855e/CowCreekBackcountryBywayBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 3: The Decision of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 6. The Cow Creek BLM Back Country Byway on the BLM’s Roseburg District. Cow Creek is a tributary of the South Umpqua River. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7eba9719-e0ae-4abb-8bf5-16cf069e4e20/OHVAbuseShotgunCreek%2BCarlos%2BVelez%2C%2BSalem%2BJeepers%2BBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 3: The Decision of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 7. In the Shotgun Creek area on the BLM’s Northwest Oregon District. The road is next to the rock pile, but what fun is that? It is well known that the larger the tires, the smaller the penis. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oampc-lands-act-part-2-the-decision-of-the-ninth-circuit-court-of-appeals monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/26d650f1-e4c0-4d4d-8d2e-603e7b1feb2d/MurphyCaseCaption.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 2: The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 1. The first of forty-seven pages of one of the two most consequential court rulings ever to affect the infamous O&C lands. Source: US Supreme Court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a24de9a0-a107-487f-81b6-e8818ef27c9e/BLMStaffFromAllOverBLMTimberSale.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 2: The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 2. How many BLM staffers does it take to log a forest? A lot! Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b4a46ab5-371d-4213-946c-fbf9a22ded11/EastApplegateRidgeTrailMedBLMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 2: The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 3. The East Applegate Ridge Trail on the BLM’s Medford District. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ac8847da-ca81-4d0d-8e61-918974c79cba/O%26CSignCBDistrictBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 2: The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 4. An indication that to the BLM, all forestlands in western Oregon were effectively “O&C” lands. The courts have instructed otherwise. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/24b46637-e5bd-4c21-93d6-9a7a9e2bc3c2/NorthSpitCoosBayACECBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 2: The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 5. The North Spit Coos Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern, which should be transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Service for inclusion in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/21da2c47-1e7a-41c7-b5f1-d9488e5d7f75/UpperKlamathWSRBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 2: The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 6. The Upper Klamath Wild and Scenic River on the BLM’s Lakeview District in Klamath County, Oregon. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a75b525b-9e88-4fdd-bac5-60758a601959/MatureForestTableRockWildernessBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 2: The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 7. Protected mature forest in the Table Rock Wilderness in Clackamas County, Oregon. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c85f883a-151a-4d0a-babf-bc02571538ef/NestuccaBackCountryByway.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 2: The Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - Make it stand out Figure 8. A view from the BLM’s Nestucca River Back Country Byway. To the BLM, clear-cuts open up the view. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oampc-lands-act-part-1-neither-11th-commandment-nor-28th-amendment monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5daf4179-204b-4d2b-9f12-149230619d1c/O%26CRRTrainBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 1: Neither 11th Commandment Nor 28th Amendment - Make it stand out Figure 1. A rather small locomotive of the Oregon and California Railroad. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1bc844e4-4fe6-46e9-916c-f5f3dfa6e12a/O%26CAct1937StatutesAtLarge.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 1: Neither 11th Commandment Nor 28th Amendment - Make it stand out Figure 2. The bane of my existence. Source: United States of America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0dae4420-9510-4631-8370-72408033ff11/O%26CLandsAllFlavors.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 1: Neither 11th Commandment Nor 28th Amendment - Make it stand out Map 1. O&C lands administered by the BLM (dark orange), mostly in a checkerboard pattern with private timberland (white), some in a checkerboard pattern with BLM public domain land (yellow); “controverted” O&C lands administered by the US Forest Service (dark green), mostly in a checkerboard pattern with regular USFS lands (light green); Coos Bay Wagon Road (CBWR) lands administered by the BLM (burgundy). Source: Congressional Research Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dc5595b1-d81c-4cfe-bff2-966313da52e0/BLMOGFDesctructionBLMSource%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 1: Neither 11th Commandment Nor 28th Amendment - Make it stand out Figure 3. Old-growth logs are still coming off BLM holdings in western Oregon. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/90f3563c-34ef-436c-a2d7-47529f262bc4/orwa-coos-wagon-map%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 1: Neither 11th Commandment Nor 28th Amendment - Make it stand out Map 2. The Coos Bay Wagon Road Lands, an even more obscure variant of federal public lands administered by the BLM.Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7dc9f513-61f5-436c-a01c-2aa9dd90be27/NSOMedBLMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 1: Neither 11th Commandment Nor 28th Amendment - Make it stand out Figure 4. The northern spotted owl, which requires old-growth forests for its survival. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f79779ee-b88c-4e90-8f4d-543b0e51ae25/CohoSalmonLakeCreekFallsNWORBLMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - O&amp;C Lands Act, Part 1: Neither 11th Commandment Nor 28th Amendment - Make it stand out Figure 5. An adult coho salmon scaling Lake Creek Falls to return to its place of birth to spawn. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/cascade-siskiyou-national-monument-safe-from-big-timber-threatened-by-the-blm monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/625951e9-f277-479f-b689-acc4142f2297/PilotRockSodaMountainWildernessCSNMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 1. Pilot Rock in the Soda Mountain Wilderness in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The prominent landmark served to guide invading settlers and is now quite noticeable from I-5. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4a62b005-56c8-4771-b704-8e12fcb14dd2/OR_CascadeSiskiyou_NM_expansion_July.png Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Map 1. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Oregon and California. The red line is the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f85d27ba-1089-48c5-90c1-54baddea03bd/TwoLobLarkspur.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 2. Twolobe larkspur in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Hummingbirds love larkspur, as do I, but for a different reason. If eaten, larkspur is extremely poisonous. Native wildlife are smart enough to avoid the plant, but domestic livestock are not. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f593a005-7bb9-4e1c-90ec-b867c9bfc01e/BoxORanchCSNMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 3. The former Box-O Ranch in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/99ef27cd-0c2e-4551-b7da-24ee266a3336/OldGrowthIncenseCedarCSNMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 4. Old-growth incense cedar in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a2f92a16-2c08-46c6-a139-126a05970435/CertDenied.png Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 5. Part of the US Supreme Court’s order list of March 25, 2024, showing the outcome of the Murphy case, which sought to eviscerate the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Read all about the case listed above it, American Forest [Resource] Council, in the next Public Lands Blog. Source: United States Supreme Court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/232476b2-cc08-4700-aa24-2fa46b075cf5/BoccardPointCSNMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 6. Boccard Point in the Soda Mountain Wilderness in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Mount Shasta is in the background; the “water feature” in the midground was Irongate Reservoir, which no longer exists, as Irongate Dam and three other dams on the Klamath River have been drained and are being dismantled in the largest dam removal project in the United States. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a6e41e5a-8e85-4329-9737-c915e91829c7/SpringHikeHobartBluffCSNMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 7. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail near Hobart Bluff in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/218d7a7d-0dda-40f9-8cc8-4093b076cb73/DRMPcover.png Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 8. The BLM’s proposed new management plan for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The BLM just cannot seem to understand that a national monument is special and different and requires special administration different from other lands it administers. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5f22d2be-ea4c-400c-8f5d-208f9a419bae/20240326_155949.png Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 9. Recent “hazard” tree logging in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Source: Soda Mountain Wilderness Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5159e2a0-5501-416c-8efd-116a4e6828ca/20240326_165102.png Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 10. Trees that were bureaucratically deemed a hazard to “infrastructure” (aka “road”). Not! Note the distance from the road of stumps in the background, the height of the residual trees next to said stumps, the general flatness of the terrain. Source: Soda Mountain Wilderness Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5f6a9166-4d47-4aaa-ae8f-e51dd6c59061/JennyCreekWSRBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 11. Jenny Creek Wild and Scenic River within the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3240d1bc-085d-4762-8064-cb233670f814/RyanZinkeCSNMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 12. In 2017, then Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke (left) recommended that President Trump emasculate the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Didn’t happen, but watch out if Trump gets another term. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/68fbf9ea-da26-4018-9c2b-f8e8eed8161a/NightSkyCSNMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 13. A very clear, moonless night in the very dark Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/20debae5-c651-4b53-87a2-66cb90ad7b31/SlpringCreekWSR2CSNMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument: Safe from Big Timber, Threatened by the BLM - Make it stand out Figure 14. Spring Creek Wild and Scenic River within the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-conservation-of-darkness monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6638ae44-4d4a-45bc-a475-9c02d8c85e0c/%233%2BWarner_Valley_Overlook_Double_Standing_Milky_Way.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Conservation of Darkness - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Milky Way as seen from Oregon’s Warner Valley, which is part of what is now the largest International Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world. Notice the lights of what I believe to be the unincorporated community of Plush, with a human population of nearly one hundred souls. Source: Joey Hamilton/Travel Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/618bc8e3-498a-4336-ade7-66c73ea842f5/%237%2BUS%2BLight%2BPollution%2BMap.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Conservation of Darkness - Make it stand out Figure 2. The darkest remaining skyscape in the Lower 48 (outlined in light blue), centered on the Oregon Outback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/781a8e3b-c1e0-4b09-9aff-2ca07ea0d88b/%238%2BOregon%2BOutback%2BSanctuary%2BSkyglow%2BMap.png Public Lands Blog - The Conservation of Darkness - Make it stand out Figure 3. The new Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary (outlined in yellow). It includes much of Lake County (third county from the right along Oregon’s southern border) and should be expanded into Harney (second from the right) and Malheur (first on the right) Counties. Source: DarkSky International. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c4fae131-118a-4cd1-b763-f2532fa62308/LightPoolutedSkiDarkSkyInternational.png Public Lands Blog - The Conservation of Darkness - Make it stand out Figure 4. Actually, “BEST” is no lamp at all. Source: DarkSky International. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f49066d2-8357-415a-803a-949aa99018f7/%2311%2BMilky%2BWay%2BLake%2BCounty.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Conservation of Darkness - Make it stand out Figure 5. The Milky Way as seen northeast of Lake Abert and Abert Rim. Unfortunately, the long exposure necessary to capture the stars also emphasizes light pollution from Lakeview. Source: Shannon Theall. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/welcoming-back-pumas-to-the-eastern-united-states monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f41f7070-5b93-4ddd-bbed-35d8a9077dc1/usfws-florida-panther5164633462ojpg-medium.jpg Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Figure 1. A Florida panther wondering what the hell is going on. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d4fedf91-4139-4500-8770-eb97fcfafa86/FlordiaPantherwithKittensUSFWS.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Figure 2. A Florida panther mother and kittens. Source: The Nature Conservancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4cd246d0-58fe-4933-b5fe-efdf5c570743/Americas%26CougarMap.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Map 1. The former (light green + dark green) and current (dark green) range of P. concolor. Source: Panthera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9e43bc88-ac3e-4a5d-a44c-81806ca7d528/FloridaPantherKittenUSFWS.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Figure 3. A Florida panther kitten. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/845c967c-8298-4138-844f-d522bc6a495b/PumaConcolorNumbersByState.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Table 1. Minimum and maximum estimated Puma concolor populations by state. Source: World Population Review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/48cb89de-d48f-4a89-89f6-5ce19ceb120c/FloridaPantherUSFWS.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Figure 4. A Florida panther in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4e7ab5d9-61e0-4052-b756-7f91a976dc6e/SciencePaperpage1%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Figure 5. The science says it’s possible. Will humans allow it? Source: Biodiversity and Conservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a478f84d-4299-4713-92a7-3aca3f8c383c/17AreasPantherraUSE%2BTHIS%2BONE.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Map 2. Seventeen potential puma recolonization landscapes. Source: Panthera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/018d825a-d952-4ec7-8a29-84fd814d6533/NECloseupPantherraUsethisone.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Map 3. A close-up of New England recolonization landscapes. Source: Panthera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2a557fdd-2c6d-498e-aaeb-fd1f8e2c23a4/PumaConcolorNumbersByState.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Table 2. Potential puma habitat patches, listed in order of increasing size. Source: Yovovich et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b69504e9-9c1b-4acc-8dd5-bbb680251b81/SUPPORT%2BMAP.png Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Figure 6. Most politicians would kill or die for support numbers like cougars have. Source: Carlson et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/28ce82e8-78bb-457b-87f0-d5d0bad86207/usfws-swfl-panther-sign-vjpg-medium.jpg Public Lands Blog - Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States - Make it stand out Figure 7. Someday perhaps these signs will become common across the American East. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/closing-the-disconnect-between-voter-attitudes-and-public-lands-conservation-in-the-west monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e6f3076d-50d3-4380-a72e-56d42391529c/TitleSlide.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 1. The annual State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll tells us a lot about how voters in the Mountain West view public lands conservation. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b3f3174e-d08f-4588-b9e7-7f4db753b67b/Screenshot+2025-04-30+at+3.08.25%E2%80%AFPM.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6fa3589e-35be-4733-8197-8fe2e001e54f/SotR%2BShareables%2B2024%2B39.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 3. Concern about nature is on the rise among voters in the Mountain West. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f025f137-3cea-40c3-b2e6-7701dbac168f/VoterPrioritiesforElected.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 4. “Western” voters increasingly favor protecting nature on public lands rather than favoring energy production there. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c1a8dc09-d0e0-4c08-8683-14519a0a676b/Proconservation.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 5. “Westerners” strongly support policies that protect public lands. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8717ac43-4499-4a1a-bf93-f9a8c08d7d39/OpposeRemoval.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 6. Voters don’t want existing public land conservation protections weakened. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a75d2430-d97f-4eea-b904-43be3ece0031/SotR%2BShareables%2B2024%2B26.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 7. Voters want public land conservation protections strengthened. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8f648b11-b203-4578-9c18-387bcba1d060/NatureversusEnergy.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 8. Voters see clean energy and nature conservation as compatible. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7df63d3e-0862-4604-8a21-8a1f0e9ca530/VotersImportanceconservationissues.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 9. A vast majority of voters of all parties say it is important to them what their elected officials are doing on conservation issues. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/82ac5ec1-7b4c-4c41-8bdf-20067dc1851d/30x30.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 10. While more Coloradans feel more strongly about it than Utahns, 83 percent of both say they support 30 percent of the nation’s lands and waters being conserved by 2030 (30x30). Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/adf4252d-7a8b-4bb8-b935-fe6dfacf8ceb/2024%2BState%2BFact%2BSheets%2BUT.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 11. What voters in the Beehive State say they want done about nature/climate/environment/pollution/energy doesn’t match the behavior of Utah governments. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a29ff461-bdb4-4ec9-bf34-05ff79d6cd97/BearsEarsNMSign.jpg Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 12. Bears Ears National Monument is wanted by most Utah voters and not wanted by most Utah elected officials. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4d36a225-63ad-4b21-9f4b-34a300b2a339/ByGeneration.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West - Make it stand out Figure 13. Younger voters in the Mountain West are more concerned than older voters about the effects of climate change. Source: State of the Rockies Project. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/its-about-dam-time monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/eecbc282-36eb-4c85-b0b3-c63ee87a8643/LongerAerialBetter%29RiverDesignGroup.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Figure 1. The so-called Page Springs Dam on the Donner und Blitzen Wild and Scenic River in the Steens Mountain Wilderness in the Sagebrush Sea of southeastern Oregon. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d834c4e-a408-4322-a7a0-dc7d598a88e0/LargeAreaMapRiverDesignGroup.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Map 1. The location of the Page Springs dam removal project area. Source: River Design Group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/79e4c4d2-e13e-498a-ac1b-5a1b51f24af4/AerialMapBLM.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Map 2. The eco-socio-political geography of the Page Springs dam. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/512aee1f-2ef2-47b7-86a7-cfce4093f5a5/HistoricalDamConstructionBLM.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Figure 2. The dam under construction ca. 1938. Source: River Design Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/db37db0a-33b5-4a7a-948e-7a901bc13bab/CloseAerialBLM.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Figure 3. Close-up of the fish-passage barrier, aka dam(n). How did we take pictures like this before we had drones? Source: River Design Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bd061a70-94a8-4bce-bafc-576f95a7a056/Table1%285-2%29.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Table 1. Six very preliminary alternatives for the removal of the Page Springs dam. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2d1e4e47-d13a-4444-9483-008df5598e22/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Table 2. As with most things in life, in dam removal time is money. UTV = utility task vehicle. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/18fd1168-9aa7-423b-81d0-350b2dce2ca7/UTVJohnDeere.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Figure 4. Don’t tell anyone, but ranchers these days are far more likely to be riding a UTV (utility task vehicle) than an ERV (equine riding vehicle)—and their footwear is more likely to be Nike than Tony Lama. Source: John Deere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fc407682-a455-44aa-b37c-5137614e14dd/Table3.png Public Lands Blog - It’s About Dam Time - Make it stand out Table 3. Preliminary estimate of impacts of the various dam removal options. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-forest-service-proposal-to-save-its-old-growth-a-start-though-inadequate monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5a09b654-1e07-429b-8cff-57b7ca87976f/NorthUmpquaTrailFrancisEatherington.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Forest Service Proposal to Save Its Old Growth: A Start, Though Inadequate - Make it stand out Figure 1. Old-growth Douglas-fir along the North Umpqua River on the Umpqua National Forest, Oregon. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/efb67e79-d9a9-4119-853b-218733526a7b/OLD+GROWTH+HEMLOCK.png Public Lands Blog - The Forest Service Proposal to Save Its Old Growth: A Start, Though Inadequate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f8275fcc-4b76-417e-8ff8-0b14c2e87212/Vine-Maple.png Public Lands Blog - The Forest Service Proposal to Save Its Old Growth: A Start, Though Inadequate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/132037fa-c0ce-4b2f-88e6-01e10e9245d6/old-growth+white+pine.png Public Lands Blog - The Forest Service Proposal to Save Its Old Growth: A Start, Though Inadequate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e5eaff8f-6345-47cb-a10d-9dd0611192f1/Old-growth+forest+in+the+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - The Forest Service Proposal to Save Its Old Growth: A Start, Though Inadequate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2f05a122-e7db-4d71-a22f-39754c7c463e/Old-growth+western+juniper+.png Public Lands Blog - The Forest Service Proposal to Save Its Old Growth: A Start, Though Inadequate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/de64c6c3-358b-4c58-b4e8-2a0e6caaa049/Old-growth+ponderosa+pine.png Public Lands Blog - The Forest Service Proposal to Save Its Old Growth: A Start, Though Inadequate - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/changes-coming-to-the-oregon-delegation-to-the-us-house-part-2-1st-2nd-and-4th-districts monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9eb48a80-3acb-4735-9895-8391c7383ba0/Map1revisedbase%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 2: 1st, 2nd, and 4th Districts - Make it stand out Map 2. This map shows more than 15 million acres of public lands administered by the Forest Service, and certain, but not all, public lands administered by the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service. It mostly doesn’t show nearly 16 million acres of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, the vast majority of them in the Oregon 2nd in the southeast part of the state. The two fundamental units of ecological organization are the watershed and the congressional district. Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aecf3582-52e7-4e1b-9e7e-1509e179c2ae/Representative+Suzanne+Bonamici.png Public Lands Blog - Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 2: 1st, 2nd, and 4th Districts - Make it stand out Figure 1. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1st). Source: Wikipedia (US House of Representatives). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0199100c-a6b0-4051-afd0-29cfd586f268/Representative+Cliff+Bentz.png Public Lands Blog - Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 2: 1st, 2nd, and 4th Districts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1f9a47d0-26f5-4993-b097-f8152035e54f/Representative+Val+Hoyle.png Public Lands Blog - Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 2: 1st, 2nd, and 4th Districts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/changes-coming-to-the-oregon-delegation-to-the-us-house-part-1-3rd-5th-and-6th-districts monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/abae813b-b8ea-446f-aa90-c50f6102a3c5/538NewMap%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 1: 3rd, 5th, and 6th Districts - Make it stand out Map 1. The dark red district (District 2) is presently represented by Republican Cliff Bentz. The dark blue districts are currently represented by Democrats Suzanne Bonamici (District 1) and Earl Blumenauer (District 3). The two light blue districts are currently represented by Democrats Andrea Salinas (District 6) and Val Hoyle (District 4). The lavender blush district is currently represented by Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer (District 5). Source: fivethirtyeight.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bec3a6ee-3a11-4d47-98af-838509d49536/Representative+Lori+Chavez-DeRemer.png Public Lands Blog - Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 1: 3rd, 5th, and 6th Districts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e3d0bdbb-a926-465b-a48f-193c05f9d8f8/Representative+Andrea+Salinas+Representative+Andrea+Salinas.png Public Lands Blog - Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 1: 3rd, 5th, and 6th Districts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7556dc2b-247f-4e73-b88e-62790fbde065/Representative+Earl+Blumenauer.png Public Lands Blog - Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 1: 3rd, 5th, and 6th Districts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-unmaking-of-the-northwest-forest-plan-part-2-remaking-it-for-the-next-quarter-century monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f25af8bf-b6ec-4f2e-84af-f99645b469b2/12bFisher%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Figure 1. Pacific fisher.The imperiled northern California–southern Oregon distinct population segment is moving toward protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Northwest Forest Plan didn’t do enough to prevent its continued decline. Source: Bruce Hayward (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c06d07a6-23c1-473e-a04c-7d5fdc473c3d/fallen+dead+trees%2C.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/daf3edcb-ba46-4a28-ad86-2112dd98c608/Marten.+The+coastal+population.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2c3270b2-36a7-4a2f-bf35-7090913111a7/Old-growth+incense+cedar.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3d4d33ee-46a3-4ea7-98a3-4a9fc2be148b/Black+bear.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/918476f1-0ab7-4934-a9ac-45a696cde2a6/Working+forests.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a17c514e-bb83-49af-b5dc-8f6cb80b38af/how+wildfire+burns.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c3bd12cf-d5ab-4c7e-8cf3-4000d7265317/Burned+forest..png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/508d8274-aebf-4da3-a1f4-f86d2c9c08c6/Warner+Creek+Fire.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3e926578-aeed-4765-8c85-f1bf171043d6/Barred+owl.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/438c6d13-497a-46a5-8853-845fcba7661f/Old-growth+Port+Orford+cedar.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/eb67ed0e-01c8-4b8f-ad6a-54d6880d0211/dense+artificial+plantation..png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/76f0ecba-8162-4ef0-b39b-69e07181fee4/Old-growth+Douglas-fir.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9bcfa9ae-8527-4195-a3dd-7f622329daf4/Beaver.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/87a98744-4ee7-476d-882d-744e3c91d0ae/Old-growth+Sitka+spruce.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aa6bcd69-15d1-4ca9-9ccc-8b1a1d52f5e4/Sitka+spruce+in+the+Oregon+Coast+Range.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ed645736-0abf-4c1f-b247-442b2a2c2587/Salvage+logging+after+a+wildfire.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fad98ccf-bce5-46e9-bf07-7785285a1042/mature+forest.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ed78cfbd-cb5a-4848-976b-1d53b8255fd1/Malone+jumping+slug.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5731aa9a-33e6-4369-a8a4-9a1ded856a9e/A+stand+now+permanently+protected+.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d4fa88b-11a0-4fc9-9846-c5930a9abeb7/The+legacy+of+old-growth+forests.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-unmaking-of-the-northwest-forest-plan-part-1-out-with-enforceable-substance-and-in-with-performative-process monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/889b7a95-462f-493c-ae07-5700d9c41b44/DFWRCCropped.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Figure 1. An old-growth Douglas-fir forest stand now safely in a late-successional reserve under the Northwest Forest Plan. Such reserves could become unsafe for mature and old-growth forests. Source: lost to history (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/53f2e81b-a343-4fef-b1f2-0424d24c0d3c/Pacific+yew+.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d492cca1-5c87-4241-9483-78fbd3d6ff97/northern+spotted+owl.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b980374e-78f9-4e04-bb7d-a359e6cbed83/northern+spotted+owl-2.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/976bb923-3465-4400-8f29-826b4dcb1111/2002%2BLand%2BUse%2BAllocations%2BNWFP%2Bcopy%2B4.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Map 1. The Northwest Forest Plan area with major land allocations (shades of green and purple good; yellow and brown bad). Source: Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/26ea4f3f-89dc-4595-b439-ec657d1ad742/protected+marbled+murrelet.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e73c52ae-5b72-4943-8acd-5f4ccb90eca9/Douglas-fir+on+the+Umpqua+National+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/48dc143c-3494-4130-a7d4-e484d60d5d02/Old-growth+Douglas-fir+along+the+North+Fork+Smith+River.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7b753190-26ef-4b5f-9d02-a2311339c900/A+stand+of+madrones.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/241104aa-73c4-4d71-931d-32e39b946ae5/Screenshot%2B2023-11-06%2Bat%2B07.26.23.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/101f7016-37e6-4448-a4a7-83545ac56212/The+long+trail+of+the+Northwest+Forest+.png Public Lands Blog - The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 1: Out with Enforceable Substance and in with Performative Process - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/protecting-drinking-water-sources-part-2-suggestions-for-improvement monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b8fdc7fb-f4a6-4a5c-8ef0-0b6a071d4172/DJI_417%23%23-2.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Jetty Creek watershed is private industrial timberland that is the source of drinking water for the City of Rockaway Beach, Oregon, which has repeatedly been issued water quality alerts for carcinogenic toxins. Too much chlorine to kill the nasties hiding in the dirt in their water due to logging. Stream buffers help drinking water quality a bit, but not that much. Source: © Trygve Steen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4be317cc-2468-450e-982f-b0af799e6b48/Lincoln+City+drinking+water+.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5f849bb6-085a-49d3-b82a-52340248795f/City+of+Yachats+drinking+water.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ad16e0d4-5dd3-42af-8707-4bf315ee8ebc/City+of+Yamhill+drinking+water.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1af0aa8c-cba7-444d-84f3-e1045b2c405d/City+of+Rockaway+Beach+drinking.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/baf920c8-4e74-4400-b671-8a79e26e11d1/StreamBufferBlowdownJettyCreekWatershedTrygveSteen-3.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement - Make it stand out Figure 6. Leaving a stream buffer is helpful, but the new artificial edge is often subject to severe blowdown, which both reduces shading of the stream and increases sediment runoff into streams. Source: © Trygve Steen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/72f26054-f6cf-47d5-a839-8f5e437c7b80/City+of+McMinnville.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6619b38c-f755-45d8-90e7-b66658ddd625/Bull_run_locked_gateWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement - Make it stand out Figure 8. Portland's Bull Run watershed in the Cascades is closed to the public to protect water quality. Logging is also prohibited (by federal law) for the same reason. Betsy Herbert's research found that most city-owned watersheds in the Coast Range are also closed to the public to protect water quality. However, these cities actively log their watersheds, dismissing even more serious water quality impacts. Source: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/protecting-drinking-water-sources-part-1-water-quantity-quality-and-timely-release monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/99247103-9f80-4c82-aba1-4d68f6ebbe48/OlderForestFreindsOfTheCorvallisWatershe.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Figure 1. Old-growth-forested watersheds provide the best long-term water quantity and quality for public water supplies. Source: Friends of the Corvallis Watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/eef70b18-1aa1-4e87-b4a7-95dbe780e534/SurfaceDrinkingWatershedsOregonSource-OregonWild.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Figure 2. All the land in Oregon that is upstream of a community or larger drinking water intake point. Source: Oregon Wild and Oregon Howl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f5039776-7741-4f48-8a7b-5a20cb16c48e/dwpMap1OrLandCoverODEQ.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Figure 3. Designated “Surface Water Drinking Water Source Areas” as determined by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality; these don’t include all surface waters above a drinking water intake point. Forest Service land is dark green (33 percent); Bureau of Land Management land is dark brown (10 percent); state forest land is light green (1 percent); agricultural lands, including small-owner timberlands, are tan (17 percent); private industrial timberlands are orange (22 percent); and private rural lands are lighter gold (13 percent). Source: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/56d2828b-5b02-4d3c-b86b-40a128b4e42d/Marys+Peak+watershed.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b7746f48-9d8f-40db-b826-697f78a7d6dd/City+of+Hillsboro+drinking+water.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/381648bf-d9c4-46e3-8694-44e51e872512/City+of+Seaside+drinking+water+.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/274b2298-4d36-4a0d-8077-ae26e4052a0a/City+of+Willamina+drinking+water.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ae92b8a3-ca8a-45e2-90b7-cd40215fa8ab/helicopter+spraying.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/22e18107-424b-4063-8140-e5d8395e77d1/OregonDrinkingWatershedsBetsyHerbertStudy.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Figure 9. Drinking water watersheds in the Oregon Coast Range studied by Betsy Herbert. Source: Betsy Herbert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7a30c63b-43da-4384-ad3c-73e20a259dde/Old%2Bgrowth%2BPatch%2BcutCorvallisWatershedSourceFriendsOfTheCorvallisWatershed.png Public Lands Blog - Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release - Make it stand out Figure 10. Old-growth trees marked for logging (notice the blue paint) by their owners, the City of Corvallis. Fortunately, the City had previously allowed the Corvallis-to-the-Sea Trail to pass over these lands, allowing some members of the public to see the blue paint before they saw just stumps. Source: Friends of the Corvallis Watershed. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/retiring-grazing-permits-part-3-future-of-the-voluntary-retirement-option monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af1a50de-3b95-40b9-b969-eaae789e199c/00000-02536%2BCow%2Bbeat%2Blands%2Bin%2BTrout%2BCreek%2BMountains%2C%2BWhitehorse%2BButte%2BAllotment%2C%2BBLM%2C%2BOregon%2B%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner-2664.jpg Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Figure 1. Something’s not right when piles of bovine dung cover more ground than vegetation. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4bb9c79d-54c3-4f03-a25c-3fde44a326a4/US+Representative+Ra%C3%BAl+Grijalva.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3d6955e7-26a8-4998-9194-838ef4ec0447/US+Senator+Martin+Heinrich.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/684782fb-374c-4e7d-ab65-ddfeaf782a39/voluntary+retirement+of+federal+grazing+permits..png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7e6e5e79-bf58-449f-9801-5a54bcb84166/US+Representative+Adam+Smith.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/017700f2-4ee6-48b7-8f9c-23a9803b0512/US+Representative+Jared+Huffman.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3ce72c1e-fff3-4e67-8c72-e12d188c4ab6/Along+the+Paria+River.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3c3d8e89-212f-4bae-8387-821455fd3c61/Abusive+livestock+grazing.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 3: Future of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/retiring-grazing-permits-part-2-history-of-the-voluntary-retirement-option monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2259100b-ca87-4657-b74e-c94849c3be13/SMWC.PhotoBoxOPepper5-12.jpg Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 2: History of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Figure 1. The former Box-O Ranch in the heart of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and California (that’s Mount Shasta, which isn’t in the monument). Much of the national monument is now livestock free, though cattle from still-active grazing allotments and other sources often trespass on monument lands. Source: Pepper Trail, Soda Mountain Wilderness Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8397d5ce-266a-47ae-b391-207e2556c2ad/bovine+bulldozer.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 2: History of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8840c6e5-ad14-43ce-8b2b-9b25b4d12d0f/Marauding+bovines.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 2: History of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/38223957-13fc-4936-a19e-160a4136009e/map_4-_bwc_grazing_area.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 2: History of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Figure 4. The Boulder–White Clouds Grazing Area in Idaho. The grazing allotments within the orange boundary are eligible for retirement. The three most vivid colors indicate wilderness areas. Source: Office of Rep. Mike Simpson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f1991f2a-aa20-43a8-8da4-476e2b6d1183/Creek+in+Aspen+Range.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 2: History of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6e981137-3c6b-40c2-9048-6f2d672a0b43/common+larkspur.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 2: History of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7cf8b1b9-f2f5-4983-8e51-0dc38154f75d/useful+larkspur.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 2: History of the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/retiring-grazing-permits-part-1-context-and-case-for-the-voluntary-retirement-option monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1eaaf528-3b53-475a-a428-f3cbe66ba841/Horizonal%2BClose%2Bup%2Bof%2Bwolf%2BGeorge%2BWuerthner.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 1: Context and Case for the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Figure 1. Fewer domestic livestock on public lands would mean fewer wolves killed to protect livestock. The forage now consumed by one cow and one calf could be allocated instead to feed either one bison, seven to eight deer, more than two elk, nearly eleven pronghorn, nearly seven bighorn sheep, or more than one moose—not to mention that it could serve as hiding cover for sage-grouse and a buffet for butterflies and other pollinators. Source: George Wuerthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d2938efc-2eb9-4365-bc03-6a3ac110995d/Bovines+hammering.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 1: Context and Case for the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8fd199dd-164d-45f3-a919-6f8175b6d835/NASSChart.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 1: Context and Case for the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Figure 3. For comparison, the grazing fee on federal public lands for the same kind of forage is $1.35/AUM (in both 2005 and 2023 dollars). Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/708eb6f0-00e7-49d7-b938-7e444433ce47/bovine+in+the+Gila+Box+Riparian+.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 1: Context and Case for the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1f809f35-fbd7-4622-aeaf-d7dfe6e261a5/Livestock+grazing+in+the+Aqua+Fria.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 1: Context and Case for the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9cec8534-c90d-4e13-ad84-6cb9cce680ea/Bovines+grazing+the+desert.png Public Lands Blog - Retiring Grazing Permits, Part 1: Context and Case for the Voluntary Retirement Option - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/malheur-county-federal-land-legislation-take-4-part-2-the-ugly-the-missing-and-the-alternative monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9f0dd38d-3b3c-4663-8a42-bb1bc61ad34f/OwyheeRiverOregonBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 2: The Ugly, the Missing, and the Alternative - Make it stand out Figure 1. Much, but not all, of the Owyhee River in Oregon is within the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System or Oregon Scenic Waterways System. The provision of wilderness including and surrounding any river and its immediate canyon will afford greater ecosystem protection. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/39c0466c-e5ff-4231-b467-661e27c73e93/The+Rome+Cliffs.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 2: The Ugly, the Missing, and the Alternative - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c7aefcc1-d38b-4d52-bd97-1ceb90fec8d9/Off-road+vehicle+use.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 2: The Ugly, the Missing, and the Alternative - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/66bb191d-4beb-4fba-b898-6a878c35c292/Jordan+Craters.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 2: The Ugly, the Missing, and the Alternative - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5207d89d-a253-4ace-a607-5324833be320/imperiled+greater+sage-grouse.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 2: The Ugly, the Missing, and the Alternative - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/362d0dc7-a721-4f76-bba2-f2f0458aa4d8/OwyheeCanyonlandsTysonFisherONDA.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 2: The Ugly, the Missing, and the Alternative - Make it stand out Figure 6. The Owyhee Canyonlands are worth saving for this and future generations. Source: Tyson Fisher/Oregon Natural Desert Association. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/malheur-county-federal-land-legislation-take-4-part-1-the-good-the-whatever-and-the-bad monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e16ced9d-34a5-47b4-9b4a-fc320133e180/LeslieGulch%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 1: The Good, the Whatever, and the Bad - Make it stand out Figure 1. Portions of Leslie Gulch would be included in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1c2b8ef2-b972-40ad-87db-9e8dc26654f9/Malheur+County%2C+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 1: The Good, the Whatever, and the Bad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/db5a531a-a3ab-4cfd-8606-306972999b53/TrimmedMap.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 1: The Good, the Whatever, and the Bad - Make it stand out Map 1. The official map referenced in S.1890. It’s quite a mess and unless it’s fixed will lead to unnecessary management issues down the trail. Brown would be wilderness, goldenrod are lands with wilderness characteristics, peach puff are wilderness study areas to be decommissioned, light blue are state lands, light green is national forest. Source: Senator Ron Wyden’s Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/667d25ac-f3d9-4a5b-8814-f5923d0c2ade/OwyheeWSR2Oregon.jpg Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 1: The Good, the Whatever, and the Bad - Make it stand out Figure 3. Most, but not all, of the lands to be designated as wilderness in S.1890 are associated with the Owyhee River. Source: Bureau of Land Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f70587a7-efb6-47fc-9fd5-09b212362ef9/Screenshot%2B2023-07-24%2Bat%2B09.51.01.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 1: The Good, the Whatever, and the Bad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bb8d1389-a78d-4b1f-9831-5040123cbb39/in+honor+of+Mary+Gautreaux.png Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 1: The Good, the Whatever, and the Bad - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6573f9ec-d717-43c5-89b1-d78e52b26485/OwyheeDam%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 1: The Good, the Whatever, and the Bad - Make it stand out Figure 5. The Bureau of Reclamation built and operates the locally iconic Owyhee Dam and Reservoir. