Save our federal lands
I created this video as a love note to the place I call home. The federal government owns 53 percent of Oregon land. It's no exageration: A majority of our state may be up for sale by July 4, 2025.
Here is a glimpse of why we explore and enjoy Oregon, in a film I made a few years ago:
First, write a short, personal note to all of our Oregon Congressional Delegation using these quick web links to our Oregon delegation, and click “Contact” https://gcr.uoregon.edu/content/oregon-congressional-delegation
Something short, sweet, and to the point:
It’s time to do whatever you can as my representative to stop the fire sale of our federal public lands in Oregon and the rest of the West Coast that is in the reconciliation bill Congress is currently considering.
There are many other problems with the bill as written, of course, but I’m asking you to to be a vocal opponent to everything that threatens our way of life in our beautiful state.
Sincerely,
Rob Melton
I have been photographing Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and the West Coast for decades. I’m currently creating a new video of my mostly still images of those priceless public lands we love.
I made this for a digital media class to demonstrate how you could create a video from still and motion images, and use copyright free music and sound effects from.
https://studio.youtube.com/
The Wilderness Society reports that under the reconciliation bill, should it pass:
“… mandates the disposal of between 2 million and 3 million acres of lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service across 11 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Alarmingly, the provision contains very limited exemptions—Wilderness Study Areas, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, roadless areas and critical habitat are all considered eligible for sale. Based on those limited restrictions, more than 250 million acres of public lands will be eligible to be sold to "any interested party."
To illustrate just how much is at stake, The Wilderness Society created a map of all public lands that are now at risk of disposal.
Oregon Public Lands offers a fascinating visual map and photographs of the the land that would be sold under the bill.