Conservation Chronology

Diane Newell Meyer --------- CONSERVATION CHRONOLOGY

See Attached Documents for Details . A click again on the triple bar by my name will take you to the Documents on Google drive, and I suggest pulling them up and then pulling up the first one, which will create a new tab, for back and forth to the main document (back page to that document). Or just scroll thru the documents (this assumes you have access to Google drive). Everything I claim is documented! **************************************************************************

1960’s- Eugene, Oregon: Many activities on anti-war and civil rights issues. Invented the phrase "(Let’s) MAKE LOVE NOT WAR", published in the Eugene Register Guard on April 25, 1965, and in the New York Times on May 9, 1965. Google my name to read the newspaper article in the Medford Mail Tribune in 2010. PS - you may not find it using Yahoo. http://www.ijpr.org/post/it-was-ashland-woman-coins-make-love-not-war-phrase.

1967-1969- Led outings, with former husband, Bill, for the U. of O.Outdoor Program. Served on Eugene Group Sierra Club executive committee. Member of, and helped the Save French Pete campaign, and the area was eventually added to the Three Sisters Wilderness..

Involved in the Save the Beaches campaign for Oregon. Passed petitions. A law was passed in late 1967, upheld in the courts by 1972.

1971- Moved, with then-husband, Bill Meyer, to Ashland, OR, for MA in Environmental Studies (Outdoor Ed). Got MA in 1972.

1971- Started paperwork to form the Rogue Group Sierra Club, with a core group. I was the first Conservation Chair and Bill the first Chairman. Led numerous outings for thousands of people for several years. Regrettably the group is no longer really functional and, ceases to elect new officers - a real disappointment! It has been disbanded now.

1972- Organized and Chaired a region-wide Wilderness conference, forming areas of interest committees and getting many volunteers for the campaigns to save Sky Lakes, Red Buttes, Rogue-Umpqua Divide, Boulder Creek, Rogue, Kalmiopsis Wilderness expansions, Russian, Siskiyou, and many other areas in Northern California. Most of these became Wilderness in 1978 and in 1984.

1972- Spoke at a hearing on Sky Lakes, and organized attendance by conservationists. Helped stop some ridiculous development ideas proposed by timber industry officials. 1972- Appointed regional Vice President for the Oregon Environmental Council and wrote statements for the OEC on such things as the BLM “organic act”.

1972- Started efforts to stop Applegate Dam via the rare Siskiyou Salamander. They had to do another EIS, and held up the project to study the salamander, but ultimately the dam was built. They found more salamander populations.

1973- Conducted a special project for the PNW chapter Sierra Club, on the Roadless Area Review and Evaluation (RARE 1). I found hidden directives and mistakes in the evaluation.

1973- Started the fight to save Lower Table Rock from a devastating development. Sent letters to the Nature Conservancy in 1973 and 1974, led them on a guided tour, helped form a Table Rock Study Group, (Bill as chairman), culminating in purchase of the rock by the Nature Conservancy in 1978. .

1973- Served on several Forest Service Advisory Committees, over several years, involving the Rogue, Siskiyou, and Umpqua National Forests. Selected for my ability to get along with my opponents, while still opposing their views!

1974- Helped organize the Red Buttes Wilderness Council, with Bill Ashworth as Chairman.

1974 Co-edited, with Bill Meyer, the SC PNW Chapter newspaper, the “Northwest Conifer”. Later, Bill Meyer and Bill Ashworth took over.

1974- Elected Chair of the PNW Chapter of the Sierra Club, a position I held for 3 years, The Chapter included Oregon, Washington, Idaho, W. Montana, Alaska states -and western Canada .

I became the first Oregon Chapter Chair when the Chapter split into state Chapters. Traveled to national Club meetings, attended regional meetings all over the area. Media spokesperson, spoke at conventions, etc. Nearly full-time, unpaid (except for expenses like travel) job.

