Best Coast Range Podcasts (2024)

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State of the Climate Emergency, with Dr. Jillian Gregg 38:00

2d ago38:00

38:00

“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis”. Those are the opening sentences of the 2024 State of the Climate Report, led in part by scientists at Oregon…

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Exposing Oregon's Mega-Dairies, with Oregon Rural Action & Food and Water Watch 39:01

13d ago39:01

39:01

Oregon Rural Action and Food and Water Watch recently conducted a rare flyover of Threemile Canyon Farms, one of Oregon’s most notorious factory cattle farms, also known by the simultaneously anodyne and horrifying technical name: confined animal feeding operation, or CAFO, in Morrow County. In conjunction with that, both organizations have release…

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Water Rights and Changing Oregon's Water Law, with Christopher Hall of the Water League 32:15

2M ago32:15

32:15

Freshwater, i.e. non-salinated water, is arguably the most precious resource on earth, and in Oregon, by law, all water belongs to the public. However, if you examine who actually controls water usage in Oregon, you might come away with a very different impression. Water rights, and the laws that govern them, are incredibly consequential for both h…

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Forest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 2 29:00

3M ago29:00

29:00

Today’s episode is part two of my interview with Rand Schenk, author of a great new book on history of the Forest Service, its founder, Gifford Pinchot, and over 100 years of forest management and mismanagement in the Pacific Northwest. The book, “Forest Under Siege: The Story of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot”, chronicles the Forest Service’s pr…

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Forest Under Siege, with Author Rand Schenk - Part 1 29:00

3M ago29:00

29:00

Today’s episode is part one of a two part interview with Rand Schenk, author of a fascinating and timely new history of the Forest Service, its founder, Gifford Pinchot, and over 100 years of forest management and mismanagement in the Pacific Northwest. The book, “Forest Under Siege: The Story of Old Growth After Gifford Pinchot”, explores the Fore…

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Fighting for our Drinking Water, with North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection 29:00

4M ago29:00

29:00

Whether you live in a city, a small town, or even if you get your water from a well like I do, one of the biggest threats to drinking water in the Pacific Northwest is industrial logging. (A hugely notable exception is portland, which as my guest will touch on in the interview, does not allow logging in its drinking water source, the Bull Run water…

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Saving Oregon's Kelp Forests, with Tom Calvanese of Oregon Kelp Alliance 36:00

5M ago36:00

36:00

The Coast Range Association is a founding member of the brand new Oregon Ocean Alliance, which has formed to more effectively advocate for Oregon’s ocean and coast ecosystems. In a future episode, I’ll be talking with some of the other founding members about our mission and goals and all of that good stuff. The reason I bring it up today is that on…

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Poor Windy Update: BLM Backs Down After Tree Sit! 29:00

6M ago29:00

29:00

About a year and half ago, we did an episode on a Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, timber sale in Southern Oregon called Poor Windy, as part of our Worth More Standing series highlighting some of the biggest threats to mature and old growth forests on public lands. Recently, community activists set up a tree sit in an old growth grove that was ta…

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Northwest Forest Plan: Protecting the Siuslaw National Forest 29:00

6M ago29:00

29:00

Today, we’re going to go deep on an incredibly important subject, albeit one with a somewhat less than stirring name if you aren’t already familiar: The northwest forest plan The northwest forest plan sets the overall management strategy for 17 National Forests across a staggering 24 million acres of federal lands in Washington, Oregon and northwes…

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Celebrating Two Recent Victories for Oceans and State Forests! 29:01

7M ago29:01

29:01

It is important to celebrate our victories, and today we get to talk about two of them! The Oregon Board of Forestry (BoF) recently voted to approve its first ever Habitat Conservation Plan on State Forests, and a bill to fully fund and strengthen Oregon’s Marine Reserve Program sailed through the recent legislative session. To talk about these vic…

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The Campaign for Oregon's Estuaries, with Annie Merrill 37:17

