Les AuCoin

LES AUCOIN represented Oregon’s First Congressional District in the US House for 18 years, from 1974 until 1992, when he gave up his House seat to run for the Senate. He is the co-author of Wildfire: A Century of Failed Forest Management and has won awards as a magazine editor and public radio commentator. His freelance articles have appeared in major newspaper throughout the country. He lives in retirement with his wife, Sue, in Portland, Oregon.