Coast Range Radio

Why You Should Care About the Eugene Clean Energy Fund Ballot Measure!

I’m joined today by Aya Cockram from the Breach Collective and Dylan Plummer of the Sierra Club to talk about the Eugene Clean Energy Fund, or ballot measure 20-388. The

Now is The Time to Protect The Roadless Rule! Here's How and Why

If you are hearing this before September 21st and you care about public lands, they need you to act! The Trump Administration is attempting to open 45 million acres of p

Why Are Chinook Salmon Shrinking, and What is a "Terminal Fishery??"

Have you ever heard of a June Hog??  June Hogs were legendary, gigantic summer run Chinook salmon that could weigh up to 100 pounds on their way up the Columbia river. T

Could Geothermal Energy be the Holy Grail of Renewable Power?

Let’s talk about something hopeful for a change! The ongoing renewable energy revolution is probably one of the most under-reported narratives in the story of climate ch

Just How Bad is Trump's Forest Service "Reorganization"?

Amidst the barrage of direct attacks that the Trump administration and their allies have been waging on public lands and the environment, you’d be forgiven for missing a

Poisoning the Well: Understanding Environmental Resentment in Timber Country, Part 2

Today’s show features the second half of a fascinating conversation I had with Patrick Hunnicutt, Assistant Professor of Environmental Administration at the University of

Poisoning the Well: Understanding Environmental Resentment in Timber Country, Part 1

My guest today is Patrick Hunnicutt, Assistant Professor of Environmental Administration at the University of Oregon. Patrick is the co author of a yet to be published r

Forest Victory! Plus, Why Does the BLM Keep Lying About Timber Sales?

Oregon forests recently got a big win in court. Earlier this month, a US District Court Judge ruled that the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, had broken the law during

Is the Alaska "Landless Bill" Land Back or Land Grab?! With Wanda Culp and Joshua Wright

Unless you frequent the same activist email listservs I do, you may have no idea that, completely aside from the Trump administration’s assault on public lands, there is

Upending the Conventional Wisdom on the Role of Fire and Old-Growth in the PNW

How did the majestic forests of the Pacific Northwest come to be? That may seem like an esoteric question, but if we want to know how to protect and steward them as we e

Environmentalists Are Losing on Wildfire. Here's How We Win

As I’m recording this in mid-April, we are coming out of the one of the warmest and driest winters on record in the Pacific northwest, and snowpack is at catastrophically

The Fight To Save Roadless Forests, with Len Montgomery of Environment America

I’m so excited to be back with a new interview after taking a little time off. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of bad news to come back to, but as ever, I am inspire

Xerces Society Founder Robert Pyle on Invertebrate Conservation, Resurrection Ecology, and More!

Dr. Robert Michael Pyle is a pioneer and legend in invertebrate conservation research and advocacy, as well as an accomplished author and poet.  In 1971, he founded the X

Against the Eco-Fascist Creep! With the Anti-Creep Collective

The word fascism gets tossed around a lot these days, but what does that term even mean, and what does it mean to call, for instance, the Trump regime fascist as opposed

Jamie Workman On Why He Wants Us To "Own The Wild", Water Credits, and More! (Part 2)

Today I’m featuring the second half of my conversation with author, speaker, entrepreneur, and wearer of many more hats, Jamie Workman. Jamie is most recently the co-aut

Sea Change - Can 'Rights-Based Management Save Our Oceans?

Of all the myriad harms modern society is inflicting on our oceans, overfishing is right up there with climate change itself as one of the biggest threats to both marine

Will FOFA Fix or F**k our Forests?! A Debate with Citizen's Climate Lobby

I have been a vocal critic of the so called “Fix our Forests Act” or FOFA, that is making its way through Congress. I think it is a cynical, bad faith bill that at best,

Are We On The Cusp of a Community Forest Renaissance?! (CRR Best Of)

It is plain for anyone to see that the short rotation, financialized plantation management practiced by the Wall Street investors who own the vast majority of private tim

Landscape Conservation in the Kitsap Peninsula, with Great Peninsula Conservancy

Today we’re joined by Nathan Daniel, Executive Director of the Great Peninsula Conservancy.  Nathan has helped guide some of the most ambitious conservation work going on

Is Amazon Fueling A Water Crisis in Oregon?

Are Amazon data centers fueling a water contamination crisis in Eastern Oregon Rolling Stone recently published a major investigative piece asking that question. But Ama