365 reasons to celebrate 2010

1. Most well-attended Bark About
2. Kept the Bark Volvo running all year
3. No plants have died in the new office
4. Kima turned off her gas to protest the Palomar Pipeline and LNG
5. Established Evans corner in the office
6. Stayed on the number 6 busline
7. Submitted appropriations request to Rep. DeFazio
8. Hired Olivia
9. Timber Sale Committee became Forest Watch Committee
10. Lori Ann led her first hike
11. Left a lasting impression on the Dufur District staff
12. Amy did press on Palomar in an empty office in the middle of the move
13. Kept convenient store in business with gum purchases
14. Adopted twenty-year vision
15. Canvassed two out of the three members of Sleater Kinney
16. Tabled at twenty farmer’s markets about Palomar and LNG development
17. Worked with Crag Law Center to get Oregon LNG stopped
18. Attended climate preparedness conference
19. Fought to stop removing the trailhead to Mirror Lake
20. Forest Supervisor came to Bark office for the first time
21. Better lunch options near the office
22. Added to our binder shelves with new proposals
23. We moved our office
24. Won our OHV campaign
25. Stopped Palomar for another year
26. Trained four new people on how to lead Bark hikes
27. Hired Gradey
28. Hired Brenna
29. Had forty people craft a twenty year vision for Mt. Hood and Bark
30. Commented on more then twenty projects on Mt. Hood
31. Quoted in the Oregonian more than a dozen times
32. Op-ed in Hood River News on Nestle
33. Talked to thousands of people at the door
34. Held a huge rally at the NW Natural shareholder’s meeting
35. Went on Think Out Loud twice
36. Signed onto a pledge to stop racism in the environmental movement
37. Partnered with Pacific Rivers Council to hire a policy analyst
38. Partnered with Justseeds Collective to make a mural about LNG resistance
39. Held a training on LNG at the Womyn’s & Trans Action Camp
40. Challenged a controversial road decommissioning project
41. Held a rally at City Hall about Oregon LNG
42. Joined coalition to stop Nestle from building a bottling plant in the Gorge
43. Got 1,503 people to comment on Nestle proposal
44. Held two NEPA 101 trainings
45. Third annual Forest Foods party
46. Sat on panels at “ELAW”
47. Continued as plaintiff in energy transmission corridor lawsuit covering western states
48. Sandi weighed in on Bark transitions
49. Maintained a database with 34,235 supporters
50. Had thousands of new people give to us this year
51. Had over 1,000 people give to us every month
52. Trained 7 new groundtruthers
53. Participated in the Portland People’s Assembly
54. Amy went on sabbatical
55. Alex went on sabbatical
56. Offered health insurance to our canvassers
57. Supported volunteers to raise awareness about Bagby
58. Continued to be a part of the NO LNG coalition
59. Created a steering committee for a campaign against NW Natural
60. Maintained a website educating people about NW Natural’s involvement
61. Started www.weagreenolng.org
62. Stopped the Forest Service from building an illegal trail
63. Groundtruthed all new proposed logging projects
64. Groundtruthed OHV areas
65. Stopped OHVs from riding into the Fish Creek watershed
66. Lobbied Senator Wyden and Senator Merkley’s staff on Palomar
67. Had Bill McKibben write an email about how great Bark is
68. Hosted a campout to celebrate twenty-year vision
69. Presented to the Region 6 staff at their annual meeting
70. Got invited to Gary Larsen’s retirement party
71. Got invited to Jim Rice’s retirement party
72. Started to transfer the website to a Drupal platform
73. Got Lori Ann to speak louder on the phone
74. Convinced volunteers to start posting to Flickr page
75. Highlighted some of our favorite Flickr photographers capturing Mt. Hood
76. Presented to schools six times
77. Hosted a silkscreening party before NW Natural rally
78. Hired and trained new canvassers
79. Moved our files to a secure location thanks to our amazing volunteer tech support
80. Made more than a dozen public access TV shows
81. Wrote an email alert every month of the year
82. Balanced our books thanks to our amazing volunteer bookkeeper
83. Learned a lot of new music through the floor of our new office over the East End bar
84. Came out against exporting LNG
85. Three new dog friends
86. Avoided swine flu on Bark staff
87. Matthew cut hair
88. Wrote safe space policy for our office
89. Matthew got engaged
