The date should be May 3rd. Today. Apologies for the error.

From: Robert Samuel White <rsw@rswfire.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2026 5:45:07 PM
To: governor.kotek@oregon.gov <governor.kotek@oregon.gov>; [Kotek Campaign Chair]
Cc: oprc.publiccomment@oprd.oregon.gov <oprc.publiccomment@oprd.oregon.gov>; governor.kotek@oregon.gov <governor.kotek@oregon.gov>; [Kotek Campaign Chair]
Subject: Escalating Retaliation at a Federal Work Center — May 4, 2026 

Governor Kotek,

I am writing to document an escalating pattern of retaliation against me by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department that has now reached a point I believe warrants your direct attention.

On March 24, 2026 — the one-year anniversary of my retaliatory dismissal from the Honeyman State Park volunteer program — three law enforcement officers arrived at my residence at the Siltcoos Work Center, U.S. Forest Service, Florence, Oregon. The stated reason was concern about content I had posted online. That content is a public archive documenting my treatment as a volunteer and the institutional response to my protected speech.

On May 4, 2026, a box bearing Bi-Mart branding containing spent 12-gauge shotgun shells was left in the road directly in front of my gate, wet with urine. I observed this during daylight hours. I am retaining the box as physical evidence.

I have taken every action through legitimate channels. Public records requests. Letters to commissioners. Correspondence to your office. A documented public archive at oprdvolunteerabuse.org with my name on it. I have asked for accountability for a wrong that could have been acknowledged and resolved over a year ago.

The response from this institution has been law enforcement at my federal residence and what appears to be criminal intimidation.

I am a U.S. Forest Service caretaker on federal land. I am not going anywhere. But I am asking whether this is the conduct your administration will allow to continue under your watch.

Robert Samuel White
From: Robert Samuel White <rsw@rswfire.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2026 5:24:29 PM
To: COLLIER JR * OPRD <>;  <>; SUMPTION Lisa * OPRD <>
Cc: oprc.publiccomment@oprd.oregon.gov <oprc.publiccomment@oprd.oregon.gov>; governor.kotek@oregon.gov <governor.kotek@oregon.gov>; [Kotek Campaign Chair]
Subject: Documented Incident — May 3, 2026 — Siltcoos Work Center  

Directors:

I am writing to document an incident that occurred on May 3, 2026 at the Siltcoos Work Center, U.S. Forest Service, Florence, Oregon, 97439.

A box bearing Bi-Mart branding, containing spent 12-gauge shotgun shells, was left in the road directly in front of my gate. The box and ground beneath it were wet with urine, indicating the act occurred recently and in proximity to my residence. I observed this during daylight hours.

I am retaining the box and its contents as physical evidence.

I am notifying you of this incident given the context established by the law enforcement visit to this same location on March 24, 2026, which occurred on the anniversary of my dismissal from Honeyman State Park and which I have documented as further retaliation for protected speech.

I make no claim as to who is responsible. I am creating a record.

I will not be intimidated. My life and work here are separate from my conflict with your institution. If anyone within your institution is responsible for these escalations, they are acting outside any ethical or professional boundary and I will hold your institution accountable for whatever follows. I am also installing security cameras at this location.

Every action I have taken has been documented, named, and submitted through legitimate channels — public records requests, letters to commissioners, correspondence to the governor's office, a public archive with my name on it. I have asked for accountability for a wrong that could have been acknowledged and resolved over a year ago.

In response, your institution sent law enforcement to my federal residence over protected speech. Someone left a box of urine-soaked shotgun shells at my gate.

The distance between those two things is the record.

Robert Samuel White