Hey Folks,
NOAA is asking for your opinion on their new plan and now would be the perfect time to give it to them.  Please tell the officials at NOAA what you think of more regulations on using the country's natural waters.  Remember, this is the agency that was going to ignore over a dozen local resolutions opposing a marine sanctuary off the coast of Oregon and force us to except their designation.  Please tell them what you think by April 30th, 2017.....Rob T.  

NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is soliciting public input on a draft strategy to direct national and local efforts in the protection of America’s underwater parks. Titled Our Vision for America’s Treasured Ocean Places: A Five-Year Strategy for the National Marine Sanctuary System, the plan plots a five-year course for managing some of the nation’s most amazing ocean and Great Lakes places.
OUR VISION FOR AMERICA'S TREASURED OCEAN PLACES


A Five-Year Strategy for the
National Marine Sanctuary System
The draft document does not catalog everything we do but addresses four principal needs:

1. To convey to the American public our priorities over the next five years;
2. To enhance focus and inspire our staff;
3. To affirm our core values as an organization; and
4. To deliver on NOAA’s responsibilities as stewards of nationally significant ocean places.

We are committed to having our team, partners, policy makers and the public recognize the goals set out in the final document and, more importantly, their role in helping to achieve them. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on the draft proposal as we work to finalize it in the coming months.

Once finalized, this document will be our roadmap for the next five years, culminating in 2022 with our 50th anniversary.  The draft plan, “Our Vision for America’s Treasured Ocean Places,” is available at http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/about/five-year-strategy-draft.html.  

We are soliciting public input on the draft document through April 30, 2017. While we are not required to solicit public comment under government legislation or law, public involvement in national marine sanctuaries’ management is a longstanding core value that we seek to uphold at every opportunity.

We look forward to receiving your comments ([email protected]) as we work to finalize our strategic plan in the coming months.

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1 22 2017
 
 Attached in entirety
 
United States Statutes at Large, 1952, Vol. 66, 82nd Cong., p. 163-282 
American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017
This bill repeals the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 and other specified related laws.
The bill requires: (1) the President to terminate U.S. membership in the United Nations (U.N.), including any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body; and (2) closure of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
The bill prohibits: (1) the authorization of funds for the U.S. assessed or voluntary contribution to the U.N., (2) the authorization of funds for any U.S. contribution to any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation, (3) the expenditure of funds to support the participation of U.S. Armed Forces as part of any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation, (4) U.S. Armed Forces from serving under U.N. command, and (5) diplomatic immunity for U.N. officers or employees.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (Introduced 01/03/2017) Committees: House - Foreign Affairs Latest Action: 01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is proposing amendments to its administrative rules at OAR 340-041.

Summary
 
DEQ will ask the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission to approve proposed rule amendments to:

• Declare the North Fork Smith River in Oregon, and its tributaries and associated wetlands, as Outstanding Resource Waters under Oregon's antidegradation regulations under the Clean Water Act
• Establish policies to protect the unique water quality values and outstanding values and ecological characteristics of the North Fork Smith River and its tributaries and associated wetlands   

 
Public Participation
 
DEQ will accept public comments on this proposed rulemaking until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. You may submit comments electronically at the website for this rulemaking: North Fork Smith River 2017 Rulemaking. You may also send comments directly to DEQ at the following address:
 
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Attn.: Aron Borok
700 NE Multnomah Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
 
DEQ will also accept comments from the public at two hearings on this proposed rulemaking.
 
The first public hearing will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, at:
 
DEQ Headquarters, 3rd Floor
700 NE Multnomah St.
Portland, OR 97232
 
The second hearing will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at:
 
Best Western Harbor Inn
16008 Boat Basin Rd.
Brookings, OR 97415
 
The public can participate in both hearings by video webinar or audio teleconference:
 
Video Webinar Link: Webinar link
Teleconference Call-in Number: 888-363-4734
Teleconference Participant ID: 1910322
 
Instructions for joining webinar or teleconference: Webinar instructions
 
Additional Information
 
To view copies of the notice documents, learn more about this rulemaking, and how to submit comments, you can view the rulemaking web page linked to above.

If you want to receive future email notices about this rulemaking, you must sign up at: DEQ Govdelivery.
 
You can also obtain more information about this rulemaking by contacting:
 
Aron Borok
503-229-5050
[email protected]

Company Name:  WILD RIVERS WATER RIGHTS
File Number:  264264-94
Filing State:  Oregon (OR)
Filing Status:  Active
Filing Date:  January 21, 2005
Company Age:  11 Years, 9 Months
Registered Agent:  Gordon R Lyford
Po Box 118
O'brien, OR 97534
Principal Address:  
822 Lone Mountain Rd
O'brien, OR 97534

Wild Rivers Water Rights is an Oregon Assumed Business Name filed on January 21, 2005 . The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 264264-94.

The Registered Agent on file for this company is Gordon R Lyford and is located at Po Box 118, O'Brien, OR 97534. The company's principal address is 822 Lone Mountain Rd, O'Brien, OR 97534.

The company has 1 principal on record. The principal is Gordon R Lyford from O'Brien OR.

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Expansion of National Monuments Protecting Natural, Cultural Resources in California and Oregon
Today President Obama also expanded the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southwestern Oregon and Northern California, and added six new units to the California Coastal National Monument to protect critical biodiversity, important cultural resources and vital wildlife habitat.