90. Corinne had baby Amelia
91. Got a door put into our office thanks to volunteer contractors
92. Greenpeace donated Voodoo donuts to Bark
93. Jon came back from canvass hiatus
94. Canvass went door to door in Hood River
95. Mushroom hike got full baskets in record time
96. Matching donor led to record month of canvass donations
97. Eva got a donor to give $500 at the door
98. Highest fundraising year yet, despite recession
99. Matt K becomes longest employee
100. Scott, a famous Portland canvasser comes to Bark
101. Filmed on Oregon Field Guide
102. Tim went vegan
103. Foundation giving is down to 29%
104. Finished Kate McCarthy Legacy Project
105. Andrea leaves a gift card for canvass to get dinner at New Seasons
106. Got press in Jakarta, Indonesia
107. Turned people out to the DEQ meeting on LNG terminals
108. Helped shut down the Bradwood LNG terminal
109. Nobody got their Bark tattoo removed
110. Gave away all the Thrillcraft books
111. Joseph gets engaged
112. Added Dave Becker to the board
113. Added Brenna Bell to the board
114. Took illegal signs from Fish Creek
115. Amy dodged federal charges
116. Submitted six Freedom of Information Act requests
117. Kim Smolt moves on
118. Alex tells every planner in Region 6 that they should end the commercial timber sale program
119. Didn’t lose anyone in the forest
120. Lost coffee shop, gained bar
121. Amy got her license back
122. Went on tour of Bull of the Woods fire crew, in costume
123. Saw a bear on the Bear Springs Bark About
124. Amazing staff/board retreat by the river
125. Busted the Forest Service on Solo replacement
126. Called bull on Timberline Mountain Bike plan
127. Used mainstream media successfully: “Indefinite Delay”
128. Alex and his dad attend Mt. Hood quarter celebration
129. Hillary Barbour calls Alex an ***-kicker
130. First 100% paper-free fundraising campaign
131. Spelled 350 in chantrelles on 10-10-10
132. Matt Mavko and Candace are chairs of Forest Watch Committee
133. Matt and Kristen get married
134. Ursula attends strategy meetings
135. Erin cleaned Alex’s desk area
136. Jenny made Bark’s database actually work for fundraising
137. First street canvass
138. Becca and Scott become field managers
139. Translated weagreenolng.org into Spanish
140. With Oregon Wild, got section of Gordon Creek over Corbett Water supply dropped
141. Appealed five proposals
142. Posted 58 articles to the website
143. Posted 1,406 images to our Flickr page
144. Got ergonomic office consulting
145. Stopped the Mt. Defiance OHV area
146. Stopped the Peavine OHV area
147. Stopped the Gibson Prairie OHV area
148. Stopped the Bear Creek OHV area
149. Got a new voicemail system
150. Made friends with our new neighbors
151. Got a sandwich named after another Bark employee at the Goldrush Coffee Shop
152. Amy made another year of Signal Fire
153. Charlie groundtruthed on the sly
154. Sarah went to the US Social Forum
155. Erin gave us legal advice
156. Gabriel kept our website running
157. Matthew stopped wearing white socks with dark shoes
158. Joseph finished his board term
159. Lynn helped us keep our staff integrity
160. Don always showed up right when we needed him
161. Joy had another great year of being the best board chair ever
162. Candace kept us in line
163. Matt kept us updated using his fancy work listservices
164. Missy liked everything we posted on Facebook
165. Carolyn researched rights for NW Natural shareholders to protest
166. Jim attended collaborative group meetings in Hood River
167. Greg and Mary came to the new office
168. Steve filmed two Bark Abouts
169. Mike stayed on the conservation committee of the Mazamas
170. Barbara kept us connected to Friends of Mt. Hood
171. Gradey, Mark and Amy went out for a field visit with new fish biologist
172. Paula showed Amy how to groundtruth
173. Nathaniel made the longest botany lists in groundtruthing history
174. Judd attended the LNG rallies
175. Eric helped us move
176. Tom kept us connected to Trout Unlimited
177. Tom kept us connected to Trailkeepers of Oregon
178. Matt kept us connected Cycle Wild
179. Cobalt kept our events committee kicking
180. Jeff was our resident bird nerd on the July hike
181. Tarp drew an awesome April Fools cover
182. Martin kept his camera clicking
183. Sandra threw an awesome office warming party
184. Donald got rid of Road 4610
185. Deb weighed in on twenty-year vision
186. Randy kept our OHV Plan on the national docket
