Turning The Page
We will keep our Leadership Drive open for one more week. We invite you to support Evergreen’s independent work.
Turning The Page
We will keep our Leadership Drive open for one more week.
We invite you to support Evergreen’s independent work. Participation includes a small gesture of thanks from us.
If you missed Jim’s two most recent articles, we invite you to read them here and experience the rigor and clarity he brings to reporting on today’s forestry issues.
Pesky Facts Can Be So Troublesome at Times...
We recently came across a spirited exchange between two people we do not know—but wish we did. The debate unfolded in dueling op-eds written by Dustin Miller, Director of the Idaho Department of Lands, and Dr. James Lea, a Coeur d’Alene physician and board member of the Priest
Jim Petersen
It’s deja vu all over again!
—Yogi Berra, watching Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris hit back-to-back home runs for the Yankees in the early 1960s. We’ve used that line here many times to describe the wildfire crisis that began unfolding in the West after the Clinton Administration listed the Northern Spotted Owl as a Threatened
Jim Petersen
Leadership Drive:
Evergreen is inviting leadership-level contributions of $250 to help sustain independent reporting, research, and communication in the year ahead.
- For new supporters: a $250 leadership contribution includes a one-year Evergreen subscription.
- For current subscribers: a $250 leadership contribution covers the next subscription cycle as a thank-you for continued commitment.
- As a thank-you, one leadership supporter will receive a framed limited-edition print, Warmth, by Chebon Dacon.
The print is from a personal collection and is being offered by Evergreen as a gesture of gratitude.
The recipient will be selected at random.
Donations are tax deductible, and of course you can always Subscribe if that is a better fit.
About the Artist:
Chebon Dacon is a Native American artist whose work reflects relationships among people, land, and culture.
Dacon was born in 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and was a self-taught artist of Muscogee (Creek) descent. Dacon's artistic journey is famous for its perseverance; after knee injuries destroyed his hopes for a professional football career at the University of Oklahoma, he turned to art where he received widespread praise. His works, which feature precise pencil sketches and well painted watercolors, oils, and acrylics, have been exhibited abroad and are highly sought after in the United States. In appreciation of his contributions to art and culture, Dacon was inducted into the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Hall of Fame in 2015. He is also a well known fancy dancer and rodeo rider. (Source North American Auction Co.)
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