This page commemorates the brave contributors of Read The Dirt. Without them we would be nothing. Read The Dirt is essentially a meeting place, made public, of the ideas, perspectives, and expertise of our contributors. Even though we do not hold all of the opinions of our contributors as our own, we validate them and include them. We believe that if we want to have a complete and productive conversation about the future of the Great NW, opinions from those involved, influential, and passionate must be included.
If you are interested in teaching yourself or getting involved, we recommend researching some of our brave contributors.
List of Read The Dirt’s contributors:
- Alex Valentine (4)
- American Immigration Council (1)
- American Rivers: Amy Kober (1)
- Andrew Nikiforuk (1)
- Andy Walgamott (1)
- anonymous prison rebels and outside supporters (1)
- April J. Markiewicz (1)
- Benton County Community Rights Coalition (4)
- Bill McKibben (1)
- Boggs Center (1)
- Campbell McLaren + Kris Pastoriza (1)
- CELDF.org (15)
- Celia Kutz (1)
- Center for Ecoliteracy (1)
- Center for Environmental Equity: Larry Tuttle (1)
- Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Catherine Phelps (1)
- Center for Intercultural Organizing (1)
- Christopher Brown, Growing Veterans (1)
- Cindy Kudlik (1)
- Classroom in Bloom (1)
- Cliff Willmeng, East Boulder County United (1)
- Coal Free Bellingham (1)
- Columbia Basin Development League: Vicky Scharlau (1)
- Columbia Bioregional Education Project, Jere and Rick Gillespie (1)
- Columbia River Future Project, John Osborn (1)
- Columbia Riverkeeper: Dan Serres (1)
- Common Threads Farm, Laura Plaut (1)
- Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Gail Darrell (1)
- Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Kai Huschke (2)
- Community Rights Lane County (4)
- Community to Community Development (2)
- Conservation Northwest (1)
- Dan Bacher (1)
- Dana Lyons (1)
- David Maas (1)
- David Suzuki Foundation (4)
- Defenders of Wildlife: Kassandra Kelly (1)
- Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin: Sandra Spargo (2)
- Donna Albert (1)
- Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition (1)
- Ear to the Ground Exclusive Newsletter (2)
- Earth Law Center (1)
- Earth Law Center, Linda Sheehan (1)
- EarthCorps Friends of the Hylebos: Steve Dubiel and Blair Edwards (1)
- East Boulder County United (2)
- Ecologist (1)
- Eden Lopez, Farmer (1)
- Emily Petrovski (1)
- Envision Spokane (6)
- ESA Adolfson (1)
- Francine St. Laurent (2)
- Friends of the Clearwater: Gary Macfarlane (1)
- Geoff Gilbert Geoff Gilbert (1)
- Giovanna Vitale and Jack Temple (1)
- Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, Robin Milam (1)
- Groundswell (2)
- Heart of America Northwest: Gerry Pollet, JD (2)
- Idaho Conservation League: John Robison (1)
- Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources (5)
- Janet Jordan (1)
- Jefferson County Community Rights Coalition (1)
- Jeffrey Boly: Friends of the Reservoirs (1)
- Keep It Cottage (1)
- Kettle Range Conservation Group: Tim Coleman (1)
- Lake Roosevelt Forum: Andy Dunau (1)
- LandWatch Lane County: Bob Emmons (2)
- Lauren McCauley (1)
- Lotus (2)
- Marisa Holmes Marisa Holmes (1)
- Marla Kilfoyle and Melissa Tomlinson (1)
- Mary Geddry (1)
- Matt Krogh, RE Sources (1)
- Maureen Ryan (1)
- Media Drink (1)
- Methow Conservancy (1)
- Monsanto Company et al. (1)
- Mt. Shasta Community Rights Project, Molly Brown (1)
- Nadine Romero (1)
- National Parks Conservation Association: Sean Smith (1)
- New Hampshire Community Rights Network (2)
- Nick Mele (1)
- NW Energy Coalition, Marc Krasnowsky (1)
- Olympic Forest Coalition: Peggy Bruton (1)
- Orca Network: Howard Garrett (1)
- Oregon Foster Youth Connection, Lydia Bradley (1)
- Oregon Natural Desert Association: Brent Fenty (1)
- Oregon Tilth: Andrew Rodman (1)
- Oregonians for Renewable Energy Policy: Judy Barnes (1)
- Other Worlds (2)
- Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association: Margaret Barrette (1)
- Partnership for Water Conservation (1)
- Patrick Robbins (2)
- Paul Boden, Western Regional Advocacy Project (2)
- Paul Cienfuegos (1)
- Paula Z. Segal (1)
- Pete Martin (1)
- Philip Damon - Sacred Democracy (8)
- PRESS (2)
- Protect Bowling Green Team (1)
- Public News Service (1)
- Puget Sound Regional Council (1)
- Puget Soundkeeper: Chris Wilke (1)
- Qualco Energy (1)
- Rachael Osborn (1)
- Rajesh Makwana (1)
- Read The Dirt (54)
- Recirculating Farms Coalition: Shaylyn Berlew (1)
- Resist AIM (1)
- Rex Burkholder, Portland Metro Councilor (2)
- Robert McClure, Investigate West (1)
- Samish Indian Nation (1)
- Sarah Lazare (1)
- Sarah Vaira (1)
- Save Our Wild Salmon (1)
- Sean Smith (1)
- Seattle Tilth: Andrea Platt Dwyer (1)
- Shane Davis, Fractivist.com (1)
- Simon Davis-Cohen (34)
- simondc (20)
- Sitka Conservation Society: Andrianna Natsoulas (1)
- Snohomish County Tomorrow (1)
- Stewardship Partners (1)
- Sunnyside Environmental School (1)
- Susan Boskey (1)
- Tammy Sapp (1)
- TeachDream (1)
- The Lands Council: Kat Hall and Amanda Parrish (1)
- The Laura Flanders Show (2)
- The Leap Manifesto (1)
- The Pacific Northwest Inlander (2)
- Thurston Public Power Initiative, John D. Pearce (1)
- Tish O’Dell (2)
- Trisha Mandes (1)
- Trout Unlimited - Washington Water Project (1)
- Truthout (4)
- Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, Kevin Washbrook (1)
- WA State Climatologist (1)
- Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership: Cathy Schaeffer (1)
- Washington Association of Conservation Districts: Craig Nelson (1)
- Washington Coalition for Open Government: David Seago (1)
- Washington Community Action Network, Rachael DeCruz (1)
- Washington Department of Ecology (1)
- Washington Forest Protection Association: Cindy Mitchell (1)
- Washington Native Plant Society (1)
- Washington Water Trust (1)
- Washington Wilderness Coalition (1)
- We Are Oregon, Kari Koch (1)
- Western Action Coalition (WAC) (1)
- Western Environmental Law Center: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich (1)
- Western Environmental Law Center: Susan Jane Brown (3)
- Western Lands Project: Janine Blaeloch (1)
- Whatcom Farm-to-School Support Team: Mardi Solomon & Holly O’Neil (1)
- Whatcom Land Trust (1)
- William deBuys (1)
- Working Washington, Sage Wilson (1)
- WSDA Pest Management (1)
- WSU Extension: Doug Collins (1)
- Don McMoran (1)
- Yakima Basin Storage Alliance (1)
- Yes on I-522 (1)
- Young Writers (10)
- Zoltan Grossman (1)
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