Today’s 48,000-acre expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument builds upon the original monument’s goal to protect the area’s extraordinary biodiversity. Located in southwestern Oregon and established in 2000, Cascade-Siskiyou was the first monument designated solely for the preservation of its biodiversity. The monument is an ecological wonder, home to an incredible variety of rare and endemic plant and animal species, and representing a rich mosaic of forests, grasslands, shrub lands, and wet meadows at the convergence of three mountain ranges.

Several years ago, local scientists sounded the alarm that in the face of mounting external pressures including encroaching development and climate change, the original monument boundary was too small to sustain the diverse array of species that it was established to protect. The expansion, which includes a 5,000-acre extension into California, will provide vital habitat connectivity, watershed protection, and landscape-scale resilience to fire, insects and disease, invasive species, drought, or floods – events likely to be exacerbated by climate change.

“The BLM manages some of the nation's wildest and most sacred landscapes, including more than 800 areas that have been protected through congressional and presidential action. We're proud to be charged with stewarding these incredible lands for future generations, including today’s additions to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and the California Coastal National Monument,” said Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze. “The BLM looks forward to continuing and expanding our work with local communities to ensure successful management of these special places.”

In October, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael Connor attended a public meeting on the proposed expansion hosted by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in Ashland, Oregon. In addition to Senator Merkley’s leadership, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and then-Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) have written in support of the expansion along with a wide array of state and local elected officials, local scientists, area businesses, and numerous conservation groups. Senators Wyden and Merkley also introduced legislation in 2015 that would have protected most of the areas in the expansion.

The California Coastal National Monument expansion, totaling approximately 6,200 acres, will protect six spectacular places on the California coast. The monument was originally established in 2000 to protect marine wildlife habitat just offshore of California’s iconic coastline. In 2014, President Obama expanded the monument to include Point Arena-Stornetta, its first onshore unit. Today’s expansion preserves important habitat for coastal plants and animals, and protects cultural sites that provide insight into the people who lived along the California coast thousands of years ago. Many of the new units of the monument are also culturally and spiritually important to local tribes.

These new units include:

• Trinidad Head, a promontory jutting off the coast of Humboldt County, a historic lighthouse sits atop sheer cliffs overlooking crashing waves and rugged sea stacks.
• Waluplh-Lighthouse Ranch, just south of Trinidad Head, has spectacular panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean, Eel River Delta, and the south spit of Humboldt Bay.
• Thirteen miles south, the Lost Coast Headlands include rolling hills and dramatically eroding bluffs, punctuated by freshwater creeks, ponds, and pockets of forest.
• Cotoni-Coast Dairies in Santa Cruz County extends from the steep slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains to marine terraces overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Approximately 5,800 acres, it encompasses ancient archaeological sites, riparian and wetland habitats, coastal prairie grasslands, and woodlands that include stands of coast redwood.
• Piedras Blancas in San Luis Obispo County provides visitors the opportunity to tour a historic lighthouse overlooking the site’s namesake white coastal rocks, and observe a colony of massive elephant seals loafing in the sun.
• Orange County Rocks and Islands just off the coast of Orange County treat visitors to dramatic crashing waves, unique geology, and an abundance of marine-dependent wildlife including pelicans and seals.

This expansion is the result of former Senator Barbara Boxer’s strong commitment to the California coast, along with former Representative Lois Capps (D-24-CA) and Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-18-CA) and Jared Huffman (D-2-CA), who introduced legislation to protect these areas. In September, BLM Director Neil Kornze joined Representative Capps and state officials at a public meeting in Cambria, California, where they heard from area tribes, local government, the conservation and recreation communities, and local residents in support of the proposed expansion.

Both expansions will be managed by the Bureau of Land Management, which also manages the existing monuments.

A map of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument expansion can be found here.
A fact sheet on the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument expansion can be found here.
Maps of the California Coastal National Monument expansion can be found here.
A fact sheet on the California Coastal National Monument expansion can be found here.

Senator Jeff Merkley
BIG news for Southern Oregon—President Obama is expanding the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument! This expansion will help protect environmental quality and recreational opportunities that are essential to Southern Oregon’s way of life and economy. As climate change and intensifying development pose new threats to the region, this announcement comes at a critical time for this biodiverse area.
To all the Oregonians who came to public meetings and submitted comments on this proposal— thank you for your invaluable input. The President was able to make a more informed decision because of your thoughtful comments. I’ll continue to press to make sure your voices are heard in the formation of the new management plan. Let’s work to keep protecting this natural beauty!
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-wyden-applaud-expansion-of-cascade-siskiyou-national-monument

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Dec. 13, 2016
 
For immediate release                                                                                                    
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More information:  Julie Curtis – 503-510-6860; [email protected]

Elliott State Forest ownership transfer process to continue
 
Land Board provides direction to staff at Dec. 13 public meeting
 
Salem – The Department of State Lands (DSL) will continue to work with the proposers of the plan that was submitted for new ownership of 82,500 acres of Common School lands within the Elliott State Forest. The plan was submitted by Lone Rock Timber Management Company, in cooperation with The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, and with support and advice from additional organizations and tribes.
 
There was no decision made or vote taken at the meeting on Dec. 13.
 
