James Honey

James Honey is the Director of the Rangelands and Ranching Program at Sustainable Northwest. He has managed Sustainable Northwest’s efforts in the Klamath Basin since 2001. He is responsible for one of the first “working lands” conservation easements in Oregon, a potential model for broader settlement of water and restoration and economic issues in the Upper Klamath Basin. He is a recipient of the John Wesley Powell Award for outstanding contributions to Western watershed management for this and other innovative work with ranchers and the Klamath Tribes in the Basin. James also directs SNW’s emerging Ranchland Renewal program, through which he has assisted with the regional expansion of Country Natural Beef, the largest cooperative of Food Alliance certified natural beef producers in the West. James was born and raised in Mexico and is a graduate of Stanford University. His background includes complex class action litigation, and conservation work with the World Wildlife Fund Mexico and the California Hydropower Reform Coalition.

Johnny Sundstrom

Johnny Sundstrom is the founder/President of The Siuslaw Institute, Inc., a not-for-profit located in the Siuslaw Basin of western Oregon. Johnny serves on many regional, state and local task forces and government advisory efforts to improve the management, protection and uses of private and public lands in the western United States. He is a board member of the National Association of Conservation Districts, serving on its Legislative Affairs Committee, and is the Immediate Past President of the Oregon Association of Conservation Districts. Johnny is currently engaged in educational efforts and projects for salmon restoration on Sakhalin Island, Russia. He is also part-owner and manager of a 160 acre livestock and forestland operation in Oregon’s Coast Range and head Track & Field coach at the local high school. His two adult children live and work in both Eugene and on the family ranch/farm.