ohy_coll889.xml Guide to "Rock Mesa Campaign: How Hope, Faith and Charity Saved the Three Sisters Wilderness" Rock Mesa campaign: how hope, faith and charity saved the Three Sisters Wilderness Jeffrey A. Hayes Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2022

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-12. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Rock Mesa campaign: how hope, faith and charity saved the Three Sisters Wilderness Eber, Ron Coll 889 0.1 cubic feet 1 folder in shared box 2021 History by Ron Eber of the campaign to prevent mining at Rock Mesa in the Three Sisters Wilderness. From 1963 to 1983, environmental activists and organizations including Friends of Three Sisters, the Sierra Club, the Oregon Environmental Council, and the Oregon Wildlife Federation lobbied the U.S. government to invalidate mining permits that the U.S. Forest Service had granted in 1961 for pumice rock mining at Rock Mesa. In July 1983, the Forest Service purchased all the mining claims. English

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Gift of Ron Eber, February 2022 (RL2022-014).

In 1961, the firm Sheldon Fay and Associates filed mining claims for pumice rock at Rock Mesa, a lava flow formation in the Three Sisters Wilderness of Oregon. The U.S. Forest Service declared these claims valid in 1963. This prompted Mike McCloskey of the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs (FWOC) to file an appeal on behalf of Friends of Three Sisters. Over the course of the next two decades, environmental activists and groups including the Sierra Club, the Oregon Environmental Council, and the Oregon Wildlife Federation lobbied the U.S. government to prevent Rock Mesa from being mined. These efforts led to U.S. Congressional hearings and proposed legislation. Ultimately, in 1983 all parties agreed to have the U.S. Forest Service purchase the claims, and the transfer officially occurred on July 26, 1983.

Ron Eber is a historian for the Oregon chapter of the Sierra Club.

Rock Mesa Campaign: How Hope, Faith and Charity Saved the Three Sisters Wilderness, Coll 889, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

The collection consists of a history by Ron Eber of the campaign to prevent pumice mining at Rock Mesa in Oregon's Three Sisters Wilderness. The document details the background of the campaign, the actions taken by environmental activists and groups, and U.S. Congressional activity relating to the campaign, as well as detailing U.S. environmental legislation that proved relevant to the campaign. The document also discusses what lessons about enviromental activism the campaign can teach. The document includes a bibliography, and a section with photographs and images of documents relating to the campaign.

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Three Sisters Wilderness (Or.) Environmental policy--Oregon Environmentalism--Oregon--20th century Mines and mineral resources--Oregon Mines and Mineral Resources Environmental Activism histories (literary works)