Emphasizing the need to ensure protections for public access to the forest, the State Land Board provided the following direction to DSL staff:

• Clarify gaps, uncertainties and ambiguities regarding Harvest Protection Areas; allowable activities in Riparian Management Areas; and enforceable mechanisms, including third-party enforcement rights in the conservation easement.
• Discuss with the proposers the potential for additional partners, including public entities.
• Return to the Feb. 14 Land Board meeting to provide an update before any offer of sale. 

 
The board also challenged stakeholders to step up to find a solution to utilize up to $100 million in potential state bonding towards an alternative public ownership approach.
 
The State Land Board consists of Governor Kate Brown, Secretary of State Jeanne P. Atkins and State Treasurer Ted Wheeler. The Department of State Lands administers diverse natural and fiscal resources. Many of the resources generate revenue for the Common School Fund, such as state-owned rangelands and timberlands, waterway leases, estates for which no will or heirs exist, and unclaimed property. Twice a year, the agency distributes fund investment earnings to support K-12 public schools. The agency also administers Oregon’s Removal-Fill Law, which requires people removing or filling certain amounts of material in waters of the state to obtain a permit.

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 www.oregonstatelands.us

Siemens Teams with STAR Communities to Give Cities a Quick Start to STAR Certification

November 15, 2016 / Lacey Shaver / Press Releases, STAR Updates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 15, 2016
Siemens Teams with STAR Communities to Give Cities a Quick Start to STAR Certification
In collaboration with Siemens, STAR Communities is inviting applications from cities interested in accelerating their STAR certification efforts in 2017 through the QuickSTARt Program. This initiative is supported by the Siemens Cities Center of Competence (CoC), which is dedicated to working with cities to undertake key challenges as cities strive for economic growth and long-term sustainability.

Siemens Cities CoC has supported STAR Communities since its inception in 2012. Alison Taylor, vice president of Sustainability, Americas for Siemens, is involved in helping the company meet its carbon neutrality goals and currently sits on STAR’s Board. In addition to helping cities directly to develop technology plans for sustainable growth, Siemens works through organizations, such as STAR Communities, to amplify knowledge exchange on data-driven planning for economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

STAR certification provides a clear, data-driven approach to assessing local sustainability efforts. It allows local leaders to credibly and transparently measure sustainability performance against the national standards and best practices in the STAR Community Rating SystemTM (STAR), the nation’s leading framework and certification program for evaluating the sustainability of U.S. communities. STAR provides a roadmap to evaluate and track progress on economic, environmental, and social conditions in your community; the STAR certification process helps to identify gaps and prioritize investment. It can also serve as a catalyst for local action, transforming the way that communities come together to address sustainability.

Siemens is working with STAR Communities to support the QuickSTARt Program. The program recognizes that cities that have leadership buy-in, get organized upfront, and build a diverse team have great potential to realize transformation and catalyze action through the STAR certification process. The program is designed to accelerate the process of getting organized and achieving certification so that the community can quickly move through the assessment phase into implementation efforts.

The QuickSTARt Program provides communities with benefits consistent with the STAR Community Leadership Program, which is a one-year all-inclusive package that provides STAR’s highest level of training and technical assistance to a cohort of city and county governments as they complete their first baseline community sustainability assessment by pursuing certification under the STAR Community Rating System. Instead of working through the certification program as part of a cohort, communities in the QuickSTARt Program receive an upfront, multi-day workshop in the community to build buy-in and support for sustainability efforts, clarify and resolve numerous technical and data issues, and provide a clear pathway to achieving STAR certification.

In addition to sponsoring one city’s certification efforts through participation in QuickSTARt, Siemens will be lending its technical expertise to STAR and the selected city during the QuickSTARt Program. Siemens Cities CoC works in more than 70 cities worldwide to help them understand which intelligent technologies can not only improve their systems, but make them more intuitive, safer, cleaner, and more efficient. During the multi-day QuickSTARt workshop, Siemens employees will bring that experience to bear, supporting the city and STAR in understanding how new, intelligent technology and software across energy, buildings, transportation, and industry can ensure economic success and longevity.

Download the application.

About STAR Communities and Siemens
STAR Communities is a nonprofit organization thatworks to evaluate, improve, and certify sustainable communities. The organization administers the STAR Community Rating System, the nation’s leading framework and certification program for local sustainability. For more information, visit www.STARcommunities.org.

Siemens Cities Center of Competence (CoC) is dedicated to understanding the key challenges facing cities as they strive for economic growth and long-term prosperity. The CoC strives to leverage the company’s global experience and portfolio of innovative infrastructure solutions to help cities create and implement plans for a sustainable future.
Siemens Corporation is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global powerhouse focusing on the areas of electrification, automation, and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems for power generation and transmission as well as medical diagnosis. With approximately 348,000 employees in more than 190 countries, Siemens reported worldwide revenue of $86.2 billion in fiscal 2015. Siemens in the USA reported revenue of $22.4 billion, including $5.5 billion in exports, and employs approximately 50,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Contact
Contact:  Lacey Shaver, Community Engagement Manager, STAR Communities

• [email protected]
  
• (855) 890-7827 ext. 105
  

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By: Craft3 - Oct 06, 2016
Source: Press Release
USDA Rural Development loan capital to be paired with grant from Northwest Area Foundation

ILWACO, WASHINGTON – Regional nonprofit lender Craft3 has received access to $22 million in new resources to support the development of community facilities in rural and tribal communities across the Northwest. The award will build capacity for small, rural towns and Native organizations and make community-centered investments that help reduce persistent poverty.

