OREGON WILD Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3

THE SOUL OF NATURE The Next Generation of Advocates Working to protect and restore Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife, and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Main Office Western Field Office 5825 N Greeley Avenue Portland, OR 97217 P.O. Box 11648 Eugene, OR 97440 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Phone: 503.283.6343 Phone 541.344.0675 Fax: 541.343.0996 www.oregonwild.org Soul River runs wild in the Ochocos {4-7} Forest & Watershed Organizer Jason Gonzales The e-mail address for each Oregon Wild Conservation & Restoration Coord. Doug Heiken Oregon timber funding Trump's agenda {8-9} staff member: [email protected] Western Oregon Field Coord. Chandra LeGue (for example: [email protected]) Northeastern Field Office Creature Feature: Humboldt Marten {12} Outreach & Marketing Coord. Marielle Cowdin x 213 P.O. Box 48, Enterprise, OR 97828 Membership Manager Jamie Dawson x 205 Phone: 541.886.0212 Office & Event Manager Gaby Diaz x 200 NE Oregon Field Coordinator Rob Klavins Public Lands Fellow Alex Harris x 203 Development Director Jonathan Jelen x 224 Central Oregon Field Office Wildlife Coordinator Danielle Moser x 226 2445 NE Division St, Bend, OR 97701 Finance Director Tony Mounts x 219 Phone: 541.382.2616 Fax: 541.385.3370 Conservation Director Steve Pedery x 212 Ochoco Campaign Coordinator Sarah Cuddy Communications Manager Arran Robertson x 223 Wilderness Program Manager Erik Fernandez Executive Director Sean Stevens x 211

Oregon Wild Board of Directors Vik Anantha, President Lisa Billings Kate Blazar, Vice President Megan Gibb Nathan Kennedy, Treasurer Danielle Grabiel Mellie Pullman, Secretary Jared Kennedy Hillary Barbour Clara Soh Naila Bhatri Brett Sommermeyer

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Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 2 From the Director’s Desk Not backing down Sean Stevens, Executive Director

across the coast and Coast rigged in favor of exploitation. never gave up. And we won’t With the help of thousands of Range are building a chorus of either. Onward. members, tens of thousands of opposition to business-as-usual But we are going to do it. Those active supporters, and hundreds industrial clearcutting. who fought to pass on the f you’re like most of the of thousands of Oregonians who natural legacy that we now enjoy American public these days, share our values of protecting The Oregon Department of Fish Iyou’re about ready to throw your what is special about Oregon, and Wildlife and the cell phone into the toilet, we are making progress every commission that oversees the disconnect from social media, single day. agency are learning that and avoid a CNN broadcast like Oregonians who believe native the plague. The norm- With an incredible team of species have a right to thrive in demolishing ways of our current allies, we recently halted in court our state are no longer going to President have fed a news cycle a massive OHV playground sit idly by. that seems to spiral ever proposed in the Ochoco downward. National Forest (read more I see the momentum of change about our campaign on the in ways small and large every Personally, I haven’t been able to following pages). day fr om the activist who slogs unplug. Whether unable to look through an all-day meeting away from the perpetual We’re standing up to the Trump during the work week to make a car-wreck of the last two years administration and the logging 3-minute public comment to the or insistent on standing watch industry to keep the Cascade- legislator who picks up the torch lest the world lose interest and Siskiyou National Monument and becomes a champion for let them get away with their boundary intact (and royally safeguarding our forests. horrors I keep checking the pissing off some logging- news every morning. It makes it industry backed county Absolutely nothing will come hard to feel optimistic. commissioners in the process). easy. From elections to public hearings to convincing your But then I head to work at Spurred on by Oregon Wild skeptical neighbor w e have to Oregon Wild and I can’t help to leadership, concerned citizens outwork and outsmart those RHETT WILKINS A fierce focus and an internal fire will see us through see the world differently. and small grassroots groups who want the system to stay these difficult times.

