Paul Dewey, a long-time Central Oregon resident, founded Central Oregon LandWatch and has been active in the organization since its inception in 1986.
Paul received his law degree from the University of Virginia, and has practiced law for 30 years specializing in land use, environmental, and Native American law. He is admitted to practice in Oregon, the Federal District Court of Oregon, the Ninth Circuit, the Federal Court of Claims and the Federal Circuit, and has experience with cases involving the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, NFMA and NEPA, and Oregon land use laws. He has worked for two Oregon governors reviewing roadless areas in the state and was on Governor Kitzhaber's Eastside Forest Advisory Council.
Paul has received a number of land use and environmental protection awards and in 2006, was recognized as Central Oregon's Man of the Year by the Source Weekly. Mr. Dewey has represented LandWatch in numerous land use cases before local governments, the Land Use Board of Appeals, State Circuit Court, and the Oregon Court of Appeals.
April Streeter is Central Oregon LandWatch's Director of Operations, a position she has held since January of 2010. April holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Information Systems from the University of Montana-Billings and an M.A. in Elementary Education. Prior to joining LandWatch, she worked in public education, primarily for the Billings Public School District where she held key positions in the area of information technology and financial analysis. In the summer of 2008, April moved to Bend with her husband and two children, where she briefly worked as an IT and financial consultant. In July 2009, she accepted a position with the Deschutes River Conservancy as a Program Associate working with the water-leasing program to shepherd instream water rights applications from development to finalization.
April has a deep love for the outdoors and spends much of her non-working time in the mountains with her husband and children. April is also the acting Board Chair at the Bend Theatre for Young People where she provides a leadership role in strategic planning and fundraising.
Moey Newbold, a Bend native, graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Vassar College in 2011. Throughout her college career, Moey was involved in many different environmental campaigns. As president of Vassar Greens, she led a nationwide student lobbying effort which brought more than 40 students from across the country to Washington, DC where they spoke with their representatives about climate change legislation.
Moey attended the University of Oregon her junior year where she promptly got involved with the planning efforts for Powershift West, a climate conference for youth held in Eugene, Oregon. In December of 2009, Moey attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. There, she spoke to the plenary session on behalf of the youth constituency. When she returned to the states, she worked with students from ten different states to develop and implement a nationwide campaign to organize sustained and escalating Senate Field Office visits throughout the United States to pressure Senators to pass an effective climate bill in 2010.
Returning to Vassar, Moey served her second term as the President of the Vassar Greens. The Greens were successful in passing a by-law through the student government which stopped the use of student funds to buy bottled water.
Moey recently joined Central Oregon Landwatch to coordinate the campaign to stop the City of Bend's so-called Surface Water Improvement Project. A diverse group of citizens has formed critical opposition to this project because they believe there are better alternatives which have not been fairly considered. Find out more at www.bendwater.info