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Jim is a video producer and community media activist. He has been utilizing television and the Internet to increase public awareness of environmental and social justice issues. Jim produces Bark’s award-winning “Bark for Mt. Hood” TV show, and is active with the Portland Indymedia Collective. See www.philosopherseed.org.
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Sarah Wald has been working to protect Mt. Hood National Forest since 1997. As Bark's former Forest Defense Coordinator, Sarah has been involved with the majority of current timber sales on Mt. Hood National Forest. She has both volunteer and work experience with grassroots organizing, public outreach, and volunteer coordination. Sarah is currently working towards her PhD in American Studies at Brown University, with a focus on the nature and culture of the Pacific Northwest. She serves as the Rhode Island state delegate to the National Forest Protection Alliance.
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Since moving to Portland in 2001, Joseph has been active in forest, transportation, and land use issues in the State of Oregon. In the past five years, he adopted two timber sales, Hipo and Annie's Cabin, where he led hikes and worked with communities in protecting their recreational corridors. Joseph holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering with a focus in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech. He currently chairs Bark's Timber Sale Committee.
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Corinne has been working on justice issues for over a decade with a strong focus on economics, environmental health, and changing public policy. In 2001, she moved to Oregon and has worked tirelessly developing grassroots campaigns to spur change in Portland's neighborhoods and beyond. Corinne comes to Bark excited about using her organizing experience to protect Mt. Hood.
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Noah is a Conservation Biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity who oversees development of Endangered Species Act petitions in the interior west. He holds a B.S. in ecology from Evergreen State College, and an M.S. in forest ecology from the University of Washington. Before he joined the Center in 1997, Noah worked as a field biologist, surveying Northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets and banding Hawaiian songbirds.
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Long-time Bark member, Joy’s first leadership role was as a member of Bark’s Events Committee. After organizing several successful fundraising events, Joy decided she would like to increase her commitment to the organization and happily became a Bark Board member. Old-growth forests are her love, but her expertise is in the office. She is chair of the personnel committee and hopes to help Bark streamline its operations. Recently she left the Oregon League of Conservation Voters and now provides the Board with a stronger connection to state and local politics.
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Kristen grew up on the Oregon coast and has always been passionate about protecting the forests in her backyard. But it was her unique combination of women’s studies and environmental politics coursework at the University of Oregon that led her to activism. For over five years, she has worked on grassroots and direct action campaigns serving to empower women while protecting the environment. Bark is honored to benefit from her experience.
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Candace balances her activist interests between her passion for forests and for protecting the rights of citizens as a volunteer for Rose City Copwatch. Like many Barkers, her concerns represent the strong connection between healthy ecosystems and healthy communities. An amateur naturalist, her Bark-Abouts to Mt. Hood’s eastern pine forests are not to be missed!
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From the frozen tundra of Northern Michigan, Zaq Banton has been protecting Northwest forests for nearly five years. He has been immersed in the non-profit sector since he was nineteen, and has advocated on issues from community health care to homeless youth. Zaq worked as grassroots organizer protecting forests in Southwest Washington and joined the Bark family in 2006. In addition to taking good care of Bark's members through his database work, Zaq is completing his bachelor's degree at Portland State. When he's not at Bark or at school, you might find him performing in one of Portland's local theaters.
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Alex is a native Portlander who grew up hiking and camping in the Mt. Hood National Forest. As an activist he has tasted success in the campaign to stop the Eagle Creek 'salvage rider' timber sales and in organizing support for the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. For five years Alex worked for Oregon Natural Resources Council organizing opposition to regional threats to our forests as well as mounting a successful Wilderness campaign. He brings a full range of non-profit management skills to Bark and most importantly, he brings a passion for protecting Mt. Hood National Forest.
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Amy has been involved in forest conservation work on Mt. Hood National Forest since 1998. Amy's experience also includes several years working as an electoral organizer, most recently designing a nationally recognized field strategy for the 2004 presidential election. Between election years, she has worked with a diverse list of organizations on outreach, fundraising and volunteer management. Also active in the arts community, Amy was on staff at Orlo, an environmental arts organization in Portland.
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Hailing from the Garden State, Deb early in life became determined to complete Manifest Destiny for herself. Her journey westward first brought her to Oberlin College in Ohio where she majored in environmental history. Her next stop was the great state of Montana where she worked at an environmental education center in the Flathead National Forest. Her completion of Manifest Destiny brought her to Oregon where she worked in the City of Lake Oswego’s Planning Department writing a community forestry plan. She is excited to be protecting the West’s forest legacy as Bark’s Restore Mt. Hood Campaign Manager.
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Matthew's love for the forest and Oregon's progressive communities led him to Bark in December, 2005. As a Canvasser he has played an integral role in the success of Bark's outreach efforts and now as Co-Director he looks forward to bridging the gap between Bark's mission and other progressive issues in the greater Portland area.
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Guy brings over a decade of canvassing experience to Bark. If you have ever questioned the importance of face-to-face organizing, Guy will set you straight. He has helped citizen's around the country through door-to-door organizing, protecting consumer's from fraud, families from toxic pollution, and now protecting Mt. Hood National Forest for all Oregonians.
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