Steve Pedery

Accomplished environmental campaign leader, strategist, and manager. Brings a clear-eyed approach to identifying the core issues behind major environmental problems, and a proven record of designing, building, and executing campaigns to solve them.

2022 - President Biden's Executive Order on Strengthening the Nation's Forests, Communities, and Local Economies (E.O. 14072). Played a lead role in building a national coalition of organizations pushing for the protection of mature and old-growth forests on America's public lands as a natural climate solution. Currently working to build on the EO, and secure a strong permanent climate forest protection rule.

2019 - Passage of the Oregon Wildlands Act though Congress. Secured permanent Wilderness protection for the 30,000 acre Devil's Staircase area and 256 miles of new Wild & Scenic River designations.

2017 - Diversifying environmental advocacy in Oregon. Launched partnership with Soul River, INC and other POC-led organizations to provide greater opportunity for persons of color to enjoy the benefits of public lands, become involved in their management, and pursue careers in conservation.

2016 - Led Oregon Opposition to Malheur Occupation. Mobilized communications, grassroots, and public opposition to Ammon Bundy's anti-public lands agenda, including a series of major public rallies across the region.

2013 - Developed and Implemented the "Oregon, Home of the Clearcut!" media campaign. Humorous ad and media campaign increased public awareness of Oregon's weak logging rules by leveraging a small investment in paid media into a major national earned media story.

2011- OR-7 Wolf naming contest, media, and grassroots campaign. Designed and implemented a combined communications, grassroots, and legislative campaign that drew international attention to Oregon's wandering wolf and generated fierce opposition to efforts to weaken state wildlife protection rules.

2009 - Passage of Omnibus Public Lands Management Act through Congress. Provided strategic direction and leadership to secure victory in a 12-year-long campaign to protect over 125,000 acres of new Wilderness on Mount Hood (and another 75,000 state-wide).

2001-2004 - Klamath Basin Water Crisis. Worked with tribes, rural activists, and national conservation partners on a communications campaign to re-frame a toxic environmental conflict. Successfully moved media and public discourse away away from "fish vs. farmer" to an awareness of terrible water policies, climate-driven shortages, and how the decline of salmon and other fish has harmed Native American communities.