Marc Auerbach, Chair
Marc is a free-lance Web designer and grassland hay farmer. He lives on a farm he bought and restored to productivity. His experience is detailed at Auerhaus.org. Marc serves on the Clatsop County Rec. Lands Advisory Cmte and did serve as planning commissioner until just prior to the first Bradwood hearing. He is also a founding member of the Warrenton Trails Association. Marc grew up a U.S. citizen in Canada and holds a B.S. in economics and a B.S. in engineering. He is at mile 196 of the Palomar pipeline.

Stephen Wick, Vice-chair
Steve, a native Oregonian, retired after more than 30 years of work in Sales, Engineering, and Management in the High Tech sector.  He now devotes his time to his sixty acre farm in Gaston, Oregon, Yamhill County. He oversees the health of a twenty acre forest, and is active in the management of the family tree farm in Clackamas County.  Steve, and his wife Carol, also grow hazelnuts, and operate a small floral cutting’s business on their farm.  Twenty five acres of their property (adjacent to the neighbor’s vineyard) had been set aside to be planted in wine grapes, when they received notice that both Palomar and Oregon LNG want to decimate it, and their forest, with two planned LNG pipelines.

Marjorie Castle, Secretary/Treasurer

Gayle Kiser
Gayle Kiser and her husband Bob live on a farm that has been targeted to be the insertion point of the Cowlitz River HDD on the proposed Bradwood Pipeline. She retired as a veterinary technician when she and Bob moved to the family farm in 1994. Until threatened with Eminent Domain, Gayle worked as a potter and watercolor artist from her small studio at her home. She has been active in Landowners and Citizens for a Safe Community and serves as a board member on that organization dedicated to protecting the safety and economy of Cowlitz County. As a way to express her opinions, she draws political cartoons dealing with the LNG controversy.

Susan Hansen
Susan Hansen left the University of Michigan in 1968 and moved to Portland. After growing up in suburban Detroit, the natural wonders of Oregon caused love at first sight. Diverse career paths, including piano instruction and welding (first woman welder at Union Pacific and Hyster), gave way in 1991 to complete commitment to the restoration/ protection of a logged-off Molalla farm/ forest property. Using an organic approach, she has planted thousands of conifers to complement a diverse collection of remnant hardwoods, native shrubs and wildflowers, and restored a 900’ section of Kaiser Creek. . The property is managed for wildlife under the ODFW Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Management Program. The Palomar pipeline route would endanger Kaiser Creek and the connectivity of nearby woodlands. A staunch supporter of Oregon’s land use laws and a member of the Molalla CPO and OCAP, Susan believes the pipeline condemnation/LNG terminal proposals are threats to rich farm/forest/riparian areas, and are insults to the well being of the citizens of Oregon.