20 Years of Advocacy for Oregon’s Wild Places

Buy your tickets to help celebrate Regna Merritt here.

"If you’re angry about the logging of ancient forests on the Mt. Hood National Forest and want to help protect our remaining groves, Regna is the woman to talk to."

So began the introduction to new ONRC staffer Regna Merritt in the Summer 1991 issue of our newsletter, Wild Oregon. Two decades later, management of Pacific Northwest forests had been transformed and the organization now known as Oregon Wild had racked up dozens of accomplishments.

From her early days fighting timber sales, spearheading efforts to protect the Bull Run watershed, and pushing for designation of the Opal Creek Wilderness Regna displayed an aptitude for galvanizing community support behind the preservation of our state’s most precious places.

In 1999, she was named the organization’s Executive Director, a position she held for over ten years. When Regna stepped down in the fall of 2010 she could count as her accomplishments the largest single expansion of Wilderness in the state since 1984, defeating the Bush administration’s massive old-growth logging plan in western Oregon, and steering Oregon Wild into a future of collaboratively-based projects aimed at restoring decades of damage to our forests.

Can't make the event? Support Oregon Wild with a special donation in honor of Regna.

Oregonians owe Regna a great debt of gratitude for her service to the state. You can show your gratitude by joining us on Saturday, April 30 in Portland to celebrate Regna’s achievements and the places and people she has impacted in her 20-year career in conservation.
Tickets available here.

What:
A Tribute to Regna Merritt
20 years of advocacy for Oregon’s wild places

When:
Saturday, April 30
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Where:
Keen Headquarters
926 NW 13th Ave.
Portland, OR

What:

• Honorary presentation by renowned hiking guide book author, Bill Sullivan
• Musical performance by Sky in the Road
• Beer, wine, and light hors d’oeuvres

Tickets:
Reserve your spot at the celebration here. Ticket prices range on a sliding scale from $30-$100.

Space is limited.

Can't make the event? Support Oregon Wild with a special honorary donation.