“Lack of capital in tribal communities means a lack of opportunity – and that lack of opportunity has helped create generational, persistent poverty.” said Adam Zimmerman, President & CEO of Craft3. “We’re proud to be partnering with USDA Rural Development and the Northwest Area Foundation on Uplift America to make critical investments that improve quality of life, reduce poverty, improve access to capital, and create jobs.”

The new resources come in the form of access to a $20 million low-interest Community Facilities loan from USDA Rural Development, and a $2 million grant from Northwest Area Foundation.

“Northwest Area Foundation is pleased to provide a $2 million companion grant to Craft3 through our partnership with the Uplift America Fund to support the delivery of USDA Community Facilities Loans to underserved rural communities across Oregon and Washington, particularly in Northwest Indian Country. Craft3 has shown an unwavering commitment to rural places and has a strong track record of financing community facilities that support essential human services which strengthen the resilience of Pacific Northwest communities,” said Karla Miller, Program Director at Northwest Area Foundation.

Craft3 has a long history of financing community facilities in rural areas, including:

• Shoalwater Bay Tribe Wellness Center in Tokeland, Washington;
  
• Oregon Coast Community Action’s Child and Family Resource Center in Coos Bay, Oregon;
  
• Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon; and
  
• Downtown Ambulatory Health Center in Port Angeles, Washington.
  

“Today’s award will support targeted, place-based investments in isolated rural communities,” said Vicki Walker, Oregon State Director for USDA Rural Development. “These low-interest loans can have a real impact on reducing poverty and foster greater leveraging of private and philanthropic investments in remote areas. By providing this game-changing level of investment capital, USDA and our partners are taking a considerable step to improve the quality of life in rural Oregon and Washington.”

"These investments will lift the economic prospects of our communities and create jobs, especially in those areas that have not yet realized their potential for growth,” said Mario Villanueva, Washington State Director for USDA Rural Development. “Thanks to this financing, USDA Rural Development's local partners will have the resources to build, create and invest in the essential community facilities and services, like public safety, health care and education.”

Since Craft3 was founded in 1994, it has invested:

• over $17 million in Indian Country, including in Tribal governments, Tribal corporations, Native Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), and Native entrepreneurs. Examples of Craft3-funded projects are medical and dental facilities, other essential services, land acquisition, Tribal enterprises, fishing loans, small business loans, and capital investments in Native CDFIs.
  
• over $32 million in local government, education and nonprofit projects. Examples include community facilities, health care, schools, child care, playgrounds, domestic violence shelters, food banks, downtown renewal projects, and conservation projects.
  

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The USDA recently announced updates to its Community Facilities Loan Program “that allow the Agency to make direct loans to eligible lending institutions (referred to as ‘re-lenders’) who then will re-loan the funds to eligible applicants for eligible community facility projects.” Through the Community Facilities Relending Program, USDA can provide up to $500 million in long-term, very low-cost financing for CDFIs to facilitate much-needed infrastructure projects in communities that have suffered for decades from persistent poverty and underinvestment.

Uplift provides additional financial ingredients that allow community lenders to access these funds and increase the chance they will make a difference. Private grants offer critical capacity building support like staffing, technical assistance or community planning, and net-asset assistance to strengthen balance sheets and allow borrowing of these resources. Financial guarantees from banks make community lenders more attractive to USDA.
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Survey on Visualizing Costs and Benefits of Conservation Planning

OSU is conducting a survey to better understand how individuals interpret information on costs and benefits of conservation practices, especially when there is uncertainty associated with estimates of costs and benefits.

You are being invited to participate in a brief research survey to help them better understand how stakeholders interpret information on costs and benefits. The survey will help identify the best methods for visualizing such information in computer-assisted decision support environments used for conservation planning in landscapes and watersheds. Your participation is completely voluntary, and you should be 18 years or older to participate.

The results of this study will improve existing knowledge on how state-of-the-art information technology can be used to help agricultural stakeholders with decision making, while saving significant costs. The results may also be used in future conference presentations and/or publications.

The survey and details on it can be accessed at http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2ozTjztroP3I2Hj
It should not take more than 15 minutes or so of your time to do the survey. The result of this survey will help identify best practices for visualizing uncertainty in conservation planning, when such information is displayed via different information technologies and mobile devices. 

October 28, 2016

We have exciting news from Portland! Yesterday a jury delivered Not Guilty verdicts on all but one count in the Malheur Refuge occupation trial. The jury could not agree on a verdict on the theft of government property charge against Ryan Bundy.

Despite many people assuming that these verdicts resulted from jury nullification, probably due to the extensive jury nullification education going on at the courthouse during the trial and other factors, it turned out that jury nullification was not necessary.

Nonetheless, the jury WAS crucial to the outcome of this case, as evidenced by the strong government bias exhibited during and after the trial. It is all but impossible to imagine a similar outcome, were the government the final arbiter instead of an independent jury.

I have written up the details, including comments made by Juror #4 after the trial, as well some thoughts from FIJA Board of Advisors member Dr. Roger Roots, who sat at the table next to Ryan Bundy for six weeks during the trial as a paralegal.