3 Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 Soul River runs through the Ochocos Sarah Cuddy, Ochoco Campaign Coordinator

he best way to safeguard Inc., an Oregon-based nonprofit education, and leadership public lands, wild rivers, and that shares the healing powers of development in threatened wild “Give nature to our youth so they Twildlife has always been to rivers and nature with veterans spaces. Combining these two connect people with them so that and inner city youth. Founded by demographics creates rich, are able to breathe and grow. they become advocates for their Chad Brown, a U.S. Navy veteran powerful opportunities for Give nature to our veterans so they protection. This has been a core who found the outdoors to be authentic healing while investing part of Oregon Wild’s work powerful medicine through the in and developing emerging are able to breathe and mentor. dating back to our founding. The sport of fly fishing, Soul River environmental leaders. strongest defenders of Oregon’s uses the outdoors as a vehicle to Give nature to both veterans and wild places are those who love tackle environmental and social Over the summer of 2018, Soul them. justice issues through mission- River Inc. youth and veterans youth at the same time so they driven, environmentally focused, explored some of the wildest become nature's force.” But the reality is that while our educationally rich experiences country in America, from the National Forests, wildlife refuges, they call deployments. Veterans threatened Bears Ears National - Chad Brown and other public lands belong to serve as mentors, teaching the Monument in Utah to rafting all Americans, access to these youth life skills, conservation down a wild river in the Arctic places is often far from equal. From the economic reality that not every family can afford nice outdoor gear or the expense of traveling to a remote National Park or Wilderness, to language barriers, to simply feeling welcome and safe in rural areas, getting outside is a lot harder for some Americans than it is for others. Yet unless we connect young people a nd in particular young people of color t o our public lands, how will we nurture the next generation of conservation advocates?

That question is what led Oregon Wild to partner with Soul River

JIM DAVISFall 2018Experiencing Volume 45, theNumber Ochoco 3 National Forest means exploring 4 its old-growth Ponderosa pines and fish-filled waterways. COURTESY NORTHWESTERN EXPOSURE COURTESY NORTHWESTERN EXPOSURE Soul River and Oregon Wild hike together to Lookout Mountain at the heart of the Ochoco National Forest.

National Wildlife Refuge in gathered in a circle at the top of the Ochocos with the youth and view the voices of inner city youth Alaska. Oregon Wild was the mountain, surrounded by veterans was an honor I will never The circle of youth and veterans from Portland as being just as privileged to partner with Soul yipping coyotes and a smoky forget. gathered on the mountain was a legitimate as those of local River on the final trip of their sunset. small step in that direction, but it logging and cattle interests. But 2018 season, a week-long The faces of those gathered on the was an important one. Less than a this land is their land too. exploration of the proposed Her thoughts, and those of other summit of Lookout Mountain year earlier, local politicians on Ochoco Mountains National youth and veterans who spent the that evening did not look like the Crook County Commission An Ochoco adventure Recreation Area. week exploring the Ochocos, stereotypical environmentalists. adopted a “natural resources plan” expressed love and appreciation Most of the participants were drafted by an anti-government Deployment began with 11 Connecting to the wild for wild places and the need to people of color, and prior to militia group. The plan aims to people tumbling out of a van in protect them. This was the getting involved with Soul River pressure the U.S. Forest Service to Prineville, Oregon on a very, very “Going to urban parks is simply culmination of an adventure- Inc., many had never had the elevate logging and cattle above hot August day. All of us were full not enough for me to find myself,” fueled, five-day trip in the opportunity to explore wild places other uses of this spectacular of nervous excitement and energy. said Yanett Garcia, a fourteen- proposed Ochoco Mountains on America’s public lands. landscape, and to give local militia After a picnic lunch in a local year-old from Portland, in a letter National Recreation Area a America’s conservation movement backers more power over the park and a short introduction to about the Ochocos that she week filled with fly fishing, has historically been white and future of the land. the Ochoco Mountains and composed while camping at the camping, hiking, horse packing, upper middle class. If it is to grow Ponderosa pine forests, we loaded top of Lookout Mountain, deep education and conservation. For and continue on into the future in This "Bundyesque" view of public up and headed to Walton Lake in the heart of the Ochoco me, as a native of the region who defense of the wildlands and lands doesn’t leave much room for for the first leg of our trip. The National Forest. She shared it has dedicated a good chunk of my wildlife we all treasure, that has to Wilderness, native trout, or gray next few days were filled with with other youth and veterans life to protecting this area, sharing change. wolves, and it certainly doesn’t learning exercises ranging from

