Best Coast Range Association Podcasts (2025)

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Protecting Eelgrass & Rocky Habitats with the Oregon Ocean Alliance 29:00

9h ago29:00

29:00

All of us in the northwest love our ocean, but we often don’t show it the love that it truly deserves. Ocean conservation is chronically underfunded and under prioritized, but the newly formed Oregon Ocean Alliance is aiming to change that and bring much needed attention and resources to our ocean and coastal ecosystems. To talk about all of that a…

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May 2025: MQ-25, Golden Dome and XM30 7:29

6d ago7:29

7:29

In this episode, National Defense discusses the Navy’s new carrier-based drone, President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome air and missile defense initiative, and the Army’s latest strategy to replace the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.By National Defense Magazine Staff

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What Southern Environmental Justice Organizers Can Teach Us About Fighting Biomass in the PNW 43:54

7d ago43:54

43:54

Biomass energy, that is, burning pelletized wood for electricity generation, is a classic false climate solution. It has been devastating forests and communities in the Southeast for years, and the Biomass industry is dead set on expanding into the Pacific Northwest. We did a deep dive into Biomass a couple of years ago, which you can find in the C…

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Radio Bonus - CRR #101.5: Lessons from Southern Activists on Fighting Biomass - Continued! 16:32

6d ago16:32

16:32

Note: This is the second part of the interview that didn't make it into the radio version. The podcast version includes the entire interview. ----- Biomass energy, that is, burning pelletized wood for electricity generation, is a classic false climate solution. It has been devastating forests and communities in the Southeast for years, and the Biom…

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Washington's Legacy Forest Defense Campaign & Twin Harbors Waterkeeper 33:49

13d ago33:49

33:49

This show has been pretty Oregon-centric, but I’m told there is a large landmass just north of us that also has a lot of amazing people doing environmental and climate justice work. So I’m putting my Oregon bias aside for today to learn more about one of the most exciting and effective climate forest campaigns in the Pacific Northwest - Washington …

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Bestselling Oregon Author John Larison on ‘The Ancients’, Climate Resilience, and More 42:18

26d ago42:18

42:18

Today, to celebrate the first independent episode of Coast Range Radio, we are going to try something new! Sometimes its important to step back and place our work, and ourselves, in a larger context. And even amidst the relentless assaults we are currently facing, I think this is one of those times. So I am thrilled to be joined by bestselling Oreg…

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April 2025: Special Shipbuilding Report 8:32

1M ago8:32

8:32

In this episode, National Defense discusses the shipbuilding industry’s workforce challenges in a special report.

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Fighting Back Against Trump's Clearcut Agenda 28:59

1M ago28:59

28:59

On March first, the president issued two executive orders designed to dramatically increase commercial logging on our public lands. These executive orders are bad news on their own, but the situation is actually even more dire. These orders are part of a decades-long effort by industry, the ultra wealthy, and radical right wing anti-government legi…

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Is The Forest Service Using The Threat Of Wildfire To Increase Logging?? 29:00

2M ago29:00

29:00

The Forest Service is using the threat of wildfires to justify a drastic expansion of commercial logging on our public lands. That is the contention in an investigative reporting series from Nathan Gilles at Columbia Insight. Many of us in the environmental world have long thought this to be the case, and this series brings the receipts, including …

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March 2025: AUKUS Tech, the Air Force and the Navy's Hybrid Fleet 9:58

2M ago9:58

9:58

In this episode, National Defense discusses AUKUS’s technology and information sharing challenges, the Air Force’s maritime strike role, and the Navy’s new robotics warfare specialists.By National Defense Magazine Staff

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Now is the Time to Take Action on the Northwest Forest Plan, with Grace Brahler (NWFP series, part 3) 42:00

2M ago42:00

42:00

This episode is part three of our deep dive into the Forest Service’s proposal to amend the Northwest Forest Plan, which covers 24 million acres over 17 nation forests spread across Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. As I've said before, it is one of the primary reasons we have any intact or recovering forests left in the Pacific Northwes…

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How Trump's DEI Witchunts Impact the Environmental Movement, and How We Can Resist 38:23

2M ago38:23

38:23

We are going to have a couple banger episodes on the Northwest Forest Plan in the coming weeks, but I’m recording this on February 24th, just over one month since Trump’s second term began, and I think we need to step back and take stock for a minute. Don’t worry, this episode is not going to be all about the dark lord, but the administration’s act…

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Labor Exploitation in Forestry and the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP Series, Part 2) 29:00