Trial by Jury Crucial in Malheur Refuge Occupation Acquittals

This trial was a case of gross overcharging to escalate the punishment that would result, followed up by failure to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the excessive charges the prosecution brought to the table. Regardless of whether or not each of us agrees with what the occupiers actually did, it is clear that the jurors did their job in delivering Not Guilty verdicts on these excessive charges.

Please read and share the article above so that we can create more jurors who understand and appreciate that their job is not to blindly rubber stamp prosecutions, but rather is to hold the government accountable, to consider the justice of the law and its application in the case at hand, and to require prosecutors to meet their burden of proof for each and every charge, for each and every defendant.

For Liberty, Justice, and Peace in Our Lifetimes,
Kirsten C. Tynan

Jackson County Commissioners

 to Hold Public Hearing
Regarding the Expansion of the
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument 

• We need OHA members to send emails to Jackson County Commissioners by 5pm Oct. 26.
• We need OHA members to attend the Jackson County Commission Public Hearing on Oct. 27, 6pm, at the

North Medford High School Commons,
1900 Keene Way Drive, Medford, OR
 
“We need to make sure we send input back to Washington DC that reflects the true opinions of all those that live here,” says Board Chair Rick Dyer, Jackson County Commissioners, “we want to hear from ranchers, recreational groups, hunters, environmental groups, hikers, the tourism and timber industries and everyone else that this decision affects.”
Background

• Oregon Congressional Senator Merkley and Senator Wyden are proposing an expansion of the existing Cascade Siskiyou National Monument.
• This proposal was not widely circulated to the public.
• The proposal comes as a request to roughly double the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument size by presidential proclamation under the Antiquities Act. (1906)

If You Would Like to Email the Jackson County Commissioners

• Send your emails by 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26.
• In the subject line of the email use the words: WE WANT A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS NOT A PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION!
• State that you are a member of Oregon Hunters Association.
• Make your email original and stress just one or two points. (Examples listed below).
• Do not use a form email.  Please make it your own.
• Send your emails to: [email protected]

 Points for Your Email That You May Want to Use:

• These large-scale land use changes need to follow a more democratic process than a presidential signature.
• Lack of a thorough public process. 
• Holding one hearing on short notice, after already requesting the expansion is not adequate.
• Where is the science that the "scientists" feel leads to a need to expand?  Who are these "scientists"?  What "mounting pressures" are coming from adjacent public lands that require Monument designation?  
• How can anyone claim support of local officials, and the public, prior to conducting any meetings or outreach? 
• Why wasn't OHA advised in advance?  What's the sudden rush?

Make Your Email Concise and to The Point
If You Would Like to Attend the Jackson County Commissioners Public Hearing

• Event Date: Oct. 27
• Event Time: 6pm
• Event Location: North Medford High School Commons, 1900 Keene Way Drive, Medford OR 

Points to Make if You Would Like to Testify at the Jackson County Commissioners Public Hearing

• Sign in prior to the beginning of the hearing
• Give Your Name for the Record
• You Are a Member of OHA

Here are some points you may want to use in your testimony:

• These large-scale land use changes need to follow a more democratic process than a presidential signature.
• Lack of a thorough public process. 
• Holding one hearing on short notice, after already requesting the expansion is not adequate.
• Where is the science that the "scientists" feel leads to a need to expand?  Who are these "scientists"?  What "mounting pressures" are coming from adjacent public lands that require Monument designation?  
• How can anyone claim support of local officials, and the public, prior to conducting any meetings or outreach? 
• Why wasn't OHA advised in advance?  What's the sudden rush?

 If You Would Like to Contact Other Officials

• The Secretary of the Interior at https://www.doi.gov/feedback or by calling 202-208-3100
• The President of the United States at https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact or by calling 202-456-1111

 
Thank you for your time and effort regarding this very serious matter.

FY2018 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program Grant Cycle

The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board is pleased to announce the FY2018 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program grant cycle. Funds are available for acquisition and/or restoration of important coastal wetlands habitat (see Attachment A).

Please review the attached CW-Program document for a timeline of important events and deadlines, the letter-of-interest process, and the pre-proposal process. Note that the letter of interest is due December 16, 2016 and should be emailed to [email protected].
Questions?
Please contact Jillian McCarthy, 503-986-0033.

• CW-Program.pdf
  
• Attachment-A.pdf
  

3 of the 11 tidegate restoration projects listed in the staff report  were implemented in Coos County. 
The project names are:
 Willanch Creek Fish Passage and Habitat Improvements – the grantee was Coos Watershed Association

North Slough Fish Passage and Water Quality Improvements – the grantee was Coos Watershed Association
 
China Camp Creek Project – the grantee is Beaver Slough Drainage District
(this project has not been implemented, yet)
 
·         Willanch Creek Fish Passage & Habitat Improvements:   $105,504
·         North Slough Fish Passage & Water Quality Improvements:   $195,514
·         China Camp Creek Project:  $1,435,000 (with implementation set for summer 2017)

For more information you can contact Mark Grenbemer, OWEB’s Region 2 Program Representative,
who is the project manager for these projects or you can contact the grantee themselves.

