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OREGON WILD: Part
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Rickenbacher’s quilts.
“Without her, who knows
if we would have found
them,” Rickenbacher added.
And the saga continued
with yet another random act
of kindness by Rickenbacher
at the 40th anniversary of
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.
“Ali was the one who
found the O’Neills and orga-
nized the whole surprise. I
was very grateful. So after my
husband, Rick, and I returned
to California from last year’s
quilt show, I decided to make
a special quilt for Ali using a
photo of her Australian shep-
herd Rainey that she emailed
me after I returned home. I
gave it to Ali as a gift when
we arrived in Sisters a couple
of days ago.”
And it truly is “A Timeless
Tapestry” for Mayea, as is the
theme of the 2015 SOQS, and
poster by Dennis McGregor.
“It is such a true likeness
of Rainey that will live on
forever,” said Mayea look-
ing at the quilt Rickenbacher
made. “We got Rainey when
she was only eight weeks old
and in 2009 our veterinarian
told us she had cancer and
only had about 18 months to
live. They removed the tumor
and she is still here with us,
and that was six years ago,
she is such a survivor! What
a wonderful gift to receive.”
Rickenbacher has also
entered two quilts in SOQS
for the fourth year in a row.
collaboration and nego-
tiation with various interest
groups that have a stake in
how public lands are man-
aged. Among her priorities
are management practices
in the Deschutes, Ochoco
and Malheur National
Forests. Oregon Wild strives
to engage cooperation and
discussion among diverse
groups, such as the timber
industry, private landowners,
conservationists, forest users,
and others to achieve the best
possible outlook for wild-
lands in Oregon.
STA board member Bjarne
Holm is the volunteer coordi-
nator for STA’s speaker series
and is the one who arranged
for Hardy to appear. He sees
her place in the STA forum as
a logical fit.
“ T h e S i s t e r s Tr a i l s
Alliance works with various
organizations to help preserve
wilderness and to help restore
healthy ecosystems,” he said.
“It is because of such efforts
as provided by Oregon Wild
that we in the wider Sisters
area have such a wonderful
environment that draws us
here and keeps us here.”
Hardy has a law degree
from the University of
Oregon and logged eight
years of private practice in
environmental law. Her back-
ground includes an under-
graduate degree in wildlife
biology and 10 years of col-
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experience prior to joining
Oregon Wild in 2014. Hardy
also spent 10 years as a guide
on the upper basin of the
Colorado River and through-
out the North American
backcountry.
Her unusual background
was tailor-made for her work
at Oregon Wild. The orga-
nization says that Hardy
has “a deep commitment to
protecting the wild places.”
Although well-trained in the
art of litigation, she says, “I
went to law school to learn
how to solve environmental
problems, not just to fight
about them.” She is also
trained in mediation and
negotiation and spent almost
four years as a mediator at
the Lane County Court and
10 years with the Steens
Mountain Advisory Council.
While focusing on collab-
orative issues, her ultimate
goal is to restore east-side
forests to ecological health
and long-term resiliency. She
also enjoys the opportunity
to take people into the moun-
tains and forests to personally
experience the qualities of the
wild Oregon that she is work-
ing to protect.
“Wilderness matters to
the spirit,” she says. “Being
there, listening to the water,
feeling the wind, and letting
the quiet of the land sink into
our bones, it just makes us
better people.”
When not “on the job,”
Hardy enjoys hiking,
photo provided
Pam hardy, Central oregon field representative for oregon Wild, will speak
as part of a free lecture series sponsored by the Sisters Trails Alliance.
paddle-boarding, whitewater
rafting, cross-country skiing,
and yoga.
For his part, Holm is very
pleased to have Oregon Wild
on the agenda. “Pam Hardy
of Oregon Wild ... will inform
us, educate us, and show us
how we can all contribute
to make the Sisters area and
wider Oregon the best places
to live and visit.”
Next week’s program is
the sixth in STA’s quarterly
series of free public presen-
tations designed to promote
outdoor public recreation and
education in Sisters Country.
The presentation will be held
on Thursday, July 23, in the
Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire
Station Community Hall in
downtown Sisters at 355 S.
Elm St. Doors will open at
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gram will begin at 7 p.m. The
program is free and open to
the public.
Holm also reported that
the next speaker in the STA
series, on October 22, will
be Michael Riehle, Forest
Service District Fisheries
Biologist in Sisters. He will
deliver a presentation on
his work as the team leader
on the Whychus Floodplain
Restoration and Dam
Removal Project.
For further information
about next week’s program
or the STA, contact Ann
Marland, STA’s Community
Outreach Director, at 541-
549-7006. Additional infor-
mation about STA can also
be found on their website at
www.sisterstrails.com.
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