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ACTIVIST ALERT
• The Lane Peace Center’s fourth annual Peace Symposium,
“Water for Life, Not for Profit,” will be Friday, April 15, at the
new Longhouse at LCC’s main campus. Free and open to the
public. Speakers include Winnemem Wintu tribal chief Caleen
Sisk-Franco and headman Marc Franco, Takelma Indian elder
Agnes Baker Pilgrim, water justice activist Debbie Davis of the
Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, Teresa Huntsinger
of the Oregon Environmental Coalition, and Eugene Mayor
Kitty Piercy. The morning session begins at 10 am, afternoon
sessions are at 1 pm and the main session is from 6 to 9:30 pm.
Suggested donation is $10 for the symposium and reception.
More information at http://www.lanecc.edu/peacecenter or
see Stan Taylor’s Viewpoint this week.
• The Oregon League of Conservation Voters’ 14th annual
celebration for the environment will be Friday, April 15, at
the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. See www.olcv.org/
celebration for tickets and reservations.
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• Oregon House and Senate committees on redistricting
have begun public hearings around the state. Local hearings
are planned for 10 am to 1 pm Saturday, April 16, at the UO
Knight Law Center, Room 175, in Eugene, and from 3:30 to
6:30 pm the same day at Forum 104, Linn Benton Community
College in Corvallis. More information at http://wkly.ws/11g
• Cascadia Wildlands is hosting a showing of Lords of
Nature at 5:30 pm Tuesday, April 19, in McKenzie Room 240-C
at UO. The film was made by Oregonians Karen and Rolf Meyer
about nature’s predators, including wolves, in the ecosystem.
There will be a panel discussion at the end of the film about
gray wolves in Oregon that will include Cristina Eisenburg, a
prominent OSU ecologist studying wolves in Yellowstone.
• Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson and his guest,
Nick Walker, will discuss improving democracy through the
development of new social internet technology, from 5:45 to
7:15 pm Wednesday, April 20, at Market of Choice, 29th and
Willamette in Eugene. The discussion will include “enabling
community participation and enhancing the fidelity of
representation within our existing system of government to the
development of a progressive, modern democratic system that
enables communities of any size to deliberate, make decisions,
and author legislation.”
• The Oregon Department of Forestry is inviting public
comment on its draft plans to guide management of the state-
owned forests. The comment period opened April 11 on plans
proposed for the approximately 821,000 acres of public
forestland managed by ODF. These plans describe specific
activities such as timber sales and reforestation, road building,
stream enhancement and recreation projects on the state
forests. Deadline for written comments is 5 pm May 25. The
plans are available for review at all ODF district offices, and
online at http://wkly.ws/11t
• A new local group, We the People–Eugene, has formed to
help facilitate a constitutional amendment process to reverse
Supreme Court interpretations granting corporations the same
constitutional rights as people. To get involved, call 255-2946 or
email wethepeopleeugene@gmail.com for more information.
A Passion for Plants
I first gazed upon the pearly bloom of a Trillium ovatum 15 years ago. When I began to
study botany and wildcrafting in the Cascades that year, I discovered that these
enchanting lilies were being harvested and sold on the herb market. The thought of our
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old growth forests without the beloved Western Trillium was heartbreaking. Thankfully,
I was not alone and through conservation we can still enjoy these harbingers of spring.
Today, I teach my students that ethical wildharvesting requires a relationship not only
with the plants we use, but with the complex ecosystems where the plants grow. With
that relationship comes the immense responsibility of stewardship.
It’s this commitment to stewardship that shapes my work as Quality Control Manager at
Mountain Rose Herbs. I strive to raise industry standards and preserve our ethical foun-
dation, and will never compromise the quality of herbal products we carry or the health
of the unique ecology we all treasure.
Steven Yeager
Lab & Quality Control Manager
RIDE
www.eugenecycles.com
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