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d0a42420-d0b3-4990-90c3-97b55b82aadc/OwyheeReservoirBoat%2B%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Malheur County Federal Land Legislation Take 4, Part 1: The Good, the Whatever, and the Bad - Make it stand out Figure 6. Despite the name “Lake” Owyhee, lakes are natural, it’s a reservoir, not a lake. 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A very old Sitka spruce stand on the Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon. 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Forest Service Proposes Rulemaking: An Opportunity to Conserve and Restore Mature and Old-Growth Forests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6f0ba837-6c90-4275-afb6-ad359773d2e2/Valley+of+the+Giants.png Public Lands Blog - Forest Service Proposes Rulemaking: An Opportunity to Conserve and Restore Mature and Old-Growth Forests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/696cc888-131b-4da8-969f-6f8bf0f31d5e/Mature+Brewer%27s+spruce+in+the+Siskiyou+Mountains.png Public Lands Blog - Forest Service Proposes Rulemaking: An Opportunity to Conserve and Restore Mature and Old-Growth Forests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/468558ba-fe98-46d7-9cdf-435bff6895ef/Old-growth+mixed-conifer+.png Public Lands Blog - Forest Service Proposes Rulemaking: An Opportunity to Conserve and Restore Mature and Old-Growth Forests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a79ae56d-9f72-4f99-a473-daa180f96fd3/Old-growth+ponderosa+pine+stand+in+the+Metolius+Basin%2C.png Public Lands Blog - Forest Service Proposes Rulemaking: An Opportunity to Conserve and Restore Mature and Old-Growth Forests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6145afab-180c-4b59-8c18-29e8434f5e06/older+madrone+tree.png Public Lands Blog - Forest Service Proposes Rulemaking: An Opportunity to Conserve and Restore Mature and Old-Growth Forests - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fa778bab-799d-48a7-92a0-d435cfa94577/Old-growth+Douglas-fir+stand+on+the+Willamette+National+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - 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Old-growth ponderosa pine stand, Ochoco National Forest, Oregon. Source: Larry Olson (first appeared on the cover of Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1763fa6a-ed40-484b-b67c-d78011efca87/color+code+in+mind.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fbae8c2c-d449-4727-815e-2a4136f5eed0/Map1AlaskaMOG.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Map 1. MOG forests on national forest lands in Alaska, according to the Forest Service. 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Source: USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/641cdf08-dbe3-4213-909f-d5f846ac75ee/May4OregonMOG.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Map 4. MOG forests on national forest lands in Oregon, according to the Forest Service. Each polygon is on the order of a quarter million acres, rendering such maps mostly useless. The two indigo (darkest) polygons center on the South Fork McKenzie River and the Wenaha River watersheds. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/789b1854-da94-489d-a864-2d29f3b390ae/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0e2226ea-2c6c-4205-964c-1d1d57081e62/Table2Corrected.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6fd9b53c-2af8-4b04-876e-9cc18032e8bc/MAP5.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Map 5. Mature and old-growth forests in the contiguous US. Source: DellaSala, Mackey, et al. 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0165f99d-a49c-4204-ac0f-d46516af89fb/Table3.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/596c4daa-8fb3-4b62-8703-33dbc772c1c0/Table%2B4.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a125e742-fea1-444f-9fd0-4c1957988547/Map6.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Map 6. Young, mature, and old-growth forests in the continental US. Source: Barnett et al. 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/020b20b1-0d00-4f64-a5ea-c9849bdfc233/Table6.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cbb02b61-5b0b-491b-81c4-318209a75499/Table7.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6d47b761-4aa1-4750-bebc-2acb25fad2cc/Map7.png Public Lands Blog - How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left? - Make it stand out Map 7. Productive old growth and young growth on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Source: DellaSala, Gorelik, and Walker 2022. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-blms-proposed-conservation-rule-open-for-comments monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b21ea19e-7f1d-43f5-ad79-39c2da54ef8a/BLM%2B1952%2BLogo%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - The BLM’s Proposed “Conservation” Rule: Open for Comments - Make it stand out Figure 1. Though the agency rebranded itself in 1964 (see Figure 2) from its 1952 version, the original—alas!—more accurately represents the ethos of the BLM in 2023. 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Old-growth cypress forest in the Loxahatchee Wild and Scenic River, Florida. 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Your humble author (right) visiting a very relic and very threatened stand of old-growth forest (200+ year-old trees) in the Cheat River watershed on the Monongahela National Forest. Source: Randi Spivak, Center for Biological Diversity. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/forests-in-the-american-east-part-2-a-plague-of-early-successional-habitat monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4de18141-5c92-4cbc-ac4d-902be8461cc9/PenobscotExperimentalForestUSForestService.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Penobscot Experimental Forest in Maine. The forests of the American East can be quite beautiful, but they are almost all quite puny shadows of their former selves. 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Changes in land cover and wildlife dynamics in New England from ∼1600 to 2000. Notice the inverse relationship between bobolink and meadowlark levels and the amount of forest. Notice that even though forests never zeroed out, passenger pigeons did. Notice how as goes the forest, so go moose, deer, beaver, and turkey. Source: Kellett et al. 2023, adapted from Foster et al. 2002. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/99e722d7-b2c0-4a8d-b4f5-a15a0e0db2a9/Changes%2Bin%2BNE%2BCottontail%2Bdistribution%2Bover%2Btime.jpg Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Figure 7. Deforestation since the 1600s has allowed the New England cottontail to expand from its original range (black dashed line). As the landscape becomes more forested, the artificially high numbers of cottontails are reversing. Source: Adapted from US Fish and Wildlife Service information (2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dd3e8f98-6af0-4721-9d86-a259d29b4153/Area+of+virgin+forest.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d8fb5ba8-c795-4695-8eb7-5207dd68e0fc/89+percent+of+Maine+is+still+%E2%80%9Cforested%2C%E2%80%9D.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/26a989da-6cd3-4fcf-bcca-3924e1e20b22/OswaltEtAl2017Fig1-2..png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Figure 10. Forest land area in the United States, 1630–2017. While the area of forest cover has been relatively stable since 1938, this tells us nothing about whether an acre of forest is old growth or an industrial monoculture plantation; far more likely the latter than the former. Source: USDA Forest Service, Forest Resources of the United States, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/01a1972b-dbda-4027-8df3-cb272a2eb65b/MoomawEtALFigure1.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Figure 11. Current state of forestlands in New England. Although it looks like there’s lots of forest (the green areas), that forest is rather short in stature, small in diameter, and severely lacking in carbon. Less than 5 percent of that forest is intact (the yellow and red areas), topping out at 4.5 percent in New Hampshire. The areas of protected intact forest (red) include Baxter State Park in north-central Maine and a few wilderness areas in Vermont and New Hampshire. Source: Moomaw et al. 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1866b5ce-aaba-4f21-b7fa-4b5b7dece990/bobolink.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d8a52561-602f-401f-8f2a-bb8d54d83e92/loblolly+pine.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3eca498c-270f-448f-9aa6-b6ca5f4c0e71/male+ruffed+grouse+.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e7da9cd7-8dcd-41a2-9aba-b0c73c94f1fd/American+woodcock..png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/929eb95e-8722-4710-aace-c65361918a52/Former+oak+trees+killed+.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2e1a0c9d-1e13-4ddf-9298-a73260b4e4e9/clear-cut+on+the+Ouachita.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/51489cca-c91b-4466-9f5f-7f453a0fb5c4/Forest%2Bsuccession%2Bgraphic%2BNicolle%2BFuller.jpg Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 2: A Plague of Early Successional Habitat - Make it stand out Figure 18. Forest succession typical in the American Northeast. Many foresters and wildlife managers contend there is not enough habitat less than twenty-five years of age. Most forests in the American East are twenty-five to one hundred years of age. Very little forest today is between one hundred and two hundred years old. The amount of two-hundred-plus-year-old forests is ecologically priceless even if statistically insignificant. Source: Nicolle R. Fuller. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/forests-in-the-american-east-part-1-a-pandemic-of-shifting-baseline-syndrome monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/896e0898-81e4-4cc5-ad24-b07f6fd14f3e/PreSettlementForestHarvardUniverity.jpg Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 1. So little primary forest remains in New England that dioramas at the Fisher Museum are often the best chance to “see” a real virgin forest. This re-creation is of a forest in 1700. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7e20de88-72cb-4210-884d-6d27f69e5c92/OldGrowhForestHarvardForest.jpg Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 2. An old-growth forest and pond diorama. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2823395e-b244-4e21-9d40-01294956bca4/OldGrowthForetHarvardForest2.jpg Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 3. A “primary” forest is one that has never been logged. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b567a79b-5a4e-469a-bd35-4baf4325d55d/1-2-1740earlysettlerclears-1HarvardForestjpg.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 4. Far more than in the American West, forests were removed to facilitate farming. Such was happening in 1740. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6a1ec142-5293-499e-b331-f59e75bfc94b/1-3-1830heightofforestclear-1.jpg Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 5. The inverse twin peaks of deforestation and agriculture in New England occurred between 1830 and 1880. This scene is from 1830. Any residual “forest” was reduced to woodlots for lumber and fuel. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2b3f2ad8-81b0-4671-a201-88fed17b0c6e/AbandonedFarms.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 6. Beginning in the mid-1800s (1850 shown here), farming declined broadly across New England for more than a century. As the farms retreated, forests returned. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a866ff76-3356-452f-aa04-336357914932/1-5-1910oldfieldwpineforestHarvardForest.jpg Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 7. The forests that reclaimed abandoned farmland were “old-field” stands of white pine. This scene is 1910. These second-growth forests were logged for “box boards” until cardboard boxes became ubiquitous. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/29bbb2cc-5659-4b11-bbc1-c78679deb225/Hardwoods%2Bafter%2Bwhite%2Bpine.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 8. After the old-field white pines were clear-cut, hardwoods returned, as white pines do not sprout from stumps as can hardwoods. This scene is 1915. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/931d85d4-9138-4863-81bb-3becdd24b1f4/Hardwoods%2Bback.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 9. Around 1930, the hardwood stands that replaced the old-field white pines were dominated by red oak, red maple, white ash, birches, and black cherry. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d7b9c24-c70d-48fe-ac42-7f6bfc640417/Modern%2BForest.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 10. Today, large expanses of hardwood forest are maturing (assuming they are not clear-cut). Yet evidence of an agricultural past, such as rock-wall fences, will long remain. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1705b840-4298-44ef-9cf8-5347fece42c7/FormerOldGrowthForestNowFarmHarvardForestArchives.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 4. Quite the pastoral scene. None remember and very few know it was once a vast old-growth forest. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7d407488-efaa-4b73-bebc-47332e7d76dd/AFormerOldGrowthForestHarvardForestArchives.png Public Lands Blog - Forests in the American East, Part 1: A Pandemic of Shifting Baseline Syndrome - Make it stand out Figure 5. Scenic enough at first glance, but any evidence of the original old-growth forest has been eradicated from the landscape and the public consciousness. Source: Harvard Forest, Harvard University. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preforests-in-the-american-west-part-2-reforestation-by-gawd monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/70e888dd-a813-4071-823c-f56a7d35b683/MountainBluebirdUSFWS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preforests in the American West, Part 2: “Reforestation,” By Gawd? - Make it stand out Figure 1. Mountain (shown here) and western bluebirds strongly prefer preforests. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3043b020-4eac-410e-afba-be1f65fa8a85/mountain+huckleberry.png Public Lands Blog - Preforests in the American West, Part 2: “Reforestation,” By Gawd? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/97a58348-7a7e-4cf6-9553-8d4c540f6400/Table32EFM.png Public Lands Blog - Preforests in the American West, Part 2: “Reforestation,” By Gawd? - Make it stand out Table 1. Biological legacies by disturbance agent. Additional disturbance agents include volcanic eruptions, snow avalanches, and severe floods. Source: Ecological Forest Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9ed689a6-0ea5-4c26-9192-1cdd0f4d00f1/black-backed+woodpecker.png Public Lands Blog - Preforests in the American West, Part 2: “Reforestation,” By Gawd? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b8a82a88-cc20-46fe-adf8-23aee6d5f6e0/black-backed+woodpecker.png Public Lands Blog - Preforests in the American West, Part 2: “Reforestation,” By Gawd? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preforests-in-the-american-west-part-1-understanding-forest-succession monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3e428daf-b78d-4f17-8321-8fa05cae9a29/ESFBurnAreaWikipedia.JPG Public Lands Blog - Preforests in the American West, Part 1: Understanding Forest Succession - Make it stand out Figure 1. A classic complex (undisturbed) preforest resulting from fire. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cc932e28-16f5-45b2-8f2a-fddcd8b80132/ColorPlate3.1EFM.png Public Lands Blog - Preforests in the American West, Part 1: Understanding Forest Succession - Make it stand out Figure 2. Color Plate 3.1 in Ecological Forest Management (Franklin et al. 2018). The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens focused scientific attention on preforests. Source: Ecological Forest Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/29c6503c-ab68-4955-ab50-ed9098fde7fa/MSHBlastZoneRecoverUSDAForestService.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preforests in the American West, Part 1: Understanding Forest Succession - Make it stand out Figure 3. Even a volcanic eruption can’t stop a preforest. Source: US Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/book-review-our-common-ground-a-history-of-americas-public-lands monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/65351ecd-660d-4b89-a6e0-e97a6918e7f9/History+of+America%E2%80%99s+Public+Lands.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8b6461c2-0ec7-44a4-8672-48a777d75c28/FederalPublicLandsCBD.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands - Make it stand out Figure 1. Four federal land management agencies administer most federal public lands. Other federal public lands include military and reclamation lands. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/62b4309b-b852-46de-bc90-99fefdab30c7/Fogire+2.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/624c5061-02c5-4acc-b664-7aa7c6faa04c/LeshyGraph1.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands - Make it stand out Graph 1. “Land reserved in national ownership and land protected as wilderness by Congress, 1870–2020. The units shown on the vertical axis at left are acres. The changes in acreage are graphed in ten-year increments, not year by year.” The lands protected by Congress as “wilderness” before 1964 include site-specific wilderness pronouncements by Congress before the enactment of the Wilderness Act. Source: Our Common Ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/32764c5f-25ea-44dd-9bde-02f7fce3db89/LeshyGraph2.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands - Make it stand out Graph 2. “Land reserved in national ownership and land mostly protected by acts of Congress, in acres, 1870–2020.” Note that this graph does not double count the wilderness protected by Congress in Graph 1, though wilderness is also protected by acts of Congress. Source: Our Common Ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0f70922b-76dd-4497-b667-68eb89106264/LeshyGraph3.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands - Make it stand out Graph 3. “Land reserved in national ownership and land mostly protected by executive action, in acres, 1870–2020.” It’s not just, but more than not, national monument proclamations. Source: Our Common Ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/255d7555-1c95-4cdb-868a-faee9e38360a/LeshyGraph4.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands - Make it stand out Graph 4. “Land reserved in national ownership (in acres), land completely or mostly protected (in acres), and U.S. population, 1870–2020.” By Leshy’s accounting, more of the nation’s remaining public lands are generally protected than are generally not. Source: Our Common Ground. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/remembering-ecowarrior-dave-foreman-part-2-moving-the-needle monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/deeb0a9e-741f-40c7-a6e3-3462a64e947e/croppedsermon.png Public Lands Blog - Remembering Ecowarrior Dave Foreman, Part 2: Moving the Needle - Make it stand out Figure 1. Dave Foreman never failed to give a hell of a speech. It was often more like a sermon full of information, wisdom, provocation, humor, and inspiration—but never damnation—delivered by a preacher who sought to save not human souls but life on Earth. Source: The Rewilding Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/005166e8-eb7c-4581-90bd-d54cd8b25af8/Dave+Foreman+inspired.png Public Lands Blog - Remembering Ecowarrior Dave Foreman, Part 2: Moving the Needle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c9dd4b2c-6c7a-44e3-a140-b350bf71eed2/Dave+made+the+case+for+rewilding+.png Public Lands Blog - Remembering Ecowarrior Dave Foreman, Part 2: Moving the Needle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/remembering-ecowarrior-dave-foreman-part-1-the-kalmiopsis-connection monthly 0.5 2025-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be2e4c02-b0cc-440a-bd53-654cc0e9573e/Foreman%2Band%2BFields%2Bon%2BRiver%2BTrip_01WildlandsProject.jpg Public Lands Blog - Remembering Ecowarrior Dave Foreman, Part 1: The Kalmiopsis Connection - Make it stand out Figure 1. Dave Foreman liked his cigars. After I quit smoking in the sixth grade, my cigar consumption was one cigar when I was thirty-nine and then again when I was fifty-nine, both times with Dave. I was hoping for one more when I’m seventy-nine. Source: Wildlands Network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c6fcdee9-fcea-4ddf-a95c-1d57929abfb6/Dave+Foreman+sometime+in+the+1970s%2C.png Public Lands Blog - Remembering Ecowarrior Dave Foreman, Part 1: The Kalmiopsis Connection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e9a170bf-b4e0-4410-b564-6facd1dea845/KalmipsisCropped.png Public Lands Blog - Remembering Ecowarrior Dave Foreman, Part 1: The Kalmiopsis Connection - Make it stand out Figure 3. Kalmiopsis leachiana is found only in the Kalmiopsis wildlands of southwestern Oregon. Source: George Wuerthner (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-forested-estate-of-the-bureau-of-land-management monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a1f9bdba-b197-4d18-870b-db48b2e395d7/GiantSequoiaBLM.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Figure 1. Who knew the BLM had forests, let alone a grove of giant sequoias?! Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cac3f8bb-e8c7-4dcc-84b4-475c32a0ff79/BLMForestlandsMap.gif.jpeg Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Map 1. Forested and nonforested Bureau of Land Management holdings in the West, excluding Alaska. Source: USDI Bureau of Land Management, Forests Defined (web page). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d37bd4a7-7bdc-4800-be6f-83ff23e82519/BLMForestlandsAK.gif.jpeg Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Map 2. Forested and nonforested Bureau of Land Management holdings in Alaska. Source: USDI Bureau of Land Management, Forests Defined (web page). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bc8d1528-1c3d-4c61-a48f-9b3d501bc2ca/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-12-04%2Bat%2B11.22.45%2BAM.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7615f9ba-b6ab-468d-803b-b3680d3eba8c/BLM+forest+in+Alaska.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c32f1952-0fcc-4694-b39b-30e6b5fd6ee2/giant+sequoia+on+BLM.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dc361ed6-aa9c-46df-acb0-be81ed0485c1/odgepole+pine+on+BLM.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6fe980b4-c3b3-43de-954f-3cbee889a062/BLM+forest+in+Idaho.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bfafea12-d699-4982-bdbc-32566080f77c/BLM+woodland+in+Montana..png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9a3e9739-5e19-4ee1-8811-56524e54bde7/+BLM+quaking+aspen+woodland+in+Nevada.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1004a92a-d111-408e-b115-cb239aca9240/BLM+woodland+in+New+Mexico.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/91bf669c-6946-48d4-89a3-86690788a90e/A+western+hemlock+in+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/94120824-781c-45ea-9c59-4736dfeea373/BLM+forest+in+Utah..png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c5975a0d-5152-47d4-9fc5-ededb3d5f06c/BLM+forest+in+Wyoming..png Public Lands Blog - The Forested Estate of the Bureau of Land Management - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/nepa-under-attack-a-new-opportunity-for-conservationists monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f9047e82-41a9-4598-81e4-5dee6e292242/White+House+Council+on+Environmental+Quality.png Public Lands Blog - NEPA Under Attack: A New Opportunity for Conservationists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2a204841-ced3-4acb-9ed1-d0f2e51c7d9d/Katy+McGinty.png Public Lands Blog - NEPA Under Attack: A New Opportunity for Conservationists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/442aea91-4b18-42af-8c20-41f807ea07a8/James+Connaughton+.png Public Lands Blog - NEPA Under Attack: A New Opportunity for Conservationists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregon-state-forests-public-forests-not-county-atms monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3bc673f1-3a4b-48b6-9378-eae9b04182e8/Lost_Lake_in_the_Clatsop_State_Forest_%28Astoria_District%29ODF.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs - Make it stand out Figure 1. Lost Lake in the Clatsop State Forest. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5ac887c8-2ec7-45ca-af9a-0ae59eef775d/Tillamook+State+Forest..png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cf973c37-87dc-4292-ac67-d9a5c79d2d21/Historical+marker.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5fa4e09c-c0ca-4233-ac9b-508c139bf83e/Santiam+State+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a94f4bcd-632f-4687-a508-4d9a9df2baf9/Crabtree+Lake.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af80d542-2cc8-457b-bd19-5f0b098e789f/Tillamook+State+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/115e1a03-8abf-40ae-ad4b-99bbaa01b1d2/Sun+Pass+State+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cfca6be3-3367-4288-9983-305ab71b4dac/Gilchrist+State+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/senator-wydens-owyhee-wilderness-and-more-legislation monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/433777b2-bc01-477a-8575-bbefcbd873f5/OwyheeRiverGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Figure 1. Parts of the Owyhee River in Oregon are in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and/or the Oregon State Scenic Waterways System. However, much of the Oregon portion of the basin has no permanent conservation status. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f91c23a7-a5a5-49b0-bd1c-cdbf6f72d3b7/OwyheeWilderness_110619.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Map 1. Disposition of wilderness-quality lands in S.4860. More than 1.13 million acres of Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) and Lands with Wilderness Characteristics (LWCs) become wilderness, while some other WSAs are “release[d] from protection” and some LWCs are left by the wayside. Large expanses of WSAs in Malheur County are unaffected by this legislation. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/414d93be-0d41-4ee5-865a-4955ef3ef876/Domestic+livestock.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9215bc53-b69e-48e7-8c58-924b5111f93b/Leslie+Gulch+Wilderness..png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/94cf0063-5264-4f58-bb94-9a349bd82412/Senator+Wyden.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3636d043-b846-47d8-a246-a88ede6ef3dd/Owyhee+Reservoir.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c41db9f3-9b9c-4b73-8ba5-f4f51a1bba45/OwyheeWilderness_Loop110619.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Map 2. Under the legislation some existing roads would be upgraded and marketed. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fe224df6-d114-435e-9416-a830e8217d5a/Owyhee+Dam.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1a9a8a30-5ea9-4008-a16d-3b8d37c23ba7/Jordan+Crater.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/033a77c3-391e-4ad0-9cfe-bc6b29a89078/Owyhee+River+below+Owyhee+Dam.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Wyden’s Owyhee Wilderness, and More, Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/30x30-biden-needs-to-up-his-game monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bb278ef3-cb09-4fe5-82fe-10fc85a419de/PlumIslandWikipedia.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden Needs to Up His Game - Make it stand out Figure 1. The proposed Plum Island National Monument in New York (almost Connecticut). Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bdbf5f53-531a-49e1-b12f-7411f39a74ea/CastnerRangepNMwww.castnerrange.org.jpg Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden Needs to Up His Game - Make it stand out Figure 2. The proposed Castner Range National Monument in Texas. Though MECs (munitions and explosives of concern) and UXOs (unexploded ordnance) lying around currently preclude public visitation, that could be remedied. Source: castnerrange.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/10098ef3-4adc-40ec-ae71-839bd7d9f5a9/Camp+Hale%E2%80%93Continental+Divide+National+Monument.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden Needs to Up His Game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a462f3cb-62ab-434a-b4df-a10cd1f6c4f7/AvaKwaAmeProposedNMhonorspiritmountain.org.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden Needs to Up His Game - Make it stand out Figure 4. Map of the proposed Avi Kwa Ame (“Spirit Mountain”) National Monument, Nevada. If the map is correct, there will be a tiny unprotected parcel that is in neither the Ireteba Peaks Wilderness nor the proposed national monument. Source: honorspiritmountain.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3f93ce07-f38d-48b5-bb4b-cdc56316e99b/Screen%2BShot%2B2022-09-16%2Bat%2B1.55.58%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden Needs to Up His Game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a48ff90e-ae59-4c25-9a8c-34e9c2b43159/PRINMExpansionMapYoungEtAl2022-png.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden Needs to Up His Game - Make it stand out Figure 5. Go Big (dark) Blue! A political advantage is that not one US voter lives anywhere near this proposed national monument expansion. Source: Young et al. 2022. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/blumenauers-rec-act-of-2022-a-wreck-for-conservation monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c12fb300-3dc5-4392-a13d-1e19ea6b1f8f/MH%26HorsesKimMcCarrel.jpg Public Lands Blog - Blumenauer’s REC Act of 2022: A Wreck for Conservation - Make it stand out Figure 1. Mount Hood itself is not in the current Mount Hood National Recreation Area. Source: Kim McCarrell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c5393e86-276a-41ff-acab-f88da9bf7f37/Traffic%2Band%2Bparking%2Bjam_ODOT.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Blumenauer’s REC Act of 2022: A Wreck for Conservation - Make it stand out Figure 2. The naturalness, wildness, and beauty of the Mount Hood National Forest ought to be passed on to future generations. One-way trails, mass transit, zoning, permitting, and other recreation fixes are but Band-Aids on the open chest wound of excessive population. Source: Oregon Department of Transportation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4dbaed40-ee0a-4fb7-864e-2e0015064632/Hood_WildCompromise2022_v3.png Public Lands Blog - Blumenauer’s REC Act of 2022: A Wreck for Conservation - Make it stand out Map 1. The Blumenauer bill whittles the expected 30,000 acres of additional wilderness protection down to ~7,500 acres, a reduction of 75 percent. Source: Oregon Wild https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/77987980-82a1-44c9-951e-456ef82fa30c/MHNRA%2BBlumenauerProposal.png Public Lands Blog - Blumenauer’s REC Act of 2022: A Wreck for Conservation - Make it stand out Map 2. Existing wilderness outside the proposed MHNRA expansion is in dark green. Blumenauer-proposed wilderness additions are in slightly nauseating neon green (look closely as they are not big). The existing Mount Hood National Recreation Area is in orange, with existing wilderness within it in greenish orange. Proposed additions to the MHNRA are in purple, and existing wilderness within this added area is in darkest purple. The “Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zone[s]” are not defined in the bill but could end up encompassing the entire Mount Hood National Forest (lightest green). Source: Outdoor Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e0bd194b-bf78-4b82-bd98-be611ea80a7a/Mount_Hood_Lolo_Pass_Tom_Kloster.jpg Public Lands Blog - Blumenauer’s REC Act of 2022: A Wreck for Conservation - Make it stand out Figure 3. Ironically, the Blumenauer bill could increase carbon emissions from logging on the Mount Hood National Forest at the expense of the glaciers on Mount Hood that are melting due to climate change. Source: Tom Kloster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c6a0e3ff-5910-4d35-ba4f-ca95260e48a9/SandyRiver%2B-TomO%27Keefe.jpg Public Lands Blog - Blumenauer’s REC Act of 2022: A Wreck for Conservation - Make it stand out Figure 4. The Blumenauer bill fails to include many miles of free-flowing streams worthy of wild and scenic river protection. Source: Tom O’Keefe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d7c03063-19b7-41f1-9e46-8c8ab80d5bb5/P3140001.JPG Public Lands Blog - Blumenauer’s REC Act of 2022: A Wreck for Conservation - Make it stand out Figure 5. The Forest Service has contemplated logging mature and old-growth forest near Tamanawas Falls, something the Blumenauer bill would not prevent. Source: Tom Kloster. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/offshore-oregon-could-be-despoiled-by-wind-power-turbines monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/208e0763-7655-4935-8eae-da194adfe82d/CapeFerreloGaryHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Figure 1. The view from Cape Ferrelo State Park will never be the same if 900-foot-high wind power turbines are allowed offshore. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/83424b77-70ef-474e-86f5-e85826d2f196/Turbine%2BHub%2BHeight%2BChart_final.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Figure 2. This USDOE chart is a bit dated, in that what would come to the Oregon coast would be 900 feet high, or nearly twice the height of the tallest shown here. Source: US Department of Energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/db42f0aa-c78b-4247-82bd-2b73604ac2d0/BOEM-Oregon+Offshore+Wind+Planning+Area.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3e058657-3b05-440b-b1d3-fd28612d34d3/mining+polymetallic+sulfide+nodules+at+Gorda.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9a21f379-b16b-4952-b51e-fd06a3f3a6c6/Brookings+Call+Area.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/35779a74-c4af-4c24-b6aa-eadb6bad0c7e/Coos+Bay+Call+Area.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/47dd5b53-d62f-41fd-9997-18abfdecf762/onshore+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f13171dd-dd01-4737-b9cf-3337b86941fa/NRELOffshoreWindSpeeds.jpg Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Figure 8. Wind speeds: the darker the better for offshore wind energy exploitation. Source: USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3ba93364-09de-4ff3-b687-e1915556f292/giant+wind+turbines+are+built+offshore+Oregon%2C.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0806e2d8-d9fb-4dbf-a994-b1a76e98744c/Pacific+gray+whales+.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/29c06eb9-06ea-405d-b15b-c3674eee254a/borwin3-offshore-platform-siemens-energy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Figure 11. It’s not just towers rising out of the sea. Electric substations and support platforms are also in the mix. This development is over 60 miles north of Germany in the Black Sea. No floating wind energy here. Notice how pacific (“peaceful in character or intent”) is the water, something never seen in the offshore Oregon portion of the Pacific Ocean. Source: Siemens Energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/53858258-e3a2-435d-990d-76daf20e40a6/IEAMetals.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Figure 12. Offshore wind energy uses far more copper and rare earth minerals than does onshore wind energy (steel and aluminum not included). Source: International Energy Agency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/985ec5fa-ec7d-4b0e-a8bd-f428c5201b4b/people+watch+for+whales%2C.png Public Lands Blog - Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-futility-of-fighting-wildfire-elementala-film-review monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/07f9f37f-842e-445d-9bd9-a32662a5463a/FilmTitle.png Public Lands Blog - The Futility of “Fighting” Wildfire: Elemental—A Film Review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d83d80f6-193e-4c5b-a48e-6761b7299cb4/fire-21.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Futility of “Fighting” Wildfire: Elemental—A Film Review - Make it stand out Figure 2. Part of the solution to the fire problem: less fire in the wrong places. The unhardened house (with wood siding, open soffits, and vegetation adjacent) on the left will soon ignite, while the hardened house (with nonwood siding, double-pane windows, a vegetation-free buffer, and closed soffits) survived this scientific onslaught by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. It’s just physics. Source: @TripJenningsVideo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0300e993-3eeb-4e2a-aa77-816007e8c432/Bear%2Bin%2Bthe%2BEagle%2BCreek%2BFire.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Futility of “Fighting” Wildfire: Elemental—A Film Review - Make it stand out Figure 3. After a natural stand-replacing forest fire, if there is no salvage logging, there is a level of biological diversity comparable in importance to—but different in expression from—that of an old-growth forest. Source: Ralph Bloemers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e319e28a-260a-45d4-ad19-7fad784549a8/EagleCreekFire-%2B.png Public Lands Blog - The Futility of “Fighting” Wildfire: Elemental—A Film Review - Make it stand out Figure 4. Area burned by the Eagle Creek Fire in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Several already-in-place fire lines (two paved two-lane roads, Interstate 84 with median strip, two railroad lines, and a damned river) failed to stop embers from the Oregon side from igniting fires miles away on the Washington side (just out of the frame on the left). Source: elementalfilm.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/714050f2-a713-4ab0-ac65-eaa177396401/MiscFire-10.jpeg Public Lands Blog - The Futility of “Fighting” Wildfire: Elemental—A Film Review - Make it stand out Figure 5. Part of the solution to the fire problem: more fire in the right places. Source: elementalfilm.com. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregons-glaciers-going-but-not-forgotten monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2f1db229-8c7e-467d-a22b-354449355ed3/Thielsen87_aerial_thielsen_09-87.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Glaciers: Going but Not Forgotten - Make it stand out Figure 1. The late Lathrop Glacier on the north side of Mount Thielsen. Source: W. E. Scott (Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c10c5ca0-96ec-47d6-a97c-ccd896974f3d/end+of+glaciers.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Glaciers: Going but Not Forgotten - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5f225546-b5f0-4e2f-8788-d811ac574e78/GlacierDiagramSourceOGI.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Glaciers: Going but Not Forgotten - Make it stand out Figure 4. The accumulation and ablation zones on a glacier, separated by the equilibrium line (shown here as a dashed line). Source: Oregon Glaciers Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a2d55a28-b07c-4257-9142-2dbcec9ff266/TABLE1.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Glaciers: Going but Not Forgotten - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b1bd1c94-a0be-4df2-b17f-2c03f3f6527f/GlaciersOFOregonOregonGlacierInstitute.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Glaciers: Going but Not Forgotten - Make it stand out Figure 5. Mountains in Oregon that still have glaciers. Source: Oregon Glaciers Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/98eff4e8-e73f-4f56-86f7-d0f8eb308b78/Mount_Hood_reflected_in_Mirror_Lake%2C_Oregon.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Glaciers: Going but Not Forgotten - Make it stand out Figure 6. Mirror Lake and Mount Hood. In a few decades Mount Hood will no longer be snow-capped in summer. Source: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/bidens-executive-order-on-forests-part-2-seize-the-day monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/05080d9d-2e02-4bb5-9c1a-63cc577d9cba/Old-growth+Douglas-fir+and+young-growth+human.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5b3a208b-dcae-4e0a-bb8c-779d812d594b/old-growth+forest+on+the+Willamette+National+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a63d5c09-2811-4a57-bcc9-c34f20d129ea/Old-growth+Douglas-fir+in+the+North+Fork+Smith+Rive.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c1cf027c-5e4b-4560-8be9-85eca93c72f1/Douglas-fir+is+perhaps+a+thousand+years+old.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1b254ba5-db55-4386-bcaf-5703affdeb51/Old-growth+Douglas-fir+and+other+species+sequester.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4c31b0f6-be1f-4e9a-af0b-f465d2a4db39/stand+of+Douglas-fir+in+southwest+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cbce775b-c0ee-475e-9086-4c0669ee3bd7/stand+of+ponderosa+pine+that+the+BLM+.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/76cbd366-df3c-4b7e-81d2-e712487d033b/ponderosa+pine+in+the+Metolius+watershed%2C+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4cbc727e-3b2d-4d22-81be-8d391d065671/Whitebark+pine+on+the+Fremont+National+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/178f3d96-edd1-435c-86ac-e68d1faa153d/Fremont+National+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e663e81e-05ba-4c23-a032-0bc8b52396fd/incense+cedar+on+the+Umpqua+National+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5b703e12-551a-4466-89f4-d075b1345a22/Young+Sitka+spruce+growing+out+of+a+very+old+and+long-dead+Sitka+spruce.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/68c3e21e-cab5-4ea8-a1a3-2c37652c9794/Bald+eagles.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6f5a8d2e-b4e5-4286-9406-6ed2c23a1df6/Western+larch+on+the+Wallowa-Whitman+National+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b026dcc2-918d-45e5-a7fe-d616990149fa/ponderosa+pine+forest+in+the+Lookout+Mountain.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 2: Seize the Day! - 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Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9caf96e9-5658-4ab2-a48a-9772e08593f8/Sitka+spruce+on+the+Oregon+Coast.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8566f1e9-3c8c-4fc3-920f-fe395fa737fd/Oregon+Coast+Range.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3e3b3b71-7674-4360-8de3-c9589057895a/Port+Orford+cedar+in+the+Oregon+Coast+Range.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/86ada96a-8a16-491b-b00a-c45f78fab4b0/ponderosa+pine+in+the+Elkhorn+Mountains.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8bfff6d2-3c45-4516-b7b6-86000fc96e31/Old-growth+ponderosa+pine.+They+are+quite+resistant+to+fire.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b0709efb-c22b-4b59-b7ee-c5f48274007a/Old-growth+ponderosa+pine+on+the+Wallowa-Whitman+National+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/982e3405-0e33-45ee-b47d-ff08551c46bb/Douglas-fir+and+western+redcedar+on+Indian+Ridge.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/27ffa122-3b13-4252-9814-469506f3142e/management+fire%E2%80%9D+area+in+Crater+Lake+national+Park.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/77f53a6b-0a5f-4e19-bd9d-c4c0b2a76b14/A+young+old-growth+forest.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cd0939b5-e4e3-4289-8e5d-b69c19e3752c/white+oak+along+the+Lower+White+River%2C+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8db1d3c0-6467-4b07-84d7-5e6345f59a7b/Old-growth+Sitka+spruce+on+Cascade+Head.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2dc77522-c6d9-4399-833d-f62e5fc0e2d5/Old+growth+along+Bitter+Lick+Creek.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1d42a402-21f5-4e71-9ee2-049bc5544003/northern+spotted+owl.png Public Lands Blog - Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/mark-odom-hatfield-part-2-a-great-but-complicated-oregonian monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b05c813e-f068-40c4-a5df-15f929af91db/Signing-Oregon-s-Civil-Rights-Bill.jpg Public Lands Blog - Mark Odom Hatfield, Part 2: A Great but Complicated Oregonian - Make it stand out Figure 5. In 1953, State Representative Mark Hatfield pushed a bill through the Oregon House of Representatives forbidding discrimination based on race in public accommodations. 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My second all-time favorite Oregon governor, number 14, Oswald West (1911–1915). Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cfe02b64-77fa-4a5a-8381-118daddbbe6d/Oregon6thCongressionalDistrict8.5x11%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - My Vote in the 2022 Oregon Democratic Gubernatorial Primary - Make it stand out Figure 3. The new Oregon 6th Congressional District. From the Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway on the north to the City of Jefferson on the south. It includes all of the counties of Polk and Yamhill and portions of Marion, Clackamas, and Washington. Source: State of Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fcc75d9d-d19e-48a7-a9f2-12887af9ce96/TobiasReadOregonStateTreasuryofficialphoto.png Public Lands Blog - My Vote in the 2022 Oregon Democratic Gubernatorial Primary - Make it stand out Figure 2. State Treasurer Tobias Read. 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Source: US Senate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/344192ac-991c-41f0-b054-d8cd87c7ad9b/Oregon+Historical+Society%E2%80%99s+traveling+exhibit.png Public Lands Blog - Mark Odom Hatfield, Part 1: Oregon Forest Destroyer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/26fe7a0e-0c2c-43da-89a3-d1897b3ebcc0/Elk+Creek+Dam+in+2009.png Public Lands Blog - Mark Odom Hatfield, Part 1: Oregon Forest Destroyer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f43203ce-2344-4bfc-b65c-e91538acda97/book+on+Hatfield+by+Richard+W.+Etulain.png Public Lands Blog - Mark Odom Hatfield, Part 1: Oregon Forest Destroyer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/toward-30x30-using-presidential-authority-to-proclaim-national-wildlife-areas-within-the-national-forest-system monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/84465d08-a505-43aa-b1c1-d129f3307103/OcalaNationalGameRefugeWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Figure 1. Entrance to Ocala National Game Refuge, Florida, in 1969. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4fcc7e53-0010-487f-b90f-aa59dae2de3f/BigLevelsNGFVaWildernessCommittee.jpg Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Virginia Wilderness Committee is proposing the greater Big Levels area as a national scenic area. Source: Virginia Wilderness Committee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/08a1695c-f4aa-4997-8fac-1904cdc180c9/PisgahNGRUSDAFSUNC.jpg Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Figure 3. Forest Service regulations and public information for the Pisgah National Game Preserve, 1917. Source: UNC Asheville Ramsey Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2cc4b58a-f705-4ae8-bd66-4747146baf23/SheepMountainAllTrailsJessicaCole.jpg Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Figure 4. The Sheep Mountain Game Refuge, Wyoming. Source: All Trails (Jessica Cole). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/992f5364-2720-462b-a30a-8940f48a5613/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ab0fc6d0-40c2-4854-b911-d0132d344c23/BlackCanyonNGRWhiteRockMtnNaturalAtlas.jpg Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Figure 5. White Rock Mountain in the Black Mountain National Game Refuge. Source: NaturalAtlas.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6f06de1b-5805-4c01-8f7a-42bd9fa41044/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/95952832-4fe9-4fec-93e2-9f19f1ed9dfa/HawCreekNGRArklahomaHiker.jpg Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Figure 6. Haw Creek Falls in the Haw Creek National Game Refuge. Source: Arklahoma Hiker © CC 3.0. