New Indigenous Leaders Council will guide Northwest
Ecotrust is inaugurating a Northwest Indigenous Leaders Council, designed to serve as an advisory board on issues ranging from watershed and salmon restoration to fisheries, forestry, economic and...
View ArticleWill the country follow its ocean pioneers?
Ten years ago, some fishermen in the 40-boat town of Port Orford, in southern Oregon, decided to take hold of their future. They were beset by fishery closures, outcompeted by larger trawl fleets and...
View ArticleNorthwest’s ranching visionary passes on
Doc and Connie Hatfield and their Country Natural Beef cooperative have long been one of our models for what our region’s businesses should look like. We’re saddened to hear of Doc’s death Tuesday...
View ArticleSalmon and resilience: Beyond simple fixes
By Joseph Cone Excerpted from the preface to Pathways to Resilience: Sustaining Salmon Ecosystems in a Changing World (Oregon Sea Grant, 2012). What is the path we’re on if it’s not a path to...
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