Coast Range Radio
At Coast Range Radio, we interview folks who work to build just communities that provide for people and the natural world. We are particularly interested in the connections between Oregon’s forests, social justice, and the climate crisis.
Coast Range Radio is a radio show and podcast from the nonprofit conservation organization, the Coast Range Association. Located in Western Oregon, the Coast Range Association works to build just and sustainable communities that provide for people and the natural world. Our work focuses on the connections between Oregon’s forests, communities, and the climate crisis.
Coast Range Radio
"The Most Dangerous Dam in Oregon"! Plus, the Williams Community Forest Project
For those of us who work to make a positive impact on the world, there is often a default towards focusing on big national and international level issues.
Between the rapidly worsening climate crisis, national campaigns to preserve Mature and Old growth forests, decarbonization and electrification fights, never-ending election cycles, on and on, it’s easy to forget that there are important local, grassroots struggles happening in communities everywhere that deserve our support and attention.
Local campaigns are, for a variety of reasons, overlooked and underappreciated. But that's where a small number of dedicated people can have an outsized impact, and cumulatively, these local fights can translate into big wins..
I am going to work to highlight some of those campaigns this year, and we’ll learn about two of them today.
Research Links/Show Notes:
Winchester Dam
- https://winchesterdam.com/
- Feb 17 Roseburg Protest: https://winchesterdam.com/saturday-february-17-2024-at-100-pm-protest-to-remove-winchester-dam-in-front-of-fred-meyer-in-roseburg/
Pipe Fork Creek/Williams Community Forest Project