1976- Won, with former husband Bill, a state-wide award from the Oregon Wilderness Coalition for our "relentless and extraordinary efforts" in preserving Wilderness (see full wording in Documents section for 1976). Received a standing ovation from a large roomful of fellow conservationists, a real high point for me.

1976- Served on an Areas of Agreement committee with conservationists and timber industry reps. Chosen because I know how to talk nicely to the adversary.

1977-1979 Appointed to the National Sierra Club nominating committee to the Board of Directors. Served for two years. 1977- 9.

Selected for lobby training in Washington D.C. in March by the National Sierra Club. A fun, jam-packed week of meeting Congresspeople, Government officials, and our staff.

1977- Wrote and filed an appeal to the Rogue River National Forest on the off road vehicle plan, and won a remand from the state office for a re-do. That was a rarity, as usually we had to go to court after several attempts to stop an action after appealing.

1978- Was noted, among others, in the Congressional Record, by Congressman Jim Weaver for my work on the Oregon Endangered Wilderness Act. The act passed in 1978. (Bill and I divorced that year).

1979- Trip to Washington D.C. to lobby for Oregon Wilderness, fighting Senator Hatfield’s devious attempts to release all other lands for logging.

1979-In a post in the PNW Conifer, campaigning for the Sierra Club's state board, I made up the phrase, still used today, "MAY THE FOREST BE WITH US. " ("You" is substituted now). No one has yet challenged that date!. The Star Wars movie I came out in 1977.

1980- Hired, briefly, as the Carter-Mondale campaign coordinator for Jackson County. De-funded!. (See article in Documents). Active in Democratic Party politics, and was elected as a delegate to the statewide platform convention, and was a Precinct committeeperson.

1980-1981- Elected Chair of the BLM Medford Citizen’s Advisory Council. Chaired public hearings and helped with policy issues. Removed in 1982, (along with all Democrats) by Interior Secretary James Watt!!

(From 1979 to 1987- Was also involved in a number of social service, arts, public radio organizations, serving on Boards of Directors and as a volunteer. I was on the Board of Directors of Helpline, The Rogue Valley Opera, and was active with many youth group organizations, etc. This is a future list I will flesh out). I was, for 6 years, a classical radio announcer at KSOR Public Radio (now JPR)., with a weekly show and an outreach to local schools with a program called Music Memories. I coined the phrase "You are listing to fine arts public radio, SERVING THE STATE OF JEFFERSON, KSOR, Ashland". It is now called Jefferson Public Radio!

1981-1982- Helped to set up, and then worked on, the first Bald Mountain lawsuit for the Sierra Club. (This is the Bald Mountain north of the Illinois River). Given Awards for my efforts by the local Rogue group and by the Oregon State Chapter. We lost that round, but eventually won the fight, with the Occupy Bald Mountain campaign.

1984-Trip to Washington D.C. to lobby for the Red Buttes Wilderness additions in California, and for several other Northern California areas, such as the Siskiyou, Mt. Shasta, Castle Crags, Russian, Marble Mountains additions, Trinity Alps (official Wilderness), and other areas. These became Wilderness, though the acreage included was mostly inadequate.Important areas east of the Red Buttes Wilderness still should be added.

1983-1984- Elected (again!) Chair of the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club.

1984-5- Went back to school to get elementary ed. credentials, which was a sad fiasco, and in a department with incompetent and unqualified teachers that got completely scuttled and revamped the next year. Now I still have one student loan remaining! Never taught, tho helped in many many classrooms over the years, and assisted in the Outdoor Education programs on a few occasions.

1988 -1992- Worked for BLM Medford and the US Forest Service as a wildlife biologist, primarily locating and banding Spotted owls. Funnest paid gig I have ever had! Also did stream survey work. Also worked for the Forest Service, seasonally, as a botanist, at Brookings, and on the Umpqua..

1990 to present- Activities with the Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, which resulted in the President declaring a Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (2000), and Congress approving the Soda Mountain Wilderness (2009). I am in the original video as the “spotted owl lady”. Am still active in promoting the extensions to the Monument proposed on Greensprings Mountain, and with other additions to Wilderness.