Related Posts:
OWEB Application Trainings Meeting Coos Bay Tuesday September 13, 2016
OWEB ~ Special Meeting on Tidegates in Salem Tuesday August 2, 2016 
USFWS ~ Beaver Slough Drainage District Meeting Wednesday, February 24, 2016
OWEB ~ County Investment Fact Sheets ‏ $14 Million for Coos County Acquisitions
OWEB ~ New GIS Resources Web Page Tracking Property Like Never Before
OWEB ~ Public "Suggestions" About Focused "Spending" Partnership Priorities
OWEB~ Byler Accepted Position at Oregon Resources Department
OWEB~Using Public Money to Restore Private Property Right Out of Existence 

ROP is  thrilled to announce the release of our activist resource toolkit, Up in Arms: A Guide to Oregon's Patriot Movement!  For the last two years, ROP has worked on the front lines with local community leaders to document, analyze, and respond to the Patriot movement's activities. Now ROP and Political Research Associates are releasing a comprehensive toolkit with over 200 pages of research and resources for organizers, community leaders, elected officials, and journalists in Oregon and across the country.

You can read Up In Arms: A Guide to Oregon’s Patriot Movement online.  You can also place an order for a paper copy here, handy for sharing with neighbors, friends, reporters for your local newspaper, or to donate to your local library.

Share a link to this resource with your community by forwarding this email, or sharing it on Facebook and other social media.

Thank you to all the local human dignity group leaders, volunteer researchers, and inspiring activists for building community, sharing your stories, and helping inform and resource other rural people desperate to figure out next steps.
Warmly,
Jess, Cara, Grace and the entire ROP Team


Rural Organizing Project, Political Research Associates Release Toolkit to Aid Oregon Communities Facing Militia Movements
October 3, 2016
Contact: Cara Shufelt, [email protected], 503-438-8638
Scappoose, OR-- Up in Arms: A Guide to Oregon’s Patriot Movement is a groundbreaking resource with essential information and tools for Oregon’s small towns and rural communities under siege from militias and other patriot movements.  The toolkit and research report is being released by the Rural Organizing Project in partnership with Political Research Associates.

In early 2016, patriot movement paramilitaries stormed onto the national stage when they seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, and occupied it for 41 days. Oregon remains a hotbed of Patriot movement activity. Across the state, heavily armed paramilitaries and self-anointed “judges and courts” vie for public support, while a handful of county sheriffs and other elected officials actually collude with these more radical groups and organizers.

“As Oregonians, we have a responsibility to support those who are resisting these movements and struggling for real democratic control of their communities,” says Jessica Campbell, Rural Organizing Project Co-Director. “Rural Oregonians want healthy and vibrant communities where everyone can live their lives fully with safety and dignity, and that isn't possible when those who have the most guns get to intimidate their political opponents into silence.”
The “Up in Arms” toolkit was developed through extensive research on right-wing movements, as well as local knowledge by rural community activists and economists. The toolkit exposes, explains, and offers alternatives to this movement.

Up in Arms’ illustrates how a statewide array of paramilitaries who are eager to join armed encampments to confront the federal government has been fostered by the militia and patriot movement. The report also clearly spells out how the movement recruits county sheriffs and other law enforcement officers under its influence, while simultaneously creating fake courts and self-proclaimed judges to dispense its own notions of justice.
“The Oregon Patriot movement engages in the same political culture of violence as the national movement, including armed occupations, protests, camps, and marches—as well as threats against elected officials, community activists, and critics,” says Spencer Sunshine, a sociologist and associate fellow at Political Research Associates who wrote a study of the movement included in the kit.

Also revealed are the many elected officials and candidates with ties to this homebrew of armed, anti-democratic politics. It documents the threats of assault and murder that Patriot movement adherents and supporters have made toward critics, Native American leaders, law enforcement, and even the Governor of Oregon.

Up In Arms details how the Patriot movement takes advantage of the collapse of the rural Oregon economy and deteriorating communities. University of Oregon Professors Dan HoSang and Steve Beda describe how vital county services such as 911 response and public libraries have disappeared from rural areas as the jobs rooted in natural resource extraction have evaporated. The failure of the federal and state governments to invest in rural America has allowed the Patriot movement to provide its own alternative policing and emergency responses as a means to gain traction and power in these forgotten communities.

“Providing alternatives for communities who are being targeted for Patriot movement recruitment is crucial,” continues ROP Co-director Jessica Campbell. “We cannot abandon folks in these communities to an environment of threats and intimidation.   Now is the time for engagement and action, before the politics of exclusion take root.”
Campbell offers a number of strategies for community members to break out of a sense of isolation, form a group, and speak out with a democratic and inclusive vision of what the community should look like. Examples from five different Oregon counties and towns over the last year are given to show how progressives can successfully counter Patriot movement messaging and intimidation, and help build inclusive communities where everyone can live their lives with safety and dignity.

Up In Arms: A Guide to Oregon’s Patriot Movement is available for free online as a PDF.

About the Rural Organizing Project:  The Rural Organizing Project (ROP) is a statewide organization of locally-based groups that strive to create and build communities accountable to a standard of human dignity: the belief in the equal worth of all people, the need for equal access to justice and the right to self-determination. Starting in 1992, ROP’s challenges to the anti-democratic right have earned ROP a national reputation for being an effective grassroots organization that takes on the hard issues.