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8f958cc8-c535-4417-b720-32fe8ca504c0/LivingtonstonNGFylamoreExpForestUSDAForestService.jpg Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Figure 7. Part of the Sylamore Experimental Forest overlaps with the Livingston National Game Refuge. Source: Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b676ad5e-05e2-498a-b74e-c4bd2fc9b72b/NoontootlyBigJohnDickMountainNaturalAtlas.jpg Public Lands Blog - Toward 30x30: Using Presidential Authority to Proclaim National Wildlife Areas Within the National Forest System - Make it stand out Figure 8. Big John Dick Mountain in the Noontootly National Game Refuge. Source: NaturalAtlas.com. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/30x30-part-3-forty-four-tasty-conservation-recipes-one-can-make-at-homeif-one-lives-in-the-white-house monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6632453e-de09-4b7f-b26f-29e362403dcd/CoglanButtesBLMLisaMcNee.jpg Public Lands Blog - 30x30, Part 3: Forty-Four Tasty Conservation Recipes One Can Make at Home—If One Lives in the White House - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Coglan Buttes lie west of Lake Abert in Lake County, Oregon. According to the Bureau of Land Management, it “is a dream area for lovers of the remote outdoors, offering over 60,000 acres of isolation,” and the land is “easy to access but difficult to traverse.” The agency has acknowledged that the area is special in that it is a “land with wilderness characteristics” (LWCs), but affords the area no special protection. Congress could designate the area as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System (Recipe #24), or the Biden administration could classify it as a wilderness study area and also withdraw it from the threat of mining (Recipe #1). Source: Lisa McNee, Bureau of Land Management (Flickr). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7b74c1ad-4793-43fb-89bd-dba95c57fe96/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30, Part 3: Forty-Four Tasty Conservation Recipes One Can Make at Home—If One Lives in the White House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/93d9747e-b422-4ab7-a32d-46ab7ba9616b/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30, Part 3: Forty-Four Tasty Conservation Recipes One Can Make at Home—If One Lives in the White House - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/30x30-part-2-what-conserved-needs-to-mean monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1b2d91c0-cf89-424b-8728-4c522e34abfa/Joe_Biden_presidential_portrait.jpg Public Lands Blog - 30x30, Part 2: What “Conserved” Needs to Mean - Make it stand out Figure 1. The natural security of the United States is in this guy’s hands. Source: The White House. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/30x30-part-1-by-the-numbers monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/386077ac-625c-4ead-954c-976ee41d548e/Heinrich_Berann_NPS_Panorama_of_Yellowstone_without_labels.jpg Public Lands Blog - 30x30, Part 1: By the Numbers - Figure 1. A pictorial map of Yellowstone National Park by Heinrich C. Berann. Source: Wikipedia. Figure 1. A pictorial map of Yellowstone National Park by Heinrich C. Berann. Source: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/senator-ron-wyden-and-national-recreation-areas-how-large-a-legacy monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2aedff71-9682-499c-90f1-68788161f957/OregonDunesHiker.jpg Public Lands Blog - Senator Ron Wyden and National Recreation Areas: How Large a Legacy? - Make it stand out Figure 1. A lone hiker (well, save for the photographer) in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Source: Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f5872aa1-4c4a-4818-8379-a7976a20f7ad/HellsCanyonSnakeRiverUSFS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Senator Ron Wyden and National Recreation Areas: How Large a Legacy? - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Snake River flowing through Hells Canyon. Source: Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f4ed03f8-64bf-41c4-a41d-e086cc1cb23b/MHNRAMapWyEastBlog.jpg Public Lands Blog - Senator Ron Wyden and National Recreation Areas: How Large a Legacy? - Make it stand out Map 1. The existing Mount Hood National Recreation Area in three units. It is expected that forthcoming legislation would add Mount Hood itself (whitish circle north by northwest of largest unit) and much more. Source: WyEast Blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e8535f6f-a107-4e79-8ea3-c6f7461d1524/MHNRASignWyEastBlog%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Ron Wyden and National Recreation Areas: How Large a Legacy? - Make it stand out Figure 3. We can hope that soon, the Mount Hood National Recreation Area will be much enlarged. Source: WyEast Blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2848280f-bc28-4b81-960a-baf3b9dcf9c5/RogueWSR%26NRT.jpg Public Lands Blog - Senator Ron Wyden and National Recreation Areas: How Large a Legacy? - Make it stand out Figure 4. The Rogue River National Recreation Trail within the Rogue Wild and Scenic River. Legislation is pending to protect the entire Rogue River Canyon as an expansion of the Wild Rogue Wilderness or a new Rogue Canyon “National” Recreation Area. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/059b6a18-cebf-430b-a6a4-1741fcab777d/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Senator Ron Wyden and National Recreation Areas: How Large a Legacy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/38a7a3b3-cb22-4334-b8e1-a77a57d77498/MolallaRiverOregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - Senator Ron Wyden and National Recreation Areas: How Large a Legacy? - Make it stand out Figure 5. The Molalla River in the proposed Molalla “National” Recreation Area. Source: Oregon Wild. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/an-elliott-state-research-forest monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3928e8c7-55cd-4b41-86ab-56c7b9bc917d/RelicDFOGESFFEatherington.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State Research Forest - Make it stand out Figure 1. Before large-scale clear-cutting, most of the Elliott State Forest was mature forest. Pockets of old-growth forest and individual old-growth trees are still found scattered through the Elliott. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2752b13b-8385-4bb1-bf0f-10ba64b7d580/SB154681stAssembly.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State Research Forest - Make it stand out Figure 2. An Act of the Oregon Legislative Assembly can protect the Elliott State Forest for present and future generations of Oregonians. Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5f5cedf4-b32d-4909-89b5-eb89a03072db/ESF2002LoggedMillicomaElkTimberSaleFEatherningtonjpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State Research Forest - Make it stand out Figure 3. Quite a lot of magnificent older forest was clear-cut before laws were enforced and public opinion changed ca. 2016. The good news is that very significant areas of older (mature and old-growth) forest still remain on the Elliott. The great news is that almost all of it will be protected for the benefit of this and future generations and that those mature forest stands will age into old-growth forests. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c19f17a3-e109-4216-b842-c2899f72af0f/VineMapleESFFEatheringtonjpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State Research Forest - Make it stand out Figure 4. While Douglas-fir trees dominate the Elliott State Forest, other major species include western hemlock, Sitka spruce, red alder, and vine maple (shown here). Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1e2b5448-e693-4659-90d7-13356a00d2ea/PacificTreeFrogFEatherington.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State Research Forest - Make it stand out Figure 5. According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) “is the smallest and most commonly seen and heard frog in Oregon.” Enigmatic microfauna are as ecologically important as charismatic megafauna. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/social-cost-of-fossil-fuels-from-us-public-landsnbsp monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/280fb262-596f-49f4-a2d4-10f592ed532f/CoalBLM%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Social Cost of Fossil Fuels from US Public Lands&nbsp; - Make it stand out Figure 1. A seam of coal on federal public lands in the American West, destined to send carbon into the atmosphere. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2016c856-57b2-4338-a1d2-beed5f190604/OilTanksBLM%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Social Cost of Fossil Fuels from US Public Lands&nbsp; - Make it stand out Figure 2. Storing federal crude oil. Source: BLM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6e62ae8b-8eee-493d-8d99-87cb75370ec9/O%26GProductionBLM%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Social Cost of Fossil Fuels from US Public Lands&nbsp; - Make it stand out Figure 3. Oil and gas development on federal public lands in the American West. There goes the habitat. Source: BLM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/809c67bc-58b4-4f3c-bacf-08f49adb9b9d/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Social Cost of Fossil Fuels from US Public Lands&nbsp; - Make it stand out Sources: Cost of carbon: https://costofcarbon.org/calculator (analysis year and pollution years: 2021). Federal emissions: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20185131. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/378e10a6-6565-4567-91e2-85281f1d9e7d/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Social Cost of Fossil Fuels from US Public Lands&nbsp; - Make it stand out Sources: Cost of carbon: https://costofcarbon.org/calculator (analysis year and pollution Federal emissions: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20185131. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fdedad41-2c71-40b7-b2ff-74704e3ea50f/Old-GrowthForestHeadwatersReserve%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Social Cost of Fossil Fuels from US Public Lands&nbsp; - Make it stand out Figure 4. The social benefit of carbon not emitted into the atmosphere thanks to not logging older (mature and old-growth) forests on federal public lands. Source: BLM. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-oregon-private-forest-accords-part-2-grand-bargain-mere-dtente-or-great-sellout-nbsp monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/63ab4bc9-138a-418b-b23d-7b7574150ac4/OregonClearcutWalmartCROPPED.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 2: Grand Bargain, Mere Détente, or Great Sellout? &nbsp; - Make it stand out Figure 1. A Gerry Ellis print, available from Walmart.com ($99.99), entitled “Replant of Douglas Fir in Clearcut, Siuslaw National Forest.” Yes, this clear-cut is on public rather than private land, but the photo illustrates that there is apparently a market for such art. Also, clear-cutting no longer takes place on the Siuslaw (thanks to the Northwest Forest Plan, the northern spotted owl, the marbled murrelet, imperiled salmon, et al.). I’m no art critic, but I’m speculating that the “beauty” some see in this piece is the yellow plastic protectors that envelop Douglas-fir seedlings. Hope for the future, I guess. Clear-cutting remains rampant on Oregon’s private timberlands and will continue under the OPFA. Source: Walmart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5c6a32ac-e69b-4377-8568-e519b7517873/address+problems+with+roads.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 2: Grand Bargain, Mere Détente, or Great Sellout? &nbsp; - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/10a7f8af-6c72-4480-9ea1-1a475e75be6f/slope+failures+on+steep+headwall+.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 2: Grand Bargain, Mere Détente, or Great Sellout? &nbsp; - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9ad2f36d-ee81-4268-ae26-d80c7e5f9944/Drones+don%E2%80%99t+lie.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 2: Grand Bargain, Mere Détente, or Great Sellout? &nbsp; - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/21d8c213-4f08-4294-9284-a2f9b6ede52d/typical+clear-cut+.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 2: Grand Bargain, Mere Détente, or Great Sellout? &nbsp; - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3e6609ca-f152-4d0f-8737-eebc64bf2f48/stream+buffers.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 2: Grand Bargain, Mere Détente, or Great Sellout? &nbsp; - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-oregon-private-forest-accords-part-1-the-deal-and-its-significance monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0fd2b510-f091-41cd-9c9f-77899c0f0c3e/Lewis%26dClarkRiverFromSaddleMountainWikipediaWalterSiegmund.JPG Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Figure 1. A clear-cut on private land in the headwaters of the Lewis and Clark River as viewed from the summit of Saddle Mountain in the eponymous state park. Source: Wikipedia (Walter Siegmund). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2c361df9-20e3-4940-94bb-19a04d028bc1/table1.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Table 1. The current rules under the Oregon Forest Practices Act (OFPA) versus the agreement. Source: Fishing and conservation parties to the OPFA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fac13c78-e5f9-4c33-a3ab-12100e63c953/ForestAccordRiver-1500-1wsc.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Figure 2. Current stream buffers compared with those that will take effect under the new rules. Streams without fish that are nonetheless important to fish will receive some level of protection if the Oregon Legislative Assembly codifies the Oregon Private Forest Accords into statute. Source: Wild Salmon Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a0e7debd-f1b3-4fc8-8e75-7621d577c84a/Oregon%2BWashington%2BsidebysideOREGONWILD.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Figure 3. What a difference a state government makes. Stream buffers have long been required on private timberlands in the state of Washington. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dbead44a-de36-420b-baa7-132b6ce5d7e2/Forestland+acreage+and+timber+harvest+by+owner.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aebdbb4a-91f5-435d-a02c-7d2e0a23793b/Private+timberlands.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f38b19db-7e0d-4b4c-a0b1-473414f607e1/The+Cascade+torrent+salamander.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cb088076-e8ce-4cd3-a2a0-d4781a41421e/Clear-cutting+along+the+East+Fork+Coquille+Rive.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4c698cec-5493-4314-86f8-3bf516b6633b/After+clear-cutting.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/72439ff3-4041-4757-8f19-209e59ddb59d/Aerial+application+of+herbicides.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/50152a8d-b0e4-4014-9e02-ba5f5c216be6/Clear+cut+image.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Private Forest Accords, Part 1: The Deal and Its Significance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-proposed-sutton-mountain-national-monument monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/00b3fae3-5c05-4873-99d0-cc4c39fddea7/PAINTED_HILLS_WILDFLOWERS_PeteAlport.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 1. The greater Sutton Mountain area, among the most chromatically diverse natural landscapes in Oregon. Source: Pete Alport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3c4fb8db-5bbb-44d3-80d5-30a92bd37a67/Sutton%2BMountain%2BMap.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Map 1. For a larger version of the official map referred to in the legislation, click here. Source: Senator Merkley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f0bf0e2a-52ac-4ea7-866a-da1e780d2460/Mark%2BDarnell%2BSutton%2BMountain.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 2. Rocks and soils of the greater Sutton Mountain area. Some, not shown, are as green as these are red. Source: Mark Darnell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/de7c5a86-fe94-4291-899e-21c25a530541/Mark%2BDarnell%2BSutton%2BMountain%2BBlack%2B%2BCanyon.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 3. Black Canyon, on the north side of Sutton Mountain. Source: Mark Darnell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/93ccb019-1a30-48cc-8d6f-bb3862bfe719/ONDA_John_Day_Tyler_Roemer_%28Web_Use%29-102.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 4. Just when you thought you’d seen all there is to see in the greater Sutton Mountain area . . . Source: Tyler Roemer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/83d60d15-5da4-47b7-95fe-dfd81cb1ff4b/SuttonJuniperMay_TysonFisher.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 5. A very-old-growth western juniper in the Sutton Mountain area. Source: Tyson Fisher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/06136527-28cb-4c5d-ad0f-a30f090acef6/Hedgehog%2BCactus-Sage-Brown-7333LaceThornberg.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 6. A hedgehog cactus in the Sutton Mountain area. One does not usually envision cacti in the Oregon Desert, but at least five species can be found in far-flung locations throughout the area. Source: Lace Thornberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/227e6f96-2d46-4338-b7a6-726272d0a15f/SuttonMt_TysonFisher_web.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 7. A good omen for conserving the greater Sutton Mountain area for the benefit of this and future generations. Source: Tyson Fisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/03f8aa1d-d45f-4781-a2a4-b146a7c4a6ef/SuttonMountain_TysonFisher.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 8. Native bunchgrass, indicative of an area that has not been cow bombed like other portions of the greater Sutton Mountain area. Source: Tyson Fisher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/66fcac53-dd4f-4fa3-afd8-7856f420a7fd/SuttonWinter-JimDavis.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Sutton Mountain National “Monument” - Make it stand out Figure 9. The solitude of winter in the greater Sutton Mountain area. Source: Jim Davis. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/b-owl-v-n-s-owl monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b4675c66-ab43-4498-b062-3f3de9942918/NSO%26BOMarinSierraClub.jpg Public Lands Blog - B. Owl v. N. S. Owl - Make it stand out Figure 1. The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina), on the left, and the barred owl (Strix varia), on the right. Source: Marin Group Sierra Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/41daa4f2-a15c-49ed-9a17-0ce23e0cbcc5/2015%2BBO%2BCoast%2BRangeBeforeUSGSjpg.jpeg Public Lands Blog - B. Owl v. N. S. Owl - Make it stand out Figure 2. Before an experiment in lethal removal of barred owl pairs within areas historically occupied by northern spotted owls. Source: US Geological Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b92d91c0-a0b1-478b-8911-26670c56376e/2020%2BBO%2BCoast%2BRangeAfterUSGSjpg.jpeg Public Lands Blog - B. Owl v. N. S. Owl - Make it stand out Figure 3. After the experiment. Source: US Geological Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a298fa15-a0a3-4b7a-96f2-8fc38a73f8a0/BO%26NSOMAPUSGAPart2.png Public Lands Blog - B. Owl v. N. S. Owl - Make it stand out Figure 4. The expanding range of the barred owl over the last couple of centuries. The bird has moved from the eastern United States to span the continent. Source: US Geological Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/38b7d0a2-80e7-4fcf-9bb5-906fbc6bcde4/BO%26NSOMAPUSGS.png Public Lands Blog - B. Owl v. N. S. Owl - Make it stand out Figure 5. Current range of the barred owl. Expansion into the range of the northern spotted owl has been severely detrimental to the latter. Source: US Geological Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/928a501d-ba53-48dc-aa5b-2e92ca4452c7/BarredOwlUSFWS.jpg Public Lands Blog - B. Owl v. N. S. Owl - Make it stand out Figure 6. The barred owl at home within its original range in a mixed-hardwood forest in the East. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/393ceb3a-becd-45f2-af50-3117934b033a/FlyingNSOEmilyBrouwerNPS.jpg Public Lands Blog - B. Owl v. N. S. Owl - Make it stand out Figure 7. The northern spotted owl at home within its range in an old-growth Douglas-fir forest in the West. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/clinton-and-obama-giveth-trump-taketh-and-biden-restoreth-two-national-monuments-in-the-state-of-utah monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6255e50c-ca79-4371-80af-e7404e577cd2/BearsEarsSixShooterPeaks%26IndianCreek.jpg Public Lands Blog - Clinton and Obama Giveth, Trump Taketh, and Biden Restoreth: Two National Monuments in the State of Utah - Make it stand out Figure 1. Sixshooter Peaks and Indian Creek Canyon in the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. Source: Bureau of Land Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aa81f585-ad70-4f41-becd-8588b639d928/GS-ENMBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Clinton and Obama Giveth, Trump Taketh, and Biden Restoreth: Two National Monuments in the State of Utah - Make it stand out Figure 2. In the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in Utah. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7597e6c7-b10d-41bc-b26f-334e6d59844b/BearsEarsCompare_TimelineFocus2015-2021-04.jpg Public Lands Blog - Clinton and Obama Giveth, Trump Taketh, and Biden Restoreth: Two National Monuments in the State of Utah - Make it stand out Map 1. President Obama declared the Bear Ears National Monument as outlined here in black (~1.35 million acres). Trump shrunk it to ~0.25 million acres (the area shaded gray). Biden restored it to ~1,360,200 acres, carefully preserving the ~11,200-acre parcel that Obama eschewed and Trump embraced (the gray-shaded area outside of the black line). Source: Stephanie Smith, Grand Canyon Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8fb28f2b-1af5-4155-b8e9-1252743f6a60/ShayMesaChaining%2B%28C%29%2BTim%2BPeterson%2BLightHawk.jpg Public Lands Blog - Clinton and Obama Giveth, Trump Taketh, and Biden Restoreth: Two National Monuments in the State of Utah - Make it stand out Figure 3. A portion of the Trump Tract, which includes Shay Mesa. Source: Tim Peterson/Lighthawk. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregons-new-congressional-districts-and-conserving-public-lands monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e18d44d9-ab12-4fbf-9e85-fe271963beb3/Map1revisedbase.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 1. Oregon’s new congressional districts (click here for your own better-quality PDF). Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1338902f-a2a8-4ee0-95fc-23c640a70d7f/538OLDMAP.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 2. Oregon’s congressional districts 2012 to 2021, showing their relative competitiveness. Source: fivethiryeight.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9403e16c-7347-4c08-909f-419acccf34ba/538NewMap.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 3. Oregon’s congressional districts 2022 to 2031, with relative competitiveness. Source: fivethiryeight.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7bbf6709-2880-4edf-815d-e57c64232059/Tablle1RevisedTwice.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Table 1. Oregon’s six congressional districts by land area and population. Source: Erik Fernandez, Oregon Wild; Oregon Legislative Assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ea0a67aa-69d3-4975-a75a-e8260647b7be/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Table 2. Oregon’s six congressional districts by incumbent and partisan registration advantage. Source: Erik Fernandez, Oregon Wild; fivethirtyeight.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b1e2a6f3-d66a-46d7-972f-4b1122f66335/Table3revised.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Table 3. Oregon Registered Voters by Political Party, 2021. Source: Oregon Secretary of State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/715927c1-16c3-4b91-987d-d037848dfce3/PartyRegisationGraph.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Graph 1. All the parties listed in Table 3 are shown on this graph. Democrats (blue), nonaffiliated (gray), and Republicans (red) are along the top. Squeezed at the bottom are all the rest. (Squint and you’ll see different colors.) Source: Oregon Secretary of State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d64a8eca-8592-449c-9d0f-b673d593fe1b/LCV2020Senate.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 4. Perhaps that new nation of “Ecotopia” offered in Ernest Callenbach’s 1975 novel makes some sense. Source: League of Conservation Voters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c2cbac6d-6f46-4cf3-93a0-d89a08a17db1/LCVHouseMapGreennessBystate.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s New Congressional Districts and Conserving Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 5. One Republican member and one middling Democrat notwithstanding, the Oregon delegation to the House of Representatives is dark green among the states. Source: League of Conservation Voters. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/small-d-democratic-reforms-to-revive-our-republican-form-of-government monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c6ef2837-561e-453b-bb42-f71cc4c6bc61/Constitution_of_the_United_States%2C_page_1NationalArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Small-d Democratic Reforms to Revive Our Republican Form of Government - Make it stand out Figure 1. Time for some edits so as to qpproach “a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.” Source: National Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3b3786e5-a4be-4687-bfda-51f220eda61d/White_House_north_and_south_sidesWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Small-d Democratic Reforms to Revive Our Republican Form of Government - Make it stand out Figure 2. Rather dated images of the White House (north and south). Now there are more and taller fences. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fcd7a097-f4e8-4514-86a4-ac9f0d1c9a24/US_Capitol_west_side.WIKIPEDIAJPG.JPG Public Lands Blog - Small-d Democratic Reforms to Revive Our Republican Form of Government - Make it stand out Figure 3. Rather dated image of the Capitol Building. Now there are more and taller fences. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/00bff6b6-e758-4212-b30e-bfa4043789c9/U.S._Supreme_Court_building-mWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Small-d Democratic Reforms to Revive Our Republican Form of Government - Make it stand out Figure 4. Rather dated image of the Supreme Court building. Now it is ringed with stanchions and guards with automatic weapons. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3d66d410-8374-4502-9894-a4ee996fb5b2/FedEnclavePopOutDCGovernment.png Public Lands Blog - Small-d Democratic Reforms to Revive Our Republican Form of Government - Make it stand out Figure 5. Rather visionary image of the proposed Douglas Commonwealth. There would still be a federal enclave; just smaller. Source: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wheres-the-beef monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/87b9744f-7f8b-4706-a577-818552573ae2/BLMGrazingNearSoldierCreekBLMGregShine.jpg Public Lands Blog - Where’s the Beef? - Make it stand out Figure 1. A cow and calf (aka an “animal unit”) on Bureau of Land Management holdings in the Soldier Creek watershed, Malheur County, Oregon. Source: Greg Shine, Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ec3b022d-346e-47e1-a9a9-d521e7ca75f1/BloombergLivestockMap.png Public Lands Blog - Where’s the Beef? - Make it stand out Figure 2. Acreage dedicated to livestock production in the contiguous US. Source: Bloomberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dc8412a6-4174-4dc7-8532-b7dcb2d20a96/NASS2021CattleInventoryGraph.png Public Lands Blog - Where’s the Beef? - Make it stand out Figure 3. US cattle inventory on July 1, 1996-2021. Source: USDA NASS. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregons-blue-carbon-part-3-forested-tidal-swamps monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/25108e04-e64d-4a85-bacd-38830ddaa7a4/BlindSl_29-30jun07%2B003_crop.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Figure 1. A Sitka spruce–dominated tidal swamp at Blind Slough in the Columbia River estuary. Source: Laura Brophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8f13d11b-1a41-4924-8d8f-68406bb699ba/tidal+swamp.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3a56825b-54f0-4f39-944b-3e0fe23cad3c/Oregon+tidal+swamps.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0895dc75-4d1a-4944-b998-d56a2118b013/CoquilleRiverEstuaryDiking%26VegetationConserverations.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Figure 6. The Coquille River estuary. The vast majority of the estuary has been diked (red). Source: Institute for Applied Ecology (Brophy 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/04f5a835-4a26-4454-bf0b-dfc352b4dee2/CoquilleRiverEstuaryHistoricalVsCurrentTidalSwamp.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Figure 7. The Coquille River estuary. The vast majority of the estuary that has been diked (red in Figure 6) was tidal forested swamp (dark blue here). Source: Institute for Applied Ecology (Brophy 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e346ea66-2d15-4f67-8f64-4828e83cd380/UmpquaRiverEstutaryDiking%26VegetationConversions.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Figure 8. The Umpqua River estuary. Areas that have been diked are shown in red; most were forested tidal swamp. New tidal marshes since European settlement are shown in dark blue, but they are emergent marshes, not forested swamps. Source: Institute for Applied Ecology (Brophy 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2e048fd9-81ce-48d4-8cdf-ae78623b491f/Sitka+spruce+in+a+forested+tidal+swamp.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/495f99ae-79d8-4201-8cfd-2687bb82dd56/KauffmanEtAl2020Figure4a%26b.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Figure 10. A comparison of carbon stocks of various blue carbon ecosystems. Source: Kauffman et al. 2020, Figure 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0bc35a28-bfd7-483c-a3bf-6aed288b7b49/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-07-19%2Bat%2B6.23.04%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Figure 11. Range of possible sea level rise at 45°N during the twenty-first century. The range goes from a rise of about 4 inches if we work as if our lives, climate, and ecosystems depended on it, to a rise of 45+ inches if we continue our carbon defecating ways—and so do our children and grandchildren. Source: US Global Change Research Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fdb075c1-b87c-40df-a6c1-169e7c22b521/root+mass+of+a+Sitka+spruce.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregons-blue-carbon-part-2-coastal-wetland-loss-and-restoration monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fce4b779-5955-422a-a929-dc28f026208a/Elk_NehalemBay_22jul09-03.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 1. Roosevelt elk grazing on emergent tidal marsh in the Nehalem River estuary. Source: Laura Brophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7d207130-1e0e-4694-b68f-f3d6e3f8ecef/Pacific+silverweed%E2%80%93Baltic+rush+.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5091e392-70d4-4d58-8013-005ae95326b4/CarboncycledrasingNOAANOS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 3. A simplified depiction of the coastal carbon cycle. (1) Very significant amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are taken up by trees and other vegetation. Since they are near the coast, it rarely freezes, so growth occurs all year. (2) Carbon-bearing dead leaves, branches, and roots are buried in the soils, which are often covered by water, resulting in an anaerobic environment that results in extremely long-lived carbon stores. (3) Trees and other vegetation naturally respire, sending a small portion of the CO2 back to the atmosphere. The trees in the drawing are mangroves, but along the Oregon coast they would have been (and can again be) Sitka spruce trees. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3d3d8bba-24db-4067-89af-88192496419a/Laura+Brophy.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5c4e130e-ac08-4423-88e2-07c1bf333ae2/BrophyTapTalkVegeation-ORCoastLandscpeTitdalWetlands.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 5. A typical Oregon coast estuary as conceived in 1999. Today, Laura Brophy notes that there was originally a lot more tidal (scrub-shrub and forested) swamp than shown in the drawing. Source: Laura Brophy, based on original depiction by Dr. James Good, Oregon State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/62c99dae-70a9-4491-9d45-400682702c12/BrophyTapTalkVegeation-MajorTidalWetlandTypes.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 6. Tidal marshes and tidal swamps. Both low and high marshes are “emergent” marshes. Scrub-shrub tidal swamps are dominated by woody vegetation such as willows. Forested tidal swamps on the Oregon coast are characterized by conifers, mainly Sitka spruce. Source: Laura Brophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dab25eac-8dc5-4c35-8c7f-2ce4d961c34f/rare+Henderson%E2%80%99s+checkermallow+.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c36e85c4-9caf-449e-90cd-03ef6b58017b/ComplicatedchartBrophy.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 8. Elevation and level of salinity of the water clearly differentiate a low marsh from a high marsh. The elevation of a high marsh and a woody-dominated swamp are similar; their distribution depends on the brackishness of the water. Source: Laura Brophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/84205027-caa8-428c-8559-e6642bac854f/Brophy16studyEstuariesMap.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 9. The fifteen largest estuaries on the Oregon Coast, included in the Brophy report. Containing 96.5 percent of all coastal wetlands in Oregon (the Columbia River estuary is not coastal), they adequately characterize tidal wetlands along the coast in general. Source: Institute for Applied Ecology (Brophy 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/592bd145-ea23-481f-9fb3-0c3b935e4e52/rough-skinned+newt+.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c5809282-9aee-4382-9929-f3f0fdb96bd6/Tidal+marshes+and+swamps.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5af61d73-d6c7-4fe3-9d5b-1a703e0ad33c/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1fd0b6b8-63ca-4702-8c40-1ab00e02e65a/Chart1Newer.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Chart 1. Oregon coastal wetland loss by type. The vast majority lost has been tidal swamp (blue and light green), in particular forested tidal swamp (blue). Source: Institute for Applied Ecology (Brophy 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f1571226-05b2-4f40-a136-1f9a21f352e2/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/19da6307-8919-49f9-b0e4-7313785decb6/UmpquaRiverEstutaryDiking%26VegetationConversions.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 12. The Umpqua River estuary. Red has been diked; most was forested tidal swamp. The dark blue are new tidal wetlands since European settlement, but they are emergent marshes, not forested swamps. Source: Institute for Applied Ecology (Brophy 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/755d7b33-11b5-4ef6-b9be-ff2f8f81d86a/beaver+dam+in+the+Siletz+River.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a25cbdd8-e1df-4e6d-86d5-f652f025bb80/Tide+gates.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1ef048d3-41b7-4727-ab67-172c3d8ef81a/The+Ni-les%E2%80%99tun+unit.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/294c3032-aca8-4823-8cfb-08c7e393ac59/TamaraQuays_oct07%2B015SalmonRiverEstuary.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 18. A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) in an emergent wetland a few miles inland (as the sea lion swims) from the mouth of the Salmon River estuary in Lincoln County, Oregon. Source: Laura Brophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d17a5d6a-bfbd-4452-a078-7f44a3da5bc8/EmergentTidalMarshTransitiontoTidalSwampY3_Y27_photodoc-vegmap_sept06%2B030-1.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration - Make it stand out Figure 19. The transition from emergent tidal marsh to forested tidal swamp in the Yaquina River estuary. Part 3 of this series will go deep on tidal swamps, both scrub-shrub and forested. Source: Laura Brophy. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregons-blue-carbon-part-1-rep-bonamici-on-the-case monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/186b4c24-9a03-417b-978c-b6e80f18c9a4/Kelp_Forest_%2812801115735%29NOAANOS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 1: Rep. Bonamici on the Case - Make it stand out Figure 1. Kelp forests were once common offshore Oregon and should be again. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/63e7b3ee-c44e-49b1-b8ac-16ea8b50addf/BCIGlobalDistrubtionofCoastalEcosystems.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 1: Rep. Bonamici on the Case - Make it stand out Figure 2. Blue carbon means not only mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses, but also other carbon-rich ecosystems such as kelp forests and tidal Sitka spruce forests. Think globally, act locally. Source: Blue Carbon Initiative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bb75e119-94f2-4e65-8e97-068918102c99/ModenBonamiciCreditOfficeofBonamici.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 1: Rep. Bonamici on the Case - Make it stand out Figure 3. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1st). Source: Bonamici Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/51973e02-683b-4ffa-8c61-80344560ec73/NOAAMapNMSs.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 1: Rep. Bonamici on the Case - Make it stand out Figure 4. US national marine sanctuaries. There is a conspicuous gap in the northeastern Pacific from the Olympic Coast to the Greater Farallones, which includes the entirety of the Oregon coast. Source: NOAA. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-proposed-recovering-americas-wildlife-act monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/87be79c6-2eab-4089-b229-93a7c355adbf/12bFisher%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Figure 1. Very rare in Oregon, the fisher (Martes pennanti) has been the victim of trapping and habitat loss. It needs dense, mature forests with a deciduous component. Source: Bruce Hayward (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness [Timber Press 2004]). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3129b6da-4bb1-48ad-bdd1-c4773146cf02/Goshawk+nestlings.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9cf082df-6328-44fb-adec-1557b74c22dc/American+marten.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ffbc1229-8312-41bf-83ae-4f62418849a5/large+paws+of+the+lynx+.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/97e2b53d-cc76-45e2-b493-6af960b76e47/last+grizzly+bear.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/47d80012-ea2c-46e7-84e0-44dac1348370/Wolverines.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/15b04fe7-5145-491d-9fb6-770010d03d3f/northern+flying+squirrel.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/74e8a39f-c0a9-4711-a673-d5d7dbee33bb/Beaver.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a6369188-0a51-45f3-8f23-f18c1bce2dbb/gray+wolf.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6c5366be-e9e8-49b0-947f-4c2f598413f1/Malone+jumping+slug.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bd9d0dee-a826-4736-aad2-7f1aa08bcc85/pileated+woodpecker.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b39fb3bb-b851-4d8c-ac6c-b16139bb426d/white-headed+woodpecker.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b95bb879-d880-4828-a2cb-0f04a8cbecfc/Oregon+the+Mardon+skipper.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/889357ea-1b28-4666-9e98-58bfc6ab897f/California_MusselsBy%2BSharon%2BMollerus%2B-%2BCalifornia%2BMusselsUploaded%2Bby%2BJoJan%2C%2BCC%2BBY%2B2.0%2C%2Bhttps---commons.wikimedia.org-w-index.php%3Fcuri Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Recovering America’s Wildlife Act - Make it stand out Figure 14. California surf mussels (Mytilus californianus) are found along intertidal Oregon. Not considered a species of concern now, but the ocean is acidifying and warming due to the absorption of carbon dioxide. Source: Sharon Mollerus, Wikipedia Commons. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/certified-wood-from-federal-forests-hell-no-make-that-nfw monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9af67d61-a893-4a6c-8999-e0223aaa3e27/FSCLogo%26Motto%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from Federal Forests? Hell No. Make That NFW! - Make it stand out Figure 1. Graffiti by me. I’m not going there yet but may have to. Source: Forest Stewardship Council-US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b698a17e-fe2e-4256-b023-3ab142024607/federal+forestlands+are+FSC+certified.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from Federal Forests? Hell No. Make That NFW! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9068aa0a-360a-48af-97a2-2c0e17750b64/wood+came+from+older.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from Federal Forests? Hell No. Make That NFW! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/bidens-bait-and-switch monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2c80bdf1-4085-44eb-88cc-ed7761861d58/ReportCover.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden’s Bait and Switch - Make it stand out Figure 1. Twenty-four pages of mostly greenwashing. Source: The Biden Administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aa107b59-d3c9-4840-8e04-811f9b8cc908/UrbanConservation1.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden’s Bait and Switch - Make it stand out Figure 2. Falls Park in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: an example of urban conservation that the Biden administration would like to count toward 30x30. The nonnative lawn is closely mowed and likely treated with herbicides to maintain its monoculture. The trees may, or may not, be native. All those lights on at night keep wildlife as well as muggers away.Source: Center for Western Priorities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d13ed91-4720-406a-bff5-960f45fc7978/UrbanConservation2.pdf.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden’s Bait and Switch - Make it stand out Figure 3. Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, Texas: another example of urban conservation that the Biden administration would like to count toward 30x30. Perhaps a few birds might nest in the trees. Source: Center for Western Priorities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/edce7ae5-ffa9-4877-b7bb-3e63dccfc62d/UrbanConservation3.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden’s Bait and Switch - Make it stand out Figure 4. The Platte River Greenway in Denver, Colorado: another example of urban conservation that the Biden administration would count toward 30x30. The concrete riparian area, though offering excellent loafing habitat for people, has no habitat value for wildlife. Source: Center for Western Priorities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/747aaab0-76ff-40a7-b0a7-f023005fe85f/UrbanConservation4.png Public Lands Blog - 30x30: Biden’s Bait and Switch - Make it stand out Figure 5. Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington: another example of urban conservation that the Biden administration would count toward 30x30. Frisbee habitat is not wildlife habitat. Source: Center for Western Priorities. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/roading-the-red-cliffs-unnecessary-and-illegal-to-boot monthly 0.5 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/494ebf38-70f3-4b87-9182-3749893b2c4e/RED+CLIFFS+UTAH.png Public Lands Blog - Roading the Red Cliffs: Unnecessary, and Illegal to Boot - Make it stand out Figure 1. Some red cliffs in the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d82dcfc1-d129-4ed3-ae83-b4867379c2ec/Agassiz%27sDesertTortoiseUSGS.JPG Public Lands Blog - Roading the Red Cliffs: Unnecessary, and Illegal to Boot - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Mojave desert tortoise. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/42ad37ab-0f59-4ab6-914c-5c0f09b6e96f/UT_RedCliffs_NCABLMMap.png Public Lands Blog - Roading the Red Cliffs: Unnecessary, and Illegal to Boot - Make it stand out Map 1. The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9948ac6b-8b07-4202-824f-bc81b251fb71/9422653287_005352b817_c.jpg Public Lands Blog - Roading the Red Cliffs: Unnecessary, and Illegal to Boot - Make it stand out Figure 3. Sprawl at the edge of the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1305dade-67eb-41da-9f0c-b4def59772bd/9422682477_b3a9e5c4e5_c.jpg Public Lands Blog - Roading the Red Cliffs: Unnecessary, and Illegal to Boot - Make it stand out Figure 4. To the BLM, a 4.5-mile-long four-lane divided highway with a 500-foot right-of-way is consistent with the purposes of the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1cb1092f-d6a3-4825-8443-6b169feb2c42/26153922644_273ac9fcd4_c.jpg Public Lands Blog - Roading the Red Cliffs: Unnecessary, and Illegal to Boot - Make it stand out Figure 5. Red, more than Cliffs, is the most operative word in the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5dcfc777-ec24-4764-a663-9d461ab20183/Red+Dirt+National+Conservation+Area.png Public Lands Blog - Roading the Red Cliffs: Unnecessary, and Illegal to Boot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/withering-whitebarks-and-wilderness monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6d8df77c-e24b-4a4a-ba54-bfeaeab15a97/WhitebarkPineFremontNFWuerthner.png Public Lands Blog - Withering Whitebarks and Wilderness - Make it stand out Figure 1. Whitebark pine on the Fremont-Winema National Forest. Source: George Wuerthner (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/92a8a30c-ea2e-49a4-840b-b702205a2b76/WBPSeekUSGS.JPG Public Lands Blog - Withering Whitebarks and Wilderness - Make it stand out Figure 2. What’s left of a whitebark pine cone after a Clark’s nutcracker has gone over it. Source: US Geological Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af5cb450-c3e3-44fd-8b3b-36fe88cf3a0f/WhitebarkPineRangeWPEF.jpg Public Lands Blog - Withering Whitebarks and Wilderness - Make it stand out Map 1. Range of the whitebark pine in western North America. Source: Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4ee07f04-30f3-4d14-9cb2-9a914e691b78/640px-Whitebark_pine_groupUSFSDorenaLab.jpg Public Lands Blog - Withering Whitebarks and Wilderness - Make it stand out Figure 3. Whitebarks next to a parking lot at Crater Lake National Park. Source: Forest Service Dorena Lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c0859841-a159-4296-9fe6-9fbc2fe42272/Listing_WBP-and-CLNU-Jen-Hooke-NPS_1.jpg Public Lands Blog - Withering Whitebarks and Wilderness - Make it stand out Figure 4. I first came to know the Clark’s nutcracker as a “camp robber.” An opportunity for stealing human food makes them quite bold. Source: Jen Hook, Crater Lake National Park. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preremembering-jerry-franklin-and-norm-johnson-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b7858a21-e549-486d-a21e-5fb36ceb98e2/TrimmedN%26JEatherington.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Jerry Franklin and Norm Johnson, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Figure 1. Jerry (left) and Norm (right), both wearing fedoras in a mature forest stand on BLM holdings in Douglas County, Oregon. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/59b27a73-76d7-45a2-9f6e-7089ac686957/Natural+Vegetation+of+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Jerry Franklin and Norm Johnson, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/94210727-9cc0-4cc3-b3f4-c7f6282b9f7e/Pacific+Northwest+Forest+Wars.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Jerry Franklin and Norm Johnson, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/023a70b1-9d01-4429-9350-22c16c0d2753/Beuter+Report.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Jerry Franklin and Norm Johnson, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/257d2c42-5b9d-4369-ab59-95f0221eff43/Ecological+Forest+Management.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Jerry Franklin and Norm Johnson, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d6e9eb5f-a7e8-4eb8-8d79-7706db2e269f/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-20%2Bat%2B12.11.43%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Jerry Franklin and Norm Johnson, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Figure 6. Jerry and Norm doing field work in the proposed Flat Country Timber Sale area. Besides Norm and Jerry (and Debbie), being on the case, so are some lawyers.. Source: Debora L. Johnson. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-proposed-roadless-area-conservation-act-work-still-needed monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/458a6f5c-895f-425c-b004-46087de3c103/ColemanRim.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Roadless Area Conservation Act: Work Still Needed - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Coleman Rim Inventoried Roadless Area on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, somewhat protected by the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Source: Sandy Lonsdale (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d0569f74-d607-4adc-9a93-e2ba2bc84a7a/Screenshot+2025-05-12+at+5.33.47%E2%80%AFPM.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Roadless Area Conservation Act: Work Still Needed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/61d6f348-0720-4dd2-9f81-e261158be36a/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-03-05%2Bat%2B9.34.17%2BAM.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Roadless Area Conservation Act: Work Still Needed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/15fd0995-5bb5-4fb2-9d8e-5fc55158af1f/North+Fork+Smith+River+Roadless+Area.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Roadless Area Conservation Act: Work Still Needed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/80e36d16-5610-40dc-b067-04ea40f01564/OWRoadlessMap.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Roadless Area Conservation Act: Work Still Needed - Make it stand out Map 1. Oregon Wild’s inventory of Oregon’s generally forested roadless resource, illustrating how the citizens roadless inventory exceeds the Forest Service roadless inventory. Click on the link at the end of this caption for a larger version. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/79c29635-fe36-4c09-8352-d3070103d88a/Mount+Bailey+Inventoried+Roadless+Area+.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Roadless Area Conservation Act: Work Still Needed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/54a0d919-5308-461f-89bd-5fbff480c82f/Yamsay.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Roadless Area Conservation Act: Work Still Needed - Make it stand out Figure 6. Yamsay Mountain Inventoried Roadless Area on the Fremont-Winema National Forest. Source: Sandy Lonsdale, Wildlands Photography (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-simpson-salmon-strategy monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1609d3d5-1209-4b5e-a42c-988840870fbd/gallery-01-2016-LSR-damSOS.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Simpson Salmon Strategy - Make it stand out Figure 1. One of the four salmon-snuffing dams on the lower Snake River. Source: Save Our Wild Salmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ec66572a-64b1-4ae1-9ef2-95b6e6d598f9/XEconomist.png Public Lands Blog - The Simpson Salmon Strategy - Make it stand out Map 1. Most of the still-existing salmon and steelhead stocks (in the areas colored turquoise) are not doing well. The four Lower Snake River dams are in the very southeastern corner of Washington. We also need to reconvert salmon habitat (the areas colored salmon) made inaccessible by dams. Source: The Economist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/30948793-da13-482f-a896-6aaf9d55e0dc/Rep.+Mike+Simpson+.png Public Lands Blog - The Simpson Salmon Strategy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wydens-unprecedently-good-wild-and-scenic-rivers-legislation monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d2096512-fab4-4693-adca-841a592d4354/CroppedMooseUSFS.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Figure 1. A moose using and enjoying the South Fork Umatilla River, part of the proposed Umatilla Headwaters Wild and Scenic River. Source: Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/efe2f9ef-f489-4f47-9e3a-1a979b60a7c4/MapCropped.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Figure 2. Existing and River Democracy Act-proposed wild and scenic rivers (click here for larger version). Source: Senator Wyden’s Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c85bd724-ff51-41f9-b23a-78b915e95530/Tumalo+Falls+.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/99540255-36ca-4ec1-abe2-f61d599fd6bf/West+Fork+of+the+Illinois+River.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c8bbd7ad-aec5-4bd5-872a-0b11700ccbd4/Oak+Grove+Fork+of+the+Clackamas+River+.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/64a2da2c-a40d-4f96-b092-00c7f0416884/proposed+South+Fork+Crooked+Wild+and+Scenic+River.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cc6e0008-43e9-4809-9e40-58588f093928/proposed+North+Fork+Wilson+Wild+and+Scenic+River.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d437f38a-bd7f-4a01-8cb3-25bc6b398209/proposed+Middle+Santiam+Wild+and+Scenic+River.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/983284a8-0724-4169-8041-512c6898a9d8/Wall+Creek+joins+the+North+Fork+John+Day+River.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/df6c7127-867e-4c47-b168-66ee94cd5699/Segments+of+the+Little+Sandy+River+.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/66a94b3e-ec06-4440-81cf-e1ba192e8b0a/Kentucky+Falls+on+Kentucky+Creek.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a8b2e0d7-6e3e-4112-969b-d4fb0a80c3c9/Fall+River.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a1bac62e-5119-4731-8ac8-00fb13d37329/Big+Sheep+Creek.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0361a5f8-a234-42d4-b091-d34e11dd7c83/Drift+Creek+Wild+and+Scenic+River+.png Public Lands Blog - Wyden’s Unprecedently Good Wild and Scenic Rivers Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preremembering-brock-evans-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af77f06b-ab6e-4df6-a0f3-517f4cbf4d52/brock-hells-canyon.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Brock Evans, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Figure 1. Brock Evans on the Snake River in Hells Canyon along the Idaho-Oregon border. Today, the stream behind Brock is a wild and scenic river, the hills above part of the Hells Canyon Wilderness, all within the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. Source: Wake-Robin Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/17f2158d-d497-4176-801b-098f8b549b2c/Brock%E2%80%99s+autobiography.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Brock Evans, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/db63f1b3-649b-4adc-9e99-df2350acb93e/184LordFlat.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Brock Evans, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Figure 3. Ponderosa pine in the Lord Flat-Somers Point Wilderness Study Area within the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. Three WSAs within the NRA were established in 1975 and must be administered by the Forest Service “so as not to preclude their possible future designation by the Congress as wilderness. They almost became wilderness areas in 1986, but that’s another story. Source: Ellen Morris Bishop. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/46-the-117th-and-the-new-math-50-1-gt-50 monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/760c0dde-6d3c-43a5-9a1a-63b9349d9840/Senate+Majority+Leader+Mitch+McConnell+.png Public Lands Blog - 46, the 117th, and the New Math: 50 + 1 &gt; 50 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a9f4b742-bce6-474a-8aa8-6568f78a5be3/croppedwasson2.png Public Lands Blog - 46, the 117th, and the New Math: 50 + 1 &gt; 50 - Make it stand out Figure 2. Wasson Lake, where one can witness in the springtime a fantastically massive congregation of rough-skinned newts (not to be confused with the thin-skinned newts that congregate in Washington, DC), all looking for sex.The lake is easy to get to and full of wild cutthroat trout and is now safely within the Devils Staircase Wilderness and Wasson Creek Wild and Scenic River area. Source: George Wuerthner (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/62850b17-70c6-4539-a959-a2840d244c43/146WaldoLake.jpg Public Lands Blog - 46, the 117th, and the New Math: 50 + 1 &gt; 50 - Make it stand out Figure 3. Waldo Lake. This gem should become part of the North Fork Willamette Wild and Scenic River. Source: Sandy Lonsdale (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cb4b36a1-9841-4858-b075-9ce57790599e/Senate+Majority+Leader+Chuck+Schumer+.png Public Lands Blog - 46, the 117th, and the New Math: 50 + 1 &gt; 50 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/georgia-on-my-mind monthly 0.5 2025-05-14 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/an-elliott-state-research-forest-1 monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1a8b8261-8bf7-4071-8cef-171b2fb0e9ef/2016Protest.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Figure 1. Reaction to the State Land Board’s 2016 plan to sell the Elliott State Forest to a timber syndicate. Source: Francis Eatherington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/268f9c7f-710f-4506-8be8-cb001d47c40d/CoastalRainforest.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Figure 2. Trees in the Elliott State Forest. Though not particularly old, they are particularly large thanks to fine growing conditions. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/05090bfa-4490-4b44-89f4-46cbf44491e6/Clearcut%26LogTruck.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Figure 3. Not truly public lands. Alas, half of the Elliott State Forest has been roaded and clear-cut. Source: Francis Eatheringt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2ce08d41-faaa-4680-ba74-7706bd6b4827/OldGrowthTree.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Figure 4. An old-growth tree in the Elliott State Forest that survived the generally stand-replacing fire of 1868 (152 years ago). Source: Francis Eatherington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ad283d9d-75c9-4535-a150-74d07b221edd/Salmon+fry+in+the+Elliott+State+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9a845c0d-15ad-4728-9191-f1590eb51d10/current+proposed+ESFR.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/47e251f1-e3d8-415c-b35c-90ff9b7ed9ea/A+figure+from+the+draft+plan.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e378ef89-a0e4-40f2-89e7-f8d5c97d70e3/OSUCF.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b93be6f4-ee52-4c9a-81c7-a9f60d160b7a/The+three+kinds+of+%E2%80%9Cmanagement%E2%80%9D+.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be642d4d-4224-4df9-96c5-509627d1556d/LTE65-GT75Map.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Map 1. The proposed macro land allocation for the ESRF, with areas of older natural forest darkened. On the ESF, if trees are over sixty-five, it’s natural forest; if they’re under sixty-five, it’s a plantation after a clear-cut. The blue-shaded area would be the Conservation Research Watersheds. The plantations (light blue) would be thinned once to help them recover on their way to becoming natural forest again, with the roads then removed. Much—but not quite all—of the older natural forest (brown) would be in reserves within the Management Research Watersheds. Source: OSU College of Forestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d3d5e520-6ab4-449e-b76d-b80d85aaf3e4/Triads.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Map 2. The area shaded dark green would be on track to become a fully natural forest again over time. The other colors to the east represent watersheds that would be managed under different intensities (intensive, extensive, and reserve, as illustrated in Figure 9). Source: OSU College of Forestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4e76c0c4-04f3-42d9-b981-10ae6c5afb75/StandLevelWallocations.png Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Map 3. Purple, magenta, and dark green good. Brownish orange and light green bad. Source: OSU College of Forestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3c888311-746e-406a-ad78-7f084becd317/WestForkMillacoma.jpg Public Lands Blog - An Elliott State “Research” Forest? - Make it stand out Figure 10. The West Fork Millicoma, home to fall chinook salmon, coho salmon, Pacific lamprey, winter steelhead, and coastal cutthroat trout, as it flows through the Elliott State Forest. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregon-state-forest-lands-part-3-greatest-permanent-value monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6099fc43-bd1a-42f6-88de-62388f6f7a47/TillamookStateForestWikipediaAlannaRisse.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 3: “Greatest Permanent Value” - Make it stand out Figure 1. Trees in the Tillamook State Forest. A lot of the forest was artificially planted (or aerially seeded) with off-site Douglas-fir (even where Sitka spruce is naturally dominant) and consists of generally monoculture stands that could use some scientifically sound ecological restoration thinning to accelerate the onset of late-successional characteristics. Source: Alanna Risse, Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/83392f5a-4124-4ef9-868e-c427ed3a5f32/TillamookForestWikipediaTiger635.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 3: “Greatest Permanent Value” - Make it stand out Figure 2. A view of the Tillamook State Forest. Industrial logging of public forestlands is so twentieth century. Source: Tiger365, Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a9f7fe38-2c61-4ed6-ab88-64a0f1eaf8b0/P1010808%2B-%2Blow%2Bres.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 3: “Greatest Permanent Value” - Make it stand out Figure 3. Slice from a tree that first sprouted in 1599 in what is now the McDonald-Dunn State Research Forest. Last year, the Oregon State University College of Forestry cut down this 420-year-old tree, evidence that the college is at least three decades behind the times. Source: Doug Pollock, Friends of OSU Old Growth. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregon-state-forest-lands-part-2-what-where-who-why-and-how-much monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6a6a5bb8-3c1b-4b9f-912f-781e7c710259/SantiamStateForestWikipediaJasonMcArthur.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 2: What, Where, Who, Why, and How Much - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Santiam State Forest in the Oregon Cascades east of Salem. Source: Jason McArthur via Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6fcdafbd-07cf-4e40-9098-674cb83bd2da/table1revisedpng.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 2: What, Where, Who, Why, and How Much - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/065126c1-6636-4758-bd6d-9c58ba478bc7/WOStateForestsLandsMap.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 2: What, Where, Who, Why, and How Much - Make it stand out Map 1. Western and central Oregon state forestlands administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). Included are certain Common School Fund lands under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Department of State Lands that are managed by contract with ODF. Conspicuously absent is the Elliott State Forest, which the ODF used to mismanage, in northern Coos and western Douglas Counties. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/16b4828f-1feb-4788-820d-d175cdab6b9c/TrimmedEOScatteredParcels.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 2: What, Where, Who, Why, and How Much - Make it stand out Map 2. The Oregon Department of Forestry administers various scattered parcels, rarely even one section (640 acres, 1 square mile) in size, that are Common School Fund lands under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Department of State Lands but administered under contract with ODF.. The circles merely depict location, not size. Essentially all are adjacent to or surrounded by federal public lands. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0f4a85f9-2ab2-49cf-aabb-0c5c492e7bbf/ESFClipped.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 2: What, Where, Who, Why, and How Much - Make it stand out Map 3. The Elliott State Forest (goldenrod) is administered by the Oregon Department of State Lands (ODSL). Oregon Department of Forestry (light sky blue areas within and outside of the ESF, aside from waterways), US Forest Service (pale green areas outside the ESF), and Bureau of Land Management (reddish areas outside the ESF) lands are also shown. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregon-state-forest-lands-part-1-a-new-day monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0a932838-1538-431b-ad8b-da19196714ed/ColumbiaTorrentSalamanderUSGS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Figure 1. The imperiled Columbia torrent salamander, one of seventeen endangered species that inhabit western Oregon state forests. Source: US Geological Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3a903986-05ff-4873-961b-5164b55689a8/MarbledMurreletUSFWS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Figure 2. The threatened marbled murrelet, a seabird that nests in old-growth forests. Off the Oregon coast, the bird hangs out behind breakers and can dive up to 164 feet (50 meters) deep in search of food, although <114 feet (35 meters) is more the norm. The species nests in older trees in inland intact forest stands usually higher off the ground than the depth of its dives in the ocean. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/18be799c-d6bd-4b7a-bde8-839739980e15/Table%2B1fixed.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1670a30f-63cd-4a48-a2de-17d4ba0ee11d/EulachonWikipediaJamesCrippen..jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Figure 3. The threatened eulachon, or candle fish (it will burn on a stick). In my day we called them smelt and ate them only at my grandmother’s place, as my mother wouldn’t have them in her house—and always with piles of mashed potatoes in reach lest one choke on a smelt bone. Source: James Crippen via Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8cb33fa3-44da-4f7e-b8b8-16d7f8ff1852/Western-Oregon-HCP-plan-area-map.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Map 1. Permit area (owned by the State of Oregon now, shaded orange) and plan area (additional private land that could be owned by the state later, outlined in purple) in western Oregon. A full-sized PDF can be downloaded here. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cbc9c69d-1853-40c5-b85f-324cbf8968e7/SampleHCAMap.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Map 2. Proposed Habitat Conservation Areas (light green) and Riparian Conservation Areas (dark green) on the Clatsop State Forest. The area shaded light red would be a free-fire logging zone limited only by Oregon Forest Practices Act rules (that’s a joke, as they are a joke). You can download this and other such maps here. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b9c0afc2-de56-439d-90c5-dbdce3a8a633/red+tree+vole+.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c4925d31-1563-4a2c-b965-04a42a78359d/The+fisher.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/581b4971-92ab-4216-9030-88f7587c67ae/FisherMap.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Map 3. The areas shaded dark reddish brown are OBF lands enrolled in the Oregon Fisher Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances. Notice the high-quality fisher habitat (shaded blue) in the four northwest Oregon counties that include the Clatsop and Tillamook State Forests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af05e2d3-6495-47b3-86a5-03e4185273e4/imperiled+Cascade+torrent+salamander.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/201da8bf-ddb0-4ace-b92c-83ba6d8ca282/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/04497197-587f-4966-9f75-ced4e09cf051/Coastal+marten.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fc2eee26-c342-4b8c-88a3-a1be64786ae6/imperiled+Oregon+slender+salamander.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/76149b2a-c992-4098-9ffd-bea20adf6bd5/imperiled+northern+spotted+owl.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/david-simons-an-oregonian-with-a-shining-vision-for-public-lands-conservation monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6276685d-6c62-48e7-b3aa-bf0e378cc54d/Daivd%2BSimons%2Bphoto.jpg Public Lands Blog - David Simons: An Oregonian with a Shining Vision for Public Lands Conservation - Make it stand out Figure 1. David Simons of Springfield, Oregon, 1936–1960. Source: Bruce Kilgore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/96377fa8-1518-4282-bf09-859a920a0dc8/Shining%2BMountains001.jpg Public Lands Blog - David Simons: An Oregonian with a Shining Vision for Public Lands Conservation - Make it stand out Map 1. The proposed Cascade Volcanic National Park map drawn by David Simons in 1959. Source: Ron Eber. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/converting-state-trust-lands-into-public-lands-part-2-focus-on-oregon monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/366f214f-3291-4fdd-98c9-27756f3b6bcf/ESFOlderForestFrancisEatherington.jpg Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 2: Focus on Oregon - Make it stand out Figure 1. Most of the remaining natural forest stands on the Elliott State Forest are “mature” (~70-150 years old), rather than true old growth (150+ years). However, give the some time. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/86c56e31-ce28-4b59-bdf2-3bbc655c0df0/ODSLMap.png Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 2: Focus on Oregon - Make it stand out Map 1. Oregon Common School Fund land holdings. Each of the smallest pixels is a 1-square-mile section. The large green blob near the coast is the Elliott State Forest. The solid brown blobs in southeastern Oregon are the result of land exchanges with the Bureau of Land Management. Source: Oregon Department of State Lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3bd03f00-3929-4314-b1ec-eafad9ab4539/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-28%2Bat%2B1.12.12%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 2: Focus on Oregon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8f0eeb1a-ecf1-4455-86e0-2ba2d76b45e0/ESFOGFFrancisEatherington.jpg Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 2: Focus on Oregon - Make it stand out Figure 2. On the Elliott State Forest in Oregon, there are a few stands of true old-growth forest that have escaped the chainsaw. Source: Francis Eatherington. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/converting-state-trust-lands-into-public-lands-part-1-national-overview monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d880cc70-2741-46ab-b82c-bec36d7c81c3/western%2Bstates%2Bmap.png Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 1: National Overview - Make it stand out Map 1. This map of state trust lands in the eleven western states tends to exaggerate visually the actual size of the state trust land parcels and thereby their extent. Use this to get a sense of location, but see Table 2 for the actual extent. Source: State Trust Lands in the West, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a5eec2d9-3f75-4186-99d2-49c54d580f16/TownshipMapFinal.png Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 1: National Overview - Make it stand out Figure 1. Early states admitted to the union from Ohio onward received section 16 of every township as a land grant; later states (including Oregon) also received section 36. Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico received sections 2 and 32 as well. Source: State Trust Lands in the West, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/55bc6f81-cb0a-4fef-804c-6a89ad7eec18/HistoryLandGrants.png Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 1: National Overview - Make it stand out Table 1. History of state land grants in the United States. Notice that Oklahoma received only two sections, not four, per township. Prior to statehood Oklahoma was called the Indian Territory. Systemic racism? Source: State Trust Lands in the West, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/370b650f-4133-4a80-a063-3863afd2e45a/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-28%2Bat%2B1.12.12%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 1: National Overview - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fd44718e-b1a2-406b-a351-fe0e24a9f621/PieChartsLincolnReport.png Public Lands Blog - Converting State Trust Lands into Public Lands, Part 1: National Overview - Make it stand out Chart 1. Revenues from and uses of state trust lands in the West. Source: State Trust Lands in the West, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/what-to-do-with-stranded-state-trust-lands-in-federal-conservation-areas monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/42f2beb1-0e48-4587-a503-c4c9cbda67c3/Representative+Chris+Stewart.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/06019298-2a6e-4992-9bf5-97fde88b53ac/good%E2%80%94but+not+yet+great%E2%80%94bill.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6ae7da09-6125-49af-a12a-e99f40dc390c/Cedar+Mountain+Wilderness.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a61dad3f-14bb-4b07-9f0f-bef877f381bf/Representative+Betty+McCollum.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5cfc2ad9-30cd-4164-a135-1dc4152a57f3/Map+2.+The+lone+state+section.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1ec44c21-0feb-4212-a069-d5bf73dfe863/Map+3.+7.BLM+land+to+the+east.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7f17cc50-afb6-4348-baf4-b1a4e9478a34/Map+4.+Though+the+Minnow+Creek+Trail+.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ac4a2c76-3fff-41bc-b1a4-b253f3a2863d/Map+5.+The+BLM+land+to+the+east+of+the+state.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/44e8ed4a-af44-45aa-ae09-e6e5d2c303fa/Map+6.+Conservationists.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/31a55bcd-5795-4031-9f7a-88cc3d04578e/Map+7.+Senator+Jeff+Merkley.png Public Lands Blog - What to Do with Stranded State Trust Lands in Federal Conservation Areas? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/amending-the-eastside-screens-part-3-reignition-of-the-eastside-forest-war-or-slight-midcourse-correction monthly 0.5 2025-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/55e08ff6-3743-453d-87cb-88e6b339c667/188SilverCreekPonderosa%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 3: Reignition of the Eastside Forest War or Slight Midcourse Correction? - Make it stand out Figure 1. Old-growth ponderosa pines benefit from frequent wildfires to keep young trees from establishing and eventually crowding them out. If fire is frequent enough, it is of low intensity and easily rebuffed by thick bark. Source: Sandy Lonsdale. (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a87b0a19-0645-4b70-98aa-0525bfdbd09e/LakeFork.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 3: Reignition of the Eastside Forest War or Slight Midcourse Correction? - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Forest Service should take a walk. Source: Ric Bailey (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1174a90a-8a50-4412-8b66-84916b81f441/167MetoliusPine%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 3: Reignition of the Eastside Forest War or Slight Midcourse Correction? - Make it stand out Figure 3. The late, great Tim Lillebo of Oregon Wild. He, more than anyone else, taught me that becoming an eastside forest restorationist as well as an eastside forest preservationist makes for a well-rounded conservationist. This forest needs no restoration, save perhaps removing the livestock and letting it burn when it wants to. Source: Elizabeth Feryl, Environmental Images. (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/amending-the-eastside-screens-part-2-the-science-of-management-and-the-management-of-science monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9603d730-400d-47ab-84b1-783c0e2569e9/197LookoutMountainPonderosa.jpg Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 2: The Science of Management and the Management of Science - Make it stand out Figure 1. A low-intensity surface fire right now would knock back the young ponderosas and white firs that might otherwise compete with the old-growth ponderosa pines. Source: Larry N. Olson. (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/abb8a8a2-9773-4870-a52d-00b0053be3a6/ageversusdiameter.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 2: The Science of Management and the Management of Science - Make it stand out Figure 2. The correlation between size and age for ponderosa pine in eastern Washington. Below the pink horizonal line are trees less than 21 inches (53.3 centimeters) in diameter at breast height. To the left of the vertical pink line are trees younger than 150 years old. Source: Robert Van Pelt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/15d9d424-6c0e-486b-8a4d-9d9af1921e6a/BarkPlateWidthcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 2: The Science of Management and the Management of Science - Make it stand out Figure 3. While bark plate width is a better predictor of tree age than tree size, where the management line is drawn is critical. In the sample above, if the age cutoff were 150 years, the maximum bark plate width on trees marked for cutting would be 15 centimeters (2.54 cm = 1 inch, so ~6+ inches). In this sample graph, three trees over 150 years old and up to 225 years old with bark plates just under 15 centimeters in width would be logged using such a metric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1ea8553b-55de-4d6a-8430-b5d2b23494c6/141ManagementFireDoNotReport%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 2: The Science of Management and the Management of Science - Make it stand out Figure 4. The National Park Service, in this case in Crater Lake National Park, is reintroducing fire into fire-excluded stands without having to thin first. The Park Service is comfortable with fire, while the Forest Service still is not. Source: Elizabeth Feryl, Environmental Images. (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/77d77f25-ef7e-4b7e-80f7-f5f202587363/Logos.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 2: The Science of Management and the Management of Science - Make it stand out Figure 5. Organizations—including The Larch Company (moi!)—that signed a joint letter to the Forest Service critical of efforts to change the Eastside Screens. Source: Oregon Wild. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/amending-the-eastside-screens-part-1-a-quarter-century-of-interim-management monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b19a0b0c-ffbb-4c86-845a-a8a2bcceee65/CoolBurn.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 1: A Quarter Century of “Interim” Management - Make it stand out Figure 1. Old-growth ponderosa pines benefit from frequent wildfires that keep young trees from establishing and eventually crowding them out. If the fires are frequent enough, they are of low intensity and easily rebuffed by thick bark. Source: Leon Werdinger. (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af3b0141-1237-4e1c-ab68-d9acbcd56256/EastsideMap.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 1: A Quarter Century of “Interim” Management - Make it stand out Map 1. Only the national forests in Oregon (and southeast Washington) outside the range of the northern spotted owl (parts of the Deschutes, most of the Fremont-Winema, and all of the Ochoco, Malheur, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests) are subject to the Eastside Screens. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/989ca412-8928-4e9c-a23b-4375023f6d67/HenjumCover.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 1: A Quarter Century of “Interim” Management - Make it stand out Figure 2. The Eastside Forests Scientific Society Panel report. Source: The Larch Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/68a1dd14-3053-47af-a983-943f05cde83d/Ochoco.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 1: A Quarter Century of “Interim” Management - Make it stand out Figure 3. Time for a nice fire to kill off some young trees starting to grow in the understory. Also time to remove the livestock grazing. (Those are people hiking.) Source: Sandy Lonsdale. (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/847d9b06-db7c-4bc7-b875-0f7dc3e0a774/Elkhorn.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 1: A Quarter Century of “Interim” Management - Make it stand out Figure 4. I never tire of viewing old-growth ponderosa pine forests. Source: Sandy Lonsdale. (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cd7424d5-39b7-4daa-9259-a574b646841b/ColumanRim.png Public Lands Blog - Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 1: A Quarter Century of “Interim” Management - Make it stand out Figure 5. The protection of riparian values is also a purpose of the Eastside Screens. Source: Sandy Lonsdale. (This image appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, Timber Press, 2004.) https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-north-oregon-coast-range-national-park-sorely-needed-but-a-hell-of-a-long-shot monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6de255a7-4152-40e2-8415-6d07370a17c2/640px-Lost_Lake_in_the_Clatsop_State_Forest_%28Astoria_District%29ODF.jpg Public Lands Blog - A North Oregon Coast Range National Park: Sorely Needed but a Hell of a Long Shot - Make it stand out Figure 1. Lost Lake on the Clatsop State Forest. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry (Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/45567d28-0e57-4cfa-81b7-38dca5f534d6/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-05-12%2Bat%2B2.37.53%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - A North Oregon Coast Range National Park: Sorely Needed but a Hell of a Long Shot - Make it stand out Map 1. The dark green is the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests, the medium green (southwest edge of map) is the Siuslaw National Forest, and the lightest green is generally forested private lands. The red is Oregon Common School Fund lands, and the tan indicates Oregon state parks. Source: Oregon Department of State Lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cf3e93b2-98d9-458f-9d8b-37991dab7646/640px-Tillamook_State_ForestAlanna%2BRisseWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - A North Oregon Coast Range National Park: Sorely Needed but a Hell of a Long Shot - Make it stand out Figure 2. Previously logged stand on the Tillamook State Forest. Source: Alanna Risse (Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cbcce48b-c748-4871-96fb-e1053159f7ac/640px-Tillamook_forestWikipediaTiger635.jpg Public Lands Blog - A North Oregon Coast Range National Park: Sorely Needed but a Hell of a Long Shot - Make it stand out Figure 3. Alas, the more typical landscape of the current Tillamook State Forest. Source: Tiger365 (Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/47169428-15a8-414d-8d39-3019e17f8c5f/klootchy_creekClatsopCountyParks.jpg Public Lands Blog - A North Oregon Coast Range National Park: Sorely Needed but a Hell of a Long Shot - Make it stand out Figure 4. The Klootchie Creek Sitka spruce in better days, once the world’s largest. Source: Clatsop County Parks Department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/73a10743-8015-407c-9313-ebd947b46dc8/DSCF7913_ppwNCLC.jpg Public Lands Blog - A North Oregon Coast Range National Park: Sorely Needed but a Hell of a Long Shot - Make it stand out Figure 5. The Klootchie Creek Sitka spruce today: the world’s largest Sitka spruce stump. Windstorms in 2006 and 2007 finished off the giant. It was always vulnerable to wind, as an inadequate buffer of forest was left to break the gusts. In 2011, the Clatsop County Parks Department took another 40 feet off the top of the remains, citing the risk of it falling on visitors. Source: North Coast Land Conservancy. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/udall-heinrich-bill-would-emasculate-the-wild-and-scenic-rivers-act monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/41e22ca5-059a-4343-8026-b3237e743421/GilaTroutCBD.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 1. Gila trout. Listed as “threatened wherever found” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators Udall and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1a070119-ecbb-4b5a-affb-83f36757fa32/NMpWSRs.png Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Map 1. New Mexico stream segments proposed for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (click for a larger version and the individual stream-segment maps). Source: Senator Tom Udall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3955c928-afa9-4094-8497-981c94dda9f9/GilaChub_FlickrCommons_BrianGratwicke_BY.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 4. Gila chub. Listed as “endangered wherever found” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators Udall and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be92979f-b15e-4a81-aae1-1c98081549de/LoachMinnow_RobinSilver_FPWC_03_HIGHRES.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 2. Loach minnow. Listed as “endangered wherever found” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators Udall and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5bedbd26-e132-41cf-b5a6-6662018a17a6/Spikedace_USFWS.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 3. Spikedace. Listed as “endangered wherever found” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators Udall and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d8344eed-d8f4-4410-87b8-530776e6ee06/NarrowheadedGarterSnake_PiersonHill.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 5. Narrow-headed garter snake. Listed as “threatened wherever found” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators Udall and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fef8fe03-0425-4e64-b991-edaefed98189/MexicanGarterSnake_PhilRosen.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 6. Mexican garter snake. Listed as “threatened wherever found” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators Udall and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a23213cd-503e-4fb4-9f3b-e9a58d33e94c/ChiricahuaLeopardFrog_ErikEnderson_NP_2.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 7. Chiricahua leopard frog. Listed as “threatened wherever found” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators Udall and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4d3c3dfd-087f-4c86-b316-0dd496449612/Yellow-billedCuckoo_RonAusting_FPWC_1_HIGHRES.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 8. Yellow-billed cuckoo. Listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators Udall and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a681cbc7-15c7-432b-a92f-5b857d930b54/SouthwesternWillowFlycatcher_SuzanneLangridge_USGS_FPWC_1.jpg Public Lands Blog - Udall-Heinrich Bill Would Emasculate the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - Make it stand out Figure 9. Southwestern willow flycatcher. Listed as “endangered wherever found” under the Endangered Species Act. Although Senators UdaCenter for Biological Diversityll and Heinrich say that their wild and scenic rivers bill “will permanently protect the unique habitat” [emphasis in original], as introduced their legislation will not. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/national-parks-in-oregon-part-4-will-the-inertia-continue monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ab00b36f-7695-4ef9-b839-52d4e3d1033e/28381226056_15fb163b47_c.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 4: Will the Inertia Continue? - Make it stand out Figure 1. Many painted hills are not (yet) within the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, administered by the National Park Service. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6488c101-1271-4d5f-9505-8cf04f22ab54/AncientForestNationalPark.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 4: Will the Inertia Continue? - Make it stand out Map 1. The proposed Ancient Forest National Park would include many fully protected wilderness areas, some mostly protected wild and scenic rivers, some semi-protected inventoried roadless areas, and other federal public lands. Source: www.ancientforestnationalpark.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/52b39d85-7238-4327-ad79-4d5927404baf/Crack%2Bin%2Bthe%2BGound%2BFourCraters%2BBLMjpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 4: Will the Inertia Continue? - Make it stand out Figure 2. Crack-in-the-Ground is a 2-mile-long ancient volcanic fissure in the Fort Rock Lava Beds in Lake County, which would make an excellent addition to the National Park System. Source: Bureau of Land Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b6b8b12c-2eac-4185-b585-534a1529cbe1/33293397025_7d3b7d5591_c.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 4: Will the Inertia Continue? - Make it stand out Figure 3. Sand dunes near Fossil Lake in the proposed Lost Forest-Shifting Sand Dunes National Monument. Source: Bureau of Land Management https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/national-parks-in-oregon-part-3-modest-expansion-amid-grand-hopes monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6c1b33d1-4197-4146-84a8-2a3810c5a9de/898px-Crater_Lake_National_Park_map.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Map 1. Crater Lake National Park boundaries in 2020. Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/32c1da24-3a6a-49b3-a5ab-5920b1e646bd/DaimondMt_Thielsen%2BWikipediajpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Figure 1. Looking eastward across Diamond Lake to Mount Thielsen. While not part of Crater Lake National Park, Mount Thielsen was established as a wilderness area in 1984. Source: M. O. Stevens, Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8e772af4-6164-4092-beb1-dc78999a5920/MtBaileyOregonWild.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Figure 2. Looking westward across Diamond Lake to Mount Bailey. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8efd5761-0e84-4c12-a711-c7efea48d970/Stephen+Mather.png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f5d47e17-cf75-4382-87ee-dcb17079879b/UpperRogueRiverCanyonHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Figure 4. The upper Rogue River runs through a narrow basalt channel. While not in an expanded Crater Lake National Park, the river segment is a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/68ac47f0-04f6-44aa-a1bd-e30562eb085f/Union_creek_at_union_creek%2C_oregon.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Figure 5. Union Creek at Oregon Route 62 (also known as the Crater Lake Highway). Union Creek should be added to the Upper Rogue Wild and Scenic River.Source: Finetooth (Wikipedia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b544deb5-4e08-47b2-8060-533eb0eeaab6/Horace+M.+Albright.png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6d88964b-abd2-49cb-8cfb-ecf37da20389/CLNP1906Map.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Map 2. Private lands in the southeastern corner of the park (shown in this 1906 map) were returned to public ownership by 1941. Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/537f7480-8862-426a-a490-f6e24afd4f75/Mark+O.+Hatfield+.png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 3: Modest Expansion amid Grand Hopes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/national-parks-in-oregon-part-2-multiple-failures monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/218fc1c9-ef63-42b6-a3fe-7b7754e9b50e/Three_sistersWikipediaUSGSjpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Three Sisters in Oregon’s central Cascade Range (left to right: South, Middle, North). Early settlers called them Charity, Hope, and Faith, respectively. They were proposed to be part of a Volcanic Cascades National Park from the Columbia River Gorge to Crater Lake National Park. Source: Wikipedia (Lyn Topinka, US Geological Survey). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2da6b771-16f3-4294-868e-7218ef0e72b8/MountHoodHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 2. Mount Hood, Oregon’s highest point. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a476e87c-c895-4da7-89f7-102cb29dbde7/HellsCanyonHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 3. Hells Canyon, a landscape so grand that it’s impossible to capture in one photograph. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d52590fa-c28f-463e-8091-b71390899640/HellsVSGrandUSDAFS.gif Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 4. Hell yes, Hells Canyon is grander than the Grand Canyon. Source: Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/45b5fa83-0620-4faf-90ca-6bf3269d25f0/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 5. A small state park at Cape Sebastian is a fragment of what could have been the Oregon Coast National Park. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/78702de1-725c-4a2a-bb2a-3adb1a477fec/Samuel+H.+Boardman.png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1e05d16d-7017-4b77-8e7f-11f51a9c674c/SBSSCMap.png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Map 1. What is. The light green along US 101 are the four modest Oregon state parks. Source: Oregon State Parks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f49b77f1-9c18-406e-a8f2-b07f7b68d313/Oregon+Coast+National+Park..png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Map 2. What might have been. ~30,000 acres was proposed for an Oregon Coast National Park. For scale, the parcel is ~3 miles wide at its widest. Source: Jamie Hale, The Oregonian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cbf0b279-cf3e-4b61-93d9-59fe083f6562/OregonDunesDeFazio.png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 7. The Oregon Dunes. Source: Dominic DeFazio (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e133fb3e-162e-4b4d-a14f-d50a41edd301/WildhorseLakeBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 8. Wildhorse Lake, Little Wild Horse Lake, and Wildhorse Creek Canyon on Steens Mountain. What you see is now protected wilderness and a wild and scenic river but is not a national park. