Although this election is for just a portion of Lane County, those boundaries contain about 1 1/2 million acres of some of the finest forests and timberlands in the world, all of which are legally managed from Washington, DC. They are part of two national forest systems managed by two separate agencies over hundreds of millions of acres, mostly contained in the western US.
I have been dealing with the issue of wildfire prevention on a national basis for more than 40 years, and have been working with reforestation issues on a statewide basis for longer than that. As a result of these connections and the relative scale of these issues, I have listed the supporters of my campaign into three groups: National; Oregon; and District 5.
NATIONAL
Karl Brauneis, Lander, WY, Author/[Ret. Hot Shot, Smokejumper, Forester]
Frank Carroll, Pueblo, CO, President/Chief Forester, PFMc Wildfire Pros
Rob Foxcurran, Seattle, WA, Independent Historian: PNW Metis & Aviation
Jen Hamaker, Weiser, ID, President, Oregon Natural Resource Industries (ONRI)
Lars Larson, Vancouver, WA, Host, The Lars Larson Show
Jim Petersen, Coeur D'Alene, ID, Founder/Editor, Evergreen Magazine
Chuck Sheley, Chico, CA, Editor, Smokejumper Magazine/[Ret. Smokejumper]
Ted Stubblefield, Prescott, AZ, [Ret. USFS Supervisor; Type 1 Wildfire Command]
Mark Vande Pol, Los Gatos, CA, Founder/Author, Wildergarten Press
OREGON
Mark Anderson, Oregon, iSpy Radio Host/Consultant
Jim Buell, PhD., Multnomah Co., OR, Independent Biologist, former President, Pacific Fishery Biologists
Rob DeHarpport, Crescent, OR, [Ret. Westfir Mayor, Firefighter, Trucker]
Bill Lansing, North Bend, OR, [Ret. President/CEO, Menasha Forest Products Corporation]
Bob Sowdon
Rob Taylor, Bandon, OR, Host, The Rob Taylor Report
John Thomas, Independence, OR, [Ret. Timber Buyer, Farm Manager]
Will Tucker
Tasha Webb, Cheshire, OR, Secretary, Oregon Natural Resource Industries (ONRI)
DISTRICT 5
Amber and Jeremy Seaman, Dexter, OR, Tree Farmers
