Andy Kerr

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

Offshore Oregon

Oregon’s Most Endangered Forests

December 23, 2024 in Climate Change, Coasts, Ecological Reserves, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Marine Sanctuaries, Wildlife, Forests

Kelp forests are extraordinarily important concentrations of biodiversity and are extremely threatened, along the Oregon coast and around the world.

Offshore Oregon Could Be Despoiled by Wind Power Turbines

August 08, 2022 in 30x30, Administration, Climate Change, Coasts, Department of Interior, Ecological Reserves, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Energy, Federal Lands, Keep it in the Ground, Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA, Oceans, State Lands

We don’t have to despoil the environment and view off the shore of Oregon to produce carbon-free electricity.

Public Lands Blog

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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.

If you wish to contact me, I will probably be glad you did.