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ee426da0-9b1a-4859-a38d-f139e2259c55/OwyheeRiverBLMjpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 9. The Owyhee Wild and Scenic River in the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Study Area. Still time for an Owyhee National Park. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/631a639e-dbfe-4a30-b315-036e0bbef425/MountJeffersonHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 10. The area from the foreground to Mount Jefferson in the background was within the proposed Volcanic Cascades National Park. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b0613887-8c36-4202-bd97-205e46dde374/MountWashingtonWikipediaUSFSjpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 2: Multiple Failures - Make it stand out Figure 11. Mount Washington from Big Lake. Source: Wikipedia (Forest Service). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/national-parks-in-oregon-part-1-one-success monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b8fe44e0-d1fb-4f1e-bdc3-6c2ae1f2e27b/CraterLakeSouthRimHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 1: One Success - Make it stand out Figure 1. Crater Lake and Wizard Island. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/58276080-026c-414b-aa93-915148ca4ced/CLNP1906Map.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 1: One Success - Make it stand out Map 1. 1906 map of Crater Lake National Park. Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1df2d9ac-797e-4f91-876f-0e34288523af/William+Gladstone+Steel.png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 1: One Success - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/60b79143-dfbf-4a55-b04c-973174a02e2c/CLNPDiamondLakeMap.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 1: One Success - Make it stand out Map 2. Steel’s proposal included Diamond Lake, Mount Bailey, and Mount Thielsen, but Congress didn’t go there. Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cb844a4d-53e5-4fe5-a49d-94ac3a2867fa/MountBailey%26DimondLakeHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 1: One Success - Make it stand out Figure 3. Diamond Lake and Mount Bailey, which Steel wanted included in Crater Lake National Park. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d36a4ea-c380-4c78-b740-9d863878b46f/John+Wesley+Powell.png Public Lands Blog - National Parks in Oregon, Part 1: One Success - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/conserving-and-restoring-the-mount-hood-national-forest monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/198cdce6-6908-4ab7-8ef2-58a46b0efe33/MountHoodfromLarchMountainHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - Conserving and Restoring the Mount Hood National Forest - Make it stand out Figure 1. Mount Hood from Larch Mountain. The middle ground is the Bull Run watershed. Yes, those are clear-cuts (the lighter green [and far shorter] stands). The brown patches are natural talus slopes. Congress put an end to logging in the Bull Run in 1996. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6250bb82-3e99-46c9-a6fa-fbde1746daf5/5400e98a-2fad-4edc-b7ba-ced85896acfb.jpg Public Lands Blog - Conserving and Restoring the Mount Hood National Forest - Make it stand out Figure 2. The “Mount Hood National Park” silver bullion coin, featuring Mount Hood and Lost Lake. Source: Stack’s and Bowers Galleries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1c5747eb-c503-4553-9bde-2760f2570a4f/UnscruplousLogging.jpg Public Lands Blog - Conserving and Restoring the Mount Hood National Forest - Make it stand out Figure 3. Noted photographer Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), while working for the federal government during the Great Depression, entitled this image “A natural protective watershed has been destroyed by unscrupulous logging companies. Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.” Apparently, Arthur, born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx, couldn’t tell an unnatural clear-cut from a natural burn. While there was plenty of unscrupulous logging going on in 1936, little of it was on the national forests. That unscrupulous logging came later. Source: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0789273e-be93-4790-9f2b-22c2186962dc/MountHoodConservationYears.png Public Lands Blog - Conserving and Restoring the Mount Hood National Forest - Make it stand out Map 1. Congressional conservation on the Mount Hood National Forest by year. Click here for a larger version.Source: Erik Fernandez, Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6ab930fd-cb91-41da-8a5a-dd6e85fb9abd/TimberlineLodgeHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - Conserving and Restoring the Mount Hood National Forest - Make it stand out Figure 4. Timberline Lodge on the slope of Mount Hood. It looks a lot better during the winter. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/another-northwest-forest-war-in-the-offing-part-2-current-threats-and-perhaps-an-epic-opportunity monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/003f9f98-c53e-4744-86d1-be18c21974c8/BLMOGFDesctruction.jpg Public Lands Blog - Another Northwest Forest War in the Offing? Part 2: Current Threats and Perhaps an Epic Opportunity - Make it stand out This is the second of two Public Lands Blog posts that examine the management (and mismanagement) of more than 2 million acres of federal forestlands in western Oregon, administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Part 1 examined the history of rampant clear-cutting of old-growth forests and vast windfalls of revenues to local counties as a result. Part 2 examines the current threats to these public lands from the timber industry and local counties, and the opportunity that could present itself to secure permanent comprehensive congressional conservation of these imperiled lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/355edd8b-0395-41e0-8bbb-d935586d6493/49565721323_4e36f64b1c_c.jpg Public Lands Blog - Another Northwest Forest War in the Offing? Part 2: Current Threats and Perhaps an Epic Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 2. Prior to Northwest Forest War II, old-growth forest liquidation was rampant. Just three logs on a loaded log truck means that they undoubtedly came from an old-growth forest. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7222086a-05d5-4a7b-8c05-ac55166f2332/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-03-10%2Bat%2B12.42.57%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - Another Northwest Forest War in the Offing? Part 2: Current Threats and Perhaps an Epic Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 3. A one-log load circa 1960. Source: Umpqua Valley Museums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a82c0540-4dd9-46dc-a10a-c54532e0a654/49566223921_672690ec3e_c.jpg Public Lands Blog - Another Northwest Forest War in the Offing? Part 2: Current Threats and Perhaps an Epic Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 4. If the tree is heavy enough, it will press down on the bar of the chainsaw that is killing it, thereby requiring a hydraulic assist. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d26699c0-2f38-4371-bc08-d1ef0e12dc31/Chainsaw+man.png Public Lands Blog - Another Northwest Forest War in the Offing? Part 2: Current Threats and Perhaps an Epic Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 5. Growing up in timber country, I never believed the maxim that the smaller the penis on the man, the larger the bar on the chainsaw. This one (bar, that is) is at least 48”. Unfortunately, 72” bars are still being manufactured. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/another-northwest-forest-war-in-the-offing-part-1-a-sordid-tale-of-environmental-destruction-greed-and-political-malfeasance monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cd128aec-edf0-46c0-ab76-08eb0bd69989/LandGrantMap.png Public Lands Blog - Another Northwest Forest War in the Offing? Part 1: A Sordid Tale of Environmental Destruction, Greed, and Political Malfeasance - Make it stand out Map 1. The maximum extent of the O&C and CBWR land grants. The map is a bit misleading. The granted lands were a checkerboard of every other section (1 square mile) of land. In the case of the O&C lands, it was every other section within 10 miles each side of the railroad line, for a total swath of 20 miles. However, many of those lands had already been conveyed to settlers and others in previous land disposal schemes, so an “indemnity strip” of 20 additional miles was added on each side, resulting in a 60-mile-wide swath. (BTW, I’ve never seen a demarcation of eastern and western Oregon as a north-south line through Mount Hood.) Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/917e1a71-f68d-4eab-93c8-b9efb1b72276/OWesternORBLM8x11HiQ.jpg Public Lands Blog - Another Northwest Forest War in the Offing? Part 1: A Sordid Tale of Environmental Destruction, Greed, and Political Malfeasance - Make it stand out Map 2. Bureau of Land Management holdings in western Oregon. The reconveyed CBWR lands are the same color as the revested O&C lands because the BLM routinely conflates them, though in terms of revenue sharing, the law does not. Not shown is the ~32,261-acre parcel of BLM lands, much of it covered in old growth, given to Native American tribes in 2018. The solid sections of O&C lands are a result of past land exchanges; originally they were all checkerboard. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8e9ad0d5-4207-4bea-9479-c083b760ab17/OCLASnip.png Public Lands Blog - Another Northwest Forest War in the Offing? Part 1: A Sordid Tale of Environmental Destruction, Greed, and Political Malfeasance - Make it stand out Figure 1. The opening of the infamous Oregon and California Lands Act of 1937. Progressive in its time, but far past its expiration date. Source: Statutes at Large. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-presidency-in-2020-to-be-decided-by-538-votes-cast-in-51-elections monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/16ec1f66-7bbc-436e-93a6-9b422ec15157/ElectoralVotesbyState.png Public Lands Blog - The Presidency in 2020: To Be Decided by 538 Votes Cast in 51 Elections - Make it stand out Figure 1. Electoral votes allocated by states. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ad144885-c686-4321-b743-c162e1ea9014/538Votes2016Wikipedia.png Public Lands Blog - The Presidency in 2020: To Be Decided by 538 Votes Cast in 51 Elections - Make it stand out Figure 2. The 2016 presidential election. Though receiving more popular votes, Hillary Clinton (blue) received only 227 electoral votes. Trump (red) received 304 votes. Colin Powell received 3 votes, while John Kasich, Ron Paul, Bernie Sanders, and Faith Spotted Eagle each received 1 vote. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3348eb6b-b25b-4886-8f20-af34f7d1bf29/States%2Bin%2BPlay.png Public Lands Blog - The Presidency in 2020: To Be Decided by 538 Votes Cast in 51 Elections - Make it stand out Figure 3. The states in play. Click on the source link to go to an interactive version where you can change the colors on the map and see what it takes to get to 270 electoral votes. (Hint: try doing it without Florida.) Source: Taegan Goddard’s Electoral Vote Map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/00461559-58ee-4f10-8d71-336e0b1cc10a/US_2010_Census_State_Population_Per_Electoral_Vote.png Public Lands Blog - The Presidency in 2020: To Be Decided by 538 Votes Cast in 51 Elections - Make it stand out Figure 4. Population per electoral vote by state. As the extremes of California and Wyoming show, it is not one person, one vote in the Electoral College. Source: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/bring-back-the-elakha monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1b743818-daca-4a84-b084-1d10ea5e8355/Sea-otter-bay_11.jpg Public Lands Blog - Bring Back the Elakha - Make it stand out Figure 1. “A mother floats with her pup on her chest. They embrace their young with an affection that is scarcely credible,” wrote the German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer Georg Wilhelm Steller of the sea otter. (Of the several species named for him, the Steller’s jay is one of the few that is not endangered or extinct.) Source: Wikimedia Commons (Mike Baird). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d633cbe1-b77b-4780-964d-766ded64791f/Sea+otter+consumption+of+sea+urchins.png Public Lands Blog - Bring Back the Elakha - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/94547630-771e-4f62-81e8-2d4c6b169bd0/kelp+forests+.png Public Lands Blog - Bring Back the Elakha - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d3a1fd57-f228-4ff4-b1bc-1e9750963282/Sea+otter+pelt+sales.png Public Lands Blog - Bring Back the Elakha - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/448d81fe-b275-40ae-9e33-e390d54365e1/SeaOtterRangeMapSubspeciesWikipediaCommons.jpg Public Lands Blog - Bring Back the Elakha - Make it stand out Map 1. The global range of the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). The range was once generally continuous from Japan to Mexico (the red line). Today, one of the big gaps is Oregon.Source: Wikimedia Commons (Cristophe Cagé). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/202f9c16-fda1-4db0-a9d6-9743172a5a4a/Sea_Otter_%28Enhydra_lutris%29_%2825169790524%29_crop.jpg Public Lands Blog - Bring Back the Elakha - Make it stand out Figure 4. The sea otter is missing in action offshore Oregon. Source: Wikimedia Commons (Marshal Hedin). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/laffaire-malheurnbsppart-2-backstory-and-analysis monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f18c471b-fabb-49db-86f8-360e115da6c2/PillarsofRom.jpg Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur,&nbsp;Part 2: Backstory and Analysis - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Wyden bill fails to protect many striking, gorgeous, and unique geologic features in Malheur County, including the Pillars of Rome. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4564efab-d960-48ea-881c-2df884a9d265/Malheur+County+is+on+Mountain+time.png Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur,&nbsp;Part 2: Backstory and Analysis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0da0a6c4-cca9-4f3a-b6d6-fd744b2b96d0/SuccorCreekRockFormations.jpg Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur,&nbsp;Part 2: Backstory and Analysis - Make it stand out Figure 3. Succor Creek State Park is arguably Oregon’s least known, and therefore least appreciated, state park. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/97275844-c580-4a9f-b41f-95d61278a312/OwyheeDam.jpg Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur,&nbsp;Part 2: Backstory and Analysis - Make it stand out Figure 3. The US Bureau of Reclamation’s Owyhee Reservoir has the largest ecological and hydrological footprint in Malheur County. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a72e11e0-270a-4c5d-a3fc-80e99ebeec68/Owyhee+Reservoir.png Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur,&nbsp;Part 2: Backstory and Analysis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ee9f094d-2fea-4ed9-990f-89f14da9fd41/Table1%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur,&nbsp;Part 2: Backstory and Analysis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/097d5dbd-c52b-4bf7-8350-68a28440dab0/TGAMonumentBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur,&nbsp;Part 2: Backstory and Analysis - Make it stand out Figure 6. A monument to the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, dedicated in the Orwellian year of 1984 and appropriately in Malheur County. “The Taylor Grazing Act marked the beginning of an era of management of livestock grazing on the western public rangelands. Prior to the act, competition for forage had sparked conflicts among stockmen and led to severe soil and vegetation damage through overgrazing. This act was an early national conservation law designed to prevent overgrazing and soil deterioration, to bring orderly use, improvement and development, and to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range. Today’s well-managed rangeland is a tribute to the vision and dedication of those who worked for the enactment of this historic legislation.” The TGA was and is a failure that the Malheur County legislation seeks to double-down on. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/laffaire-malheur-part-1-the-proposed-legislation monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7213ccea-eaf0-42f0-b06d-10407727c731/CowandaCalfBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur, Part 1: The Proposed Legislation - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Malheur County legislation is all about livestock. BLM charges $1.35/month to graze a cow and calf. It costs more to feed a cat. Domestic livestock have wrought more ecological havoc than the bulldozers and chainsaws combined. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/15b2d399-92a6-4dca-ab6c-a92ceb37787f/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur, Part 1: The Proposed Legislation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4a38e581-8095-4a74-9530-0c06116fec4d/OwyheeBelowDamBLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur, Part 1: The Proposed Legislation - Make it stand out Figure 2. A portion of the Owyhee River below Owyhee Dam would be added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system with a provision exalting livestock grazing over wild and scenic river values. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/baebd62e-1a10-4f7a-9dca-28ddd2fb303f/LeslieGulch.jpg Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur, Part 1: The Proposed Legislation - Make it stand out Figure 3. The Leslie Gulch Area of Critical Environmental Concern would receive a permanent ban on mineral mining, but cow-bombing would continue. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a8da45af-fbe6-4ca8-a235-0a1448996b04/OwyheeReservoirBoat%2B.jpg Public Lands Blog - L’Affaire Malheur, Part 1: The Proposed Legislation - Make it stand out Figure 4. It is unclear if a federally promoted “paddle bar” would serve motorboats. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon Archives. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/pathbreaking-legislation-to-conserve-the-smith-river-watershed monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/89f89c10-0ebc-4ec9-b932-b9def05824dc/SmithRiverWatershedmap.png Public Lands Blog - Pathbreaking Legislation to Conserve the Smith River Watershed - Make it stand out Map 1. The Smith River watershed in Oregon and California. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0bfde63b-3e46-439b-9639-b96aeda4c004/ProposedSmithRiverNRA_SenMerkely_.png Public Lands Blog - Pathbreaking Legislation to Conserve the Smith River Watershed - Make it stand out Map 2. The appallingly crappy official map prepared by the Forest Service to accompany the legislation. A larger copy can be downloaded from Merkley’s website. Source: Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/febec03d-7fe2-4a5c-88b4-d782eddf89f0/Baldface+Creek%2C+North+Fork+Smith+Wild+and+Scenic+River.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Pathbreaking Legislation to Conserve the Smith River Watershed - Make it stand out Figure 1. Baldface Creek, which would become part of the North Fork Smith Wild and Scenic River under the proposed legislation. Source: American Whitewater. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wild-lands-and-waters-best-served-by-replacing-greg-walden-with-another-republican monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f7ce2aea-5e8d-483f-896e-721ce047b2a3/Walden%26TrumpbyChipSomodevilla-StaffGettyImages-651451058%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wild Lands and Waters Best Served by Replacing Greg Walden with Another Republican - Make it stand out Figure 1. Representative Greg Walden (R-2nd-OR) confers with President Donald Trump. Source: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/372a5dc2-85f0-4b95-911f-a0a352328946/ORCDs.png Public Lands Blog - Wild Lands and Waters Best Served by Replacing Greg Walden with Another Republican - Make it stand out Map 1. Oregon’s current five congressional districts. They will be redrawn in 2022 to account for the 2020 census, and a sixth district will likely be added. As of 2018, Oregon’s population has grown 9.5 percent since the 2010 census. Grant and Harney Counties have lost population, while the populations of Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties (all greater Portland and already the most populous counties) and Hood River and Deschutes Counties (both now in the Oregon 2nd) have seen an increase above the statewide average increase since 2010. It may be that the Democrats in 2022 include more or all of Josephine County (if not also Curry) in the Oregon 2nd, making it even larger in land area. Perhaps they will break longstanding tradition and no longer include the eastside counties of Hood River and Deschutes in the Oregon 2nd. Hood River County is part of the greater Portland metropolitan area, and—demographically—Deschutes County is more the easternmost extension of the Willamette Valley than any longer part of “eastern Oregon.” Source: National Atlas. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/crowdsourcing-new-and-expanded-oregon-wild-and-scenic-rivers-part-2-how-to-nominate-your-favorite-streams monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d0524d04-901b-4b63-a19c-630fe09052bb/187SilviesRiver.jpg Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 2: How to Nominate Your Favorite Stream(s) - Make it stand out Figure 1. The proposed Silvies Wild and Scenic River. Source: Sandy Lonsdale (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1bc6eee5-5894-4609-88c1-f01d51323c23/MHWSR2009MapTrimmed.png Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 2: How to Nominate Your Favorite Stream(s) - Make it stand out Map 1. Wild and scenic rivers on the Mount Hood National Forest as of 2009. This map is a bit fuzzy, but dark green is designated wilderness, light green is other national forest, and the tan wedge in the southeast is Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Notice the mile-wide corridor for Fifteenmile Creek WSR (north half of the northeast quadrant) and the normal half-mile-wide corridors for most other WSRs. As the White WSR comes off of Mount Hood its actual channel often moves laterally a mile or more, hence the very wide area along the upper White River. To make the most of the limited acres, the lower White River corridor is narrower than the norm. The same goes for the Salmon WSR. To protect the Salmon River meadows, the protected area is wider. To compensate the protected WSR corridor in the Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness is very narrow. I’d hazard a guess that another ~120 miles of potential WSRs could be designated in the Sandy, Hood, and White watersheds, all of which arise on Mount Hood. Source: Mount Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b63b7d78-00df-4eae-ab7f-3a49801983d5/South+Fork+Umatilla+River.png Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 2: How to Nominate Your Favorite Stream(s) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/22409cdc-4055-48d8-8f0d-0eda4a869d0e/North+Fork+Malheur+Wild+and+Scenic+River.png Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 2: How to Nominate Your Favorite Stream(s) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/crowdsourcing-new-and-expanded-oregon-wild-and-scenic-rivers-part-1-an-unprecedented-opportunity monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0b9e30dd-3900-47ed-9240-4a4b0d1e3724/27CohoSalmonAdults.jpg Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 1: An Unprecedented Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 1. Adult coho salmon. Anadromous (born in freshwater, live in the ocean, return to where they were born to spawn) fish such as numerous Pacific stocks of salmon and steelhead are an outstandingly remarkable value of many existing and proposed wild and scenic rivers. Source: www.RichardGrost.com (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b82396d3-aa8c-4822-9c98-70dfb1dd263d/97OregonDunesWetland.png Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 1: An Unprecedented Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 2. A small lake in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Under law, a “wild and scenic river” is a “flowing body of water or estuary or a section, portion, or tributary thereof, including rivers, streams, creeks, runs, kills, rills, and small lakes.” Source: Dominic DeFazio (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6e53afa2-8fe9-4920-8d93-2fec0c110784/200MurderersCreek.png Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 1: An Unprecedented Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 3. The proposed Murderers Creek addition to the South Fork John Day Wild and Scenic River, which flows on the Malheur National Forest and through the Murderer’s Creek Wildlife Management Area. Source: Sandy Lonsdale (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3c902810-ac96-49dd-b858-d16718e27687/67CrabtreeLake.png Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 1: An Unprecedented Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 4. Crabtree Lake in the Crabtree Valley (which contains some of the oldest known and largest trees left in Oregon) is the source of Crabtree Creek, which should be protected as a wild and scenic river. Source: David Stone, Wildland Photography (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2202a6d5-f2f5-4366-8712-b78994ddff23/25bCohoEggsAlevins.jpg Public Lands Blog - Crowdsourcing New and Expanded Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers, Part 1: An Unprecedented Opportunity - Make it stand out Figure 5. Coho salmon eggs and an alevin (a newly spawned salmon still carrying the yolk). Source: www.RichardGrost.com (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/public-land-conservation-grand-bargains-part-3-wrestling-with-the-devil-of-principle-and-the-angel-of-pragmatism monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c52061f9-1a40-416b-a3a9-8aac1bfe9dd5/https---www.aoc.gov-capitol-buildings-house-chamber.jpg Public Lands Blog - Public Land Conservation Grand Bargains, Part 3: Wrestling with the Devil of Principle and the Angel of Pragmatism - Make it stand out Figure 1. Fortunately for the nation’s public lands, the House (at least for now) is controlled by the Democrats, who are generally more pro-public lands than the Republicans. As the House of Representatives and the Senate must agree before a bill can be sent to the president for signature, it’s not just a matter of senators cutting a deal among themselves, but also with the House of Representatives. Source: Architect of the Capitol. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/public-land-conservation-grand-bargains-part-2-using-history-as-a-guide monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b2d7d476-3088-4926-a773-aa0a3010d00d/SenateChamber.jpg Public Lands Blog - Public Land Conservation Grand Bargains, Part 2: Using History as a Guide - Make it stand out Figure 1. The chamber of the United States Senate. A younger Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is sixth from left in the third row back. Source: Architect of the Capitol. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/public-land-conservation-grand-bargains-part-1-hard-choices-ahead-for-oregon-conservationists monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/66a76516-bb34-4d2a-9ccb-3f4479cd0dce/USCapitolBuildingAOC.jpg Public Lands Blog - Public Land Conservation Grand Bargains, Part 1: Hard Choices Ahead for Oregon Conservationists - Make it stand out Fig. 1. The west-facing side of the United States Capitol Building. Source: Architect of the Capitol. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-solomonic-salmonid-solution monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/85560795-34a2-4294-858d-b9ae5122a145/1gallery-01-2016-LSR-damSOS.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 1. One of four Army Corps of Engineers salmon killers on the lower Snake River. Source: Save Our Wild Salmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9906292b-1c73-4971-8cf1-6c90de248e56/XEconomist.png Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 2. Some dams block salmon migration. Others that don’t block it nonetheless lethally impede both upstream returning adults and downstream juvenile migrants. Source: The Economist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4b317cef-b2af-409d-8726-56713666b649/Xgallery-01-2014-Columbia-River-dam-ladderSOS.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 3. Fish ladders only work, and not all that well, to pass returning adult salmon upstream past a dam. Source: Save Our Wild Salmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9b16dee7-f133-4733-baef-4b4915f12440/CloseupMap.png Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 4. The four lower Snake River dams that need to come out now: Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite. (Red = Army Corps of Engineers, purple = Bureau of Reclamation, yellow = other. A rectangle image indicates a run-of-the-river dam, while the other dam(n) symbol means fluctuating level to accommodate flood control and/or irrigation downstream.) Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a8a6f8ab-5250-49b6-9dc4-12e579cce6b2/XHWR2019.Issue9.SalmonComparisons.png Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 5. Today’s wild sockeye, steelhead, and chinook returns to the Snake River are dwarfed by 1950s returns and estimated historic levels. Source: Save Our Wild Salmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ffc0fa31-e9c8-4182-849b-6d886cafdf78/XSOSgallery-01-2003-central-ID-river-leidecker.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 6. A salmon stream in central Idaho. Source: Save Our Wild Salmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/06e1f2eb-0dde-4b12-b888-dc253d060e2c/SimpsonforCongress.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 7. Representative Mike Simpson (R-ID). Source: Simpson for Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c4f117fa-4d9b-4dfa-a45c-41895926219a/Xgallery-01-2014-Navigation-LockSOS.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 8. A barge and a tugboat in a navigation lock. Source: Save Our Wild Salmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d78d9dff-1b34-4746-a9ca-5a91723791f0/Xgallery-01-2014-sockeye-abundanceSOS.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solomonic Salmonid Solution? - Make it stand out Figure 9. “I would love—I don’t think I can stay alive this long though—to see why they called Redfish Lake, Redfish Lake. I don’t know if we can do that during my lifetime. But we need to do it for our future generations.”—Rep. Mike Simpson. Redfish are returning Snake River sockeye salmon that spawn only in high mountain lakes. Source: Save Our Wild Salmon. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/speaking-truth-to-the-fire-industrial-complex monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/27c4c9c0-a1f8-4224-9b7c-bb82aee7678f/1x.%2BNFIC.jpg Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 1. There is lots of money to be spent by taxpayers and made by the fire-industrial complex. Fires boost the local economy. Source: National Interagency Fire Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ba43b817-ab2d-450a-9a78-227e2b660fc0/2x.%2BNPSDripTorches.jpg Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 2. The fire-industrial complex needs to be redirected to only set fires on wildlands and only put out fires on buildings. Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/416fc971-9a43-4a00-9016-870006de22c5/3x.RecentTrendsWildfiresUSAreaBurned.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 3. From 1960 forward, the ten largest burns have occurred since 2000. Yes, there have been relatively small burn years during that time, but notice that recently the area burned in small burn years is generally comparable to the area burned in average burn years in the earlier decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/871d875f-1919-4336-94d5-2c1f08cfb15c/4x.%2BRecentTrendsWildfiresUS-Warming.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 4. The correlation with global warming is strong enough, and when considering other evidence, to conclude causation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0971e7b6-4999-4d4a-a06a-76986a880157/5x.%2BRecentTrendsWildlifeUS-WesternUS.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 5. If you don’t like wildfire, there’s always Illinois, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Rhode Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/92329651-aac1-4573-bbb3-ec10593f8bbc/6x.%2BRecentTrendsWildfiresUS-Severity.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 6. While more area is burning, the severity of the burning has not increased, despite what you may hear on the news. Crime rates are not rising either, but you wouldn’t know it watching the evening news. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6847de3e-aa14-4773-930b-c755993ab44f/7x.%2BRecentTrendsWildfiresUS-Ignitions.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 7. Human-related ignition, not lightning, is the cause of most wildfires. Also, humans are careless the entire year, while lightning strikes spike in peak summer. The northern Oregon Coast Range in dark red has the lowest incidence of lightning strikes in the United States, while the eastern United States in dark red has some of the highest levels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e31590b8-ddd7-4642-b5b4-a3b4073eb85c/8x.PROD-NLDN-2008-2017-flash-density-map-sqm-1280x960.jpg Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 8. It’s worth examining the lightning-versus-human-caused wildfire ratio a bit more, so here’s a non-Schoennagel slide showing that while the American West is bearing the brunt of most wildfires, one cannot blame lightning for most of them. Source: Vaisala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c5cfa69f-c528-4c5d-995a-b22d8987b41d/9x.%2BRecentTrendsWildfiresUS-FuelsBuildUp.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 9. The Forest Service would have us believe that all forests in the American West are tinderboxes set to explode. However, the narrative that fire suppression has caused “overgrown” forests is true primarily in open ponderosa pine–dominated forests. Most forests in the American West are not such forests. Logging out the largest, most fire-resistant (and most profitable) trees has exacerbated the situation, as has the widespread grazing of domestic livestock. Finally, the most flammable “forest” of all is an industrial monoculture plantation of Douglas-fir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/57cbc9ed-b802-49fb-a2e3-99c095f52fd6/10x.%2BWildfireImpactOnPeople%26Homes1.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 10. It’s the WUI, stupid. The wildland-urban interface is where buildings infest the wild and is growing in both area and density. Local governments fail to regulate or prohibit citizens from foolishly building in the WUI because Uncle Sugar will pick up most of the tab and the foolish citizens won’t take it out on their local officials in the next election. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1c703061-4ce2-420b-ae79-b27b5135384a/11x.%2BWildfireImpactOnPeople%26Homes2.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 11. The federal government picks up much of the wildlands firefighting tab in the American West, either directly or through grants to local governments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0ee9cf02-c08a-4f65-a316-7f450107fee4/12x.%2BClimateChangeImpacts.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 12. If you think it’s bad now, just wait, especially if humans continue to dither on addressing the climate emergency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e4bc17c0-1598-4ef1-8ddc-1095f73aea82/13x.%2BWildfireManagementPolicy1.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 13. While Congress recently revised how taxpayers will pay for the bloated Forest Service firefighting budget, it has continued to give the Forest Service a blank check. Those chemical fire-suppressant bomber runs are more telegenic (often timed to be shown live on the evening news) than effective—and are harmful to fish, wildlife, and humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/669ee64a-4b7f-43c5-8599-ce2dda4c66b9/14x.%2BWildfireManagementPolicy2.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 14. For all the money spent “thinning” the forest to reduce the risk or intensity of wildfire, on average such thinned areas encounter a wildfire about 1 percent of the time.Want to improve the odds? To get “thinning” (commonly pronounced “logging”) to have a one-in-three chance of encountering a fire, first double the budget. Then double it again. Again with the doubling. Then another doubling. Now double it one more time. Not only does this require a thirty-two-fold increase in the budget (something Congress is not likely to do), it’s enough to clear-cut every acre of federal forest once and for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c2a7196c-b36f-4978-9159-f6c281e5a903/15x.%2BStrategiesAdapationWildlife.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 15. I would also add: think better, spend better, and elect better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1dbaed71-16fa-4911-8637-683915809a2e/16x.%2BAdaptingWildfireBuildBetter1.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 16. Similar spending on preventive health care yields comparable returns, yet we don’t do it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b91709fd-d63b-4426-82f9-f9449ab0006f/17x.%2BAdaptingWildfireBuildBetter2.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 17. The federal government should condition any grants to local governments on local governments actually stepping up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/51b4e922-c975-47e2-a796-7f496b023039/18x.%2BAdaptingWildfireBuildBetter3.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 18. Economists have a term (but need a better one) for this: moral hazard(“lack of incentive to guard against risk when one is protected from its consequences”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f5dedb8a-b3d1-49e4-8cdf-83129dc4a814/19x.%2BAdaptingWildfireThinBetter.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 19. Most of the WUI is not on federal land, and most of the WUI is not forested. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/04309f72-9d19-4489-834c-58098dc96490/20x.%2BAdaptingWildlifeBurnBetter.png Public Lands Blog - Speaking Truth to the Fire-Industrial Complex - Make it stand out Figure 20. Hallelujah and amen! https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ae4459d8-8610-4b17-9e50-beb3d92107e8/MFRSmokeFinal.png Public Lands Blog - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Make it stand out Figure 1. The increasing number of bad air days in the Rogue Valley. Previous bad air quality spikes were due to the Silver Fire in 1987 and the Biscuit Fire in 2002, both in the Kalmiopsis Wildlands. The last few years have seen an increasing number of fires, and some of the smoke has come from British Columbia fires and then stayed due to the inversion effect. Source: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3fdde24c-1040-4c40-97c0-2ad116cfbb26/TreatFireEncounterRateFinal5.23%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Make it stand out Figure 2. The futility of Forest Service fuel treatments of forests as a way to prevent wildfires in the West. Source: Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1dc84a9d-e336-4546-95f2-41159e4394c5/FIG2.png Public Lands Blog - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Make it stand out Figure 3. Where to live or shelter in the American West in the future to avoid wildfire smoke: Elko County in northeastern Nevada. Of course, the problem is that the Elko County boom de jour is digging huge pits and dousing the ore with cyanide to extract gold. Elko can also be too hot and too cold—outside of my Goldilocks zone. And as of this writing, large fires are burning there anyway. Source: Climate Change. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/cow-bombing-the-worlds-largest-organism monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e9f68677-8f92-4ef8-8fc8-49991b24d644/AspensduringautumnalongtheChangingCanyonNatureTrailLamoilleCanyonNevada.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 1. Quaking aspens in Lamoille Canyon, Nevada. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/eba3b017-42e0-46de-9daf-686bc630aa73/PopulusTremuloidesrangeMap.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Map 1. The range of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/feb77827-6e1e-42c0-8f31-ee39eb9ac607/QALonsdale.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 2. Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) (foreground) and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) (background) on the Ochoco National Forest in Oregon. While aesthetically pleasing, the image is disturbing if you note the utter lack of any aspen replacement stems .Source: Sandy Lonsdale. First appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness(Timber Press, 2004). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5683d7f7-0ee5-4264-9802-258bcb690b40/Pando%2BRaw%2Bw%2Bboundary%2Band%2Bfences%2Bv3.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 3. Red line: outline of the Pando Clone. Yellow and blue lines: fences to keep out mule deer and livestock for research purposes. Tan line through the middle of the Pando Clone: State Highway 25. Fish Lake, Utah, at lower right. Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fc920b6d-0e14-4a41-84e9-c3951ab9f870/sooty+bark+canker.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/029ef755-31be-4869-9651-589914f34426/Western+Watersheds+Project+.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7375efba-feb1-45c6-a9d5-a54f328d5e90/PastedGraphic-2.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 6. Camera 2 on May 12, 2018, at 45°F. Spring hasn’t yet fully sprung, but it is springing. Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/53548b53-abfc-4d01-9a75-8b67b8dacf45/JuneImage.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 7. Camera 2 on June 17, 2018, at 72°F. Summer starts in a few days. Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/97833f4b-6ab0-4502-a70f-8c1e57f5b3f9/PastedGraphic-4.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 8. Camera 2 on August 16, 2018, at 72°F. Summer well under way. Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e57da871-18ff-4124-8f1c-370de663d959/PastedGraphic-5.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 9. Camera 2 on October 2, 2018, at 54°F. The aspens are turning and the grasses are curing, just before the cattle arrive. Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/701f88b0-7a4a-49f5-b16d-10db8a7f5a99/PastedGraphic-6.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 10. Camera 2 on October 9, 2018, at 36°F. The bovines are only there a few weeks. Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c36641e7-e7bd-4596-b0f0-79c012dd651c/11-22.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 11. A ground shot from the location of Camera 2 on November 22, 2018. Bovine calling cards, including some from previous years, are evidence of the cows’ passing through. (Please don’t call them cow pies; they are not pies made of cow, but feces from a cow.) Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0e804c98-5120-4ed9-9e00-71f1bd50df0b/Chart1.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Chart 1. Forage use levels before livestock entry and after removal, determined from cameras sited within the Pando Clone. Although the bovine bulldozers are defiling Pando for only a few weeks, they consume most of the forage in that time. Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6801faef-dd1f-4255-b593-a4d13370d965/Chart2.png Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Chart 2. Deer versus cattle animal units (AUs) by week within an unfenced portion of the Pando Clone.Total deer consumption of forage is not only far less than total livestock consumption of forage, deer use is spread throughout the year. Source: Western Watersheds Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4d6b88ab-3da6-4f97-bb6f-53334f6b0fd6/allColorsKeblerPassColoradoUSA.jpg Public Lands Blog - Cow-Bombing the World’s Largest Organism - Make it stand out Figure 12. Quaking aspens at Kebler Pass, Colorado. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/book-review-oregons-ancient-forests-a-hiking-guide monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4c425d7e-d292-4007-8fbb-a204dc83ded1/BookCover.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/69cf2d69-99ad-4815-8036-c46f2fa3f5ad/HikesRegionMap1.31.19.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide - Make it stand out Map 1. The ninety-one hikes in Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide are grouped into fourteen geographic regions. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/143f9615-ccf9-4bc0-b477-cf9871445c18/ForestTypes1.31.19_cmyk.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide - Make it stand out Map 2. The hikes are distinguished by forest type and other features. Oregon has ten major forest types and within them multiple refinements of distinct vegetative communities. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1194fd07-78d7-495d-a021-33aa2fbe47e1/Chandra+LeGue.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/pre-remembering-mary-gautreaux-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3f3028a2-4af2-4433-ad78-b7e1e2093d8b/MGAgnessPilgrimKalmiopsis.org.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Mary Gautreaux, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Fig. 1. Mary Gautreaux (left) enjoying the remarks of Takilma elder Grandma Agness Pilgrim at a public meeting in Grants Pass. Source: KalmiopsisRivers.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/91b34749-bf36-4951-83a7-ccc85ecb6b75/MGTwitter.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Mary Gautreaux, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Fig. 2. I’m guessing there might well have been a glass of pink bubbly just out of frame. Source: Twitter. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/coordination-schmordination monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/964edffd-0dcb-499b-98b6-d19f1fadc85f/BakerCountyCourthouseGaryHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - Coordination Schmordination - Make it stand out Fig. 1. The County Courthouse in Baker County, Oregon. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3b2510f4-e9fa-400c-8a8f-a6b6206ecbdc/FederalLandOwnershipDefendRuralAmerica.jpg Public Lands Blog - Coordination Schmordination - Make it stand out Map 1. Federal land as a percentage of total state land area. Depending on how you feel about federal public lands, one side of the map speaks more to you than the other. Source: Defend Rural America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3d5fccc0-a4dd-450b-9879-9bb89a7a12f9/Baker+County.png Public Lands Blog - Coordination Schmordination - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregon-wild-and-scenic-rivers-by-the-numbers-versus-other-states-and-congressional-delegation-rankings monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4dce21f9-a15a-488c-86b1-e67f2942f83e/R%26RCreek.