The Oregon Stewardship Tour, presented by Citizens’ Climate Lobby, is coming to Grant County from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at the John Day Fire Hall, 326 S. Canyon Blvd.

Volunteers and community members will host an open discussion and a presentation, “Protecting Oregon’s Climate with Market-based Solutions.” The event is free and open to the public. This fall, Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteers are criss-crossing rural Oregon, visiting 11 towns over 12 days and learning about residents’ climate concerns. Volunteers hope to find common ground on a solution that will reduce carbon emissions and maintain a thriving economy.

The presentation and discussion will be led by Brian Ettling, a National Park Service ranger for 25 years, currently at Crater Lake National Park, where he has experienced climate impacts firsthand. Ettling has been a Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteer since 2012.

“These meetings provide CCL an important opportunity not only to share real-world solutions to the impacts of climate change,” Ettling said, “but also to listen to the personal stories and concerns from the residents of these communities in Eastern, Central and Southern Oregon.”

Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), founded in 2007, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to creating political will for climate solutions in a way that bridges the partisan divide. CCL empowers a network of thousands of volunteers in over 400 local chapters to take political action and make their voices heard.

For more information and tour updates, visit oregontour.org.