We’ve already done a couple shows this spring on Oregon’s 2023 legislative session, and I would highly recommend you give those episodes a listen if you haven’t already.

But today we’re going to talk about the bill I’m most excited about this year – Senate Bill 530, aka the Natural Climate Solutions bill

Amid all of the other pressing issues worthy of our time and energy, climate change stands alone as the singular crisis where we have no second chances if our society does not act now.  It’s like a ticking time bomb, except it’s already exploding.  But there is still time to defuse the bomb, and some of our most important tools are Oregon’s forests and farmlands.

I’m so excited to be joined by Teryn Yazdani of Beyond Toxics to talk with me about SB 530, Natural Climate Solutions, and what we can do to help pass this critical legislation.

Before we get started, if you want a great primer on all the environmental and climate legislation we’re tracking this year, as well as how to engage in the legislative process, check out my conversation with Catherine Thomasson from a couple months ago (click HERE).

Please do me a favor and share this episode with at least one friend, or maybe blast it out to everyone you know on facebook or instagram!

Finally, consider donating to the Coast Range association here: https://coastrange.networkforgood.com/projects/172942-support-coast-range-association.

Resources:
SB 530 text: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB530/Introduced
Beyond Toxics’s SB 530 page: https://www.beyondtoxics.org/work/pesticide-reform/resilient-forestry/natural-climate-solutions/
Official Oregon Legislature website: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/

This is a series celebrating the 10th anniversary of Oregon’s Marine Reserve Program! A Marine Reserve is an area within coastal waters dedicated to scientific research and conservation, where all ocean development and removal of marine life is prohibited.

Think of it as a combination of an underwater State Park, a wildlife preserve, and a living laboratory!

Here in Oregon, we have five designated Marine reserves. From North to South, they are located offshore of Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, Otter Rock, Cape Perpetua, and way down South near Port Orford, Redfish Rocks.

In part one, we get a great high level overview of Oregon’s Marine Reserve System with Oregon Fish and Wildlife’s former Marine Reserve Program Leader, Cristin Don.

For parts two and three of our Marine Reserve series, we’ll be talking with our community partners from each Reserve up and down the coast. We’ll be hearing from Nadia Gardner from Cape Falcon and North Coast Land Conservancy, Duncan Berry with the Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve, Roy Anderson with Friends of Otter Rock, Katy Bear Nalven with Cape Perpetua Collaborative, and Tom Calvanese with Redfish Rocks.