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EcoNews Report: Trump'a attacks on public lands

By Scott Greacen,

Alicia Hamann, Jennifer Kalt, Tom Wheeler

Published September 29, 2026 at 9:50 AM PDT

The lake below Devil's Punchbowl in the Siskiyou Wilderness, Klamath National Forest | Photo from Wikimedia. License.

On this week's show, we travel to the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion, whose steep knot of jagged peaks, sinuous rivers, and deep canyons support a biodiversity hotspot. The Klamath-Siskiyou Wildland Center (KS Wild), based in Ashland, Oregon, is charged with protecting this special place. Recent Trump regulatory rollbacks and new, more aggressive projects are placing new strains on the delicate ecology of the area.

Michael Dotson, Executive Director of KS Wild, joins the program to discuss rescission of the Roadless Rule, changes to the Travel Management Rule, and new, larger projects being proposed on public lands in the bioregion.

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Scott Greacen

In addition to being a host on EcoNews Report, Scott Greacen is also Executive Director of Friends of the Eel River. Scott is a graduate of Reed College and Lewis and Clark Law School, and a member of the California bar. He has been active in the environmental movement since 1989.

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Alicia Hamann

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Jennifer Kalt

Jennifer Kalt is the Director of Humboldt Baykeeper, which works to safeguard coastal resources for the health, enjoyment, and economic strength of the Humboldt Bay community. The Baykeeper edition of the Northcoast Environmental Center's EcoNews Report airs on the third Thursday of the month, and features interviews of the many fascinating people involved in Humboldt Bay issues. For more info, visit humboldtbaykeeper.org.

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Tom Wheeler

Tom Wheeler is the Program Director and Staff Attorney at the Environmental Protection Information Center. Tom graduated from the University of Washington School of Law with a concentration in Environmental Law. When he’s not nerding out over the Endangered Species Act (his all-time favorite law), Tom is probably plunking the banjo, playing ping-pong with his wife, Jenna, or petting his cats, Fatty and Trim. Tom can be reached at tom@wildcalifornia.org.

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