About Political Research Associates:  Massachusetts-based Political Research Associates is a social justice think tank devoted to supporting movements that are building a more just and inclusive democratic society. We expose movements, institutions, and ideologies that undermine human rights.

Related Posts:
TEA Party---Rally Around The Flag in Cottage Grove June 14, 2014
TEA Party---Solution Revolution in Josephine County Saturday June 7, 2014
The TEA Party---Events in Grants Pass June 7 2014, & Cottage Grove June 14, 2014
The TEA Party 5 Year Anniversary February 27, 2014
TEA Party---Video of Brookings TEA Party January 18, 2014
TEA Party---The Brookings Harbor TEA Party January 18, 2014
The TEA Party---National Town Hall IRS Intimidation: Are you next?
The TEA Party---IRS: Protests, Petition, and the People
The TEA Party---The Brookings Harbor Tea Party 3/16/2013
The TEA Party---Auto-Pilot Toward the Fiscal Cliff
The Tea Party---Some Republicans Caving to No New Tax Pledge
The Tea Party---Sign Our New 'No New Taxes' Petition‏

Subject: DEQ Rulemaking - North Fork Smith River Outstanding Resource Waters Designation Advisory Committee
  
Outstanding Resource Waters are high quality waters that constitute an outstanding state resource due to their extraordinary water quality or ecological values, or where special protection is needed to maintain critical habitat areas. The Environmental Quality Commission adopted Oregon’s ORW policy, part of the state’s antidegradation policy, in 1991 and may be found at OAR 340-041-0004(8). To date, no waters have been designated ORWs in Oregon.
 
The Environmental Quality Commission granted a citizen petition for rulemaking to designate the North Fork Smith River and its tributaries ORWs. DEQ has initiated rulemaking proceedings on the rule amendments proposed by the petition, which include policies to maintain and protect the existing water quality and ecological values of these waters. The rulemaking process will include an opportunity for public comment on the proposed rule language.
 
DEQ has appointed an advisory committee to provide input on the draft rules. The committee's first meeting is as follows:
 
Monday, October 17, 2016
1-5 p.m.
Douglas County Fire Protective Association
1758 NE Airport Road
Roseburg, OR 97470
 
Teleconference call-in number: 888-278-0296
Teleconference participant ID: 8040259
 
The public is entitled to attend this meeting, but not to participate in the meeting. Later in these proceedings DEQ will accept public input on, and will hold a public hearing about, the proposed rules.
 
You can obtain more information by viewing DEQ’s OSRW web page: DEQ OSRW page
 
For more information, contact:
 
Aron Borok
503-229-5050
[email protected]

Related Posts:
DEQ Proposes Temporary Rule Amendments for Invalid Portions of the EPA
#DEQ ~Eats Crow & Proposes Temporary Revisions to Greenhouse Gas Permitting
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DEQ---Public Comments by July 31, 2014 Proposed Revisions Air Quality Permitting
EPA---Public Comments on Proposed Water Rule to Make Federal Land Grabs Easier 
EPA---Public Comment on Disapproval of OR Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control 
SCOTUS---Did EPA Overstep on Global Warming 

Hey Folks,

I have not seen the movie, but there are a few flaws with the flyer for the movie. 
One, America is not a "democracy," it is a constitutional republic, so there is no need for a "New Democracy" when the Republic stands.  Even though it is in need of recalibration to its original settings. 
Two, nature and corporations do not have rights, only individuals have rights.  Rights are naturally or divinely inherent for the human individual only

The movie is produced by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, so it could be a comedy, or it could be a tragedy.  It will make you laugh and it will make you cry.  Then you will probably laugh again at the absurdity, but not to the reasons proposed by the environmental extremist/socialist who make enviro-snuff films.....Rob T.  

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NOAA Proposed Recovery Plan for Coho Salmon September 2015
Fish and Wildlife Commission delists wolves statewide in split vote (4-2) ‏
Coos Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Meeting w/ODFW October 16, 2015
Coos County Approves Nature Conservancy's Tide Gate for China Camp Creek
ODFW ~ Conservation Opportunity Areas for Stealing Private Property
USACE ~ Comment on Permit Application Process Wednesday November 18, 2015
USFWS ~ Treating Private Property off the Bandon Marsh
The Mosquitoes Return to the Coquille Valley
Why does the Government Own & Hoard Resources?
Senator Wyden’s O&C Plan will Bankrupt Counties Part #2
Senator Wyden's O&C Plan will Bankrupt Counties  Part #1
Senator Whitsett---Oregon: Transfer public lands from feds?
Natural Resources Committee--State Forests Management Superior to Federal Forests
O&C Land---Timber Bill and Log Prices
BLM---Lawsuit expands to lock-up 90 million bd-ft of timber    
B-Corporations:  The Redefining of what it means to be a Corporation
The Federalization of Local Urban Renewal Agencies
The National Fish & Wildlife Foundation

Hey Folks,
 
A bad piece of legislation concerning the management of federal forest land has passed the house and is headed to the Senate.  The problem with this legislation is that it ignores the root of the problem and that is federal ownership of state land. 
 
Here is a statement from the Natural Resource committee:  “One year ago tomorrow, the House passed the Resilient Federal Forests Act (H.R. 2647) to address the nation's overgrown, fire-prone federal forests. Since then, 8.5 million acres have been destroyed, including 2.3 million acres this year alone.”
 
