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Images of the Campaign

Meet some of the people asking NW Natural to pull out of the Palomar Pipeline:

Bobbette Smith Chickmanian, Eugene, OR. Rallying in DC for clean energy.

Bobbette rallying in DC for clean energy.

Because climate change is a real problem
Bobbette Smith Chickmanian – Eugene, OR

“As a parent of two and a resident of Oregon I am concerned about the Palomar Pipeline. Climate change is real and a problem that everyone needs to pull together on, not just for the safety and security of ourselves, but for our children. [read more]

Martin and baby Ursala exploring the forest.

Because Mt. Hood belongs to all of us
Martin and Ursala Evans – Portland, OR

Mt. Hood National Forest belongs to all of us, not to some private investors. That’s why I’m opposing the Palomar pipeline, which would slice a clearcut over some of the finest forest left in the state. The Clackamas River watershed has provided for my family and for all Oregonians for generations. Now, NW Natural want’s to use it as a cash machine. I want my daughter to know the same Clackamas that my father, grandfather, and I have known: cool, clear water, hunting and fishing opportunities, wild foods, medicines, and mushrooms, and cathedrals of ancient trees. [read more]

Because private landowners’ property rights are being ignored
Anne and Richard Hanschu – near Forest Grove, OR

Anne and Richard on their property.

Richard and I are small woodland owners that are affected by Palomar. We are family forest owners that provide certified wood for urban use both here in the NW and areas beyond. Sustainable forestry is practiced guided by an up-to-date management plan. This property is offered to the public for forest eco-tours showing the public a working forest can be a sustainable forest. Many of the plantations on the property where the proposed pipelines cross have been commercially thinned three times and we still have a viable forest. [read more]

Our home is located on this property and water from a spring is our source of a domestic supply. This valley is not known for good water. Many wells are either high in iron concentrate or salt water. We feel fortunate that we have a spring and the proposed Palomar pipeline will cross dangerously close to the headwaters. Disruption of the spring would leave 2 families without water.

Once a corridor is cut through older timber it becomes a wind tunnel creating further destruction of the timber from blow down. We understand that after the construction zone is finished trees can be planted up to the final easement. That sounds all well and good except that Douglas fir does not grow well in the shadow of tall trees. There is the upkeep of an open easement as well as unwanted vegetation such as scotch broom and thistle will abound. There is also a great concern that one-half of our land will becomes unaccessible for management due to lack of ability to move heavy logging equipment across the pipeline. Trees can never be planted on the pipeline easement. Those trees planted in the construction zone will take a generation or more to mature. We currently have a BPA easement across our land and experience trespass by ATV’s, motor cycles, trucks, and hunters all of which do not respect property. Add another corridor to our land that will stretch from the Columbia River to the south, this land will become a desired recreation area subjecting the forest to the possibility of a forest fire when unwanted brush becomes tinder-dry in the summer months.

Oregonians have entrusted woodland owners whether private, federal, state, or industry to provide local communities with clean water. I can’t imagine how many streams will be disrupted by the construction of the pipeline. There is one on the proposed route on this property. It may be a small fish bearing stream but it contributes to the clean water of the area. Under Oregon’s Forest Practice Act woodland owners are not allowed to enter to harvest within certain distances from streams. Yet a commercial company is being allowed to denude the streams banks and keep them open of vegetation that would protect the water temperature which is so important to the salmon restoration.

Finally bringing more non-domestic fossil fuel into Oregon does not fit into Oregon’s energy plan. Especially since this fuel will be coming from politically unstable countries. Domestically there is enough gas currently being discovered here in the United States to provide us with a stable supply. A growing fear that if a pipeline is built and there is no need for importation then the possibility of exportation of our fuel to counties that will pay a higher dollar all done on condemnation and eminent domain of private land by a company that will receive economic benefit. The private landowner’s property rights are being ignored.