NEDC Executive Director Job Description Position Title: Executive Director Reports to: Board President, Board of Directors Supervisory responsibilities: Staff attorney, bookkeeper, law clerk, student staff, and volunteers Location: Portland, Oregon Position Summary: The Executive Director serves as … Read More
Learn more about NEDC’s ongoing commitment to being anti-racist, intersectional, and equitable in our internal and external work in the value statement recently approved by NEDC’s board of directors.
For Immediate Release, September 7, 2021 Contact: Jonah Sandford, Northwest Environmental Defense Center, (971) 219-4677, jonah@nedc.org Lauren Goldberg, Columbia Riverkeeper, (541) 965-0985, lauren@columbiariverkeeper.org Ryan Shannon, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6407, rshannon@biologicaldiversity.org Oregon Denies Key Authorization for Controversial … Read More
Mayor Joe Buck City of Lake Oswego P.O. Box 369 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 May 22, 2021 Minority Law Student Association, Lewis and Clark Law School, Native American Law Student Association, Lewis and Clark Law School, NEDC (Northwest Environmental Defense … Read More
What are some of your best childhood memories? I grew up alongside Fox Creek in suburban Somerset, New Jersey till I was about six years old. One of the clearest and fondest memories from that time is of my parents … Read More
NEDC has been partnering with Neighbors for Clean Air, the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School, and Reed College in a collaboration to reduce air toxics, especially diesel particulate emissions, in the Portland metro area. We are … Read More
Lower Johnson Creek Habitat Enhancement A recent NEDC Clean Water Act enforcement action against Ross Island Sand & Gravel helped fund a major restoration project this summer in Johnson Creek, a tributary of the Willamette River that flows into the … Read More
NEDC, along with our partners Native Fish Society and WildEarth Guardians, have secured a critically important victory for the Willamette River’s threatened salmon and steelhead populations. In August, Chief Judge Hernandez of the District of Oregon found that the U.S. … Read More
Stormwater runoff from industrial sites is a major contributor to water pollution in the Pacific Northwest. When precipitation comes into contact with industrial pollutants, these pollutants—if not properly managed—can be carried through stormwater runoff into the region’s waters. NEDC has … Read More
By Matt Campa NEDC has been partnering with Portland-based consultant Yee Won Chong to conduct a comprehensive organizational review and identify opportunities for furthering equity and inclusion within our own organization as well as in the work we do. This … Read More