7M ago37:17

37:17

We often think of the land and the sea as separate worlds that have little to do with each other. But that barrier is much more fluid and interconnected than many people realize. We’ve talked on this program before about what folks call the ‘Land-Sea Connection’, and today we’re going to talk about the ‘connection’ piece of that equation, estuaries…

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The Canopy of Titans! With Author Paul Koberstein 44:30

8M ago44:30

44:30

On today’s show, Canopy of Titans: the Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest! Canopy of Titans is a new book written by journalists Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate which shines a light on the critical importance of protecting the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Paul and Jessica spent years reporting a…

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Are we on the Cusp of a Community Forest Revolution?! With Alexander Harris 41:08

8M ago41:08

41:08

Where I live in the coast range, I am surrounded in all directions by industrial timber plantations for miles in all directions. Now, I have no problem with logging. I think silviculture is a good and noble profession. But it is plain for anyone to see that the short rotation, financialized plantation management practiced by the Wall Street investo…

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"The Most Dangerous Dam in Oregon"! Plus, the Williams Community Forest Project 29:00

9M ago29:00

29:00

For those of us who work to make a positive impact on the world, there is often a default towards focusing on big national and international level issues. Between the rapidly worsening climate crisis, national campaigns to preserve Mature and Old growth forests, decarbonization and electrification fights, never-ending election cycles, on and on, it…

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Taxing Big Timber to Protect Communities from Wildfire 29:00

9M ago29:00

29:00

I don’t have to tell anyone reading this that here in the west, wildfires are a fact of life. I’m also sure that most folks are already aware that the climate crisis, combined with more and more homes being built in and around forest lands is creating an escalating cycle of devastation in fire prone communities. There is a tremendous amount of pres…

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State Representative David Gomberg on Marine Reserves, Rural Infrastructure, and Much More! 29:00

10M ago29:00

29:00

This is our first episode of 2024, and I can’t think of a better guest to start the year off with than State Representative David Gomberg. Representative Gomberg represents House district 10, which encompassess Lincoln County, as well as parts of western Benton and Lane counties, and happens to be my State Representative. Among many other positions…

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Reflecting on 2023, and What's Ahead for the Coast Range Association 29:25

11M ago29:25

29:25

It’s dark, it’s cold, and it’s very rainy. We may be a couple weeks from the solstice as of this recording, but for my money, we’ve definitely entered another coast range winter. I love to use this time of year to reflect and take stock, so I figured it was a great time to invite the Coast Range Association’s Executive director, Chuck Willer back f…

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Bonus - Brenna TwoBears on NoDAPL, an Indigenous Just Transition, and More! 32:02

11M ago32:02

32:02

I recently had a great interview with Brenna TwoBears from the Indigenous Environmental Network, but I couldn’t fit our whole conversation into our last full episode. Brenna came on to talk about IEN’s ongoing fight to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, and how you can take action by submitting comments to the army corps of engineers by December…

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Elliott State Forest DRAMA! Plus, The Ongoing Fight to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline 36:28

11M ago36:28

36:28

Today, we have not one, but two amazing guests talking about two important and timely topics: the Dakota Access Pipeline fight, and the recent Elliot State Forest drama. Bob Sallinger joins to walk me through the bombshell that Oregon State University just dropped on the Elliott State forest process, and why them walking away might actually be good…

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Forests Over Profits, part 3 - Can Forests "Own" Themselves?! With John Brush 29:16

12M ago29:16

29:16

This is part three of our Forests Over Profits series, featuring selected presentations from the Forests Over Profits Conference that the Coast Range Association helped organize this September. I’m so excited for you to hear this talk by John Brush of the Cedar Moon Collective and Tryon Life Farm, entitled, "Should Anyone Own The Forest?". From the…

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Forests Over Profits, part 2 - Wall St vs Forests and Communities, with Chuck Willer 29:00

1y ago29:00

29:00

This episode is part two of our Forests Over Profits series, featuring excerpts from our Forests Over Profits conference and protests this past September. If you’re not familiar with this series, here’s what you need to know: This September, the Coast Range Association, in partnership with many other amazing organizations, organized a series of pro…

