by Sharon Buccino Executive Director
As I stepped into the office at 934 N Main, I recalled the first time I had visited. It was the summer of 2007.
Kevin Lind greeted me with abroad smile and open arms. I was an idealistic attorney working with Powder River to address the impacts of coalbed methane drilling. I ,vas passing through Sheridan with my husband and two young daughters – Johanna (8) and Gabrielle (6). I wanted to see the land and meet the people affected by the work that I was doing.
Employed by a national non-profit in Washington DC, I maintained my sanity (and my effectiveness) by spending time in the communities on whose behalf I worked.
Like my own spirit, Powder River’s identity and mission centers around community. As our board chair said in his note, our job is “to understand and speak on behalf of practices that will help build vibrant human communities living with the natural world not against it.” These practices center around conversation – finding what unites rather than divides us. To continue reading, please view
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