5 Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 public lands to public speaking, as the osprey caught a fish that After spending a few silent and fly fishing to kayaking on the seemed too big for it to lift. We reflective moments on the banks lake, and how to let the pressures watched it struggle not once, but of the Crooked the next morning, of city life go in the shade of twice, to hoist itself and its dinner we loaded up for our third and towering Ponderosas. out of the river. The cheers of our final leg of the deployment group filled the canyon as the h orse packing up Lookout Leg two was spent on the Wild bird finally took flight, with a Mountain. We met Kate and Scenic Crooked River, with huge rainbow gripped in its Beardsley, founder of Mustangs more fly fishing, education, and talons. to the Rescue, at the trailhead an intense summer thunderstorm. and she introduced us to the five COURTESY NORTHWESTERN EXPOSURE Yanett, the youngest person on Later that evening, the storm horses who would be carrying our Youth share their experiences in final the trip, caught (and released) the clouds broke the heat of the day. camping equipment. Three of trip speeches to the group. most fish in one day on a Soul The youth seemed energized by them were mustangs originally River trip a n impressive 11 the storm; dancing and playing from the feral horse herd that hiking up the trail. center stage and deliver their final rainbow trout! The largest fish frisbee under the desert rain and roams the Ochoco National speeches to sum up their wasn’t caught by a human, breathing in deeply the unique Forest. Now trained and very A few hours later we crested the experiences and thoughts about however. That title was won by an and intoxicating scent of juniper gentle, the horses were kind summit of Lookout Mountain, the future of the Ochocos to their osprey performing a spectacular and sage after a summer soak. We enough to carry most of our food and the sweeping 360-degree peers. dive into the river while we all later huddled around the and gear up the mountain. The view made everyone shout with huddled together watching dark campfire making s'mores, while youth and vets were captivated, excitement. We paused at the top Each had given hours of thought storm clouds roll up the canyon. thunder echoed and rattled and after a safety lesson and some and took in the scenery, while the and preparation for their through the canyon walls. time spent brushing and string of horses we’d left at the moment, with coaching and “Go, Go, Go!” everyone cheered grooming the horses, we set out trailhead caught up. Everyone support from a veteran mentor. I enjoyed another round of nuzzles sat listening to each youth standing on the highest peak in describe what the Ochocos meant the forest before setting up camp to them and what they wanted to for the evening. see the future of the forest look like, and I was struck by the We were at the peak of the power of the outdoor classroom. Ochoco Deployment. In addition Sometimes adults like me don’t to camping out on the summit of have to say anything; nature says a mountain in one of the wildest it all for us. corners of the Ochocos, this evening would see the youth take “These wild places are not just an

Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 6 COURTESY NORTHWESTERN EXPOSURE Getting a feel for the horsepacking experience. Protecting the Ochoco Mountains Erik Fernandez, Wilderness Program Manager escape for us, but an escape for back to Washington, DC. wildlife,” declared Sofina, a We aim to meet with U.S. seasoned Soul River participant Senators Ron Wyden and On a very clear day from the top with a long list of deployments Jeff Merkley and other of Lookout Mountain, the jaw- under her belt. “How sad it would elected officials so that dropping views stretch from Mount be to see these trees cut, making youth and veterans can share Rainier in the north to Mount it less natural and taking away their experiences in the Shasta in the south. The Ochoco from the beauty of this place. Ochocos and other public Mountains are the next frontier for Wilderness is a sanctuary.” lands, and advocate for their outdoor recreation in central protection. Oregon. Home to amazing stands We broke camp the next of old-growth Ponderosa pine morning, and after taking in the The goal of our partnership spectacular views from the top of wasn’t just to help youth and forests, wildflower meadows, and Lookout Mountain one last time, veterans experience the elk herds, the Ochocos are one of we headed back down the trail. Ochocos. It was also to help Oregon’s natural treasures. Back at the trailhead, youth and them find their voice and vets unloaded horses, snuck in a provide an opportunity for Unfortunately, the Ochoco Mountains are threatened by several recent proposals, including final scratch, pat and nuzzle with leadership and advocacy for old-growth logging and an off-road-vehicle (OHV) proposal that would have added 135 miles of the animals, then said our final wildlands, wild rivers, and motorized trails through the heart of key habitats. goodbyes. The youth and veterans wildlife. loaded up for the long drive back Thankfully, good news came for the Ochoco Mountains in late August when the courts rejected the to Portland - fatigued and full of It won’t end with the proposed OHV plan. It was a preliminary ruling, but as of print time it appears the biggest threat memories. Ochocos. We are already to the Ochocos has been held off. Our diverse coalition in court included the Oregon Hunters planning several 2019 trips Turning love into action to other threatened wild Association and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. areas in Oregon, as well as The Ochoco Deployment didn’t film screenings and forums Ultimately, the Ochocos will need leadership from Oregon Senators Wyden, Merkley and Rep. end when we parted ways at the with veterans and public Walden to craft a plan that better balances wildlife, clean water, recreation, and fire management. trailhead. lands advocates. Building a A coalition of mountain bikers, hikers, hunters, wildlife advocates, and others are working to engage bigger, stronger, and more them and encourage introduction of legislation to protect the Ochoco Mountains National This fall, Oregon Wild and Soul diverse conservation Recreation Area. The proposal would include protections for old-growth forests, clean water, River Inc. will partner up again to movement will take time, Wilderness, Wild & Scenic Rivers, and a sustainable recreational trail vision. take a small group of but we are laying the participating veterans and youth foundation.

