Andy Kerr (born May 29, 1955) is a conservation advocate, consultant, lobbyist, lecturer, and writer in Oregon.
[1][2] He has been involved in conservation efforts[3] including protecting timber habitat of the northern spotted owl from logging, water for salmon and sucker fish in the Klamath Basin (Klamath Water Crisis), and the creation of Steens Mountain Wilderness and other preserves.
The Oregonian said he was the most famous environmentalist in the state during the northern spotted owl timber controversy.
[1] According to the biography page on his website, Kerr is a fifth-generation Oregonian and was born and raised in Creswell, Oregon, a former timber town in the upper Willamette Valley.
When Kerr bought a log house in Eastern Oregon during the 1990s it caused some controversy because of his anti-logging advocacy.