Videos

We’re joined by Mac Lacy, Senior Attorney at Oregon Natural Desert Association; Paul Ruprecht, Nevada Director for Western Watersheds Project; and Laurie Rule, Senior Attorney at Advocates for the West. The panel discusses how conservationists can best advocate for protecting our public lands from harm caused by livestock grazing in light of recent regulatory rollbacks…

We’re joined by Clatskanie, OR-area residents and farmers Tracy Prescott-MacGregor and Scott MacGregor, Columbia Riverkeeper Staff Attorney Audrey Leonard, and Advocates for the West Staff Attorney Andrew Missel to discuss the misguided NEXT refinery proposal in the Columbia River Estuary. The second largest of its kind in the nation, the NEXT refinery’s energy-intensive process to…

We’re joined by Kathleen George, Council Member for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde; Jennifer Fairbrother, Legislative & Policy Director at Native Fish Society; and Laurie Rule, Senior Attorney at Advocates for the West to discuss ongoing efforts to save native fish in Oregon’s Willamette River Basin from the threat of extinction. View the full…

We’re joined by Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction; Michael Carroll, BLM Campaign Director for The Wilderness Society; and Sarah Stellberg, Staff Attorney at Advocates for the West. The panel discusses this history or institutional conservation in the United States, including the shift from a top-down to…

We’re joined by Sharon Selvaggio, Pesticide Program Specialist at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation; Sally Paez, Staff Attorney at New Mexico Wild; Roger Rosentreter, retired Bureau of Land Management biologist; and Hannah Goldblatt, Staff Attorney at Advocates for the West. The panel discusses our successes limiting spraying on public lands, protecting sensitive and imperiled…

In recent years, U.S. Supreme Court rulings have had far-reaching repercussions, including eroding long-standing environmental protections. But what do these decisions mean for the future of environmentalism? We’re joined by Melissa Powers, Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar, Professor of Law, and Director of the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School; Ben Chagnon, Senior…

We’re joined by landscape painter Rachel Teannalach; illustrator and muralist Miguel Almeida; Britt Freda, artist and Creative Director at Northwest Artists Against Extinction; and M Acuff, artist and a Professor of Art at Whitman College. The panel discusses the intersection of art and environmental activism. View the full presentation here.

We’re joined by Haley Sweetland Edwards, a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly and author of the article “Showdown at Railroad Valley”; Josh Johnson, Central Idaho Director at the Idaho Conservation League; and Bryan Hurlbutt, Staff Attorney at Advocates for the West. The panel discusses shortcomings of the 1872 Mining Law, efforts to reform it,…

Did you know there are many ways to give for the West? In addition to monetary donations, you can protect the West for generations to come by giving from a wide range of assets—from retirement accounts to real estate, and securities to estate plans. We’re joined by Aimee Moran, Advocates for the West’s Deputy Director,…

We’re joined by Mark Salvo from Oregon Natural Desert Association and Advocates for the West Senior Attorney Todd Tucci to discuss a three-pronged strategy for effectively implementing conservation policy—advocacy, litigation, and public education—through the lens of sage-grouse protection. We also highlight how Advocates for the West and our partners are utilizing this approach to defend…