7 Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 The County Conundrum - funding Trump's public lands agenda Alexander Harris, Public Lands Fellow

f you live in western Oregon, lawsuit to log the Cascade- extreme logging policies. In lands. Sometimes these groups Originally designated by chances are that your county Siskiyou, as well as a wide variety combination with timber-aligned even bring lawsuits to up-the-cut President Clinton in 2000 and governmentI is helping fund a of other efforts to roll back our groups like the American Forest in our public forests or expanded by President Obama in lawsuit to overturn the Cascade- environmental laws and Resource Council (AFRC) and undermine protections for public 2017, the Cascade-Siskiyou is Siskiyou National Monument. dramatically increase logging in Oregon Forest Resource Institute lands. In fact, the AFRC is the first and only National our public forests. The AOCC (OFRI), vast sums of money pursuing its own lawsuit separate Monument specifically Most counties in western claims to represent the interests (public money in the case of from the AOCC’s lawsuit to established to protect biological Oregon are members of the of the county governments. OFRI and AOCC) are spent on open the Cascade-Siskiyou diversity. It’s also home to a Association of O&C Counties However, the Association, at the lobbying and communications National Monument to logging. section of the Pacific Crest Trail (AOCC), a timber industry front behest of the timber industry, has campaigns to "greenwash" and many other outdoor group behind a controversial increasingly advocated for industrial logging on public But the Association of O&C opportunities such as hiking, Counties has gone a step further horseback riding, skiing, and in its efforts to log protected more. public forests in Oregon. For example, over the past year, the The Cascade-Siskiyou is also an Association has used county important wildlife corridor funds to lobby the Trump supporting wildlife migration administration to shrink the between the Cascades, the Cascade-Siskiyou National Klamath/Siskiyou mountain Monument by executive order. ranges, and the Great Basin. If The Trump administration is the president takes executive now targeting four monuments action to reduce the protective nationwide and, largely due to boundaries, however, this the efforts of the AOCC, cherished landscape would be Oregon’s monument is among opened to logging, mining, and them. President Trump has other types of destructive already shrunk the Bears Ears development. and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah by In addition to lobbying the 85% and 45% respectively, which Trump administration to attack constitutes the largest the Cascade-Siskiyou, the elimination of protected public AOCC has testified before SHANNON BUTLER land in American history. Congress and endorsed various logging bills that would

Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 8 dramatically alter forest At a time when such a small contact your Commissioners management in the Pacific fraction of Oregon’s old-growth today and urge them to withdraw Northwest. One such bill, the forests and pristine wildlands from the Association of O&C Resilient Federal Forests Act remain, we can’t afford attacks on Counties once and for all! (HR 2936), would create our protected public lands; and numerous logging loopholes to yet, over a dozen Oregon The following counties are our environmental laws and counties continue to fund and current members of the AOCC: require that millions of acres of support the AOCC, which public forestland throughout attempts to do just that. Put Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Oregon be managed for the sole simply, to continue supporting Curry, Douglas, Josephine, purpose of logging. this radical organization is to be Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, complicit in these attacks on Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Recently, Oregon Wild public lands. Washington, and Yamhill. published a report that highlights TEMO REYNA the specific, protected public A recent poll found that 74% of lands throughout Oregon that Oregonians want our members would have been stripped of their of Congress to show more protective status and logged if leadership to expand protections TAKE ACTION: PROTECT OUR PUBLIC LANDS! the original version of HR 2936, for public lands, not eliminate Our National Forests, Monuments, and Now is the time to get more involved in which the AOCC supported, them. County Commissioners other public lands are facing mounting the movement to #ProtectPublicLands! became law. These areas include: representing a diverse population threats from Congress and the Trump Did you know that Oregon Wild has that largely supports public land administration. Over the past year and a grassroots activist teams (“Wild Ones”) • The Wild Rogue Wilderness protections and the quality of half, we’ve seen proposals to dramatically that meet just about every month in • Table Rock Wilderness life these lands support should not be devoting county funds increase logging on our public forestlands, Eugene, Portland, and Bend? Our Wild • Cascade-Siskiyou National to advance Trump’s public bills to gut our bedrock environmental Ones meetings help train activists to Monument lands agenda. laws, and attempts to sell public lands to improve their advocacy skills, and offer extractive corporations. But we’ve also in-depth information about important • Parts of Silver Falls State Benton and Multnomah seen record participation in rallies, town conservation issues. Learn more about Park Counties have already pulled out halls, hearings, and other grassroots how to get involved here: • Several designated Wild & of the Association and other efforts to protect our public lands from Scenic River corridors, counties can do the same. Is your these attacks. WWW.OREGONWILD.ORG/WILDONES including the Salmon and county supporting and funding Clackamas rivers. this radical Association? If so,

9 Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 Conservation roundup Steve Pedery, Conservation DIrector

Illegal off-road vehicle especially with opposition from under Oregon’s state trails stopped in the Republican leaders in Congress Endangered Species Act. It was Ochocos and the Trump administration. short lived, however. Under Noisy, polluting, and dangerous The good news is that intense pressure from logging off-road vehicles do not belong protection for some of Oregon’s interests, the commission in wild areas on America’s worthiest areas has once again reversed itself in early June. public lands. Unfortunately, in been introduced in Congress. 2017 the Forest Service That set the stage for a bizarre proposed ripping 137 miles of Earlier this year, Senators Commission meeting on August motorized trails through the Wyden and Merkley re- 3, where Commission Chair heart of the Ochoco National introduced legislation to protect Michael Finley went on a tirade Forest, including winter range the Wild Rogue and Devil’s over criticism of the decision. and calving areas for elk. Staircase Wilderness areas in Faced with citizens who wished Oregon Wild, together with a the Senate, and on July 24 Rep. to testify and express their coalition of conservation and Peter DeFazio re-introduced a opposition to the reversal, hunting groups, took the agency Devil’s Staircase measure in the Finley threatened to have State to court over its failure to House. The bills have a long way Police officers forcibly remove consider the damage their plan to go before becoming law, but anyone from the hearing room would do. re-introduction is an important who tried to speak about it. His step forward. actions drew even more On August 27, U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Sullivan agreed Marbled Murrelet with us in a ruling that puts a meltdown major roadblock in front of the The marbled murrelet is a plan. It must be affirmed by a critically endangered seabird higher court, but for now those that nests in old-growth forests. elk can rest a little easier. Earlier this year, conservation groups celebrated the Oregon Wild Rogue, Devil’s Fish and Wildlife Commission Staircase Wilderness decision to strengthen DENNIS DAVENPORT From defending sensitive habitats to advocating re-introduced for increased protections for threatened species, Oregon Wild, along protections for the species by with our allies and supporters, will always be there to stand up for Protecting wildlands as up-listing them from native fish and wildlife and the places they call home. Wilderness takes time, “threatened” to “endangered”

Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 10 Marbled murrelet chick Join Lindsay in supporting Oregon Wild! Jonathan Jelen, Development DIrector

