RatPAC(K) supports DeFazio
The months long dormant CCAP (Coos County Alliance for Progress) has raised an additional $1,000...
Read MoreThe months long dormant CCAP (Coos County Alliance for Progress) has raised an additional $1,000...
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Read MoreIt is time to force this issue either through a citizen initiative or polite protest or downright civil disobedience or all of the above.
Read MoreDefazio, Walden, and Schrader are sponsoring a bill that would give 1.6 million acres of federally managed forests to the state of Oregon to be managed by a trust of private timber campaigns
Read MoreFormer congressional candidate Art Robinson announces that he is running for the chairmanship of the Oregon Republican Party. Robinson ran unsuccessfully for district four US representive against Peter De Fazio in 2010 and 2012....
Read MoreRobinson objects to being characterized as an extremist and claims to have filed a $1 million lawsuit against his rival, incumbent Peter DeFazio.
Read MoreBy Fred Kirby On September 4th, the almost daily downtown Coos Bay newspaper editorial board told us that “The problem with money in politics is not the amount America spends, but the sneaky and degrading ways we contrive to...
Read MoreSince the Northwest Forest Plan was adopted, the BLM and Forest Service have offered 8.7 billion board feet of timber. This is equivalent to 1.74 million log truck loads. Timber targets are set each year by Congress and based on available funding. The data show that since 1995 the agencies have met 82% of the timber targets established by Congress. The small shortfall is the result of two legal blunders where federal agencies broke their own rules and failed to protect streams and wildlife as outlined in the forest plan.
Read MoreSo far the Alliance has receipted $14,300 but has not reported its outgoing donations.
Read MoreNow that a bill is being floated by DeFazio that does in fact give management over to the county, Main is now concerned with whether the public wants to co-manage the lands with the tribe. On Tuesday’s BOC agenda is an item submitted by Main to, “discuss putting an advisory vote on the ballot, asking if the county should partner with the Coquille Tribe on any timberlands”.
Read More“Apparently, the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives believes we can clear-cut our way to prosperity,” observed Steve Pedery, Conservation Director for Oregon Wild. “It is like the DeFazio, Schrader, and Walden clear-cut logging plan on steroids.”
Read MoreWhat is immediately notable about the bill is the proposed handling of the Coos Bay Wagon Road lands which proposes giving management not to the Coquille Tribe but rather to the county. The county may choose to contract with the tribe or any other public or private timber management. Evidently, Parry’s lobbying didn’t benefit the tribe at all.
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