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Coast Range RadioAuthor: Michael Gaskill
At Coast Range Radio, we interview folks who work to build just communities that provide for people and the natural world. We are particularly interested in the connections between Pacific Northwest forests, social justice, and the climate crisis.Coast Range Radio is an independent radio show and podcast hosted by Michael Gaskill. Michael is a lifelong rural Oregonian and climate justice organizer. Language: en-us Genres: Nature, Science, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Will FOFA Fix or F**k our Forests?! A Debate with Citizen's Climate Lobby
Wednesday, 7 January, 2026
I have been a vocal critic of the so called “Fix our Forests Act” or FOFA, that is making its way through Congress. I think it is a cynical, bad faith bill that at best, doesn’t address the wildfire issues it purports to solve, and could actually make those issues much worse.Combined with the attempt to repeal the ‘roadless rule’, which protects vast swaths of public lands from road construction and extraction, and the Trump administration’s Executive Orders on dramatically increasing timber production on public lands, I fear we are in danger of the kind of rampant ecosystem destruction that we haven’t seen since the darkest days of the timber wars.And I am not alone. The vast majority of environmental and conservation organizations are fiercely opposed to FOFA. So I was really surprised to see some organizations that I respect lobby hard in support of the bill. One of those orgs is Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a non partisan climate advocacy group that I respect and have worked with before.I think that disagreeing respectfully and really listening to conflicting perspectives is a key part of civic engagement in a pluralistic society, so I invited them to come on the show and talk through the bill and some of our differences. Before we get started, I would love to hear from you, yes you! Send me an email sometime at coastrangeradio@gmail.comShow Notes:https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/471https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1462https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/fix-our-forests-name-onlyBenefits of Home Hardening for Wildfire https://grist.org/wildfires/logging-doesnt-prevent-wildfires-but-trump-is-trying-anyway/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dailyhttps://citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/our-fix-our-forests-advocacy-in-2025/https://www.instagram.com/coastrangeradio/