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers by the Numbers: Versus Other States and Congressional Delegation Rankings - Make it stand out Figure 1. Darlingtonia California, a carnivorous plant, along Rough and Ready Creek in a watershed of extraordinary biological diversity. The watershed is threatened with nickel mining, and wild and scenic river status would help end the mining threat. Source: Sandy Lonsdale. First appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/22961ead-cb37-47ec-abac-d66176b208c5/Dutch+Flat+Lake.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers by the Numbers: Versus Other States and Congressional Delegation Rankings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b93a96ac-63dd-4127-a452-6c24b3793b14/Table1a.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers by the Numbers: Versus Other States and Congressional Delegation Rankings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2c040c6e-2b98-4ffa-9af7-8789015e8537/137BitterLickCreek.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers by the Numbers: Versus Other States and Congressional Delegation Rankings - Make it stand out Figure 3. Old-growth forest along Bitter Lick Creek, a tributary to Elk Creek and just above the wild and scenic river portion established on Elk Creek in 2019. Bitter Lick Creek, along with other tributaries to Elk Creek, should be added to the Elk Creek Wild and Scenic River. Source: Ken Crocker. First appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1a0c3b15-ee36-448b-8e1c-7b3393055734/DuneLake.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers by the Numbers: Versus Other States and Congressional Delegation Rankings - Make it stand out Figure 4. A dunal wetland in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Wetlands, lakes, and streams in the recreation area would be unique additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Source: Dominic DeFazio. First appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/59236399-98fb-4799-993a-2e4fbc8f87d2/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers by the Numbers: Versus Other States and Congressional Delegation Rankings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7491f45c-470b-40f4-8dce-c5125aad7a2b/GrandeRondeLake.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers by the Numbers: Versus Other States and Congressional Delegation Rankings - Make it stand out Figure 5. Grande Ronde Lake in the Elkhorn Mountains, a source of the Grande Ronde River. The upper Grande Ronde River should be included in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, as is the lower Grande Ronde River. Source: George Wuerthner. First appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ce485049-367c-4d2a-b68e-7aec0c3458d5/89NestuccaRiver.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wild and Scenic Rivers by the Numbers: Versus Other States and Congressional Delegation Rankings - Make it stand out Figure 6. A segment of the Nestucca Oregon Scenic Waterway, established in 1988, downstream from the Nestucca Wild and Scenic River, established in 2019. It flows through the proposed Mount Hebo Wilderness. Source: Erik Fernandez. First appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness by the author. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregon-wilderness-by-the-numbers-versus-adjacent-states-congressional-delegation-rankings-and-total-potential-wilderness monthly 0.5 2025-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fbfe85f3-ff54-4c4a-af13-b840d63eaf2e/Wasson+Lake.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wilderness by the Numbers: Versus Adjacent States, Congressional Delegation Rankings, and Total Potential Wilderness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e1aecc9a-dcef-42a1-a5ee-dbdf788242f1/DevilsStaircaseWilderness_072618.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wilderness by the Numbers: Versus Adjacent States, Congressional Delegation Rankings, and Total Potential Wilderness - Make it stand out Map 1. The official map referenced in congressional legislation, now law. Wasson Creek, including the upper portion that is now a wild and scenic river, is not shown. Most of the private land (in white on the map) north of the Devil’s Staircase Wilderness, south of the Smith River, and bounded on the east and west by Forest Service land (in green on the map) is now owned by Ecotrust Forest Management. Source: Senator Ron Wyden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/beb23aad-c6c7-408a-8456-d771187b91cb/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wilderness by the Numbers: Versus Adjacent States, Congressional Delegation Rankings, and Total Potential Wilderness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2eebacfb-9618-402e-af96-8fd9c567b844/table2.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wilderness by the Numbers: Versus Adjacent States, Congressional Delegation Rankings, and Total Potential Wilderness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4ef8687d-eb3d-4eb0-8a7e-2a3624e9a088/Table3.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wilderness by the Numbers: Versus Adjacent States, Congressional Delegation Rankings, and Total Potential Wilderness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5305417a-4768-415d-82e6-bee13b35ea79/table4.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Wilderness by the Numbers: Versus Adjacent States, Congressional Delegation Rankings, and Total Potential Wilderness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/california-condor-comeback-in-the-pacific-northwest monthly 0.5 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/97652de1-8a33-48f1-9859-c254dfe8fff8/CaliforniaCondorUSFWS2.jpg Public Lands Blog - California Condor Comeback in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Fig. 1. A California condor in the wild (with the identification tag that every released individual carries).Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d9423a61-1c49-4fc6-a4f1-81d85a67eecc/CaliforniaCondorUSFWSjpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - California Condor Comeback in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Fig. 2. A California condor at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, California. Source: Scott Flaherty/Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e2c444df-0f25-4ece-8900-8265fda5f139/Condor_graphic_web_H.jpg Public Lands Blog - California Condor Comeback in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Fig. 3. The decline and rise of the California condor. Source: eatlife.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7f401e9c-1d92-440b-b573-21594d92e54d/CaliforniaCondorPopulationEstimate1968-2017.png Public Lands Blog - California Condor Comeback in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Fig. 4. The return of successful condor reproduction in the wild, represented by burnt orange, the most beautiful color on this chart. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f373ad0e-e5b8-4027-bd6b-d30f80bf421c/Map.png Public Lands Blog - California Condor Comeback in the Pacific Northwest - Make it stand out Fig. 5. The boundaries of the nonessential experimental population of California condors in the Pacific Northwest. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-other-anti-public-lands-constituency-left-wing-extremists monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1c338fd9-17aa-46fd-91be-934861b6ab3a/CCBNewReservationlandsFrancisEatherington.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Other Anti-Public-Lands Constituency: Left-Wing Extremists - Make it stand out Fig. 1. Federal public forestlands recently transferred to the Cow Creek Ban of Umpqua Indians were being managed to protect old-growth forest. Other pictures of formerly public now tribal land that will in all likelihood soon be clearcut can be found here and here. Source: Francis Eatherington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7c6a3cf5-2dcd-4cfa-889c-5574d3713ed1/EatheringtonGoldButteCCBTimberSalejpg.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Other Anti-Public-Lands Constituency: Left-Wing Extremists - Make it stand out Fig. 2. A timber sale on land owned by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians but not part of the recent transfer of federal public lands. Lest you think this image is atypical, check out the 106 other contemporaneous photos. Source: Francis Eatherington https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/certified-wood-from-national-forests-no-make-that-hell-no monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/26765b0e-44d6-4bb8-aadc-e405a2fc64be/FSCVideoBAUForestpng.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from National Forests? No. Make That Hell No! - Make it stand out Figure 1. There is a difference between conventional (business as usual) forestry and that kind of forestry practiced on a Forest Stewardship Council-certified forestland (see below). Source: Forest Stewardship Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ae4362ec-1db2-491a-b902-378b3a248fec/FSCVideoCertfiedForest.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from National Forests? No. Make That Hell No! - Make it stand out Figure 2. However, Forest Stewardship Council certification is inappropriate for the National Forest System. Source: Forest Stewardship Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f2c8e78a-eb41-4577-8f54-8c96c118eff8/Forest+Stewardship+Council+logo.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from National Forests? No. Make That Hell No! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dfdd66c8-38cf-43c0-86f6-077d388cdeb1/forestry+is+not+sustainable.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from National Forests? No. Make That Hell No! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/caf102cc-14fb-4dd4-b69a-d0023db44976/American+Tree+Farm+System%5C%5C.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from National Forests? No. Make That Hell No! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/231a8030-618c-4ac0-8c3b-e96b4f1491f3/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Certified Wood from National Forests? No. Make That Hell No! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-oregon-wildlands-act-20 monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0b84dcd7-de6c-4166-841e-a89c6ac7d347/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Wildlands Act 2.0 - Make it stand out Fig. 1. Crabtree Lake in Crabtree Valley, which contains some of the oldest trees in Oregon, is in the proposed Douglas Fir National Monument, located in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Source: David Stone, Wildlands Photography. Previously appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness(Timber Press, 2004), by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/97015c68-b913-4b21-868f-6e2749d716ee/MemoHead.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Wildlands Act 2.0 - Make it stand out TO: Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer FROM: Andy Kerr RE: Conservation Opportunities for Federal Public Lands in Oregon for the Second Decade of the 21st Century DATE: 18 March 2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fe70c09b-6376-4512-a262-1d3b4016d35a/LarchImage.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Wildlands Act 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/84bb8c6a-2726-4b95-8bfa-8ee3fb6c747b/gray+wolf+.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Wildlands Act 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6b9e18e9-cc0f-4655-b2c8-323e04a1e7f9/grizzly+bear.png Public Lands Blog - The Oregon Wildlands Act 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-hard-case-of-hardrock-mining-reform-part-2-conservation-areas-in-which-to-just-say-no monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7ca47139-3164-4c8e-92a7-3dd5eddeffd3/KalmiopsisLeachianaGWuerthner.png Public Lands Blog - The Hard Case of Hardrock Mining Reform (Part 2): Conservation Areas in Which to Just Say No - Make it stand out Fig. 1. Endemic to Oregon, Kalmiopsis leachiana is often found on serpentine (ultramafic) soils in southwest Oregon. Such soils contain nickel, cobalt and other metals, that are either the basis of staked mining claims or are lands that could be so staked. Source: George Wuerthner (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a1212d3e-7abd-4514-ac38-6699fbd36a31/Hardrock+mining.png Public Lands Blog - The Hard Case of Hardrock Mining Reform (Part 2): Conservation Areas in Which to Just Say No - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-hard-case-of-hardrock-mining-reform-part-1-where-done-if-it-cannot-be-done-right-then-do-it-the-least-wrong monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f78949d7-d08a-4407-8ca0-efb9f66bec38/Bingham+Canyon+Mine.png Public Lands Blog - The Hard Case of Hardrock Mining Reform (Part 1): Where Done, If It Cannot Be Done Right, Then Do It the Least Wrong - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3520c8c0-1380-4dd5-b3f8-b96e2a583b77/metal-mines-map-2018NMA.png Public Lands Blog - The Hard Case of Hardrock Mining Reform (Part 1): Where Done, If It Cannot Be Done Right, Then Do It the Least Wrong - Make it stand out Fig. 2. Some major metals operations are on federal public lands, while others are not. Source: National Mining Association. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/point-reyes-national-feedlot monthly 0.5 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/795dfbbf-11b8-4ba9-8fe6-774af092850f/Pt.+Reyes.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Fig. 1. Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f13cebc5-426e-4202-8257-ef5c0ea45b6f/Dairy+cattle+on+the+D+Ranch+.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1e014e98-0df6-4f43-968c-be70be4b09a4/privately+leased+feedlot+on+the+L+Ranch.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9212f116-2722-4fcc-b6cd-116df3c82a47/Restore+Point+Reyes+National+Seashore-1.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b07a5060-3741-42f7-8db8-c4c0a89a3336/Restore+Point+Reyes+National+Seashore-2.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/203ac3cb-3353-46ae-9d99-faccc9a4ac7d/Tupeelkpointreyes.jpg.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cc8e976d-4f54-4218-a600-1e94476c753e/Original+range+of+tule+elk.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/abb9878f-ccd7-4294-a586-6cb758850b0a/Tule+elk+range+today.jpg Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7383b8c7-64f3-461f-b851-a7b87e81cf1e/MAP2.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Map 3. The white polygons are active livestock ranches within Point Reyes National Seashore. Not shown is the non-free-range tule elk area on Tomales Point at the north end, where the elk are fenced by the NPS to prevent their free movement.Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d74c136a-7bba-4e71-a432-77460e7ea9a1/Tomales+Elk+Reserve%2C.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aa25bdb2-8fcd-48be-b20e-ae45fb0c502a/Rep.+Phil+Burton.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/41793ccc-fadc-4ae8-9d69-39b4c25597e3/Rep.+Jared+Huffman.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8ab331b4-02b4-4c54-9d74-7193d5b8ac43/Point+Reyes+National+Seashore-3.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fff2b77c-e8b2-457b-a408-bdf36bcdc46b/Point+Reyes+National+Seashore-4.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/960fbe11-0fcb-4a64-a57d-b9e8d7eba48a/Point+Reyes+National+Seashore-5.png Public Lands Blog - Point Reyes National Feedlot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/booklet-review-debunking-creation-myths-about-americas-public-lands monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f5bd0253-4721-4eef-b3ce-6f028b051774/Debunking+Creation+Myths+About+America.png Public Lands Blog - Booklet Review: Debunking Creation Myths About America’s Public Lands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/showdown-for-the-oregon-wildlands-act monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/80f9cdfc-d7a1-4bfb-830b-472e7619e914/peter%2Bbig%2Btreecopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Showdown for the Oregon Wildlands Act - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/49f55583-0dc7-408a-a623-68500df43a91/OWAMapOW.png Public Lands Blog - Showdown for the Oregon Wildlands Act - Make it stand out Map 1. Details of the Oregon Wildlands Act as proposed by Wyden and Merkley in 2017. Missing from the Natural Resources Management Act as it is likely to pass the Senate are the two proposed national recreation areas and the proposed Wild Rogue Wilderness additions. Source: Oregon Wild. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wither-the-wild-rogue monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2c2c6aa1-e686-474d-b0cd-4c3630d02743/113ZaneGrey%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Wither the Wild Rogue? - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Kelsey Whisky Timber Sale proposed within the Wild Rogue Wilderness additions by the Bureau of Land Management would have logged most pristine older forest.Source: Jay Lininger (first appeared in the book Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness, by the author). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b54f1f22-1692-48d2-85fc-f4d1708cdea3/RogueRecArea_101018.png Public Lands Blog - Wither the Wild Rogue? - Make it stand out Map 1. Protections for the lower Rogue River Canyon in the proposed Oregon Wilderness Act of 2018. Walden opposed the Wild Rogue Wilderness expansion (pink) and the Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area (outlined in red). Source: Senator Ron Wyden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/62000bd9-6b1e-4d40-a1c1-6f2a8660b4ea/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Wither the Wild Rogue? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/where-the-buffalo-roam monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a89a638b-216d-43b9-9c84-b7bd8523599f/640px-American_bison_k5680-1.jpg Public Lands Blog - Where the Buffalo Roam - Make it stand out Figure 1. The American bison. Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1c8e4b5b-7874-4c77-abaa-cd69afe96da6/APR_Current_Property_August2017.jpg Public Lands Blog - Where the Buffalo Roam - Make it stand out Map 1. A screenshot of an online interactive map. Dark green: Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge; light green: Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (Bureau of Land Management, or BLM); dark blue: American Prairie Reserve holdings; light blue: BLM grazing permits and leases attached to APR holdings; and brown: Indian Reservation. Source: v. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/trump-signs-defazio-walden-wyden-merkley-bill-giving-away-50-square-miles-of-federal-public-land-in-oregon monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8cc4758a-868f-409d-ac43-560ca7bc351e/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Trump Signs DeFazio-Walden-Wyden-Merkley Bill Giving Away 50 Square Miles of Federal Public Land in Oregon - Make it stand out Map 1. Federal public lands given to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. Source: Committee on Natural Resources of the US House of Representatives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/01e592dc-48d1-4dd8-82ca-30f3cd6c7460/Map2CCB.png Public Lands Blog - Trump Signs DeFazio-Walden-Wyden-Merkley Bill Giving Away 50 Square Miles of Federal Public Land in Oregon - Make it stand out Map 2. Federal public lands given to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. Source: Committee on Natural Resources of the US House of Representatives. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/tipping-over-old-growth-trees-in-the-name-of-salmonid-conservation monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/856972f1-e2a7-497f-989f-3e0215af35e5/Calapooia_River%2BNew%2BCrawfordsville.jpg Public Lands Blog - Tipping Over Old-Growth Trees in the Name of Salmonid Conservation - Make it stand out The Calapooia River near Crawfordsville. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c4bd54e0-18c2-4476-9608-cdad3da54435/Upper+Willamette+spring+chinook.png Public Lands Blog - Tipping Over Old-Growth Trees in the Name of Salmonid Conservation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/60b2b9b8-a8b0-4ab0-9149-1dcff3e1cb63/UpperCalapooiaSteeheadEnhancementProjectMap.png Public Lands Blog - Tipping Over Old-Growth Trees in the Name of Salmonid Conservation - Make it stand out The Upper Calapooia Steelhead Enhancement Project of the USDA Forest Service, which proposes to “improve” fish habitat on the uppermost Calapooia River by pushing over very large and very old trees. Source: USDA Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/83896866-a5a4-4cbd-90f2-b685fb4a3efb/Upper+Willamette+winter+steelhead.png Public Lands Blog - Tipping Over Old-Growth Trees in the Name of Salmonid Conservation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/public-lands-in-the-116th-201920-congress monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7ccf4d30-81f0-4417-a269-809df932c6d3/640px-United_States_Capitol_-_west_front.jpg Public Lands Blog - Public Lands in the 116th (2019–20) Congress - Make it stand out The United States Constitution vests all power over the nation’s public lands to the Congress. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7d00e501-91bb-42ad-92b9-a9340ec0509d/Oregon+Governor+Kate+Brown.png Public Lands Blog - Public Lands in the 116th (2019–20) Congress - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/smoke-happens monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d0b0980f-9480-47a5-9697-be310e0e76cb/29395692137_b8080d54c7_o.jpg Public Lands Blog - Smoke Happens - Make it stand out Figure 1. The ecologically beneficial Taylor Creek and Klondike Fire of 2018 burned on the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon. Source: US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/20668521-384f-4d11-8a0a-3f16dcb9823a/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-10-25%2Bat%2B10.12.45%2BAM.png Public Lands Blog - Smoke Happens - Make it stand out Table 1. Whether to breathe deeply or not. Source: airnow.gov. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d1a13d8-3a5b-4c64-84bb-c2692c336946/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-10-24%2Bat%2B1.51.59%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - Smoke Happens - Make it stand out Figure 2. Yes, more acres are burning, but only compared to the period from the death of Franklin Roosevelt to the election of Ronald Reagan (memorable events that had nothing to do with fire). Source: Dominick DellaSala, Geos Institute https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-other-half-of-the-national-environmental-policy-act-is-under-threat monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4c314c6f-b22e-409c-9fc2-f81d89611f3a/Council+on+Environmental+Quality.png Public Lands Blog - The Other Half of the National Environmental Policy Act Is Under Threat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/70d4cb0d-80ba-407c-a829-7dee9c648ead/Council+on+Environmental+Quality+%28CEQ%29.png Public Lands Blog - The Other Half of the National Environmental Policy Act Is Under Threat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/half-of-the-national-environmental-policy-act-is-a-dead-letter monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9c01b8af-feb2-49f1-9cb2-ccfb152c1e21/President+Richard+Nixon+signing+the+National+Environmental+Policy+Act.png Public Lands Blog - Half of the National Environmental Policy Act is a Dead Letter - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/go-take-a-hike-the-national-trails-system-at-fifty monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/46391125-ac02-4da5-a6a5-8f82eb12205b/Pacific+Crest+National+Scenic+Trail+.png Public Lands Blog - Go Take a Hike: The National Trails System at Fifty - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/02d03382-9302-4ed9-a770-850c514eaa38/National-Trails-50th-Map-02-09-18.png Public Lands Blog - Go Take a Hike: The National Trails System at Fifty - Make it stand out Map 1. The latest and best map of the National Trails System (doesn’t include national recreational trails). Source: National Park Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dbbc9dd4-0219-407d-ba89-cb8ce849a095/NTSOregonClip.png Public Lands Blog - Go Take a Hike: The National Trails System at Fifty - Make it stand out Map 2. Parts of five national trails are found in Oregon: Pacific Crest (scenic), California (locally known as the Applegate Trail), Lewis and Clark, Nez Perce, and Oregon (all historic). Source: National Park Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ff44f089-2d66-41d1-97ef-8fc7d5b73dd5/Wpdms_nasa_topo_missoula_floods.jpg Public Lands Blog - Go Take a Hike: The National Trails System at Fifty - Make it stand out Map 3. In 2009, Congress authorized the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail (not to be confused with the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Wisconsin) to link geologic features created by a series of cataclysmic floods at the end of the last ice age (12,000–17,000 years ago) in Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. It is the nation’s only NGT and technically not part of the National Trails System. Source: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/how-us-public-lands-can-help-save-the-climate-and-ourselves monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f05e2edb-0a43-4b38-b63b-9c9610ab684d/Utility-scale+solar.png Public Lands Blog - How US Public Lands Can Help Save the Climate and Ourselves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8ead2355-0681-4680-89a2-e9e2f994cd78/Geysers+Complex+in+California.png Public Lands Blog - How US Public Lands Can Help Save the Climate and Ourselves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/19cabbff-b88b-4f45-900d-3c3cc16db05f/large+wind+power+turbines.png Public Lands Blog - How US Public Lands Can Help Save the Climate and Ourselves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c1016fdd-1cb7-4c85-bc02-089ca66beeec/Steens+Mountain.png Public Lands Blog - How US Public Lands Can Help Save the Climate and Ourselves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6bfe1909-f30c-4ce0-b5f9-442e196d0216/OR_SteensMountain_newmap.png Public Lands Blog - How US Public Lands Can Help Save the Climate and Ourselves - Make it stand out The Steens Mountain Cooperative Mangement and Protection Area. Not shown is a comparably sized area immediately to the east that was also withdrawn from mineral exploitation, which, among other threats eliminated, precludes geothermal power plants at Mickey, Alvord, Borax and other hot springs. Source: Bureau of Land Management https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/as-the-courts-change-so-must-public-lands-conservation-look-more-to-congress-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/490d6a16-e813-41af-8c6c-a94f3b971c30/courthouse+in+Eugene.png Public Lands Blog - As the Courts Change, So Must Public Lands Conservation Look More to Congress (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/06eb4a23-6607-47fd-a13a-fd780867c156/US_Capitol_west_side.jpg Public Lands Blog - As the Courts Change, So Must Public Lands Conservation Look More to Congress (Part 2) - Make it stand out The fate of federal public lands will be determined inside of these walls. Public lands advocates need to ensure more sympathetic United States Senators and Members of Congress are elected. Source: Wikipedia https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/as-the-courts-change-so-must-public-lands-conservation-look-more-to-congress-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b7435c8b-e61a-4097-a3fb-1222c415b8d9/U.S.+Supreme+Court.png Public Lands Blog - As the Courts Change, So Must Public Lands Conservation Look More to Congress (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/filling-the-congressional-conservation-pipeline-for-when-it-unclogs monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d6166717-765d-424b-8573-59acb9379197/Saving+older+Douglas-ir.png Public Lands Blog - Filling the Congressional Conservation Pipeline for When It Unclogs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b52c4425-85b2-46b2-9912-b683a108bea2/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Filling the Congressional Conservation Pipeline for When It Unclogs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0f1d6718-0890-4aa6-a30e-549a4591b692/Older+Sitka+spruce.png Public Lands Blog - Filling the Congressional Conservation Pipeline for When It Unclogs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/72b56f72-609b-4178-9ed6-0b65020bf24b/Old-growth+ponderosa+pine.png Public Lands Blog - Filling the Congressional Conservation Pipeline for When It Unclogs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/new-us-outer-continental-shelf-oil-and-gas-exploitation-costly-and-short-lived-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/766bcf2b-7f00-4946-88a5-b96249888797/Just+say+no.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e2204716-d717-41c7-9591-23cde94bcfa5/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-08-16%2Bat%2B11.48.58%2BAM.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5429d0ce-b855-4658-9dbf-4b19d52acb4c/StatesPositionsOCSNYTimes.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 2) - Make it stand out Figure 2. Where coastal states stand on offshore drilling. Save for Maine, the states in favor of offshore oil and gas exploitation are the ones with existing infrastructure. Of the states against offshore drilling, only California has existing infrastructure. Source: New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/08eadfa2-7512-49f5-b5cd-0a966e1e9646/Coming+to+a+beach+near+you.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/new-us-outer-continental-shelf-oil-and-gas-exploitation-costly-and-short-lived-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b53fbb10-669e-46a3-a82d-bdd9444051b3/Warzone_in_Gulf_of_MexicoEditedWikipedia.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 1) - Make it stand out Figure 1. Coming soon to an ocean near you? The Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster started April 20, 2010. BP did not declare the well sealed until September 19, 2010. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aff8de80-2e84-4e8d-9dd3-64a6a06959a6/BushObamaTrumpOCSNYTimes.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 1) - Make it stand out Figure 2. Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) open to new oil and gas drilling under three presidents. The Trump administration proposes opening most of the OCS to oil and gas exploitation. Source: New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3ebdb532-a004-4d03-8669-69d6d2fc4c8b/OSCAmount%2460BarrellNYTimes.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 1) - Make it stand out Figure 3. Economically recoverable oil and gas. Most of the $60/barrel oil (and gas equivalent) is located in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore northern Alaska. Source: New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b2446af0-d1cc-4ef2-badc-636fc933a988/chronic+oil+spills.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/84f86fc5-63e5-4742-a79c-269e9b8fe1d7/Oil+Spills+.png Public Lands Blog - New US Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Exploitation: Costly and Short Lived (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/zinkes-move-to-defile-the-izembek monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3586d0c1-c7a4-4609-847e-e5ac97016baa/NWRsAK.jpg Public Lands Blog - Zinke’s Move to Defile the Izembek - Make it stand out Map 1. National wildlife refuges in Alaska. Izembek (lower center on map) is the smallest in size but not in ecological importance. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c5fd798d-ee68-4500-bdd3-2f0d49fb4b1a/izembek_national_wildlife_refuge_map.png Public Lands Blog - Zinke’s Move to Defile the Izembek - Make it stand out Map 2. The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness, shown with annotations of important concentrations of water birds, shorebirds, brown bears, and caribou, and the route of the proposed road (click on source for a larger image). Source: The Wilderness Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5a91def6-be0e-4610-a415-fd188a797c43/Pacific+black+brant.png Public Lands Blog - Zinke’s Move to Defile the Izembek - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/62a0334d-1c8c-4af3-9d13-b380d40d1262/PBBRangeMap.png Public Lands Blog - Zinke’s Move to Defile the Izembek - Make it stand out Map 3. Almost all Pacific black brant use the Izembek during all or part of the year. The Izembek is either a vital starting and ending point for a nonstop 3,000-mile trip over the Pacific Ocean or a location for wintering, during which the birds can lose 30 percent of their body weight. Historically, most made the annual trip south to winter along the Northeast Pacific Coast from Puget Sound to the Baja Peninsula. However, with a warming climate, many more are now choosing to winter at Izembek. Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f4311d72-a034-48d3-b815-00b22c69218c/male+Steller%E2%80%99s+eider.png Public Lands Blog - Zinke’s Move to Defile the Izembek - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d8e087ee-cbd4-4532-9d09-67bc4330e729/Northern+sea+otters.png Public Lands Blog - Zinke’s Move to Defile the Izembek - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3d15dced-9916-4cde-9c3b-3785d507372b/PacificBlackBrant.jpg Public Lands Blog - Zinke’s Move to Defile the Izembek - Make it stand out Figure 4. Pacific black Brandt. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/lessons-from-salem-protecting-local-drinking-water-supplies monthly 0.5 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/422aa068-e8ba-40ba-80ec-657bb2e3d4b8/SalemHandoutGraphic.jpg Public Lands Blog - Lessons from Salem: Protecting Local Drinking Water Supplies - Make it stand out Figure 1. Detroit Reservoir is the source of the toxic algae blooms that earlier this summer toxified Salem’s (and Turner’s and Stayton’s and suburbs’) water supply. Source: City of Salem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/eaed7a9e-7786-40e4-a1e9-8d1341a02f67/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Lessons from Salem: Protecting Local Drinking Water Supplies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5c716035-9966-4b49-8494-f59980b0ceed/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Lessons from Salem: Protecting Local Drinking Water Supplies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/35edd2e5-c32e-48c6-ba17-bf0a2462351e/DEQs_SubbasinMap1_drinkingwater_intakes.jpg Public Lands Blog - Lessons from Salem: Protecting Local Drinking Water Supplies - Make it stand out Map 1. Oregon subbasins with drinking water intakes. Source: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2d99e286-0cc6-489b-8049-eecd390ef601/Current%2BLand%2BOwnership%2BMap.png Public Lands Blog - Lessons from Salem: Protecting Local Drinking Water Supplies - Make it stand out Map 2. Established by an act of Congress in 2001, the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit is 96 percent national forest (with a little Bureau of Land Management acreage) and 4 percent owned by the City of Portland. A land exchange is under way to facilitate better management by consolidating the city’s lands along the two reservoirs and the Forest Service’s lands elsewhere. Source: City of Portland. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-wild-and-scenic-rivers-system-part-2-rounding-it-out-and-cleaning-it-up-for-oregon-if-not-elsewhere monthly 0.5 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/adda5ac8-387b-4420-98e0-f84902497760/89NestuccaRiver%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Part 2: Rounding It Out and Cleaning It Up (For Oregon, If Not Elsewhere) - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Nestucca Oregon scenic waterway is not also a national wild and scenic river. Yet. Source: Erik Fernandez, Oregon Wild (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/512bc56c-436a-46a7-9362-bd2555df91dc/101IllionisRiverLightBurn%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Part 2: Rounding It Out and Cleaning It Up (For Oregon, If Not Elsewhere) - Make it stand out Figure 2. Most, but not all, of the Illinois Wild and Scenic River is also an Oregon scenic waterway. Source: Ken Crocker (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fbff673e-1ba0-4f16-9142-47f10645e466/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Part 2: Rounding It Out and Cleaning It Up (For Oregon, If Not Elsewhere) - Make it stand out Table 1. Wild and Scenic River rankings of the Oregon congressional delegation. Source: The Larch Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6fb571ad-c3fd-4bd6-88ad-4918c27ceee9/66WhiteWaterRafting%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Part 2: Rounding It Out and Cleaning It Up (For Oregon, If Not Elsewhere) - Make it stand out Figure 3. Brice Creek on the Umpqua National Forest qualifies for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System even though the stream has not been recognized by the Forest Service for its outstandingly remarkable whitewater boating. Source: David Stone, Wildland Photography (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-wild-and-scenic-rivers-system-part-1-a-vital-national-conservation-purpose monthly 0.5 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8f7d8de2-e82f-4c37-9d5f-65b2376abd3e/126KoosahFalls%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Part 1: A Vital National Conservation Purpose - Make it stand out Figure 1. Koosah Falls on the McKenzie River. The segment between Clear Lake and Carmen Reservoir is included in both the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and the Oregon Scenic Waterways System.Source: George Wuerthner (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7a36b5f8-6f2c-479f-84de-757bb54f1093/nwsrs-map.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Part 1: A Vital National Conservation Purpose - Make it stand out Map 1. The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. (You can download a more larger and therefore readable copy by clicking on the source link.) Source: Rivers.gov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/94d2dc10-9772-47f7-ab50-5e7f22b4b0b8/ORNWSRSMap.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Part 1: A Vital National Conservation Purpose - Make it stand out Map 2. Oregon streams in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. (For a larger and more readable version of this clip of a larger map, click here.) Source: rivers.gov https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/trump-pardons-abusersof-public-lands-public-officials-and-a-child monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/179d667f-c43a-4724-9683-c391b05b3480/Walden%26TrumpbyChipSomodevilla-StaffGettyImages-651451058%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - Trump Pardons Abusers—Of Public Lands, Public Officials, and a Child - Make it stand out Figure 1. Representative Greg Walden (R-2nd-OR) led the effort to secure a presidential pardon for the Hammonds.Source: Chip Somodevilla/GettyImages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/274996d8-a84e-4fb8-a3b3-587b52596291/Dusty+Hammonds+on+arson+charges.png Public Lands Blog - Trump Pardons Abusers—Of Public Lands, Public Officials, and a Child - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/leave-it-to-beavers-good-for-the-climate-ecosystems-watersheds-ratepayers-and-taxpayers-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cfa676ae-54f2-42ab-9298-9a328567082e/family_of_beavers_1948_org_lot_568.jpg Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 2) - Make it stand out Figure 8. Beavers are a family-friendly species. Source: Oregon Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c2f301a7-f98e-429d-89f4-788fc86cd2d9/Oregon+global+cover.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 2) - Make it stand out Original source: Braasch Environmental Photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a536cc85-36b0-4ecd-a199-ca6a9787b1c2/a+bad+beaver+dam.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 2) - Make it stand out Source: Christopher Ziemnowicz via Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d65963a7-0fe5-4814-9438-f0d156834c31/the+world%E2%80%99s+largest+known+beaver+dam.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 2) - Make it stand out Source: Parks Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d891f57-f78a-46cb-a3be-4f803f43d355/example+of+a+good+beaver+dam+.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3eb9a22c-4f23-4c4b-9471-abbca432741d/Timberrrrrrrr%21++Oregon+Historical+Society.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 2) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/leave-it-to-beavers-good-for-the-climate-ecosystems-watersheds-ratepayers-and-taxpayers-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d85b2234-0451-42b9-8d17-6672dd871713/American_Beaver.jpg Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 1) - Make it stand out Figure 1. Perhaps not cuddly, Castor canadensis is nonetheless cute. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b18a62c8-4a1e-40e7-b66e-2798a63f976f/hats+made+of+felted+beaver+fur.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 1) - Make it stand out https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photograph--Cabinet-Card--Men--Beaver--Hats.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1290ac9d-c59e-4328-96ab-799ef5c96a69/The+range+of+beaver.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ca12f65a-c97b-4854-aa0b-c12668462852/Reintroduction+of+the+beaver.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b93b2e31-680a-4e93-8de0-7f8225230053/official+state+flag+of+Oregon.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/342da57a-34e1-4669-84a4-8a02dfbacf64/sockeye+salmon+jumps.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/37fa555d-1b9a-43ae-86ae-f8f2a68be939/Your+tax+dollars+at+work.png Public Lands Blog - Leave It to Beavers: Good for the Climate, Ecosystems, Watersheds, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/burning-wood-to-make-electricity-bad-for-forests-the-climate-ratepayers-and-taxpayers monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d3a66221-0b95-4e40-91de-376cc817c0cc/Eric+Vance-1.png Public Lands Blog - Burning Wood to Make Electricity: Bad for Forests, the Climate, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c22104ea-df09-4eca-8abf-38b9f8917786/Biomass+energy.png Public Lands Blog - Burning Wood to Make Electricity: Bad for Forests, the Climate, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8667c9ce-1ffd-4cf0-bc2e-c3e7ce31b3a9/ORBLMBiomassMap.png Public Lands Blog - Burning Wood to Make Electricity: Bad for Forests, the Climate, Ratepayers, and Taxpayers - Make it stand out Map 1. The plague of biomass energy projects just in Oregon. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-wilderness-preservation-system-part-3-the-promise-of-and-a-promise-to-wilderness monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/06f1a2ca-2b7b-41bf-96cc-756c35f89f12/137BitterLickCreek.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 3: The Promise of and a Promise to Wilderness - Make it stand out Old-growth forest in the Bitter Lick Creek unit of the proposed Rogue-Umpqua Wilderness Additions in the Oregon Cascades. Source: Ken Crocker (first appeared in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1cebcf42-4c61-4fc4-b636-4ec4f4100ed0/OregonProposedForstWildernessOW2014.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 3: The Promise of and a Promise to Wilderness - Make it stand out Map 1. Protected and potential Oregon forest wilderness lands. Source: Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/90842c08-79d1-4a6f-9a4b-8f3b6d0c1114/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 3: The Promise of and a Promise to Wilderness - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8fed7737-7464-4688-af7a-216ef4a24150/ORHighwayMapSnippett%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 3: The Promise of and a Promise to Wilderness - Make it stand out Figure 1. A snippet of the Official State Map of Oregon. Source: Oregon Department of Transportation. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-wilderness-preservation-system-part-2-past-progress-stalled monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7432316a-26e8-4bd9-be71-03e065f2ee49/89NestuccaRiver%2Bcopy.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 2: Past Progress Stalled - Make it stand out he Nestucca River within the proposed Mount Hebo Wilderness in the Oregon Coast Range. Source: Erik Fernandez, Oregon Wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2d7dfa96-1ce7-4846-97b9-03491a477b67/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 2: Past Progress Stalled - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/abac70a0-6d4a-4591-8f75-60a736052b5c/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 2: Past Progress Stalled - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-wilderness-preservation-system-part-1-birthed-by-congress-in-language-both-poetical-and-practical monthly 0.5 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8167689e-a85a-4d80-bca5-c39122806ad4/MtHoodWilderness.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 1: Birthed by Congress in Language Both Poetical and Practical - Make it stand out Figure 1. Mount Hood is within the Mount Hood Wilderness (established in 1964, and expanded in 1978 and 2009). The picture was taken from Larch Mountain near the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness (established in 1984 and expanded in 2009). Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ed6e580c-a1be-4e0c-bdf5-47f982ed3357/ThreeArchRocksNWR%26Wilderness.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Wilderness Preservation System, Part 1: Birthed by Congress in Language Both Poetical and Practical - Make it stand out Figure 2. Three Arch Rocks in the Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge and Three Arch Rocks Wilderness, both the one and the same 17 acres in size. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/book-review-moving-forestry-from-agronomic-toward-ecological monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9ece9244-7272-48d7-8419-a8318966e9c3/Ecological+Forest.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Moving Forestry from Agronomic Toward Ecological - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/80386136-e995-4950-8189-a66ab9ab6722/EFMpg90LauraHardin.png Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Moving Forestry from Agronomic Toward Ecological - Make it stand out Figure 1. Variable retention harvest. Caption from the book: “Simulation of variable retention harvest in the Oregon Coast Range that retained one-third of the stand mostly in aggregates.” At the authors’ direction a student “photoshopped” a real 55-year old Douglas-fir plantation in the Oregon Coast Range to depict what “Norm and Jerry” logging would look like. Source: Ecological Forest Management, page 90 (image taken by Laura Hardin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/39b8171e-d27e-429b-a2d4-01335055c466/DFClearcutDougMaguire%2COSU%2Cbugwood.org.