April 19, 2022 3:40 a.m.

Last week, Governor Kate Brown made some stops during a visit to the Oregon coast.

A release said Brown visited the Coquille Tribe. She was joined by Tribal Chair Brenda Meade, as well as other Tribal Council members. Brown toured sites that are important to the Tribe and its partnership with the state, including the Bandon Fish Hatchery, the Nasomah Memorial in Old Town Bandon and the Ko-Kqel Wellness Center.

Brown said she was thrilled to visit with the tribe. Brown thanked the Chair and Tribal Council members and staff for hosting her, and especially “…for allowing me the opportunity to learn about the efforts the Tribe is making to save local salmon stocks – which are central to the Tribe’s culture, subsistence, and way of life. I look forward to future opportunities to strengthen Oregon’s long-standing government-to-government relationship with the Coquille Tribe”.

The release said while in Coos County, the Governor visited the Elliot State Forest with Coos County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins. This was after she had ceremonially signed Senate Bill 1546 earlier in the week, which established the Elliot State Research Forest and keeps the land in public hands. The Forest is in Douglas and Coos counties.

Brown was given a sustainable agriculture tour by Stephen Hagen and Andrew Smith of Antinquum Farms. On the tour Brown learned about the farm’s vertically-integrated regenerative and sustainable agricultural practices, grazing-based viticulture, and use of animal grazing to mitigate wildfire danger.

A video Brown made in the Elliot State Forest is linked: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i-uKwmpQJPfmnC2dWZyEEpipyxxnj31d/view