Andy Kerr

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

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The Demise of the National Old-Growth Amendment: Never Say Never

January 13, 2025 in 30x30, Administration, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Forestry, Forests, National Forest System, Politics, Presidents

While the election of Donald Trump is a setback for the conservation of mature and old-growth forests, such can be overcome.

Amending the Eastside Screens, Part 1: A Quarter Century of “Interim” Management

July 10, 2020 in Department of Agriculture, Ecosystems, Federal Lands, Forest Service, Forests, National Forest System

Many conservation organizations are quite concerned and are girding their collective loins for battle. The Forest Service insists that the changes they propose won’t undermine the intent of the Eastside Screens. Who’s right?

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

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

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