Our work encompasses a lot of issues. One My favorite wild place in Oregon is Devil's thing they all have in common? They're all Caldron, just south of Oswald West on the attention to the controversy, and attacks on America’s lands, waters, made possible with the support of Oregon Oregon Coast. I find the torrent of water have led to calls for a public and wildlife continue. In July, the Wild members, especially our Evergreen swirling in the cove far below the lookout apology from a number of administration proposed a major Society members. So we sat down with point to be mesmerizing. I have yet to find Oregon’s largest environmental revision of how it would enforce Evergreen Society member and Oregon a Wilderness Area I do not love. Most organizations. Oregon Wild and the Endangered Species Act, Wild volunteer Lindsay Skog to hear her recently, I've been reacquainting myself other groups have challenged the downgrading protections for take on the work that brings us all with the Mount Hood Wilderness. Having Commission’s flip-flop in court. threatened species and elevating together. strayed to the far corners of the state and economic considerations in the world over the past 20 years, the Defending the Cascade- decision making. If finalized, the mountain is beckoning me home! Siskiyou National proposal could set back science- Monument Has the current political climate inspired based wildlife conservation by you to get more involved in the issues that The legal battle over the fate of decades. matter to you? the Cascade-Siskiyou (and other National Monuments around the Elliott public land clawed Yes! As a geographer and educator, I have country) continues. Last year, back always considered teaching and training Oregon Wild, Soda Mountain Before the State of Oregon the next generation of environmental Wilderness Council, and other attempted to sell off 80,000 acres protection and conservation leaders to be groups intervened in lawsuits of public land in the Elliott State my form of activism; however, under our brought by logging interests and Forest to logging companies, they current administration I felt I needed to do anti-public lands county first conducted several “test” sales more and wanted to reach outside my politicians that seek to overturn to see if they even had the legal LINDSAY SKOG classrooms. protections for large areas of the authority to do so. According to Why do you support Oregon Wild with a monument. Briefs were filed in the Lane County Circuit Court of What about Oregon Wild's work most monthly gift as part of our Evergreen the case over the summer, but a Appeals, the answer to that resonates with you? Society? decision is not expected for at question is “no.” The court least several months. invalidated a 2014 sale of 800 I appreciate Oregon Wild's holistic I find a monthly contribution to be an easy acres known as East Hakki Ridge approach to environmental protection and way to make a more substantial Trump attacks to Seneca Jones Timber Company. conservation. Their approach recognizes contribution over the course of the year. I endangered wildlife It’s a major victory for public the ways in which clean water, biodiversity give up two lattes a month, a second glass The Trump administration has lands (and our friends at Cascadia of plants and animals, and sustainable, of wine with dinner once a month, or pack already racked up the worst Wildlands) and should throw cold low-impact human exploration are all key a lunch on a day I would have otherwise environmental record of any water on any future plans to components in promoting and maintaining eaten out. healthy ecosystems and wilderness areas. Presidency in history, but the privatize state public lands. PLEASE JOIN LINDSAY IN What's your favorite wild place in Oregon? SUPPORTING OREGON WILD 11 WITH A FallMONTHLY 2018 Volume 45, GIFT! Number 3 Who's heard of the Humboldt marten? Danielle Moser, Wildlife Coordinator

In 2001, scientists speculated In Oregon, because the PACIFIC COASTAL MARTEN that the coastal marten was marten is listed as a ‘fur- FACTOIDS abundant, due to the number bearing mammal’ a nd there of road kills they retrieved is no distinction between Binomial Nomenclature along Highway 101. After marten and the imperiled Martes caurina humboldentis further research however, ‘Humboldt marten’ subspecies they determined it was in it ’s legal to trap them. That’s Status fact extremely rare: only why Oregon Wild and our Under consideration for about 71 Humboldt martens partners in conservation filed Endangered Species Act exist in central coastal a petition with the Fish and protections (both state and Oregon, separated into two Wildlife Commission, asking federal) smaller populations by the them to ban trapping. At the Umpqua River. August hearing, the Size Commission accepted our 20-24 inches in length Humboldt martens prefer petition and have begun 1.2-3.4 lbs forests with multiple canopy rulemaking to determine the layers, but will use shore pine specifics of the trapping ban. Population dune forests with dense A final decision will be made About 71 individuals on the shrub cover, like they do in later this year. central coast the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. One thing Conservation groups also filed Diet is certain: they need diverse a petition to get the coastal Carnivore generalists: birds, eggs, and abundant prey. Habitat marten listed as ‘endangered’ rodents, insects loss due to logging, under the state Endangered fragmentation, decline in Species Act. Unfortunately as Interesting Fact he Humboldt marten, prey, and predation account this was going to print, the Estimated to consume 17-29% otherwise known as the for the decline in coastal marten Commission voted against of their body weight daily Tcoastal or pacific marten, is one populations. Recent studies giving the coastal marten of the 14 recognized subspecies reveal that just one or two state protections. However, TAKE ACTION FOR THE of the American marten. This human-caused mortalities we're hopeful the COASTAL MARTEN tiny carnivore can be found only within these distinct population Commission will approve a Email the Commission at on the west coast and, similar to segments could put this species strong trapping ban to help [email protected] many native species in Oregon, at risk of extinction. protect the marten in the and tell them coastal martens faces challenges to recovery. coming months. See sidebar deserve better protections. What’s even more shocking? for actions you can take. STEVE SLOCOMB

Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 12 Getting there in the autumn air Marielle Cowdin, Outreach & Marketing Coordinator

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13 Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 Keeping it wild - Brewshed® Partner Spotlight: Claim 52 Chandra LeGue, Western Oregon Field Coordinator

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Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 14 Oregon Wild migrations

and concerned local citizens, she Megan Cahill from the University of Oregon in Public outreach efforts, and developing helped to breathe life into efforts University of Portland was part of Administration, was essential in talking points for local advocates. to protect this secluded gem of the Communications team this planning our annual Middle Fork We wish her well in completing Central Oregon. We will miss spring. She helped chase a Willamette River Cleanup, her studies! Sarah but wish her well as she Portland lightrail train to get coordinating other community heads (not too far!) east. footage for our Clearcut Express campaign and developed a short Stepping into Sarah’s big shoes is film on protecting the Lostine Oregon Wild’s Jamie Dawson. Wild and Scenic River corridor Remember, remember Jamie has been spearheading our from industrial logging. membership program for just over a year and takes her passion Heather Lewis, also from UP, this November... for Oregon Wild and advocacy joined us as our summer experience in Alaska and Marketing and Graphic Design A risky, misleading, and unnecessary tax Montana to her new role. intern. During her internship, she break that would benefit large, out of Congratulations Jamie! And in was instrumental in creating and state corporations. Along with Measure another internal shift, Gaby Diaz designing materials for Call of the 104, these Constitutional Amendments will take over the membership Wild and our annual Outdoor would make it even harder to fund wildlife SARAH CUDDY role from Jamie. Gaby has been Photo Contest. We wish her the recovery, parks, and clean air initiatives. an integral member of the best of luck as she continues her studies in Italy. Thanks Heather ell...she’s leaving on a high Oregon Wild team for over two Measure 104 expands the use of the and Megan! note. Just weeks after years, and has excelled in legislative supermajority requirement hearingW the news that Oregon connecting with potential Oregon – creating more gridlock and making it Oregon Wild’s Eugene office Wild and our partners had Wild supporters at community harder to close tax loopholes. prevailed in halting the Ochoco events, wrangling volunteers, and welcomed two Community Summit OHV proposal in court, spearheading Call of the Wild. Outreach interns this summer. Sarah Cuddy headed off to new Congratulations Gaby! Cameron Brown’s time with us An anti-immigrant measure that repeals adventures with her husband in was cut short due to a job offer in a 30-year-old law requiring local police Baker City. Working out of the Intern-ally wild his field of public health in Trinity agencies to not spend resources on Bend office for the last three and We were also fortunate to have County, CA, but we appreciate his immigration enforcement, Measure 105 a half years, Sarah built our help from some stellar interns this help shepherding hikes, writing was drafted by Oregonians for Ochoco Mountains campaign year. Learn more about them at letters to the editor, and tabling at Immigration Reform, an extreme from the ground up. Working right... community events. Emma Land, organization with ties to white with landowners, recreation allies, a Master’s student at the nationalism, that has used environmental fear-mongering to support their 15 campaign. Fall 2018 Volume 45, Number 3 5825 N. Greeley Ave. Portland, OR 97217

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