e-mail: tl@oregonwild.org
phone: 541.382.2616

Eastern Oregon Wildlands Advocate Tim Lillebo is, like Wendell Wood, one of our longtime stars of the Oregon Wild staff. Tim worked for Oregon Wild in its infancy, in 1975, and ever since has been defending roadless areas, protecting east-side old-growth trees, lobbying in D.C., and collaborating with public agencies on restoration projects. Tim, who is based in Bend, spends much of his time on the road traveling throughout eastern Oregon to work with agencies and conservation groups on forest issues. He has played key roles in passing Wilderness legislation over the years and has served on a number of advisory committees.

Ironically, Tim is a former timber faller who used to build logging roads. However, working in the woods gave him an appreciation for the trees that sustain us. Tim says he wishes more of the public could see the spectacular east-side pine forests he is working to project and restore.

With his easygoing and laid-back nature, Tim is as easy to like as an old-growth forest. His free time is spent hunting, fishing, gardening, spending time with his family, and, appropriately enough, growing trees.