My photos are posted on my Facebook page. Also, I am kind of a steward of certain places like "Newell's Nob" (my name, of course), off Shale City Road, Cove Road, and of other places that are being trashed, by ATV's and by litterers, or are proposed for logging. This area is now part of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument, and I would like to think I had a hand in this, by publicizing this area when logging was proposed.

1992- Award, mailed to me, from the National Sierra Club for “Outstanding Achievement”. No explanation given! .

2000 plus-I am active with KS Wild, Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, Friends of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument, ORD2, and other groups. Indivisible.

2010-2017- Active in the Siskiyou Chapter of the Oregon Native Plant Society. I found a rare plant out of its range, Claytonia saxosa. Brandegee's Spring Beauty. Ashland Botanist Jim Duncan confirmed its ID and its rarity, and we are published in “Madrono” magazine (vol. 60, #3, p 264, 2013). .

2011-present- Active watchdog and sometimes a “trail angel” to the Southern Oregon Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers, having hiked almost all of the PCT in this area in sections, from 4-mile lake, going S, and west of Dutchman Peak, and on pieces in N. California (very small bits at a time now). I wrote a review of the movie Wild on my Facebook page. My trail name is ”Walkyrie” (yes, I sing! I am in four choirs, as of 2016. three in 2018. Siskiyou Singers and Peace Choir in 2018-20).

2014-With help from a friend, in July, I finally got an email address, and was given a laptop! In October, first joined Facebook and started posting my photos of our area, including older film photos that I scanned in. Now I show others how to do these things!

2015- In January, wrote my response to the Forest Service opposing their plan to open up the Split Rock Trail in the McDonald Peak area west of Mt. Ashland to mountain Bikes. I helped drum up response from others to this issue. We mostly won the decision in 2016 by the Forest Service to keep out mountain bikes!. Now there is a Split Rock trail, hiker only, going to McDonald Peak, and connecting with the Wagner Butte trails. Now I may be in too poor a shape to hike it, sigh.

2015- Working with K.S. Wild on an "Adopt a Botanical Area", the McDonald Peak area. Attended a workshop in March, 2015. Due to health issues I will need to choose an area that is more accessible.

2015 + -Joined on Facebook --Oregon Wildflowers, Lichens, Butterflies and Moths of the PNW, slime molds (lol), BugGuide, Odonata, Mushrooms of the PNW, and related interest groups. I post and comment in these groups. (as well as in Science Fiction and political interest groups). Over 20 groups.

2016-2017- I continue to post new photos on Facebook of our beautiful Southern Oregon Northern California areas. Please see my Facebook page (it is public), go to "photos" , wait, and click on "albums" to see them.

https://www.facebook.com/DianeNewellMeyer

2016-2017-Have been involved in the LNG (Liquid Natural Gas pipeline) issue, where I do what I can to help with accessing the impact that the pipeline would have on our Federal lands, especially on Road 37, where the pipeline would cross. I am excited to see so many young people involved in this issue. It's like the old days!

2016-2017- Working with KS Wild and others on the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, and in October, 2016, spoke in favor of the expansion at two of the hearings held on the issue. Tried to help make phone calls, but hearing is a problem, so finding ways to help is challenging. Facebook and blogs are better avenues for me now.

ORD2 (Indivisible ) member of the week in early Feb 2018 (see in documents). ****************************************************

2016-2017- Election of a Republican Senate and House majority, and the Presidency may, in time, obliterate my 50 years of work! We must carefully monitor and react to any negative legislation they might propose! And especially, watchdog the legal system which is being compromised by trump appointees. 2018 - For Mid-term elections - Worked a bit on the Jamie McLeod Skinner for Congress campaign to defeat Greg Walden. Now he is retiring!

Supporting Warren for the presidency, currently, but will vote for any Democrat in the general election.

Resist! Persist!

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Below are some of the scanned documents from my hard copies. Wish I knew how to re-size them :