Andy Kerr

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

Oregon coastal wetlands

Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 3: Forested Tidal Swamps

July 24, 2021 in Coasts, Ecological Reserves, Ecosystems

Sitka spruce are the mangrove trees of the northeastern Pacific Ocean shore. Never in the field of natural carbon storage has so much been owed by so many to so few tidal wetland acres—especially forested tidal swamps.

Oregon’s Blue Carbon, Part 2: Coastal Wetland Loss and Restoration

July 09, 2021 in Climate Change, Coasts, Ecological Reserves, Ecosystems

Before the European invasion, tidal wetlands of all kinds covered 0.06 percent of Oregon’s total area; today they cover just 0.03 percent.

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.

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