Board & Staff
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Nena Lovinger, Board President: Nena took early retirement from the University of Oregon to devote more time to land use interests and to the stewardship of her 40-acre farm near Fall Creek. She is committed to sound land use planning and the protection of farm and forest lands from sprawl. She was a founding member of LandWatch Lane County and serves as LandWatch’s secretary. Past service: board member of and fundraiser for the Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC), member of the Lane County Parks Advisory Committee, President of the South University Neighborhood Association (Eugene). She believes that the health and integrity of the natural environment are essential to a viable future. | |
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John Foster, Vice-President: John earned his BA at Amherst College and did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. He retired from the CIA and moved to Corvallis 1991. He has been active in the community, testifying at land use hearings on annexations and other development proposals, and participating in updating the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code. | |
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Shelley Wetherell, Secretary: Shelley is a founding member and current board member of Friends of Douglas County. She and her husband farm, raising wine grapes, sheep, christmas trees, and timber. She is also a US Postal Service rural letter carrier. Shelley is dedicated to the preservation of agricultural and forest lands for farm and forest uses for future generations. In 2004 she was chosen as 1000 Friends of Oregon Activist of the Year. She has herself argued and won several important farm and forest protection cases before the Land Use Board of Appeals. | |
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Robert Emmons: Robert retired from the City of Eugene Parks Department to devote more time to land use interests and to the stewardship of 61 acres of farm and forest land in Fall Creek. Community service and group memberships include: Lane County Parks Advisory Committee (chair), Scobert Park Committee, Nearby Nature, Friends of Mt. Pisgah, Friends of Eugene, Oregon Natural Resources Council, 1000 Friends of Oregon, LandWatch Lane County (founding member and current president). | |
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Tony Hayden: Tony is a native Oregonian who grew up in the newspaper business in Lebanon, working on his father’s Lebanon Express and other papers as a reporter and photographer. He traveled for nearly twenty years, living all over the world. He presently operates a fine arts gallery and photography studio in Lebanon. He is active in community affairs, and served as president of the Lebanon-Sweet Home Concert Association. He sees no sense in unbridled growth, and is active in Friends of Linn County and Goal One to stop the destruction of farm land, forest land, and our communities. http://www.proaxis.com/~thayden/ | |
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Robert Mason: Robert is Professor Emeritus in survey research at Oregon State University, and manages the family grass seed farm outside of Albany. He has been a leader in land use planning issues since the early 1980s, and is a long-time member and supporter of 1000 Friends of Oregon. | |
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Tom Bowerman: Tom Bowerman is a fifth generation Oregonian and a graduate of University of Oregon’s School of Architecture. He farms and raises timber while exploring sustainable living practices. Tom founded the McKenzie River Trust. |
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| Mona Linstromberg: Mona is past president of LandWatch Lane County and member of a small but mighty Veneta land use group. She is a fourth generation Oregonian with a BA in political science from the University of Oregon. Long a political and social activist and always an advocate of wise land use, Mona believes that Oregon’s future is in the hands of those who actively participate at all levels – from local right up the food chain. | ||
| Dan Thackaberry: Dan, with a BS degree from OSU, is one of the largest sheep farmers in the Willamette Valley. He’s been actively involved in land use since 1989, serving on Linn County and Lebanon planning commissions, and currently serves as a Lebanon City Councilor. Dan is the current Linn County Farm Bureau president, having served on that board for 12 years; is on the board of Linn County Soil & Water Conservation District; is a member of FOLC and has served on the board in the past; and is a member of the Small Woodlands Association. Dan is active in the Democratic party and has been a precinct person for 18 years. | ||
| Michael Walker: Mike was raised in Hugo in Josephine County, Oregon. He earned a BS and MS from OSU in natural resources and resource geography. Graduate work included all but a dissertation for a Ph.D in Urban Planning/Resource Geography from University of Oregon and OSU. He is retired to Hugo from federal service with the BLM as a land use planner and environmental protection specialist involved with implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, and participating in the interdisciplinary group think process. Mike’s passion is an informed citizenry and informed decision making in Oregon’s land use planning system, and addressing cumulative impacts relating to the carrying capacity of the land. He is the Education Chair of the Hugo Neighborhood Association & Historical Society and President of NEPA Design Group. | ||
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Jim Just, Senior Fellow: Jim is a long-time land use activist and has worked extensively with citizens and citizen organizations throughout Oregon. He was the founder of Friends of Linn County, a local environmental and land use citizen organization. He had a business and management career before moving to Oregon, where he and his wife Irina raise sheep, wine grapes, and timber on their farm outside of Lebanon. jim@goal1.org | |
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Photos by Tony Hayden, Aloha Studio and Gallery