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Moving Forestry from Agronomic Toward Ecological - Make it stand out Figure 2. Production forestry in the Pacific Northwest. Source: Doug Macguire, Oregon State University, bugwood.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/eeca7318-f9b8-4ff8-8ede-07f96c59670e/WhiteCastleFrancisEatheringtonCascadiaWildlands.jpg Public Lands Blog - Book Review: Moving Forestry from Agronomic Toward Ecological - Make it stand out Figure 3. An ~100-year old natural stand (with numerous much older legacy old-growth trees) in the South Myrtle Creek Watershed in the Umpqua Basin in Douglas County, OR. The stand, habitat for the northern spotted owl and other imperiled species, was slated for logging by the Bureau of Land Management. The project, developed at the behest of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, was to showcase the authors' variable retention harvest recommendations in both plantations and natural stands. Fortunately, a federal court found that the White Castle Timber Sale needed a full environmental impact statement before it could proceed. The authors include a fair and balanced 4-page critique of the project and the controversy in Ecological Forest Management. Source: Francis Eatherington, Cascadia Wildlands https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/humans-have-become-an-indoor-species monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d636ed40-4faf-4a27-a10d-8817e15e310b/the+Future+of+Life+Outdoors.png Public Lands Blog - Humans Have Become an Indoor Species - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/811e44b0-5325-4b18-b661-ee4df49586b2/decline+of+golf+.png Public Lands Blog - Humans Have Become an Indoor Species - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fe95311e-294a-4a89-a572-709c0b1fbf18/West+Fork+Wallowa+River.png Public Lands Blog - Humans Have Become an Indoor Species - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/04036fac-2ef8-461d-8e0c-fe9a456c9307/Guinness-certified+world%E2%80%99s+smallest+park.png Public Lands Blog - Humans Have Become an Indoor Species - Make it stand out Source: Wikipedia https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/rural-versus-urban-oregon-part-2-more-urban-every-decade monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bbe8cc11-458c-48bc-93ed-8ddc02b24f09/ChurchFloraOR1896.jpg Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 2: More Urban Every Decade - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Flora Methodist Church as built in 1896. Flora is located in northern Wallowa County at 4,350-feet elevation. It was platted in 1897 and by 1910 had 200 residents. In 1918, an eight-room school was built. The Post Office operated from 1890 to 1966. A ghost town, Flora is considered “the most substantial town to fail” in Northeast Oregon. Source: Gary Halvorson, Wikipedia (image) and Wikipedia (text) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5f9d2c0e-f291-4e04-9bd2-c3feccb12095/OregonHouseDistricts.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 2: More Urban Every Decade - Make it stand out Map 1. Oregon House of Representative districts. When the districts were drawn after the 2010 census, each had 1/60th of the state's population. Notice the gray mass in the lower Willamette Valley, which means there are so many districts they cannot be mapped at a statewide scale. Source: Oregon Secretary of State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ec7a2b0c-4fff-49e0-bd17-28e5f64abfbd/OregonCountiesGrowthRates.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 2: More Urban Every Decade - Make it stand out Table 1. Population Change of Oregon Counties, 1980–2016. Source: Oregon Blue Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d54670ae-cea3-4077-af37-17fe212c37ce/WallowaCountyPopulation1890-2016.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 2: More Urban Every Decade - Make it stand out Table 2. Historical Population of Wallowa County, Oregon. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0dab1272-a3e6-4870-923f-0612dad09035/USDACreativeClassCounties.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 2: More Urban Every Decade - Make it stand out Map 2. US Department of Agriculture–defined creative-class counties. Source: USDA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9336b9a7-8495-4c8b-8c6d-9c8e78d2c6ef/FloraSchool.jpg Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 2: More Urban Every Decade - Make it stand out Figure 2. In 1915, an eight-room school was built in Flora, Oregon. Restored, it is known as the Flora School Education Center, featuring the pioneer arts. Source: Wikipedia https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/rural-versus-urban-oregon-part-1-its-not-black-and-white monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/66aeafc9-fa92-43bc-b1f5-df1504d731ca/ORPopulationCenters1880-2010.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Map 1. Oregon’s centers of population, 1880–2010. Due to the teeter-totter effect, the movement of that center mostly eastward that peaked in 1900 resulted from the populations in farming counties in north-central and northeastern Oregon being larger relative to the state’s population at the time and larger than their populations today. Source: US Census Bureau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/74e55c48-33c1-4935-8d47-a58e7543411d/MeanCenterPopulationUS1790-2010.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Map 2. US centers of population, 1790–2010, continually on the march toward the Sunbelt (and especially California). Source: US Census Bureau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a18de602-141f-40f7-a152-f63ce88fdc9e/oregonregions2014.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Map 3. So-called "economic regions" identified by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, which are more accurately "geographic regions." If you take a closer look, you’ll see that not all the counties in “rural” Oregon are actually rural. Source: Oregon Office of Economic Analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4443a798-adfc-4c11-a0bd-197bf3b65211/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Table 1. Various Federal County Classification Schemes and the Numbers for Oregon Counties. Sources: US Department of Agriculture, US Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, and Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8c436992-31f5-4c26-9c0d-358b16fee1e3/OregonCensusBureauStatisticalAreas.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Map 5. US Census Bureau Statistical Areas: dark green = a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MeSA) inside a Combined Statistical Area (CSA); dark brown = a MeSA outside a CSA; light green = a Micropolitan Statistical Area (MiSA) inside a CSA; light brown = a MiSA outside a CSA. The blank spaces on the map are “not urban”—that is, rural. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/843f6eab-19a8-4bfe-bea2-a82eedb183c1/CDCCountiesOregon.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Map 4. NCHS county classifications: red = Large Central Metro, orange = Large Fringe Metro, peach = Medium Metro, cornsilk = Small Metro, light green = Micropolitan, and dark green = Noncore. Source: National Center for Health Statistics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/50e081a4-8244-4f1d-bc0a-85512f8e911c/USDAMetro%26NonmetroORCounties.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Map 6. USDA county classifications: red = Metro, white = Nonmetro. Source: US Department of Agriculture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3c7a4681-5b43-4fb2-b895-45e1f4ac6d08/Table3.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Table 3. USDA Rural/Urban Classification Codes for Oregon Counties. Source: USDA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3f1ba4ae-85e6-4452-8ddb-4298de197e6a/Table4.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Table 4. USDA Economic Dependency Classification of Oregon Counties. Source: USDA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7fee4cc5-01a1-4e9c-8cfd-6f27f77f1234/Table5.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Table 5. USDA Rurality Ratings for Oregon Counties. Source: USDA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ed448209-087b-40bf-9220-47e520f7db13/ThreeWestsHeadwaters.png Public Lands Blog - Rural Versus Urban Oregon, Part 1: It’s Not Black and White - Make it stand out Map 7. The “Three Wests” based on transportation access. Headwaters Economics trifurcated western counties based on ease of access to transportation. Much of “rural” Oregon actually consists of “connected counties.” (I would make Douglas County yellow, as it is bisected by Interstate 5 and for most is an hour’s drive to the Eugene airport.) Source: Headwaters Economics https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-sixth-congressional-district-for-oregon monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/af87091d-0424-47dc-95cc-1c920eb4cafd/estimate+of+the+congressional+map+after+the+2020+census.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/679ef762-2526-41da-8fe0-90cef03f5057/site+of+Elk+Creek+Dam-1.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/01ffcc85-9417-41d8-920d-44091957043f/site+of+Elk+Creek+Dam-2.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c440d968-48ff-48ac-99c2-bac3dbc281c3/site+of+Elk+Creek+Dam-4.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e6db28e7-e560-43aa-92fc-f43f3a6e6764/site+of+Elk+Creek+Dam-5.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9775b751-6c1c-45e1-8071-2c0bf8ebdfa5/site+of+Elk+Creek+Dam-6.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/00ed1905-f757-4b42-a8a9-9b1200834f63/Political+implications-7.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0c6d3cb3-30ad-4afe-963a-b7e40bc7b7a7/Political+implications-8.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6c3ffed2-5f31-43f3-bbbc-7b8a716faaca/Political+implications-9.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2d104f9b-af39-4c91-ba87-81a3a4caeb69/Political+implications-10.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/266ce2b7-da59-490c-8b9a-136e6b55900e/Political+implications-11.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/58e7891b-d5cb-4973-b68e-7c95a4073b48/Political+implications-12.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f0b9a5f5-b465-4582-bbd9-0c795fad7585/Political+implications-13.png Public Lands Blog - A Sixth Congressional District for Oregon? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-publics-wolves-on-public-lands monthly 0.5 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/19f8ecaf-6e83-4740-83c5-cfa374604658/WolvesMinamPackODFW.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out Wolves of the Minam Pack. Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/91428d40-fee9-429a-a5bb-826c98506499/A+pup+in+the+Wenaha+Pack.png Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/85666760-fbc8-42ff-aed4-5b70e5c81488/Wolf_Use_Map_171231.png Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 1. A good start. Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/81aff753-a24f-4c21-81bb-a732cff636c7/180222_zone_boundaries_standalone.png Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 2. For Oregon wolves, the danger isn’t being in the middle of the road but east of the road.Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0f350b25-c587-4201-8a49-10600ab39eef/KFy0Du-180409_PineCreek_AKWA.png Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 3. The otherwise helpful ODFW maps of wolf pack ranges don’t depict Bureau of Land Management holdings and other public lands. The green areas are national forest lands. Large portions of the non-green areas within the black line are BLM holdings. At least 83 percent of the time, the wolves are on public land. Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6255ec2d-b76a-4e3e-83d8-299960e63ce9/SheepMtnWSA.png Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 4. The Sheep Mountain Wilderness Study Area should be wilderness and also livestock free.Source: Bureau of Land Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/eb3cb761-e8ef-4566-a41c-ff43cfe65f60/WolfSageBrushODFW.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out Wolves also use tree-free habitats such as in the Sagebrush Sea. Source: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a6352281-3e59-4db6-bd27-988151b2e273/FrontisPieceMountiansofCaliforniaJohnMuir1984.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out In his The Mountains California (1894), John Muir described domestic sheep as “hoofed locusts.” This is the frontispiece from the book. Source: Sierra Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/88ea5b0b-ae32-435f-8034-1b145b700b59/PlacesForWolves_VisionMAP1page.png Public Lands Blog - The Public’s Wolves on Public Lands - Make it stand out Map 5. There seems to be an elevational and/or forested bias regarding what is considered suitable habitat in which to restore wolves. Remoteness and a lack of people is also important. As the map shows, wolves were present historically in deserts and grasslands. Source: Defenders of Wildlife https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-united-states-of-america-versus-the-state-of-california monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/79dcea0f-6156-4beb-b634-cb7b6133cf7c/CA.png Public Lands Blog - The United States of America versus the State of California - Make it stand out 46% of California is federal public lands owned by all the American people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5467edda-6243-4a5f-a78e-928a1bb3ffe0/Attorney+General+Jeff+Sessions.png Public Lands Blog - The United States of America versus the State of California - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7057da11-4421-434d-94b2-f055088e1589/California+Governor+Jerry+Brown.png Public Lands Blog - The United States of America versus the State of California - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregon-has-too-many-counties monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7b7be44f-9a49-4d5c-b7c9-dfb0af562060/OregonPop12.jpg Public Lands Blog - Oregon Has Too Many Counties - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/130bdabc-6ced-4202-99dd-58ccd4906a4d/Oregon_counties.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Has Too Many Counties - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7a1c30b4-6f03-4f6a-83c7-85e3d9b43c5e/CountyServices.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon Has Too Many Counties - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/state-wildlife-management-agencies-in-crisis monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2cd7bde9-73d8-4981-904e-92f973a6c443/Northern_Spotted_Owl.USFWS.jpg Public Lands Blog - State Wildlife Management Agencies in Crisis - Make it stand out From when the northern spotted owl first hit the political fan in 1989 until now, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has generally been missing in action regarding the conservation of the species.Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9354030c-2ae4-4c33-9f0b-eef1d2586fa9/720px-Wolf_with_Caribou_Hindquarter.jpg Public Lands Blog - State Wildlife Management Agencies in Crisis - Make it stand out It’s what wolves do. (Caribou, if you must know.) Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3da63a60-d760-49b7-ad09-37a6b5eca752/ODFW.png Public Lands Blog - State Wildlife Management Agencies in Crisis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/88fee5e0-70ac-434d-aba4-247b62c7c17d/a+northern+spotted+owl.png Public Lands Blog - State Wildlife Management Agencies in Crisis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preremembering-norma-paulus-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9b1e98bc-446f-480c-ba49-5b27f78d40a8/CapeKiwandaGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Norma Paulus, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Cape Kiwanda is an Oregon State Park because of the persistence of Norma Paulus. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b5b10ce8-5579-4a86-b613-943f7a6c4d6c/Portrait_of_Norma_J._PaulusBy%2BVivian%2BJohnson%2B-%2BFamily%2Bcollection.%2C%2BCC%2BBY-SA%2B4.0%2C%2Bhttps---commons.wikimedia.org-w-index.php%3Fcuri Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Norma Paulus, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Norma Paulus, great Oregon conservationist. Source: Wikipedia https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-estuarine-research-reserve-system monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/18d8a6e7-e6d1-49f4-8ce3-b5e5cd552cd0/WellsMENERRNOAA.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Estuarine Research Reserve System - Make it stand out A great blue heron in the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maine. Source: NOAA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4c7ab735-714f-4651-bff6-a7600b9bf2c2/NERRsMAPWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Estuarine Research Reserve System - Make it stand out The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (the new He’eia NERR in Hawaií is not shown). Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a58a5a9c-541d-4063-9739-16ba9bf9d4e3/south-slough%2BNOAA.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Estuarine Research Reserve System - Make it stand out South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, part of Coos Bay near Charleston, Oregon. Source: NOAA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/31c82d56-70a0-4dde-bef7-ec43b9b30d00/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - The National Estuarine Research Reserve System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6ec70d24-df49-4874-84f7-1637443483cf/DelawareNERR.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Estuarine Research Reserve System - Make it stand out The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve in Delaware. Source: NOAA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cd26e326-e4b7-41ef-be5c-fec6ab76ef4e/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - The National Estuarine Research Reserve System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3d7d0a22-2204-4cea-8404-49fa5b565b52/ElkhornSloughCANERR.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Estuarine Research Reserve System - Make it stand out The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in California. Source: NOAA. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-overcrowding-of-public-lands monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aeab62eb-8719-4e4f-96d1-96a97b9996dc/MtHoodfromLostLakeGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Overcrowding of Public Lands - Make it stand out Mount Hood from Lost Lake, which has not been lost for a very long time. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ef787aed-ea12-4ecb-80ca-cebd02c06865/MickeyHoSpringsBLMOregon2008.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Overcrowding of Public Lands - Make it stand out In 2000, I helped persuade Congress to extend special protections to Steens Mountain (background). We tried to include the vast desolately enchanted landscape to the each, including Mickey Hot Springs (foreground), but had to settle for a mere mineral withdrawal. At least there will never be geothermal exploitation of Mickey and several other other springs. Source: Bureau of Land Management, Wikipedia (Image) https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-public-lands-conservation-movement-mis-organized-for-job-1 monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/477b2716-fc25-43c4-8aa7-f594065475ce/DavidBrowerWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Movement: Mis-organized for Job #1 - Make it stand out As executive director of the Sierra Club David Brower led the effort that prevented two dams in the Grand Canyon. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3a6b1590-469c-45f8-8f3c-c3f62dfbfec1/defenders-logo.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Public Lands Conservation Movement: Mis-organized for Job #1 - Make it stand out Defenders of Wildlife got upset with Rep. Richard Pombo's attacks on the Endangered Species Act, and most all other things holy, and successfully prevented his re-election. (Don't you think the above would work well as a battle flag? Source: Defenders of Wildlife https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/using-the-bundys-for-good-finding-the-silver-lining-for-public-lands monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2c0392ae-e35e-4d65-87ec-5acf4a490412/GoldButteNMBLM.png Public Lands Blog - Using the Bundys for Good: Finding the Silver Lining for Public Lands - Make it stand out Cliven Bundy’s livestock are trespassing in and near Gold Butte National Monument. The presidential proclamation of the monument says, “Livestock grazing has not been permitted in the monument area since 1998 and the Secretary shall not issue any new grazing permits or leases on lands within the monument.” Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a460e4d3-6f42-4ebb-bca2-7c22b99a6de4/GoldButteNationalMonumentBLM.png Public Lands Blog - Using the Bundys for Good: Finding the Silver Lining for Public Lands - Make it stand out Gold Butte National Monument (proclaimed by President Obama in 2016) is bounded to the west and south by Lake Mead National Recreation Area (established by Congress in 1936) and to the east by Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (proclaimed by President Clinton in 2000). The unincorporated census tract known as Bunkerville is near Mesquite, Nevada, near Interstate 15. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/abuse-of-process-by-the-bundys-trying-to-make-the-law-fit-their-beliefs monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/16c1ed39-742a-4462-93b8-36c672fde109/ClarkCourthouseNevadaStateMuseum.jpg Public Lands Blog - Abuse of Process by the Bundys: Trying to Make the Law Fit Their Beliefs - Make it stand out Cliven Bundy is suing Clark County (whose current courthouse sits next to the Golden Nugget) to ride to his rescue. Source: Nevada State Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/270c46eb-d39c-4231-a678-ec437b559755/LarryKlaymanSourceLarryKlayman.com.png Public Lands Blog - Abuse of Process by the Bundys: Trying to Make the Law Fit Their Beliefs - Make it stand out Larry Klayman is the legal “brains” behind the case. Source: larryklayman.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8611d672-74de-4c4e-9c80-c10712f7adef/NevadaStateSealWikipedia.png Public Lands Blog - Abuse of Process by the Bundys: Trying to Make the Law Fit Their Beliefs - Make it stand out According to a former Nevada state archivist, “The motto essentially states that Nevada, first and foremost, would give all its allegiance to the United States.” Bundy has demurred. Source: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/bungling-by-the-bundys-a-sordid-history-of-defiance-of-the-rule-of-law monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/98a6cca6-5918-43d3-a156-fb91e6449a70/Gopherus_agassiziiWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Bungling by the Bundys: A Sordid History of Defiance of the Rule of Law - Make it stand out Listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1989, Agassiz’s desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is an herbivore that grazes grasses, wildflowers, and other plants. Any plant material ingested by domestic livestock is not available for native wildlife. Too bad tortoises don’t wear cowboy hats. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e7f39456-9856-4998-a029-320182e1a3cf/DesertTortoiseGopherusagassizii%29RangeMapJennings%26Berry2015.png Public Lands Blog - Bungling by the Bundys: A Sordid History of Defiance of the Rule of Law - Make it stand out The range of Agassiz’s desert tortoise in Nevada is mostly in Clark County. Source: Jennings and Berry, 2015. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/bungling-of-the-bundys-a-postmortem-analysis-of-government-incompetence monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d3a3a2a3-a885-43d3-ad75-90869c026fb8/ClivenBundy2014GageShidmoreviaWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Bungling of the Bundys: A Postmortem Analysis of Government Incompetence - Make it stand out Cliven Bundy spoke in 2014 at the American Academy for Constitutional Education at the Burke Basic School (“A Mesa Arizona High Achieving Back to Basics Charter School” that uses the original 1836 versions of McGuffey’s Readers to teach reading). Source: Gage Skidmore via Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3cfa1d28-4797-4608-8fad-52be9f2ade7d/BLMTrespassCattleClosureMap04112014.png Public Lands Blog - Bungling of the Bundys: A Postmortem Analysis of Government Incompetence - Make it stand out Bundy’s trespass cattle defiled not only Bureau of Land Management holdings but also the National Park Service’s Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/protecting-the-pacific-northwest-offshore-ocean-for-this-and-future-generations monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/044f27b0-362b-46b4-a08d-0be3891a1db5/CapeMearesCoastineGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations - Make it stand out Protections of the Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge and Cape Meares State Park, in Oregon's Tillamook County, are not enough to stop an oil spill. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6f7b4bd7-be2f-464e-a900-237ed89f16de/SeaLionsGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations - Make it stand out Though protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the law won't protect marine mammals from an oil spill. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/843a053d-7aee-4390-895e-6255d9a6034e/BeachNearWinchesterBayGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations - Make it stand out The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area in Douglas County, Oregon would soak up a lot of oil during a spill. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4d993bf2-9fd6-47f3-a2c6-67a1d8b9067d/EcolaStateParkGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations - Make it stand out The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area in Douglas County, Oregon would soak up a lot of oil during a spill. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/72febbf0-864a-4778-a2f8-5c2fad3be9ff/HaystackRockGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations - Make it stand out An oil spill will not improve Haystack Rock near Cannon Beach in Clatsop County, Oregon. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be910936-5772-4ebe-a53f-f876126315c7/WhalesheadBeachGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations - Make it stand out Tidepools, such as this one at Whaleshead Beach in Curry County, Oregon, and oil don't mix. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/34afd706-939f-447e-9a8c-ff620572b247/OilplatformintheNorthSeaWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Protecting the Pacific Northwest Offshore Ocean for This and Future Generations - Make it stand out Just say no. Source: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/us-pacific-northwest-offshore-oil-and-gas-a-waste-of-time-ocean-and-coast monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/480b2834-037c-4729-9617-df828900d6b0/OilplatformsUSDICropped.png Public Lands Blog - US Pacific Northwest Offshore Oil and Gas: A Waste of Time, Ocean and Coast - Make it stand out Coming to a coast near you if the Trump administration has its way. Source: US Department of the Interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5ec4c490-cce5-4163-8b16-b9f46893ff9b/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - US Pacific Northwest Offshore Oil and Gas: A Waste of Time, Ocean and Coast - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6534d417-a7f7-4aa5-a23b-c8780122e0c4/OffshorePacificCoastGeologicPlaysUSDIBOEM.png Public Lands Blog - US Pacific Northwest Offshore Oil and Gas: A Waste of Time, Ocean and Coast - Make it stand out Figure 1. Geologic plays in the Pacific Region. Source: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/defensible-space-the-best-and-only-hope-for-the-homeowner-in-or-near-a-forest monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ba2c79c5-3dee-44a1-8a5f-08f52ff18c14/Figure1.png Public Lands Blog - Defensible Space: The Best and Only Hope for the Homeowner In or Near a Forest - Make it stand out If the ~100-foot-zone around a sylvan building is properly treated and reasonable measures are taken so the building itself is not a firetrap, it is extremely likely the building will not ignite due to a wildfire. Source: CAL FIRE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/30bc9cc2-c55a-4b8a-97f6-bb814866061c/CohenPhoto6LosAlamosCerroGrandeFire2000.png Public Lands Blog - Defensible Space: The Best and Only Hope for the Homeowner In or Near a Forest - Make it stand out Several buildings destroyed during (not by) the 2000 Cerro Grande Fire near Los Alamos, New Mexico, illustrate an important fact. The fire spread via flames and firebrands. The unconsumed vegetation surrounding the building sites shows that it was not the trees that caused the buildings to burn, but the buildings that caused nearby trees (and nearby buildings) to burn. Source: Jack Cohen, USDA Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/more-moral-hazard-than-fire-hazard-the-responsibility-of-homeowners-in-the-wui monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/23f660b4-81c8-458e-8823-f898a42fe839/MultnomahFallsLodgeGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - More Moral Hazard Than Fire Hazard: The Responsibility of Homeowners in the WUI - Make it stand out Multnomah Falls Lodge has an extremely flammable wooden roof of the era.The Forest Service spent extraordinary sums to save the iconic lodge from its own imprudent management. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5a27e8bd-451c-40fe-b8ed-e651e397f1d3/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-09-28%2Bat%2B10.16.36%2BAM.png Public Lands Blog - More Moral Hazard Than Fire Hazard: The Responsibility of Homeowners in the WUI - Make it stand out Multnomah Falls Lodge before the Eagle Creek Fire of 2017. Notice that the forest closely surrounds the lodge on three sides, a very undefensible space. Source: Google. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3161a412-1e27-4455-836c-bee0e6509fe3/MultnomahFallsOregonStateArchivesHalvorson.jpg Public Lands Blog - More Moral Hazard Than Fire Hazard: The Responsibility of Homeowners in the WUI - Make it stand out Prudently, the iconic Benson Foot Bridge (shown) at Multnomah Falls, built in 1914, is made of nonflammable reinforced concrete. A wooden pedestrian bridge approaching the falls did burn. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/selling-more-heroin-to-pay-for-methadone-oil-drilling-in-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a899eb63-adb3-4ecc-beac-1c8b0909b183/Dall_sheep_ewe_and_lamb_%285896652039%29.jpg Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Part 2 - Make it stand out Two generations of Dall sheep on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a20a5580-49d3-4ec3-9d91-dde1da693db1/ANWRBirdMigrationRoutesUSFWS.png Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Part 2 - Make it stand out The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge connects with all four of the North American Flyways. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f72ecc26-6769-4526-adf0-4f7a8b2a0ab2/snowgoosemap.jpg Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Part 2 - Make it stand out Snow goose staging in the 1002 area. The darker the green, the higher the use. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b655b5a3-f34e-4fc7-a887-63f6f6c917a2/PeakOilAlaskaPeakChoice.org.jpg Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Part 2 - Make it stand out If the pipeline flow is not maintained, if not increase, it will soon become inoperable. Source: www.peakchoice.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7ff9c7fb-2fb2-405e-80d3-04bc895cda78/kivalina-stormStateofAlaska.jpg Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Part 2 - Make it stand out Kivalina is an isolated town of 400 of mostly Iñupiat people that lies on a fragile barrier island along the Chukchi Sea, 83 miles above the Arctic circle. The Iñupiat can no longer hunt for whales as ice is now too thin and the lack of ice increasingly allows winds and waves to wash across the village. The cost of relocation, just in terms of money, is projected to be upwards of $100 million ($250,000 per person). The other costs to the Iñupiat are incalcuable. Source: State of Alaska. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/selling-more-heroin-to-pay-for-methadone-oil-drilling-in-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-part-1 monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5871c958-07fc-4c6d-86f7-4da322e399e1/PorcupineCaribouRangifertarandusgrantiWikipedia.png Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Part 1 - Make it stand out This member of the Porcupine caribou herd (Rangifer tarandus granti), like all members of the herd, opposes drilling for oil in ANWR. Source: Wikipedi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e7abe5c1-e549-4dbf-ad8c-aec92f93b272/BrooksRangeMountainsANWRWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Part 1 - Make it stand out The Arctic Coastal Plain in the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, shown here with the Brooks Range in the background, is the part of the refuge that is interesting to oil companies. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/95c78ccb-a634-491e-8b4f-d1a3bfa8ab7e/NorthernAlaskaUSGS.gif Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Part 1 - Make it stand out The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) is the largest undeveloped piece of public land in the United States, while the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is the nation’s largest wildlife refuge and also includes the nation’s second largest designated wilderness. Source: US Geological Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f854acde-9e87-427e-a6dc-e9d9e150bd33/1002CloseupUSGS.gif Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Part 1 - Make it stand out The “undeformed” part of the 1002 Area is where the oil is. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is just off the western edge of the map. Source: US Geological Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/619375b0-159b-4ba7-b7f4-89d0d4abc4a6/NPRAWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Selling More Heroin to Pay for Methadone: Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Part 1 - Make it stand out The wildlife habitat within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) is immense; this is just a small portion of it. Source: Wikipedia https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-solution-to-corridor-collisions-a-national-wildlife-corridors-system monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7bf25227-4886-4605-b578-24967c5c308c/AnimalsBridgeFlatheadReservationEnglish%26SalishWikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solution to Corridor Collisions: A National Wildlife Corridors System - Make it stand out Figure 1. An overpass on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana is used by black and grizzly bears, deer, elk, and mountain lions. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/32ba8a2e-5932-4e40-8796-1ed0cb866624/Glacier-GreatBearCorridorCenterforLargeLandscapeConservation.png Public Lands Blog - A Solution to Corridor Collisions: A National Wildlife Corridors System - Make it stand out Figure 2. A national wildlife corridor designation between Glacier National Park and the Great Bear Wilderness would facilitate the building of structures to allow the migration of grizzly bears and other wildlife, now blocked by U.S. 2 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. Source: Center for Large Landscape Conservation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a95e30f3-21ff-4a16-84d0-cda21089f4d0/PathOfProng_2010update_v4small_PathOnly_lowres_copyrighted_WEB.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solution to Corridor Collisions: A National Wildlife Corridors System - Make it stand out Figure 3. A very large herd of pronghorn summers in and around Teton National Park and winters in the Upper Green River Valley of Wyoming. Development is impeding its migration (and rampant energy exploitation is disturbing its critical winter range). Source: Wildlife Conservation Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/83872f68-7373-498a-84d8-dfa27fc7f157/FWC_CorridorOpportunityArea_20140820.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Solution to Corridor Collisions: A National Wildlife Corridors System - Make it stand out Figure 4. Only about one hundred of the Florida panther still remain, so it is critical for these individuals to be able to make their way to each other to mix up their narrowed genetics and to reoccupy historic habitats. Some 9.5 million acres in the Florida Wildlife Corridor are already managed for conservation, from the Blackwater Wildlife Management Area to Everglades National Park. The 6.3 million acres that connect the existing conservation areas need to have their conservation status elevated, as national wildlife corridors would do. Source: Florida Wildlife Corridor https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/public-lands-conservation-in-congress-stalled-by-the-extinction-of-green-republicans monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1fb9e255-a40c-48a5-a71e-064ecbe96fd1/Brookings88thCongress.png Public Lands Blog - Public Lands Conservation in Congress: Stalled by the Extinction of Green Republicans - Make it stand out Figure 1. There was significant overlap of the ideologies of conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans in the 88th Congress, and the two parties were not as far apart ideologically as in the 112th Congress. Source: Brookings Institution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/ee73bb7e-859b-4b65-bf85-8063c88b2554/Brookings112thCongress.png Public Lands Blog - Public Lands Conservation in Congress: Stalled by the Extinction of Green Republicans - Make it stand out Figure 2. There are neither liberal Republicans nor conservative Democrats in the 112th Congress, and the two parties are much farther apart ideologically than in the 88th Congress. Notice also that while both parties have moved to their respective poles, the shift of Republicans to the right is more pronounced than the shift of Democrats to the left. Source: Brookings Institution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f9605b2d-1b92-4f77-829a-ba9a9d7fbeee/PewIdeologicalGraph.png Public Lands Blog - Public Lands Conservation in Congress: Stalled by the Extinction of Green Republicans - Make it stand out Figure 3. When I first started voting in 1973, there were significant numbers of liberal Republicans and conservative Democrats. Today, both such political animals are extinct in Congress. Notice how Republicans are more conservative than Democrats are liberal. Source: Pew Research Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/33decba9-8e68-4a5a-bb54-19266466c91b/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Public Lands Conservation in Congress: Stalled by the Extinction of Green Republicans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/877f0c91-9e79-4d29-9025-e38c307e0ac6/Table2.png Public Lands Blog - Public Lands Conservation in Congress: Stalled by the Extinction of Green Republicans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/blm-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern-crown-jewels-open-to-theft monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/78d5d8eb-bc49-44f9-9161-db2e38d96a6b/TableRocksACECOR-BLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern: Crown Jewels Open to Theft - Make it stand out Over 70 species of animals and 340 species of plants make their home on the Table Rocks, part BLM ACEC and a preserve of The Nature Conservancy in Jackson County Oregon. Perhaps if the ACEC had been established earlier, the goddamned airstrip, now abandoned, would have never been built. Source: Bureau ofLand Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6cdb446c-d6b8-4529-b858-c4e793430da2/NewRiverACECOR3-BLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern: Crown Jewels Open to Theft - Make it stand out The New River ACEC in Oregon's Coos and Curry counties. The New was formed in 1890 when sand blocked the outlet of Floras Lake (elev. 10'), forcing the water to create a new channel paralleling the foredune for several miles. The mouth eventually breaks through the foredune and empties into the Pacific Ocean. However, the mouth is often on the move further northward or even back southward as the foredune is breached mid-river and the New River flows to the sea for awhile before sand again fills this mouth. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/999638ef-bae3-4ea5-a08c-074746994bc3/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern: Crown Jewels Open to Theft - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7ad3fd0c-6499-4eaf-8ee1-f241f5b041cd/Table%2B2.jpg Public Lands Blog - BLM Areas of Critical Environmental Concern: Crown Jewels Open to Theft - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preremembering-barbara-roberts-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dcfbbb4a-4b54-4fac-abfa-388e39171d5b/GovernorBarbaraRoberts2003Wikipedia.jpg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Barbara Roberts, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts in 2009. Source: Wikipedia https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/many-national-parks-arose-from-national-monuments monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/88d14968-364d-41d5-a36b-86bc218b66c7/PinnaclesNP-Wikipedia.png Public Lands Blog - Many National Parks Arose From National Monuments - Make it stand out Some of the pinnacles in Pinnacles National Park, California. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/905bc24f-3309-4b0c-a5d9-cc15831d7e52/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Many National Parks Arose From National Monuments - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-landscape-conservation-system-in-need-of-rounding-out monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bf1d8cbd-3364-44d8-a1d8-ab3b0d443a79/NLCS_August2017_look%26feel.png Public Lands Blog - The National Landscape Conservation System: In Need of Rounding Out - Make it stand out I get paid to be paranoid, so I noticed that this map (click on "BLM" after "Source:" at end to get a much more detailed version), done in August 2017 does not show the expanded Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument along the Oregon-California border. It does show other Obaman BLM national monuments, so perhaps it is just an innocent bureaucratic oversight. Source: BLM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2788ede6-5da4-4a0e-81b0-1f6a41011465/Babbitt%26Salazar2009-USDI.png Public Lands Blog - The National Landscape Conservation System: In Need of Rounding Out - Make it stand out The highly consequential former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt (left) in 2009 with the then (and now) highly inconsequential Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar. Source: US Department of the Interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d325dc0d-0f0d-4847-bf9a-c5a9a12e1193/NewRiverACECSourceBLMFlicker.jpg Public Lands Blog - The National Landscape Conservation System: In Need of Rounding Out - Make it stand out New River Area of Critical Environmental Concern along the Southern Oregon coast. Source: BLM Flicker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/16b3c8cd-5844-40ec-9afb-2121f19c84a8/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - The National Landscape Conservation System: In Need of Rounding Out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/energy-exploitation-on-federal-public-lands-not monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/92503905-aceb-483b-86b6-5b0a758a2345/PVPanelsSourceBLM.png Public Lands Blog - Energy Exploitation on Federal Public Lands? Not! - Make it stand out The footprint of a solar farm is massive and stark, leaving no room even for domestic livestock, let alone native wildlife.Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4a6e7bcc-2fd8-492a-9d49-6b69505e4e97/WindEnergyBLMSource-BLM.jpg Public Lands Blog - Energy Exploitation on Federal Public Lands? Not! - Make it stand out While domestic livestock may graze among the wind towers, such areas either repel native wildlife or attract them to their deaths. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/17a8ee40-cc1b-4981-970a-227c5cae6f65/WindFarmsPrivateLandOregonStateArchivesGaryHalvorson.png Public Lands Blog - Energy Exploitation on Federal Public Lands? Not! - Make it stand out Agricultural monocultures don’t attract much wildlife, so fewer animals are killed by wind turbines in such biological deserts. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/oregons-wildlands-should-matter-at-least-as-much-to-oregon-legislators-as-alaskas-and-utahs monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/de28786c-0373-4f21-a689-24f074fe18f8/ARRWAmapwithGCboundary_Aug2014.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Wildlands Should Matter At Least as Much to Oregon Legislators as Alaska's and Utah's - Make it stand out The proposed America's Red Rocks Wilderness Act would protect as wilderness 9.1 million acres of Bureau of Land Management holdings in Utah. Source: Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/903123a5-fa62-49c0-a438-2505a47ce8a2/Table1.png Public Lands Blog - Oregon’s Wildlands Should Matter At Least as Much to Oregon Legislators as Alaska's and Utah's - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-most-interesting-oregonian-ever-charles-erskine-scott-wood monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b788ffc2-2e04-4df1-bce4-684e70469277/CESWood.png Public Lands Blog - The Most Interesting Oregonian Ever: Charles Erskine Scott Wood - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-columbia-river-gorge-is-dead-long-live-the-columbia-river-gorgeunless-greg-walden-has-his-way monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6241f216-0b27-4196-bd9c-4f2e85c84d58/Walden%26TrumpbyChipSomodevilla-StaffGettyImages-651451058.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Columbia River Gorge Is Dead; Long Live the Columbia River Gorge—Unless Greg Walden Has His Way - Make it stand out Rep. Greg Walden (right) represents Oregon' 2nd congressional district that includes a portion of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.. Source: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e1012ed2-3647-46e8-b757-4183dfbe2319/Table1.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Columbia River Gorge Is Dead; Long Live the Columbia River Gorge—Unless Greg Walden Has His Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/58729dfc-41ed-4fde-9209-528b43ad26a7/2017_10_04-19.43.14.983-CDT.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Columbia River Gorge Is Dead; Long Live the Columbia River Gorge—Unless Greg Walden Has His Way - Make it stand out Last week, in Part 1, I said: “Yes, the fire covered a lot of acres and some of those acres burned hot (and that’s ecologically okay), with most, if not all, large trees being burned…. The fire, like all forest fires, burned in a mosaic pattern and left some patches unburned and lightly burned.” The data is now in with the Soil Burn Intensity Map issued yesterday by the Forest Service. Soil burn intensity is a rough approximate for stand burn intensity. Of the total 48,759 acres of the “fire,” that “burned,” 15% was high intensity, 30% moderate intensity, 28% low intensity, and 27% very low intensity to unburned. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-columbia-river-gorge-is-dead-long-live-the-columbia-river-gorgeunless-greg-walden-has-his-way-1 monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8f06e474-f123-49ce-8e88-83a39dca9b86/Black-BackWoodpeckerRobRoutledgeSaultColleaguebugwoodCreativeCommons3.0.org.png Public Lands Blog - The Columbia River Gorge Is Dead; Long Live the Columbia River Gorge—Unless Greg Walden Has His Way - Make it stand out A black-backed woodpecker chowing down. Though the convention is not universally followed, a blue paint mark usually means the tree is marked to be cut down. Source: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/precedent-for-secretary-zinkes-gut-job-on-the-national-monuments monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e01a1e51-d762-411e-a0a4-e46ca4d5ff89/prog_natlmonu-csnm_slide1.jpg Public Lands Blog - Precedent for Secretary Zinke’s Gut-Job on the National Monuments - Make it stand out The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and California is in Secretary of the Interior Zinke's crosshairs. Source: Bureau of Land Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f218fc0a-6d6b-4d59-9306-076348ff4fa1/TABLE1.png Public Lands Blog - Precedent for Secretary Zinke’s Gut-Job on the National Monuments - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/dancing-on-the-dark-side-wyden-guts-his-own-national-recreation-area-system-bill monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/02d6bcf7-f48b-40af-86db-608912b986ca/RogueRiverNearHellsGate%2BGaryHalvorsonOregon%2BState%2BArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Dancing on the Dark Side: Wyden Guts His Own National Recreation Area System Bill - Make it stand out The Rogue River nears Hellgate would be included in Senators Wyden's and Merkley's proposed Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c26fcf20-9a93-4e67-8621-9c84fd635f50/MolallaNRAProposed.png Public Lands Blog - Dancing on the Dark Side: Wyden Guts His Own National Recreation Area System Bill - Make it stand out Senators Wyden's and Merkley's proposed Molalla National Recreation Area in Clackamas County, Oregon. A segment of the Molalla River mainstem and its Table Rock Fork (not shown on map) would be included in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Source: Bureau of Land Management via Senator Ron Wyden. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-proposed-oregon-wildlands-act-of-2017-very-good-but-not-yet-great monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/778d4e7a-71d3-4e00-9774-1efe5a3f79a9/MolallaRiver.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Oregon Wildlands Act of 2017: Very Good but Not Yet Great - Make it stand out The Molalla River in Clackamas County Oregon would receive protection as a Wild and Scenic River in a new Molalla National Recreation Area. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9c3eb95f-ee9c-45dc-97a5-68f6cbaf3d6b/BLMLWCWesternOR.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Oregon Wildlands Act of 2017: Very Good but Not Yet Great - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a0a005d8-586d-4237-935c-29723fe81967/RogueCanyonNRAProposed.png Public Lands Blog - The Proposed Oregon Wildlands Act of 2017: Very Good but Not Yet Great - Make it stand out Within the proposed Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area would be an expansion of the Wild Rogue Wilderness to include more Bureau of Land Management holdings. The Rogue River from its confluence with the Applegate River (very lower right corner of map) to the confluence of Lobster Creek (way off the map to the West) was designated as one of the nation's first wild and scenic rivers in 1968. Not shown on the map are the multiple tributary streams to the mainstem Rogue that would be added to the Rogue Wild and Scenic River by the proposed Oregon Wildlands Act of 2017. Source: Bureau of Land Management at the request of Senator Ron Wyden. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/closing-the-mining-loophole-for-wild-and-scenic-rivers monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e7babca8-93a6-44c9-82a7-d4534d7b80d7/Chetco_River2.jpg Public Lands Blog - Closing the Mining Loophole for Wild and Scenic Rivers - Make it stand out The Chetco Wild and Scenic River near the mouth of Boulder Creek. Above the mouth the Chetco WSR is classified as "wild" (no mining) and below the mouth it is classified as "scenic" (and eventually "recreational" (mining allowed in both).Source: Lee Webb, US Forest Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/03f0900d-e37b-426e-9840-9e0d44b61e7c/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-31%2Bat%2B12.49.55%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - Closing the Mining Loophole for Wild and Scenic Rivers - Make it stand out The Chetco River arises in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness and enters the Pacific Ocean at Brookings. The first 27.5 miles is classified as "wild" under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and mining is banned. The next 8 miles is classified as "scenic" and the next 11 miles after that as "recreational, both of which allow mining on federal public land. The darker grey is Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. That other wild and scenic river flowing south off the map into California is the North Fork Smith River. Source: www.rivers.gov. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/whats-in-a-name-preserving-national-monuments-versus-antiquities-only monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fd107266-1071-4b93-af6e-8bcda406c3bd/4952269292_4b50aed928_o.jpg Public Lands Blog - What’s in a Name? Preserving National Monuments Versus Antiquities Only - Make it stand out In the middle ground is Pilot Rock, the most prominent landmark within the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and California. Source: USDI Bureau of Land Management https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be9a4ce3-f49a-4afc-ae27-300fea10bd26/Screen%2BShot%2B2017-08-18%2Bat%2B12.13.41%2BPM.png Public Lands Blog - What’s in a Name? Preserving National Monuments Versus Antiquities Only - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/now-thats-a-member-of-congress monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c15c7697-d505-4eef-8762-38c41178cdd9/CD2_2017.SmallOutreach.Huffman%281%29_0.jpg Public Lands Blog - Now That’s a Member of Congress! - Make it stand out You can download a high-quality version from Rep. Huffman's website. Source: Rep. Jared Huffman Office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9cb61c88-bc38-4b37-ab18-d1cd96598a5b/Jared_Huffman_official_photo.png Public Lands Blog - Now That’s a Member of Congress! - Make it stand out Rep. Jared Huffman (D-2nd-CA) is poised to join the pantheon of California congressional conservation giants. Source: Rep. Jared Huffman's Office. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/owyhee-canyonlands-faux-conservation-and-pork-barrel-development monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/abee6390-50df-4757-8b43-9aeb682f0641/OwyheeRiverGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.jpg Public Lands Blog - Owyhee Canyonlands: Faux Conservation and Pork Barrel Development - Make it stand out Parts of the Owyhee River in Oregon are in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and/or the Oregon State Scenic Waterways System. However much of its watershed has no permanent conservation status. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cfdba8af-f2d9-4fc5-9ef9-e2980303b0c4/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Owyhee Canyonlands: Faux Conservation and Pork Barrel Development - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c0c1df68-62ca-4837-a422-426a9ac0029b/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Owyhee Canyonlands: Faux Conservation and Pork Barrel Development - Make it stand out Because of a checkerboard of federal and private ownership, the Rome Cliffs are not encompassed in current conservation proposal for the Owyhee Canyonlands. The undeveloped private lands should be acquired for the public good from willing sellers. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wilderness-and-mountain-bikes-can-they-co-exist monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aa91b81c-f22b-4d85-9ef9-d9fd48402875/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Wilderness and Mountain Bikes: Can They Co-Exist? - Make it stand out The Great Sand Dunes Wilderness in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado One can borrow this tricked-out wheelchair from the National Park Service. Source: National Park Service via www.wilderness.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b773df07-98f3-4dc9-9854-e1e4caaeabea/image-asset-3.png Public Lands Blog - Wilderness and Mountain Bikes: Can They Co-Exist? - Make it stand out Source: www.wilderness.net https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-westerman-bill-the-timber-industrys-wet-dream monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aaa02854-a343-48a9-85e2-79218d5131a8/ClearcutsElizabethFerylEnvironmentalImages.png Public Lands Blog - The Westerman Bill: The Timber Industry’s Wet Dream - Make it stand out Logging in Lane County, Oregon on both public and private lands. Source: Elizabeth Feryl, Environmental Images. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preremembering-jim-weaver-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/747590c4-b878-4b78-b1f7-9830516a12be/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Jim Weaver, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Jim Weaver, Oregon conservationists (ca early 1990s). Source: Elizabeth Feryl, Environmental Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6e6dcbff-dd60-47a6-97a8-7d928be09b2c/MiddleSantiamWildernessFinal.png Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Jim Weaver, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Of all the roadless areas in the country, none had a higher volume of standing timber than the Middle Santiam. The private land to the west as totally clearcut by Weyerhaeuser and created the "green wall" of natural national forest. In 1984, Congress only designated 8,709 acres as Wilderness (we asked for 24,000 acres). The timber industry was shocked that Congress would designate a Wilderness will low-elevation old-growth forest. There are 9,219 acres of adjacent roadless old-growth forest still standing that still need to go into the National Wilderness Preservation System. Map Source: USDA Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/numerous-no-take-marine-protected-areas-are-best-for-commercial-fishing monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/da87fcfa-56f5-42c0-9599-84c3b1e5c535/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Numerous No-Take Marine Protected Areas Are Best for Commercial Fishing - Make it stand out Figure 1. The NEC&S Marine National Monument encompasses three canyons and four seamounts (extinct undersea volcanoes). This photo is from one of those seamounts, Mytilus, whose summit is 8,800 feet below the ocean’s surface. It shows a bamboo coral attached to the black basalt rock formed by the volcano. The yellow animals on the coral are crinoids, or sea lilies, in the same major group of animals as sea stars. Source: Earthjustice, NOAA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c5384b00-a524-4021-ae29-27a59eeb0e21/Table1%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - Numerous No-Take Marine Protected Areas Are Best for Commercial Fishing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/718e7f83-3d29-4778-a938-581217bb87a1/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Numerous No-Take Marine Protected Areas Are Best for Commercial Fishing - Make it stand out Notice the canyons and seamounts just outside the marine national monument boundary that were excluded. Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/increased-wilderness-demand-calls-for-increased-wilderness-supply monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/18f51aea-9e67-4c4d-8a77-c27855bc43e3/OregonDunesDominicDeFazio.png Public Lands Blog - Increased Wilderness Demand Calls for Increased Wilderness Supply - Make it stand out The Umpqua Dunes unit of the proposed Oregon Dunes Wilderness in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area in Lane, Douglas and Coos counties. Photo: Dominic DeFazio, first appearing in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/70a06910-b6bf-471e-aa3f-950459cf7e14/DakubetedeChantThomas.png Public Lands Blog - Increased Wilderness Demand Calls for Increased Wilderness Supply - Make it stand out Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have proposed the Dakubetede area on Bureau of Land Management holdings in Jackson County as congressionally recognized "primitive backcountry area." Wilderness is a better designation. Photo: Chant Thomas, first appearing in Oregon Wild: Endangered Forest Wilderness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b8ccafa9-261d-4247-80df-67512da9f78e/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Increased Wilderness Demand Calls for Increased Wilderness Supply - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a562566a-8f83-462d-8f30-e53242651a27/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Increased Wilderness Demand Calls for Increased Wilderness Supply - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-marine-sanctuary-system-actual-and-potential monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9f4029f0-2600-4b8f-bd63-088e3c7b0011/image-globe.png Public Lands Blog - The National Marine Sanctuary System, Actual and Potential - Make it stand out The National Marine Sanctuary System as of 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2509546d-55f1-4796-863a-ef915f18e047/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - The National Marine Sanctuary System, Actual and Potential - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2b22baa3-7fc3-450e-8f87-815e7d768491/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - The National Marine Sanctuary System, Actual and Potential - Make it stand out Offshore Washington is the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Offshore California are several national marine sanctuaries with more in the works. Offshore Oregon is missing in action. Source: NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Program. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-trump-administration-takes-out-17-international-biosphere-reserves monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/91010f69-b723-47be-ad57-06472ad6da26/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The Trump Administration Takes Out 17 International Biosphere Reserves - Make it stand out The Three Sisters, individually known today as South Sister, Middle Sister and North Sister, and in early days as Faith, Hope and Charity. The 283,630-acre Three Sisters Wilderness is still a unit of the National Wilderness Preservation System, but is no longer a unit of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Image: USDA Forest Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4044db64-478c-4396-bb33-6a2be4a06eb8/iiSitkaSpruceOldGrowth.jpg Public Lands Blog - The Trump Administration Takes Out 17 International Biosphere Reserves - Make it stand out Old-growth Sitka spruce in the Cascade Head Scenic-Research Area on the Siuslaw National Forest in the Oregon Coast Range. It's still United Nations Biosphere Reserve, but please don't anyone tell President Trump. Image: Gary Braasch. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-coastal-barrier-resources-system monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e4ec9743-0c88-4233-b75c-f065d48c53c9/CoastalBarrierUSFWS2012.png Public Lands Blog - The Coastal Barrier Resources System - Make it stand out If not for the development, this area would today likely be part of the Costal Barriers Resources System. Building the dwellings on posts may prevent serious damage during minor flood events, but not so much in direct hits of hurricanes. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7968be65-e597-4d4e-8800-f183ad3dc387/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - The Coastal Barrier Resources System - Make it stand out Coastal Barrier Resources System units in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/db570a9e-b1a1-4459-bd44-e54902f97866/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The Coastal Barrier Resources System - Make it stand out Pink areas are units of the coastal Barriers Resources System. The green areas are as well, but are "otherwise protected areas." The map is centered on Hilton Head, South Carolina. Savannah is at lower left. Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/8f6a03d9-7175-4a59-8ed3-df972c1df54e/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - The Coastal Barrier Resources System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/federal-systems-for-the-conservation-and-enjoyment-of-lands-and-waters monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/592ffcbf-ee38-4b10-b017-b8f73d22dac2/PeavineRidgeTrail6.20.09WendellWood.jpg Public Lands Blog - Federal Systems for the Conservation and Enjoyment of Lands and Waters - Make it stand out The Oregon Redwoods is part of the National Forest System, but deserves better systematic protection. Should parts or all of it be part of the National Park System, a National Recreation Area System, National Wilderness Preservation System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and/or National Trails System? Photo: Wendell Wood, Oregon Wild. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/federal-payments-to-timber-addicted-counties monthly 0.5 2025-07-12 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-high-cost-of-cheap-grazing monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4786bbd6-a97a-40c6-90ee-d6b2c7332da2/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The High Cost of Cheap Grazing - Make it stand out Figure 1. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service estimate of private non-irrigated grazing fees for 2015 and 2016. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/trump-administration-review-of-certain-national-monuments monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d23e69f-d490-4424-a8ea-8a8268ee4941/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Trump Administration “Review” of Certain National Monuments - Make it stand out It's all about the Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah. Source: Tim Peterson, Grand Canyon Trust. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-elliott-state-forest-will-not-be-privatizedbut-will-it-be-saved monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/3732bf21-393c-437e-9531-b2be30f7e2fa/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - The Elliott State Forest Will Not Be Privatized—But Will It Be Saved? - Make it stand out Though large, the trees are relatively young in that the Elliott State Forest is very productive. Image David Tvedt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d6cce821-5be2-41fc-a346-564c93c01e44/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The Elliott State Forest Will Not Be Privatized—But Will It Be Saved? - Make it stand out Most of the Elliott State Forest is older natural forest stands. Source: Oregon Wild. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/theodore-roosevelt-the-first-and-greatest-public-lands-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2cdaf545-4528-4249-b060-d1329d7bdc97/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Theodore Roosevelt: The First and Greatest Public Lands Conservationist - Make it stand out In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt (left) toured some of the Sierra Nevada Range (here in Yosemite National Park) and was hosted by Sierra Club founder John Muir. Photo: National Park Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/will-trump-dump-national-monuments monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2b5d8101-a990-40cc-aa81-cff0a2b46613/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Will Trump Dump National Monuments? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/national-heritage-areas-combining-the-conservation-of-nature-history-and-culture-with-local-economic-development monthly 0.5 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/23a53275-85c4-4cd0-8b32-9cda02cadafb/NationalHeritageAreas%2Bcopy.png Public Lands Blog - National Heritage Areas: Combining the Conservation of Nature, History, and Culture with Local Economic Development - Make it stand out National Heritage Areas. Source: National Park Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a55117de-9964-4b0a-a5bf-ff8a6924f175/CacheLePoudreRiverCreditNPS.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Heritage Areas: Combining the Conservation of Nature, History, and Culture with Local Economic Development - Make it stand out [This post was adapted from the just-published Larch Occasional Paper #22, entitled National Heritage Areas: Combining the Conservation of Nature, History, and Culture with Local Economic Development. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/an-unprecedented-assault-upon-the-federal-public-lands monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/74254a48-5386-4fe9-96fb-f8a6156cf6dd/HoleinTheGroundGaryHalvorsonOregonStateArchives.png Public Lands Blog - An Unprecedented Assault Upon the Federal Public Lands - Make it stand out Hole in the Ground is just a run-of-the-mill extraordinary piece public land on the Deschutes National Forest in Lake County Oregon, where many times over many decades the author has camped either in solitude or with lovers and/or friends on the rim and enjoyed the, scenery, solitude and stars. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-monumental-battle-part-2-national-monuments-in-the-congress monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aa7386b8-3585-4e1f-aa28-c859f9ca10b5/CrabtreeLakeDaveStone.jpg Public Lands Blog - A Monumental Battle, Part 2: National Monuments in the Congress - Make it stand out Crabtree Lake in Crabtree Valley, home to some of the largest and oldest trees in Oregon, located on western Oregon public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, in Linn County, is part of the proposed Douglas-Fir National Monument. Photo: David Stone, Wildlands Photography. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-monumental-battle-part-1-national-monuments-in-the-courts monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/be9dccd2-1995-4e79-9dbd-f0bf25c37edc/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - A Monumental Battle, Part 1: National Monuments in the Courts - Make it stand out Jenny Creek in the original (2000) Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Jackson County, Oregon. Photo: Pepper Trail https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/wilderness-expanding-concept-shrinking-supply monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/5ae8185e-825e-4247-9b1f-0d6ef737573a/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Wilderness: Expanding Concept, Shrinking Supply - Make it stand out Old-growth ponderosa pine in the proposed Metolius Breaks Wilderness. Image: Elizabeth Feryl https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-wildlife-refuge-system-part-3-time-to-double-down monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/60d6d182-ae30-4e14-9de2-80503bd9daa1/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wildlife Refuge System, Part 3: Time to Double Down - Make it stand out Map 1. President Obama's USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has identified several imperiled species upon which it is concentrating conservation efforts available under the farm bill. Source: USDA NRCS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b5d65c60-0d42-4e40-bbcf-a3e2639a9a59/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - The National Wildlife Refuge System, Part 3: Time to Double Down - Make it stand out Map 2. A "working landscape" is one where the land is worked a bit less to allow wildlife to persist. A national wildlife refuge is land where wildlife can thrive. Source: USDA NRCS. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/tvhe-national-wildlife-refuge-system-part-2-historical-evolution-and-current-challenges monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4c1d2ef1-d6df-47fb-ad73-39b4a32ea029/image-asset-2.jpeg Public Lands Blog - The National Wildlife Refuge System, Part 2: Historical Evolution and Current Challenges - Make it stand out Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) on the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a3337208-5dea-40fa-b15f-e5131ff3714b/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wildlife Refuge System, Part 2: Historical Evolution and Current Challenges - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-wildlife-refuge-system-part-1-an-overview monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/e30049b3-3866-40e2-8d3c-50ce5872c948/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wildlife Refuge System, Part 1: An Overview - Make it stand out The magnificent frigate bird (Fregata magnificens). Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9f70b5b4-8531-4d29-8c40-7ef075b25751/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wildlife Refuge System, Part 1: An Overview - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/why-wilderness monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/privatizing-federal-public-lands-in-western-oregon monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/558a526b-d848-4025-b89d-06f1d9b5e0cb/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Privatizing Federal Public Lands in Western Oregon - Make it stand out In the Willamette River Greenway. The southern tip of Coon Island in the Multnomah Channel west of Sauvie Island in the Willamette River Greenway is a parcel of O&C lands classified in Zone 3. While the parcel is only 1.24 acres (slightly larger than an American football field), the rest of the island is the J. J. Collins Memorial County Park. The Zone 3 parcel should be added to the park, since a shortcoming of the beloved Willamette River Greenway is a lack of public land for recreational and habitat purposes. At least six other parcels of land are slated for disposal by the BLM in the Willamette River Greenway (O&C: 2, 2.79, and 5.42 acres; public domain: 0.17, 1.52, and 8.49 acres). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/63ac9174-22cd-401b-89c2-401de91cb20d/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Privatizing Federal Public Lands in Western Oregon - Make it stand out With rare coastal habitat. Two Zone 3 parcels of BLM land (92.78 and 96.15 acres) sit on the North Spit of Coos Bay adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. These parcels identified for disposal at directly adjacent to other BLM lands. They were identified for disposal not because they are isolated from other BLM lands and costly to manage, but because local interests lust after them for industrial development. A third Zone 3 parcel (80 acres) abuts not only the Siuslaw National Forest but also the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area that Congress designated in 1974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1aa625b0-d931-4c53-9563-85ad185c39f2/image-asset-3.png Public Lands Blog - Privatizing Federal Public Lands in Western Oregon - Make it stand out Adjacent to a national wild and scenic river.An 80-acre BLM public domain parcel that abuts the Chetco Wild and Scenic River, designated by Congress in 1988, and is bordered by the Siskiyou National Forest (in green on the map) is classified as Zone 3. Another parcel of BLM public domain land (in yellow on the map)—this one 40 acres square, east of the Chetco River, surrounded on three sides by Forest Service land—is just as far away from the BLM office, but the agency didn’t put it on the chopping block. These BLM lands should be transferred to the Forest Service—as should essentially all BLM lands in western Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/787fa27d-27fa-4dbc-97d6-b841b8a1d69a/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Privatizing Federal Public Lands in Western Oregon - Make it stand out Along the Clackamas River Oregon Scenic Waterway. Three parcels of O&C lands (7.94 total acres) classified as Zone 3 are along the segment of the Clackamas River designated as an Oregon scenic waterway by a direct vote of the people in 1970. Perhaps the lands could be transferred to Oregon States Parks Department, which administers Oregon scenic waterways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9441e101-59b2-40b2-8c5c-3d526f24ba31/image-asset-3.png Public Lands Blog - Privatizing Federal Public Lands in Western Oregon - Make it stand out On national forest land. A 120-acre parcel of “BLM” land is not only surrounded by the Willamette National Forest (the green on the map) but is also actually in the Willamette National Forest. The BLM doesn’t own it but has nonetheless classified it as Zone 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bd8d6456-b03d-48f5-97ca-e9016d895d59/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Privatizing Federal Public Lands in Western Oregon - Make it stand out With salmon and botanical values. Two O&C parcels (21.21 and 202.34 acres) classified as Zone 3 are slated for congressional protection under Senator Ron Wyden’s and Senator Jeff Merkley’s Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2015 (S.132, 114th Congress) as part of the Illinois Valley Salmon and Botanical Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9c8a83b9-90e1-4bde-acee-faf99b8f7c3d/image-asset-3.png Public Lands Blog - Privatizing Federal Public Lands in Western Oregon - Make it stand out Orphans of history. Eight parcels of public domain land (7.6, 40, 111.5, 84.3, 40.62, 40, 210.21, and 40 acres) classified as Zone 3 are surrounded on one to all sides by the Siuslaw National Forest. Rather than BLM selling this parcels, it should give them to the Forest Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/national-forests-in-the-western-united-states-a-magnificent-start-and-more-to-establish monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4cc665f3-9814-40e3-8bf5-8efddd5f706a/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - National Forests in the Western United States: A Magnificent Start and More to Establish - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/converting-private-timberlands-back-to-public-forestlands monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/bc8debe2-fba1-4494-9d7e-f227dc229b14/LargePrivateTimberlandsOregonOFRI.png Public Lands Blog - Converting Private Timberlands Back to Public Forestlands - Make it stand out 5,933,000 acres of Oregon is large private industrial timberland.. Source: Oregon Forest Resources Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4880a0ad-da3e-43df-8bbd-77fec522866f/SmallPrivateTimberlandsOregonOFRI.png Public Lands Blog - Converting Private Timberlands Back to Public Forestlands - Make it stand out 4,668,000 acres of Oregon is private timberland. Source: Oregon Forest Resources Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/23b7b973-c4c7-4ce3-a2cf-7280a15081a9/SamBoardmanOregonStateParksDirectorOregonBlueBook.png Public Lands Blog - Converting Private Timberlands Back to Public Forestlands - Make it stand out Sam Boardman, the first director of Oregon State Parks. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/remembering-us-senator-richard-l-neuberger-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9483478e-60b8-4750-b6d1-e2a08e7f8382/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Remembering U.S. Senator Richard L. Neuberger, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out PHOTO: Senator Richard L. Neuberger was the greatest wilderness advocate (so far) to represent Oregon in the U.S. Senate. (Oregon Historical Society) https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/preremembering-bob-packwood-oregon-conservationist monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fd4a4055-35b5-4c48-8a2c-e17bc038ae13/62aBobPackwood%2Bcopy.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Preremembering Bob Packwood, Oregon Conservationist - Make it stand out Senator Bob Packwood (R-OR) at Hat Point, overlooking Hells Canyon, 1986. Photo: Elizabeth Feryl, Environmental Images https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/national-forests-in-the-eastern-united-states-an-incomplete-legacy monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/67327d23-80d9-4a42-97d6-2ac9500de708/WV-1-3S.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Forests in the Eastern United States: An Incomplete Legacy - Make it stand out Map 1. Alas, the solid green on this Monongahela National Forest locator map is only 54 percent federal land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/c6f7b0d9-fd8a-4796-b50f-52afce0ecad1/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - National Forests in the Eastern United States: An Incomplete Legacy - Make it stand out Map 2. Taking a closer look at the Monongahela National Forest, we see that much of the land within the bright green line (the national forest boundary) is unoccupied private land, which is threatened by logging and development. The most prevalent green shading is federal public land (darker green is designated wilderness). The thick gray border is the boundary of the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, established in 1965. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9a618de1-0b47-4961-b30b-bf496087eebd/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - National Forests in the Eastern United States: An Incomplete Legacy - Make it stand out Map 3. Notice that the Weeks Act has also been used to reconvert private timberlands in the West to public forestlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/50613821-4875-4d00-8a2e-1137afd45d5c/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - National Forests in the Eastern United States: An Incomplete Legacy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d012f821-832e-4a97-8150-87d8dc8ce165/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - National Forests in the Eastern United States: An Incomplete Legacy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/f319f6fb-a761-41ed-b718-22b864ea0bf6/800px-John_Wingate_Weeks%2C_Bain_bw_photo_portrait.jpg Public Lands Blog - National Forests in the Eastern United States: An Incomplete Legacy - Make it stand out Picture 1. Republican Rep. John Wingate Weeks (1860–1926) of Massachusetts. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-wild-and-scenic-rivers-system-room-for-more-streams monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4db4e018-2b57-4e36-ac8b-1c52df670e93/List1.png Public Lands Blog - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Room for More Streams - Make it stand out There are a multitude outstandingly remarkable values for Oregon's Wild and Scenic Rivers. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/reigniting-the-pacific-northwest-timber-wars-by-logging-more-old-growth-bring-it-on-president-trump monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-congressional-conservation-agenda-for-the-twenty-first-century monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/498df323-b952-4d93-8e23-b4a5010e8d9b/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - A Congressional Conservation Agenda for the Twenty-First Century - Make it stand out Figure 1. LWCF Funds and Offshore Revenues, FY1994–2013 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/national-monuments-long-term-national-versus-short-term-local-interests monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-federal-public-lands-grazing-right-no-such-animal monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-stage-theory-of-elevating-the-status-of-federal-public-lands monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/03db9724-8a4b-4456-8adb-4a2c4a226177/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - A Stage Theory of Elevating the Status of Federal Public Lands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/moving-on-after-malheur monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-november-2016-election-processing-the-five-stages-then-moving-on monthly 0.5 2025-06-18 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/keep-it-in-the-ground monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/7fe1f2e7-9f3e-4859-a244-76a99338329f/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Keep It in the Ground - Make it stand out Map 1. Federal fossil fuels in the United States. Courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/95f5e28e-0733-41ec-a544-b5ebeea3cb4a/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Keep It in the Ground - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/fe22ead8-2e3b-4ab0-88b2-9352473acbd9/image-asset-3.png Public Lands Blog - Keep It in the Ground - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-public-lands-conservation-agenda-for-the-new-president monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-national-desert-and-grassland-system monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1ab335a7-c363-40bd-9cd6-9fff892c99ed/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - A National Desert and Grassland System - Make it stand out The blue lands are managed on the surface mostly by the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, or the National Park Service as part of the National Forest System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, or the National Park System, respectively. Most of the green lands would become part of the National Desert and Grassland System. Not depicted are 58 million acres of “split estate” (nonfederal surface / federal subsurface) ownership (a total area approximately as large as the red areas). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/aa361835-88f1-4bc3-a19f-007d1b2e0e0f/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - A National Desert and Grassland System - Make it stand out The land surface shown in blue is primarily managed by the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, or the National Park Service as part of the National Forest System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, or the National Park System, respectively. All of the green lands would become part of one of these existing conservation systems. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/abolish-the-blm-and-replace-it-with-a-us-desert-and-grassland-service monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/2df46237-ee02-4f3a-a589-9470966de108/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Abolish the BLM and Replace It with a U.S. Desert and Grassland Service - Make it stand out The BLM’s first logo, adopted in 1952. From bottom to top: miner, rancher, oil worker, logger, and surveyor—all white males. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/cc4ba198-8363-47b3-bacb-3cce65bdfa4f/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Abolish the BLM and Replace It with a U.S. Desert and Grassland Service - Make it stand out In 1964, the BLM adopted the logo it still uses. That year, Congress enacted the Classification and Multiple Use Act, in which it directed the BLM to determine which of its lands were worth keeping in federal ownership and which were not and to practice a form of “multiple use” on BLM lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b3acf837-c793-491c-90bc-d18484c77513/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Abolish the BLM and Replace It with a U.S. Desert and Grassland Service - Make it stand out An artist’s conception of a logo for a new U.S. Desert and Grassland Service. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-national-park-system monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/57285273-8307-465e-b91a-a7032b671ba9/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - The National Park System - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/the-bipolar-state-of-utah-and-national-monument-designation monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/small-wilderness-no-big-deal monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/39c9bfb5-6455-410e-8b55-d4f4504ac56f/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - “Small” Wilderness: No Big Deal - Make it stand out Figure 1. The Crabtree Valley Unit of the proposed Santiam Wilderness contains old-growth Douglas-fir and western redcedar in the vicinity of a thousand years old. The unit is 1,726 acres in size, or equivalent to the area of Portland, Oregon, bounded by the Willamette River, East Burnside Street, SE 33rd Avenue, and SE Powell Boulevard. David Stone Wildland Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a6dea061-b271-4158-a052-c5b1ed007ec3/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - “Small” Wilderness: No Big Deal - Make it stand out a coastal barrier island off of Long Island, New York. The small strip of private land at Bellport Beach results in two wilderness units. National Park Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/12e53e30-1d40-46bd-a4a4-92f78d0d6daf/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - “Small” Wilderness: No Big Deal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a88434d6-a3f0-4671-aa4a-c91f6e01ab66/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - “Small” Wilderness: No Big Deal - Make it stand out Map 2. Beaver Creek Wilderness (4,753 acres) on the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky “is almost totally enclosed by towering sandstone cliffs,” according to wilderness.net. The mere shape of a wilderness area on a map can be deceptive as to its wilderness qualities. Oregon Wild https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/61e0c394-bf62-4b17-a3da-40a2fe341d2c/image-asset-2.jpeg Public Lands Blog - “Small” Wilderness: No Big Deal - Make it stand out Figure 2. While only 4,350 acres in size, the North Fork Smith River roadless area on the Siuslaw National Forest is worthy of designation as wilderness. David Stone Wildland Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/b9319d10-cdd8-4a72-9467-91e922981410/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - “Small” Wilderness: No Big Deal - Make it stand out Figure 3. Seeing old-growth Douglas-fir in the Valley of the Giants Unit of the proposed Coast Range Wilderness in Oregon after a very long drive through the clear-cut hell of private industrial timberlands gives this very small unit a very large wilderness mystique. David Stone Wildland Photography https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/judge-john-b-waldo-oregons-john-muir monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/57612be5-2e42-48b0-b3b0-300b37764f1a/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Judge John B. Waldo: Oregon’s John Muir - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/statehood-and-federal-public-lands-a-deal-is-a-deal monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/marine-national-monuments-big-bold-and-biologically-beautiful monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/a3ee8102-0194-42b9-93be-760ba275ff44/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Marine National Monuments: Big, Bold, and Biologically Beautiful - Make it stand out A very small portion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1790efa1-e32c-41b1-8015-47718dc3e3b0/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Marine National Monuments: Big, Bold, and Biologically Beautiful - Make it stand out President Clinton started the ball rolling in the northwest Hawaiian Islands by ordering a national marine sanctuary. President G. W. Bush took the baton and proclaimed a marine national monument of 100 nm in width. President Obama crossed the finish line by expanding the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument to 400 nm in width, the largest possible as the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone goes no further. Map: National Geographic Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/dd50c48b-31d6-4c35-bef3-4b1d1d2c0731/BuckIslandNationalMonument.png Public Lands Blog - Marine National Monuments: Big, Bold, and Biologically Beautiful - Make it stand out President Kennedy established the Buck Island Reef National Monument in 1961. President Ford expanded it in 1975. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/0fd69288-e0ee-47d5-9bfe-c35bead327df/image-asset.jpeg Public Lands Blog - Marine National Monuments: Big, Bold, and Biologically Beautiful - Make it stand out President Clinton protected the shallow sea around St. John National Park as the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument. Map: National Park Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/1233289c-63f6-4a70-99b3-01733808fc64/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Marine National Monuments: Big, Bold, and Biologically Beautiful - Make it stand out This map is out-of date since President Obama’s latest proclamations. The U.S. EEZ land (gray) that surrounds the Papāhānaumokuākea Marine Nation Monument (purple) and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (fuchsia) on this map are now added to the respective monuments. Now about the Rose Atoll and Marianas Trench marine national monuments…. Map: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/4901092e-ee12-491b-9677-53af723c20ed/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Marine National Monuments: Big, Bold, and Biologically Beautiful - Make it stand out Map: Wikipedia. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/a-national-system-of-national-recreation-areas monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/d6bd3762-7354-4e9e-9c73-e9c29aae4641/image-asset-3.png Public Lands Blog - A National System of National Recreation Areas - Make it stand out The Rogue Wild and Scenic River is a narrow corridor along the river. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have legislation to establish a Rogue Canyon National Recreation Area and also expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness to fully protect the lower Rogue for this and future generations. Photo: Oregon Wild https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/federal-public-lands-under-trump-or-clinton monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/presidents-and-national-monuments-mostly-by-the-numbers monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/9d343054-2b5c-4d54-97e2-63d81398871a/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Presidents and National Monuments Mostly by the Numbers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/97ade16b-9a6d-45dd-b158-cbabbe80bb76/image-asset-2.png Public Lands Blog - Presidents and National Monuments Mostly by the Numbers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.andykerr.net/public-lands-blog/public-lands-in-the-united-states monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68094fe3ba73a35f273b7102/6a2c6f96-d8d7-4880-96c7-f2b6220bee56/image-asset.png Public Lands Blog - Public Lands in the United States - Make it stand out The US Exclusive Economic Zone (blue) is larger than the land area of the United States (dark green). 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