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Forests Over Profits Bonus Pod: Indigenous Environmental Network Panel! 1:02:56

1y ago1:02:56

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Hopefully, you’ve already heard our last two episodes on the Who Will Own The Forest conference, or maybe you attended the Forests Over Profits protest or counter-conference that We helped organize in response. If not, I would highly encourage you to go back and listen to the episode I did a few weeks back called, “Who Will Own the Forest, with Bre…

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Forests Over Profits, part 1 - Following Indigenous Leadership 29:00

1y ago29:00

29:00

This September, The Coast Range Association, along with partners like 350pdx, Indigenous Environmental Network, Rainforest Action Network, the Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance, and many more, organized a major protest and counter conference in response to the Who Will Own The Forest timber investor conference. If you aren’t familiar with t…

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"Who Will Own The Forest?" With Brenna Bell 29:00

1y ago29:00

29:00

We talk a lot on this show about the devastation wrought on our environment and communities by invasive capitalism, and today we get to talk about something tangible we can do to fight back! On September 26-28, Wall Street investors will join timber corporations, big oil, carbon offset & biomass companies in Portland for their annual “Who Will Own …

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Fighting the "Biomass Delusion" with Rita Frost and Peter Riggs 36:51

1y ago36:51

36:51

One of the most important questions in the drive to rapidly decarbonize our society is how to replace fossil fuel generated electricity with clean, renewable sources And one of the key questions there is, what counts as clean and renewable? Today’s episode is all about biomass energy, which is essentially the burning of pelletized wood for electric…

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North Coast Land Conservancy's Katie Voelke on Oregon's Land-Sea Connection, reckoning with ownership of stolen lands, and more! 29:00

1y ago29:00

29:00

North Coast Land Conservancy, or NCLC, has been working to conserve land along the northern Oregon coast and coast range for nearly 40 years, and Katie Voelke has been its Executive Director since 2008. In this interview, she discusses NCLC's conservation philosophy, Oregon's land-sea connection, reckoning with the ownership model of conservation o…

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Representative Mark Gamba on Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session - Part Two 29:00

1+ y ago29:00

29:00

This episode is part two of my conversation with State Representative Mark Gamba, breaking down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the 2023 legislative session Mark Gamba represents house district 41, which encompasses Milwaukie, Oak Grove, and parts of Southeast Portland. I knew I could trust him to give an honest assessment of his first year in S…

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Representative Mark Gamba is NOT Happy About Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session - Part One 28:59

1+ y ago28:59

28:59

As the dust settles on another chaotic legislative session, I wanted to look back, revisit some of the bills we dug into on previous episodes, and explore how we can keep pressure on our legislators between sessions. I couldn’t think of a better person to guide us through the good, the bad, and the ugly of this legislative session than one of orego…

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(Updates!) "Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire", with Oregon Filmaker Trip Jennings 29:00

1+ y ago29:00

29:00

As we head into fire season, I wanted to revisit an episode from last year about an amazing documentary film called Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire. After a nationwide theatrical release and over a dozen awards, Elemental has just come out on streaming on Amazon, Apple TV, Google play, and Vimeo. Fire is, and always has been, a permanent part of our …

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Only YOU Can Prevent Logging Old Growth on Federal Lands! Take Action By June 20th 28:59

1+ y ago28:59

28:59

As regular listeners may know, the Coast Range Association is a member of the Forest Climate Coalition, which is pushing for strong and durable protections of mature and old growth forests on our federal lands. As you probably also know, mature and old growth forests are absolute superstars for preserving biodiversity and sequestering carbon. Both …

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Is the Forest Service "Falsifying the Scientific Record" on Wildfires? With Chad Hanson, PhD 29:00

1+ y ago29:00

29:00

Wildfires are a fact of life in the American west. They have played a major role in our western ecosystems for millenia. But as the climate crisis deepens, and more people move into wildfire country, fires loom larger and larger in the public consciousness. Wildfires are reshaping everything from our landscapes to our politics, and the implications…

