Andy Kerr

Conservationist, Writer, Analyst, Operative, Agitator, Strategist, Tactitian, Schmoozer, Raconteur

Dr. Betsy Herbert

Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 2: Suggestions for Improvement

October 20, 2023 in Forestry, Forests, Land & Water Cons. Fund, Watersheds, Surface Drinking Water

Municipal and community surface drinking water supplies need to be protected from logging, grazing, roading, and other development.

Protecting Drinking Water Sources, Part 1: Water Quantity, Quality, and Timely Release

October 09, 2023 in Climate Change, Federal Lands, Forest Service, Watersheds, Surface Drinking Water

Most Americans get their drinking, bathing, and flushing water from surface sources, most of which are unprotected from logging and other exploitation.

Public Lands Blog

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A ~1,000-word weekly exposition on some aspect of federal or state public lands in the United States. Some blog posts goes rather deep and serve as a useful (I hope) backgrounders on particular public land areas, matters or issues. Other weeks, you’ll find a topical piece addressing a public lands controversy of the moment. This blog not only defends, but also extols, public lands.

Andy Kerr of The Larch Company (www.andykerr.net) splits his time between Ashland, OR and Washington, DC. He has been significantly involved in the enactment of more than 25 pieces of federal and state legislation and in copious litigation pertaining to public lands. Dedicated to the conservation and restoration of nature, The Larch Company is a non-membership for-profit organization that represents species that cannot talk and humans not yet born. A deciduous conifer, the western larch has a contrary nature.

If you wish to contact me, I will probably be glad you did.