187. Michelle analyzed the climate impacts of the Palomar pipeline
188. Dave moved the Bark office
189. Laura appealed the Highland Fling timber sale
190. Kristen started working the Bark mural project
191. Zaq spread the good word at the Audubon
192. Jenn donated her card in the art pack
193. Sha wrote an op-ed
194. Dan led hikes to the Clackamas River crossing
195. Doug appealed the Highland Fling timber sale
196. Neal gave us legal advice
197. Carla led her first hike
198. Zac led his first hike
199. Tim researched survey and manage species on the pipeline
200. Elena donated her design skills
201. Jim gave advice on spotted owl
202. Jill kept us connected to IMBA
203. JMart kept the integrity of our staff
204. Eric got us shape files
205. Hazel helped organize the rally
206. Alex gave us advice on rally posters
207. Lola was on the NW Natural Steering committee
208. Whitney researched marbled murrelets on the Palomar Pipeline corridor
209. Monica worked with Katherine to train people on silkscreening
210. Lori Ann got insoles
211. Kurt came groundtruthing
212. Jim brought the dogs
213. Corey gave us advice on water policy
214. Michael, Angela, Olivia and Scott sang around the campfire
215. Jenny cross-pollinated
216. Brian kept us connected to Sierra Club
217. Lisa kept us connected to Gifford Pinchot Task Force
218. Ralph and Chris kept us connected to the Crag Law Center
219. We didn’t leave Democracy In Action
220. Became Andrew’s new stop-by for lunch break
221. Was on KBOO most of the times Chris called for an interview
222. Staff didn’t drive to work most days
223. Nathaniel led his first hike
224. Kept office mostly clean
225. Gave directions to the forest regularly
226. Gave advice for a wedding location in the forest
227. Kept our Facebook page fresh
228. Found out which timber sales connected to which NEPA documents
229. Jon reached his all-time best fundraising night
230. Canvassers using binders rather than clipboards
231. Found Stephen in the forest
232. Helped agencies submit comments on OHV Plan
233. Got over 9000 postcards signed against Palomar
234. Gave new Portlanders a job
235. Finished ginseng candy
236. Drank donated coffee from Stumptown
237. Ate donated pizza from Pizza A Go Go
238. Fixed the printer
239. Eva went to Mt. Hood for the first time
240. Tre went swimming in the Clackamas for the first time since prison
241. Alex mapped old trails
242. Hired 35 canvassers
243. Alex saw his second bear in Mt. Hood
244. Canvassers saw bighorn sheep
245. Got new monthly member forms
246. Second and third $5,000+ donors in Bark’s history
247. Hired Nina to facilitate twenty-year vision
248. Chose an office that almost never needs the lights on
249. Wren got her class to write comments to the Forest Service
250. Still buy office supplies from SCRAP
251. Ended our addiction to Goldrush Coffee Shop
252. Worked with Icky to have posters about LNG
253. Noah and Amy kept us connected to Center for Biological Diversity
254. Josh and Dan kept us connected to Cascadia Wildlands
255. Kept Mayor Adams informed about opposition to LNG
256. Appealed geothermal development
257. Got legal advice from Wedge and Spindle
258. Tabled at ELAW
259. Led groundtruthing trainings for impacted landowners
260. Partnered with NW Forest Conservancy in getting the word out about Bagby
261. Made comic map of Palomar
262. Commented on Airstrip Timber Sale
263. Commented on Bear Springs Timber Sale
264. Commented on Jazz Timber Sale
265. Commented on Cascade Crossing
266. Commented on Huckleberry Enhancement Logging Project
267. Found pictures on Flickr of illegal OHV use in Mt. Hood
268. Advised people from around the Northwest of how getting involved with their local groups
269. Set up a lot of Doodle polls
270. Alex made a nice new timber sale display map
271. Wrote an article for The Dirt
272. Cheered Obbie across the street
273. Got insurance for Bark Abouts
274. Led NEPA 101 at Washington Trail Skills school
275. Printed the LNG mural with our feets
276. Olivia stormed the NW Natural shareholder meeting
277. Monica, Olivia, Kima and Amy met with the PR person from NW Natural
278. Saw salmon migrating up the Clackamas
279. Did bridge visibility at 6:30am in the rain
280. Commented on all road decommissioning projects
281. Supported southern Oregon resistance to LNG development
282. Welcomed new leaders in our ally groups, Oregon Wild and Gifford Pinchot Task Force