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Oregon's State Forests Need Your Help! Creating an Enduring Conservation Legacy on the North Coast 37:13

1+ y ago37:13

37:13

Oregon manages over half a million acres of state forest land. That land is every bit as public as national forests, but historically, the state and the timber industry has treated it as just another timber plantation. But that’s finally changing, and right now, the Oregon Board of Forestry is considering a Habitat Conservation plan which would set…

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Rebroadcast: A Tale of Two Fires with Tim Ingalsbee 29:00

1+ y ago29:00

29:00

Coast Range Radio’s interview with Timothy Ingalsbee, Ph.D. We discuss a new messaging guide - Incendiary Rhetoric: Climate Change, Wildfire, and Ecological Fire Management from Tim’s organization, Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics & Ecology. To find the guide and to learn more visit their website, fusee.org. Tim is a leading expert in fire ec…

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Oregon's Most Important Climate Legislation This Year, with Teryn Yazdani 30:46

1+ y ago30:46

30:46

We’ve already done a couple shows this spring on Oregon’s 2023 legislative session, and I would highly recommend you give those episodes a listen if you haven’t already. But today we’re going to talk about the bill I’m most excited about this year - Senate Bill 530, aka the Natural Climate Solutions bill Amid all of the other pressing issues worthy…

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Fighting Back Against Big Ag in Oregon with Stand Up to Factory Farms 33:05

1+ y ago33:05

33:05

We talk a lot on this show and in the Coast Range Association work more broadly, about the invasive plague of global capital into our timberlands, all just about all other aspects of our world. One of the key frontlines in the fight against that invasion is mega factory farms, and the pacific northwest is a huge land grab target for Big Ag. I want …

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Why You Should Care About 'Blue Carbon', with Joanna Lyle and Sylvia Troost 31:01

1+ y ago31:01

31:01

Today’s topic is something I’ve been interested in learning more about for a while now. Many of you may be familiar with the amazing carbon sequestration potential of mature and old-growth forests, and I hope our listeners are familiar with the Coast Range Association’s groundbreaking land reform work focusing on private timberlands. But forests ar…

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What You Need to Know About Oregon's 2023 Legislative Session 29:29

1+ y ago29:29

29:29

The 2023 legislative session is underway, and a LOT of interesting Bills have been introduced. Speaking from experience I think the legislative process can be pretty daunting and somewhat byzantine if you’re not already familiar with it. So I wanted to make an episode to help folks understand some of the most important climate, forestry, and conser…

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Exploring the Potential of Regenerative Aquaculture in the Pacific Northwest 32:53

2y ago32:53

32:53

Aquaculture is the intentional cultivation of aquatic organisms like fish, mollusks, and aquatic plants, and humans have been practicing it in various forms for thousands of years. If I asked you to picture what aquaculture looks like, there’s a good chance that if anything comes to mind, it would be environmentally destructive salmon farms, which …

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Celebrating Victory on the Flat Country Timber Sale with Madeline Cowen! 39:44

2y ago39:44

39:44

Today’s show is a perfect start to the new year - celebrating a win! We’ve talked extensively in past episodes about the vital role that intact and recovering western forests play in carbon sequestration and preserving biodiversity. We’ve also talked about the threats to those forests. Even as the climate emergency deepens and President Biden has i…

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California's Tribal Marine Stewards Network, with Amah Mutsun Chairman Valentin Lopez 28:59

2y ago28:59

28:59

On today’s show, we’re heading south to California to learn about the groundbreaking Tribal Marine Stewards Network. The Tribal Marine Stewards Network, or TMSN, is an alliance of Tribal Nations working collaboratively to reclaim their right to protect and restore coastal and marine ecosystems in California. Even in the modern era, government agenc…

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What a Year! Coast Range Association's 2022 in review with Chuck Willer 31:24

2y ago31:24

31:24

2022, like the last several years, has been quite a ride! And we at the Coast Range Association have been hard at work all year, providing the kind of inter-sectional analysis that no other organization brings to western Oregon and the coast. So as we enter into the reflective days of December, I thought it would be a good idea to have our Executiv…

