Oregon's "State Forests" can play a major role in fighting climate change – both by sequestering large amounts of carbon, and by mitigating the impacts of climate change – if the state shifts the management of these public lands to respond to the climate crisis.
Did you know that the State of Oregon owns and manages almost a million acres of public forestland? Oregon's "State Forests" can play a major role in fighting climate change – both by sequestering large amounts of carbon, and by mitigating the impacts of climate change – if the state shifts the management of these public lands to respond to the climate crisis.
Learn about efforts to protect state-owned old-growth forests and transition the management of our State Forests towards more climate-smart forestry.
More about the panelists:
Felice Kelly is a community organizer with 350 PDX, where she helps lead 350PDX's new Forest Defense Team. Felice will be presenting on the Governor's recent Executive Order (EO) that requires all state agencies to radically reduce OR's carbon emissions – and she discusses the potential implications of this EO for Oregon's State Forests.
Teresa Bird is an organizer and citizen scientist based in Port Orford, Oregon, where she works with Coast Range Forest Watch. Teresa has tracked the Elliott State Forest for years, and presents about where things stand with Oregon State University taking over management and ownership of the Elliott. To sign up for more info about the Elliott State Forest and Coast Range Forest Watch, e-mail [email protected]
