Gale
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“The 1971 session elated those of
us who worked in the environmen
tal field,” she said. “It was the first
time there was a continuing envi
ronmental presence in Salem.”
During that session, she helped
pass the bottle bill, which put a five
cent deposit on beverage cans and
bottles. Gale said that bill is no longer
effective because there is less of an in
centive to turn in empty containers.
“At the time it was perfect,” she
said. “But five cents doesn’t mean
as much anymore.”
Nancie Fadeley, University assis
tant vice provost, chaired the House
Environment and Land Use Com
mittee during the 1971 session. She
said Gale was an active leader for
other environmentalists of the time.
“She really gave them a voice,”
she said. “It was truly an exciting
time.”
Fadeley said Oregon environ
mentalists were successful in the
early ’70s because no one in the
state legislature expected them.
t “One of the reasons we got so
much work done is because we
. were underestimated,” she said.
Protecting Oregon’s ocean beach
es was also a main goal for Gale in
the early ’70s. But Gale said both
committee members and citizens in
Coos Bay at the time were more con
cerned with economic develop
ment than environmental issues.
“No one was happy to have six
outsiders imposed on them,” she
said.
Richard Benner, director of the
Oregon Department of Land Con
servation and Development, said al
though there was initial hostility,
once people realized Gale had sin
cere motives, the sides were able to
work together.
“There were so many meetings
that the people got to know each
other,” he said. “And Maradel had a
very nice manner that helped over
come the hostility.”
Benner said although not every
one agreed with her ideas, many
people in the community came to
respect her.
“People listened to her because
she had a different take on things,”
he said. “No one ever questioned
her motives or sincerity. ”
Gale also was active in Eugene by
confronting the issue of air pollu
tion from farmers burning over
grass seed fields. So when the city
of Eugene asked her to lobby in the
1975 session for limits on how of
ten farmers could burn, she agreed.
“Our air would be totally pollut
ed from areas of fields being
burned,” she said. “We would have
days when you couldn’t see across
the street.”
Gale’s lobbying was successful,
and laws were enacted that limited
burning to a few days of the week.
“Today the burning is a fraction
of what it used to be,” she said.
While she was lobbying in Salem,
Gale also attended law school at the
University. She said she had no in
tention of becoming a lawyer but
wanted to learn how to write laws
more efficiently.
University President Dave Frohn
mayer was a state legislator at the
time and also one of Gale’s law pro
fessors. He said he enjoyed having
her in class and working with her
on the field burning issue.
“She had a very formidable
statewide reputation even while
she was in law school,” he said.
Frohnmayer said he hopes this is
not the last the University sees of
Gale.
“She’s been an incredibly valu
able citizen both to the community
and the University,” he said. “I cer
tainly hope she keeps her ties to the
University.”
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