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Worth More Standing: The Poor Windy Timber Sale with George Sexton & Sangye Ince Johannsen 37:58

2y ago37:58

37:58

Today’s episode is part of an ongoing semi- monthly series i’m putting together on Threatened Mature and Old Growth Forest in the united states. Mature and oldgrowth forest are vital resources for carbon sequestration, biodiversity resilience, watershed protection, air purification, and so much more. some studies show that old growth counts for as …

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Rally For Climate Forests in Portland! Thursday Nov 17th, 11:30am, Terry Schrunk Plaza 2:11

2y ago2:11

2:11

Join us TOMORROW (or today, depending on when you're listening), Thursday, November 17th, 11:30am, at Terry Schrunk Plaza in Downtown Portland, as we rally to say that Mature and Old Growth Forests are Worth More Standing! Preserving our mature and old-growth forests is one of the best ways we can fight climate change, as well as preserve wildlife …

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Rebroadcast: Oregon Author Robert Leo Heilman on Rural Extremism & Life in Timber Country 28:58

2y ago28:58

28:58

We're hard at work on some ambitious new episodes! In the meantime, we're re-visiting one of our most popular episodes: Andrew interviews award winning and prolific author, essayist, and commentator Robert Leo Heilman from Myrtle Creek, Oregon. Bob is the author of several books including Overstory Zero: Real Life in Timber Country, Children of Dea…

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Oregon's Wild 2022 Election, and its Impact on Climate, Forests, and More 29:00

2y ago29:00

29:00

Ballots are out for the 2022 general election, and it is no exaggeration to say that this is the most consequential election for Oregonians in years if not decades. Three out of six of Oregon’s seats for the US house of representatives are considered tossups where either the Democrat or Republican could win, and the race for Governor is anyone’s ga…

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Ron Wyden Goes Big! The River Democracy Act w/ Jamie Dawson 29:00

2y ago29:00

29:00

Today’s show is about a topic that is near and dear to my heart - Wild and Scenic rivers! We in Oregon are so fortunate to have not only amazing waterways, but also a history of elected officials who have been willing to fight for them, and for public access. Without Wild and Scenic protections, many of our most special and important places in Oreg…

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The Film Changing the Narrative Around Wildfires, with 'Elemental' Director, Trip Jennings 28:59

2y ago28:59

28:59

Fire is, and always has been, a permanent part of our western landscapes and ecosystems, but the debate and policy prescriptions around how to protect our communities is shockingly disconnected from the science and and on the ground reality. That’s why I’ve asked the director of an inspiring and powerful new film called ‘Elemental’ onto the show to…

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Fighting for Mature and Old Growth Forests with Lauren Anderson 29:00

2y ago29:00

29:00

Preserving mature and old growth forests across the US is a critical piece of the puzzle in fighting climate change, and on Earth Day of this year, President Biden issued an executive order to "strengthen America's forests, boost wildfire resilience, and combat global deforestation". Great news, right? Not so fast. To learn more about the good, the…

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Exploring Oregon's Marine Reserves, Part Three - Otter Rock, Cape Perpetua, and Redfish Rocks 29:00

2y ago29:00

29:00

This is part three of our series celebrating 10 years of Oregon’s Marine Reserve Program. For those who aren’t familiar, a Marine Reserve is an area within coastal waters dedicated to scientific research and conservation. Think of it as a combination of an underwater State Park, a wildlife preserve, and a living laboratory! Here in Oregon, we have …

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Exploring Oregon's Marine Reserves, Part Two - Cape Falcon & Cascade Head 29:00

2y ago29:00

29:00

This is part two of a three part series celebrating the 10th anniversary of Oregon’s Marine Reserve Program! A Marine Reserve is an area within coastal waters dedicated to scientific research and conservation, where all ocean development and removal of marine life is prohibited. Think of it as a combination of an underwater State Park, a wildlife p…

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