The citizens of all 50 states have to call all the Senators on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to let them know that the federal government should relinquish all authority and ownership of federal land and allow it to revert back to the prospective county, or state.  
 
The reason Coos County should be very concerned with this bill is that it could allow an Indian tribe the ability to manage federal land in the county, including the O&C lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road land.  The county would lose money to allow some other entity to manage land we are perfectly capable of managing ourselves.   Plus, these management agreements erode the sovereignty of both our Nation and the Indian Nations….Rob T. 

OREGON LIBERTY COALITION
Please share this email, so others will understand  the threat, as Curtis has made it very clear! 
Documentary Film Showing of AGENDA 2 Masters of Deceit
Meet the film producer Curtis Bowers 
OregonLibertyColaition.org!


Agenda 2 Masters of Deceit  
Trailer   http://www.agendadocumentary.com/

"AGENDA is the most powerful expose of the communist, socialist, progressive attempt to take over America produced so far."  
-Ted Baehr, MovieGuide

June 20 – 25, 2016
1 Roseburg (June 20 Monday) 6:00 to 9:00pm
   Church Annex
   1134 SE Douglas Ave, Roseburg, OR
2 Coquille (June 21 Tuesday)  5:30 to 9:30pm 
   The Owen Building 
   201 N Adams St, Coquille, OR
3 Eugene (June 22 Wednesday) 6:00 to 9:00 pm
   S.U.B. Building
   223 A St, Springfield, OR
4 Portland (June 23 Thursday) 6:00pm
    Multnomah County Republicans Fundraising Event
    La Carreta Mexican Restaurant and Cantina
    4534 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Portland, OR
5 Prineville (June 24 Friday) 6:00 to 9:00pm
    The Bowman Museum
    246 N Main St, Prineville, OR
6 Baker City(June 25 Saturday) 6:00 to 9:00 pm
       The Baker County Library
        2400 Resort St, Baker City, OR  (Use the Madison street entrance)
ARE Americans practicing Communism?
http://www.libertyzone.com/Communist-Manifesto-Planks.html
Read the 10 Planks of The Communist Manifesto to discover the truth and learn how to know your enemy...

Greetings!
 
I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. It was a beautiful weekend to spend on the South Coast.

We’ve had a busy start to the summer here at SCDC. This week was our Annual Meeting. Each year, we hold our annual membership meeting to elect new board members, Executive Committee members, and approve our budget for the upcoming fiscal year.  We did all that and more.
Before I share with you about our newly elected board members, I want to take a moment to thank all of our board members and executive committee members from this past year. I want to thank Ben Marchant for doing a super job as our Chair and being a rock for SCDC during its renaissance. I want to thank Hank Hickox, Fred Jacquot, Rodger Craddock, John Briggs, Bob Garcia, and Rick Skinner for all serving on the Executive Committee this year. They each dedicated additional time each month to help guide staff and assist us as we’ve moved SCDC forward. The entire board of directors has been vital to our ability to have accomplished all that we have over the last year.

Thank you!!

Now, without further ado, here are our newly elected board members and Executive Committee Members:

Executive Committee:
Chair: Rodger Craddock
Vice Chair: Hank Hickox- Bandon Dunes
Immediate Past Chair: Ben Marchant- City of Coquille(not Coos Bay)
Secretary: Chrystal Shoji- City of Coos Bay
Treasurer: John Briggs
At-Large (Public Sector): Patty Scott- Southwestern Oregon Community College
At-Large (Private Sector): Pam Plummer- Umpqua Bank
 
Individual & Affiliate:
Timm Slater- Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Rodger Craddock
 
Bronze & Silver:
Pam Plummer- Umpqua Bank
Mark Wall- Roseburg Forest Products
Deena Gisholt- Oregon Pacific Bank
Daryl Robison- Coos Curry Electric
Erin Reynolds- City of Florence
 
Gold & Platinum:
Hank Hickox- Bandon Dunes
Paul Janke- Bay Area Hospital
Donna Nichols- Jordan Cove LNG
Bill Richardson-City of North Bend
 
You can find a full list of our board members at our BRAND NEW WEBSITE at www.scdcinc.org

Have a great weekend!

Connie Stopher

Executive Director
South Coast Development Council
50 Central Avenue, Suite A
Coos Bay, OR 97420

Phone:   541-266-9753
Cell:       541-808-7774
Email:   [email protected]

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AOC Conference ~ OR County Commissioners in Cahoots November 17-20, 2015
BOC Advertising for Finance Director/County Administrator After Voters Rejected It
Vote NO on the Transient Occupancy Tax ~ Measure 6-152
BOC ~ County Dog Board, Prisoner Release, Public Meeting for October 13, 14, & 15
Board of Commissioners Op-Ed for Measure 6-152 Transient Occupancy Tax
Coos Bay Alternative Location for Waste Water Treatment Plant Oct. 6, 2015
Bandon Cheese Factory Receives Private Financing & Still Pays No Property Taxes
LTE ~ Leshley Don't Know Dick About the JCEP Work Camp
Jody McCaffree Appeals LNG Road Construction Coos County Planning Oct. 9, 2015
Do Enterprise Zones Work? ~ An Ideopolis Policy Paper February 2011
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Coos County Planning Decisions on LNG & Effected Roads