By Bob Ferris Our new collaborative T-shirt design with Ninkasi speaks symbolically and literally for rivers (at right). For instance, the river flowing out of us on the shirt and … Continue reading Ninkasi T-shirt: Art Imitates Life But Also Inspires Action
Interior Department: The Need for a Gumption Pill
By Bob Ferris gump•tion [guhmp-shuhn] noun Informal. 1. initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself. 2. courage; spunk; guts: It takes gumption to quit … Continue reading Interior Department: The Need for a Gumption Pill
Forests, Fracking and LNG: Francis Defending People and Places
Francis Eatherington, Cascadia Wildands' Conservation Director was recently interviewed on a broad range topics relating to Oregon's precious coastal forests and the problems with allowing liquefied natural gas … Continue reading Forests, Fracking and LNG: Francis Defending People and Places
Wyden-style Clearcut Causes Mudslide on O&C Lands
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wyden-style Clearcut Causes Mudslide on O&C Lands Mudslide found by neighboring resident at Buck Rising Timber Sale (Photo by Francis Eatherington) Roseburg, OR Feb 27, … Continue reading Wyden-style Clearcut Causes Mudslide on O&C Lands
BLM Announces More Meetings on Resource Management Plan Revision
The Bureau of Land Management will be holding a series of public meetings to discuss potential changes to the Resource Management Plans for BLM forest lands in Western Oregon. These important … Continue reading BLM Announces More Meetings on Resource Management Plan Revision
Senator Wyden is Holding a Hearing on the O&C Lands Today: He Should be Hearing From You
On February 6, 2014 Oregon Senator Ron Wyden will be holding hearings on Senate Bill 1784. Cascadia Wildlands is so concerned about elements of this bill that we sent our … Continue reading Senator Wyden is Holding a Hearing on the O&C Lands Today: He Should be Hearing From You
Roseburg BLM Clearcut Logging Plan Challenged
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2014 Contacts: Steve Pedery, Oregon Wild – sp@oregonwild.org – (503) 283-6343, ext. 211 Francis Eatherington, Cascadia Wildlands – francis@cascwild.org – (541) 643-1309 Doug Heiken, Oregon Wild – dh@oregonwild.org – (541) … Continue reading Roseburg BLM Clearcut Logging Plan Challenged
Storming the Castle
By Bob Ferris There is a particularly memorable scene in the movie the Princess Bride where actors Billy Crystal and Carol Kane huddle together and say: Have fun storming … Continue reading Storming the Castle
Paranoia Strikes the Deep: Our Oceans’ Bad Acid Trip
By Bob Ferris I grew to semi-adulthood in the 1960s deep in the shadow of The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane-energized Bay Area. How deep? Well Santana played as … Continue reading Paranoia Strikes the Deep: Our Oceans’ Bad Acid Trip
Oh Deer: Reading between the O&C Lines
By Bob Ferris Before I even thought about wolf and bear advocacy, I worked on deer (at right). In those pre-wolf times I fully immersed myself in all things Wallmo, … Continue reading Oh Deer: Reading between the O&C Lines