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Andy Kerr | Oregon Conservationist, Writer, Analyst, Operative, Agitator, Strategist, Tactician, Schmoozer, Raconteur

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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Northeast Wilderness Trust

Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States

March 13, 2024 in Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Livestock Grazing, National Park Service, National Wildlife Refuges, Wildlife

Welcoming Back Pumas to the Eastern United States

Scientists have identified seventeen areas in the eastern US suitable for the recolonization of Puma concolor. Will humans allow it?

Tags: Florida panther, Puma concolor, catamount, cougar, mountain lion, Panthera, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Northeast Wilderness Trust

Forests in the American East, Part 3: A Vision of the Return of Old-Growth Forests

April 21, 2023 in Ecological Reserves, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Federal Lands, Forest Service, Forestry, Forests, National Monuments, National Park System, National Parks, Wildlife, National Wildlife Refuges

Forests in the American East, Part 3: A Vision of the Return of Old-Growth Forests

This Part 3 suggests ways to partially—but significantly—bring back the magnificent old-growth forests that have long been lost.

Tags: Loxahatchee Wild and Scenic River, early successional habitat, George Washington NationalForest, Rock Pond-Pharaoh Pond Wilderness, The Hermitage, Linville Gorge Wilderness, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Pond Green Mountain National Forest, large woody debris, William Moomaw, Susan Masino, Ed Faison, Telephone Gap Green Mountain National Forest, eastern hemlock old growth, old-growth forests of the American East, Maine Wood National Park, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Baxter State Park, Weeks Act, Weeks Law, Oswegatchie River, peckerpoles, beaver, northern long-eared bat, Henry David Thoreau, Friends of Blackwater, Northeast Wilderness Trust, Old-Growth Forest Network, RESTORE: The North Woods, Save Public Forests Coalition, Southern Environmental Law Center, Cheat River Watershed, Monongahela National Forest

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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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