283. Posted articles on Indymedia
284. Submitted comments on behalf of Restore Mt. Hood Campaign
285. Grew our resource library
286. Featured on an episode of Circle A on KBOO
287. Groundtruthed almost all of Bear Springs Timber Sale
288. Stayed involved on Cooper Spur land exchange
289. Attended DEQ meeting on Boardman
290. Influenced the Green Party platform on forest policy
291. Attended a discussion on the future of management plans
292. Staff fun day ended with everyone still getting along
293. Engaged in changes to Bull Run
294. Testified in front of Portland City Council on Bull Run
295. Sponsored a viewing of Lords of Nature at the Hollywood Theater
296. Got interviewed for a new book on Mt. Hood
297. Kept up a MySpace page for old-time sake
298. Used old archived timber sale binders to comment on new timber sales
299. Uploaded Bark TV shows to Vimeo and YouTube
300. Attended the Justice Within Reach fundraiser with the MRG Foundation
301. Got the best open rate on an email alert
302. Organized against expanded snowmobile use at Frog Lake
303. Met with Chris Frissell about impacts from logging roads in Mt. Hood
304. Forwarded pictures of the Ruby Pipeline to highlight the potential impacts of Palomar
305. Vacuumed the floors regularly for the first time in Bark’s history
306. Brought good artwork to the walls of Bark HQ
307. Got the best rally photo of Mishel and Santiago
308. Got a great photo of Bill Bradbury at the rally
309. Added people to the WWWrap mission
310. Kari made beautiful anti-LNG stickers
311. Decorated bike staples with LNG stickers
312. Restore Mt. Hood Campaign got called politically potent
313. Added Horehound zine to our library
314. Documented the story of Betty Wahle’s vineyard
315. Posted updates on portlandhikers.org
316. Created a new wall of cumulative impacts to add to
317. Made good jokes with the owner of High Cascade about the Forest Service
318. Grew our Facebook group
319. Hosted a film viewing of anti-Nestle movie in Cascade Locks
320. Helped organize a press conference with Food & Water Watch
321. Had a few dates occur thanks to the Bark About
322. Were the recipient of three wedding registries
323. Had two people (that we know of) add Bark to their will
324. Met with Rep. Kurt Schrader
325. Had BBQ with Rep. David Wu at Sierra Club Shindig
326. Amy took Alex’s office
327. Lori Ann and Amy came to a lighting compromise in the aisles of Ikea
328. Alex educated his friends from high school on the Palomar Pipeline
329. Lori Ann wrote comments on a pile of boxes during the move
330. Saylor gave Amy sorry-eyes for peeing on her pile of papers
331. Switched board meetings to every two months
332. Continued to be a part of the Molalla River Alliance
333. Wrote a letter of support for the Molalla River being designated Wild & Scenic
334. Got round-the-clock tech support thanks to Daniel
335. Supported campaign to get the Weeden Foundation to divest from anti-immigrant groups
336. Commented on the Molalla River Recreation Plan
337. Engaged in the Sandy River Recreation Plan
338. Went to Bull Run Watershed Management Unit
339. Took a tour of Corbett’s drinking water facility
340. Wrote comments on Bull Trout
341. Started a campaign to find lapsed monthly donor
342. Submitted appropriations request to Sen. Wyden
343. Submitted appropriations request to Sen. Merkley
344. Submitted appropriations request to Rep. Walden
345. Started contacting donors by phone on a regular routine
346. First sibling hire
347. Canvassed The Decemberists band member
348. Bark was the main inspiration for Avatar
349. Met with Governor Kulongoski on Nestle
350. Nobody got sick off the four-year old Brita filter
351. Put an awesome roof rack on the Volvo
352. Got naturopathic care included in our health care
353. Got sited in road closure effectiveness study
354. Convinced the Forest Service to do better EAs for road decommissioning
355. Met with Kitzhaber’s campaign staff
356. Commented on Bull Run Land Exchange
357. Commented on White River Road Decommissioning
358. Found out there were 22 northern spotted owls found along the proposed route of Palomar
359. Wrote an identity statement
360. Found Pineapple Dog**** growing
361. Found a hole in Road 6311
362. Returned to the Bonanza Timber Sale
363. Got Charlie to help with the twenty-year vision quest
364. Ursula volunteered to organize amy’s paperclips
365. Illegal OHV sign = Bark coat rack