3M ago29:00

29:00

This is part two of our series on the Forest Service’s major proposed changes to the Northwest Forest Plan. As most of our listeners know, the 30 year old Northwest Forest Plan provides critical protections to over 24 million acres of public land in Oregon, Washington, and California. The Forest Service has proposed sweeping changes to the Plan thr…

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Tribal Sovereignty & The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP series, Part 1) 41:00

3M ago41:00

41:00

The Northwest Forest Plan is one of the primary reasons that we have any forest left in the Northwest. Without it, and other protections that are now also at risk because of the Trump administration, our public lands would look no different than the industrial clearcuts and monocrop tree plantations that surround me in the Coast Range. In December,…

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February 2025: Small Vehicle Drone Protection, Air and Missile Defense in the Middle East, and Electronic Warfare in Space 11:41

3M ago11:41

11:41

In this episode, National Defense discusses small vehicle drone protection, the Middle East’s need for inexpensive air and missile defense tech, and electronic warfare in space.

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NWFP Series Update & Wildfire Myths vs Facts Revisited 28:59

3M ago28:59

28:59

Historic LA wildfires are still smoldering, the Oregon legislature is back in session, a massively controversial plan to drastically amend the northwest forest plan governing management policies on over 20 million acres of our most precious forests barrels forward, and that little matter of he who shall not be named returning to power and confirmin…

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January 2025: NATO in the Arctic, AI in the Pentagon, and Army Maintenance and Repair 10:49

4M ago10:49

10:49

In this episode, National Defense discusses NATO presence in the critical region of the Arctic, AI in the decisionmaking space in the Pentagon, and Army maintenance and repair.

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Why Oregon Needs an Environmental Rights Amendment 29:00

4M ago29:00

29:00

This is our first episode of 2025, and while we brace for the tidal wave of insanity coming our way on the federal level, we are also preparing for Oregon’s biennial legislative session. If you don’t know, Oregon only has full legislative sessions in odd years, meaning that 2025 will be a big year for Oregon politics and policy. Oregon’s session ru…

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The Fallacy of "Chainsaw Medicine" for Wildfire, with George Wuerthner, Part 2 29:00

4M ago29:00

29:00

Today’s show is the second part of a recent talk by conservationist and author, George Wuerthner, on the failures and fallacies of some of the ingrained beliefs around wildfires and wildfire suppression. George Wuerthner is a well-known ecologist and author who has dedicated his career to studying and advocating for wilderness and wildlife conserva…

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The Fallacy of "Chainsaw Medicine" for Wildfire, with George Wuerthner - Part 1 29:00

5M ago29:00

29:00

Our last episode was a great discussion with a Forest Service scientist and a forest ecologist with the Nature Conservancy about the effects of various fire treatments on subsequent fire behavior. While I appreciated their perspective and research, I wanted to bring in a different viewpoint on fire and forest ecology. It’s important to remember tha…

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December 2024: DIU and Drones, the Army's Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization Program, and GCAP 10:01

5M ago10:01

10:01

In this episode, National Defense discusses the Defense Innovation Unit’s race to close the drone gap, the Army’s search for a new extended range cannon, and the United Kingdom, Japan, and Italy’s joint fighter aircraft program.By National Defense Magazine Staff

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Treating Fire with Fire (and Logging??): A Surprisingly Interesting Scientific Review of Fire Treatments! 52:25

5M ago52:25

52:25

Like it or not, fire politics affects every aspect of public forest policy and the rural landscape, and that is not changing anytime soon. But is science or politics guiding the policy? Are management decisions being made with forest ecology and community resilience as the top priorities, or are certain actors using fire as a smoke screen to score …

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November 2024: 5G Training, Red Hawk Simulators, and Navy LVC 12:08

6M ago12:08

12:08

In this episode, National Defense discusses the Marine Corps’ future training program using 5G, the T-7A trainer jet’s ground-based simulators, and the Naval Air Warfare Center using live, virtual, and constructive training at sea.

