Andy Kerr

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

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Hole in the Ground is just a run-of-the-mill extraordinary piece public land on the Deschutes National Forest in Lake County Oregon, where many times over many decades the author has camped either in solitude or with lovers and/or friends on th… — Hole in the Ground is just a run-of-the-mill extraordinary piece public land on the Deschutes National Forest in Lake County Oregon, where many times over many decades the author has camped either in solitude or with lovers and/or friends on the rim and enjoyed the, scenery, solitude and stars.

An Unprecedented Assault Upon the Federal Public Lands

April 07, 2017 in Antiquities Act, Congress, National Monuments, Presidents

The 115th (2017–2018) Congress poses an existential threat to America’s public lands, which comprise 609 million acres across our fifty states. As Republicans have the majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, anti-public-land Republicans are well positioned to advance a wide range of truly horrible legislation....

The support for federal public lands to remain federal public lands and to be managed responsibly for the benefit of this and future generations is broad and deep, while opposition to federal public lands is narrow and shallow. Yet, as has been shown by a plethora of evil legislation, the only thing necessary for bad legislation to pass is for good people not to object.

I object. How about you?

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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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