PUBLIC INTEREST ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CONFERENCE “Protecting our Vital Watersheds – Transitioning to Rights of Nature a s a new paradigm for environmental protection” Giving entities in nature, such as rivers and watersheds, legal rights is increasingly being... A 6/26/22 rafting trip from Finn Rock to Vida on Oregon’s McKenzie River, the source of Eugene’s drinking water, discovers a river in peril from egregious unregulated and unenforced development and runoff from toxic chemicals.Learn more about it... Our own Michelle Holman was on KEPW 97.3, talking about the new effort to Protect Lane County Watersheds. Listen Here! Community Rights Lane County created a Political Action Committee called Protect Lane County Watersheds. We will be educating the public about why it’s important to protect our watersheds, the Rights of Nature, and expose the legal system we’re up against,... March 24, 2022 Oregon Community Rights Network (ORCRN) supports the actions and litigation necessary to protect the sage brush hills of Thacker Pass from the corporate harm that would result from the extraction and mining of lithium. Justifying this mining for the... 