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Preparing for the Dark Days Ahead 47:01

6M ago47:01

47:01

As we all collectively live through the unfolding trauma of the 2024 election results, I am going to share a conversation I had yesterday with two of my colleagues in the climate justice world that I found really helpful in starting to process what this election could mean for climate justice and our movement, and how to engage in these early stage…

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State of the Climate Emergency, with Dr. Jillian Gregg 38:00

6M ago38:00

38:00

“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”. Those are the opening sentences of the 2024 State of the Climate Report, led in part by scientists at Oregon…

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Exposing Oregon's Mega-Dairies, with Oregon Rural Action & Food and Water Watch 39:01

7M ago39:01

39:01

Oregon Rural Action and Food and Water Watch recently conducted a rare flyover of Threemile Canyon Farms, one of Oregon’s most notorious factory cattle farms, also known by the simultaneously anodyne and horrifying technical name: confined animal feeding operation, or CAFO, in Morrow County. In conjunction with that, both organizations have release…

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October 2024: XM-30, CJADC2 and Poland 12:54

7M ago12:54

12:54

Sponsored by Western Alliance Bank — In this episode, National Defense discusses the Army’s XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, the Defense Department’s data backbone for CJADC2 and Poland’s military modernization plan.

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Water Rights and Changing Oregon's Water Law, with Christopher Hall of the Water League 32:15

8M ago32:15

32:15

Freshwater, i.e. non-salinated water, is arguably the most precious resource on earth, and in Oregon, by law, all water belongs to the public. However, if you examine who actually controls water usage in Oregon, you might come away with a very different impression. Water rights, and the laws that govern them, are incredibly consequential for both h…

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September 2024: 155mm Ammunition, the F-22 Raptor, and the Army's Extended Range Cannon Artillery Program 10:29

8M ago10:29

10:29

In this episode, National Defense discusses the increasing demand for one-fifty-five millimeter ammunition, the F-twenty-two Raptor, and the Army’s Extended Range Cannon Artillery program.

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Forest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 2 29:00

9M ago29:00

29:00

Today’s episode is part two of my interview with Rand Schenk, author of a great new book on history of the Forest Service, its founder, Gifford Pinchot, and over 100 years of forest management and mismanagement in the Pacific Northwest. The book, “Forest Under Siege: The Story of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot”, chronicles the Forest Service’s pr…

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August 2024: U.S. and Japan, Small Drones and the SEAL's New Tech 9:10

9M ago9:10

9:10

In this episode, National Defense discusses the United States and Japan’s defense collaboration, the Army’s search for small, affordable drones, and the Navy SEALs’ return to their maritime roots.

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Forest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 1 29:00

10M ago29:00

29:00

Today’s episode is part one of a two part interview with Rand Schenk, author of a fascinating and timely new history of the Forest Service, its founder, Gifford Pinchot, and over 100 years of forest management and mismanagement in the Pacific Northwest. The book, “Forest Under Siege: The Story of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot”, explores the Fore…

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July 2024: NATO's Return to Collective Defense, Sweden's Role and the Nordic Bloc 10:56

10M ago10:56

10:56

In this episode, National Defense discusses NATO’s recommitment to collective defense, Sweden’s contribution to NATO, and the U.S. military training in NATO’s High North.

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Fighting for our Drinking Water, with North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection 29:00

11M ago29:00

29:00

Whether you live in a city, a small town, or even if you get your water from a well like I do, one of the biggest threats to drinking water in the Pacific Northwest is industrial logging. (A hugely notable exception is portland, which as my guest will touch on in the interview, does not allow logging in its drinking water source, the Bull Run water…

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Saving Oregon's Kelp Forests, with Tom Calvanese of Oregon Kelp Alliance 36:00

11M ago36:00

36:00

The Coast Range Association is a founding member of the brand new Oregon Ocean Alliance, which has formed to more effectively advocate for Oregon’s ocean and coast ecosystems. In a future episode, I’ll be talking with some of the other founding members about our mission and goals and all of that good stuff. The reason I bring it up today is that on…

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June 2024: The Army and Nuclear Protection, Collisions in Space and Marine Corps Evacuation 8:32

11M ago8:32

8:32

In this episode, National Defense discusses nuclear protection, preventing collisions in orbit and Marine Corps training for embassy evacuation.

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Poor Windy Update: BLM Backs Down After Tree Sit! 29:00

12M ago29:00

29:00

About a year and half ago, we did an episode on a Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, timber sale in Southern Oregon called Poor Windy, as part of our Worth More Standing series highlighting some of the biggest threats to mature and old growth forests on public lands. Recently, community activists set up a tree sit in an old growth grove that was ta…

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May 2024: V-22, Laser Comms in Space, and Project Convergence 9:49

1y ago9:49

9:49

In this episode, National Defense discusses the V-twenty-two Osprey, laser communications in space and the Army and Marine Corps testing autonomous resupply drones at Project Convergence.

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