Andy Kerr

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

Oregon Board of Forestry

Oregon State Forests: Public Forests, Not County ATMs

October 18, 2022 in Forest Fires, Forestry, Forests, State Lands

t turns out that state forests are not held in trust for the financial benefit of certain timber-addicted counties.

Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 3: “Greatest Permanent Value”

October 28, 2020 in Forestry, Forests, Local Government

The Oregon legislature has directed and authorized the Oregon Board of Forestry to manage state forestlands under its control “so as to secure the greatest permanent value of those lands to the state.”

Oregon State Forest Lands, Part 1: A New Day?

October 02, 2020 in Endangered Species, Forestry, Forests, State Lands, Wildfire

The seven-member Oregon Board of Forestry will decide next Tuesday, October 6, whether to proceed in seeking a habitat management plan and concurrent incidental take permit for sixteen imperiled species that inhabit western Oregon state forests.

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.

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