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Federal Cuts Devastate Umpqua Watersheds AmeriCorps Environmental Education Program

Published May 2nd, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Federal Cuts Devastate AmeriCorps Environmental Education in Douglas County

Umpqua Watersheds Calls on Community to Stand with Umpqua Community Action Network, (UCAN), Students, Service Members, [...]

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Proposed ESA Change Threatens Wildlife Protection

Published April 24th, 2025

**The federal government is proposing to narrow the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA),** removing habitat degradation from consideration. This means only direct injury or death of [...]

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NEPA is under attack!

Published February 27th, 2025

Please comment by March 27, 2025

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations

Unfortunately, the CEQ itself cannot rescind an executive order issued by the President. Since Executive Order 14154 directs the removal of NEPA’s implementing [...]

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Lawsuit Aims to Protect Spring-Run Chinook Salmon in Pacific Northwest

Published February 23rd, 2025

News release:
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-aims-to-protect-spring-run-chinook-salmon-in-pacific-northwest-2025-02-18/

For Immediate Release, February 18, 2025

Contact:

Jeremiah Scanlan, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6400, jscanlan@biologicaldiversity.org
Mark Sherwood, Native Fish Society, (503) 344-4218, mark@nativefishsociety.org
[...]

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Complex Tradeoffs

Published February 3rd, 2025

https://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/complex-tradeoffs-31988826

January 30, 2025

‘Complex Tradeoffs’
EPIC among conservation groups defending barred owl removal in court
By Kimberly Wear kim@northcoastjournal.com @kimberly_wear

Five [...]

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Conservation Groups support US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Efforts to reduce barred owl impacts on spotted owls

Published January 21st, 2025

Conservation groups, including Umpqua Watersheds, issue press release.

Press Release January 21, 2025

The Trouble with Barred Owls

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How a Fight Led to a Festival

Published January 4th, 2025

Umpqua Watersheds member Bob Allen has an article in the Oregon Humanities Magazine Winter 2025 edition.

https://www.oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/currents-winter-2025/posts-currents/

In the mid-1980s, my family lived outside Roseburg, not far from River Forks [...]

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Hoopa Valley Tribe receives major grant to remove barred owls

Published December 17th, 2024

The success of the program to curtail the invasion of the barred owl on the Hoopa Valley Tribal Land gets a big boost from the federal government.

“The USFW’s controversial [...]

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Honoring the Life of Emily Hopfer

Published December 15th, 2024

Pictures of nature’s beauty are awe-inspiring—a wonder to behold. But for many of us, simply admiring them is not enough. We feel called to venture out, to experience the [...]

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Preserving Oregon’s Public Lands

Published December 9th, 2024

by Rob Taylor….

As a lifelong Oregonian, taking our public lands for granted can sometimes be easy. Oregon’s public beaches, Crater Lake National Park, the Pacific Crest Trail- all these [...]

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AmeriCorps Update & Education Winter 2024

Published December 9th, 2024

There’s nothing more transformative than getting kids out of the classroom and into the natural world. Hands-on, in-the-field experiences allow them to connect with the environment in ways that lectures [...]

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Conservation Update Winter 2024

Published December 9th, 2024

by Janice Reid…

The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP), completed in 1994 and implemented during the Clinton Administration, was the result of extensive scientific collaboration. Its goal was to create a [...]

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What’s Up with KQUA Winter 2024

Published December 9th, 2024

by John Dyer

As we move rapidly toward year’s end, we can look back at a busy and often surprising year that promises even more growth in 2025. Umpqua Watersheds [...]

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Reflections of a Year of Outreach

Published December 9th, 2024

by Kasey Hovik…

  • Reflections on a Year of Outreach

2024 has been another great year for Outreach at Umpqua Watersheds. We had many major events, [...]

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President’s Update Winter 2024

Published December 9th, 2024

Dear Umpqua Watersheds Family,

We have a lot to talk about! We certainly appreciate your support over the years and want to assure you that what you have done for [...]

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Restoration Committee Update Winter 2024

Published December 9th, 2024

by Ken Carloni….

Winchester Dam and Rock Creek Hatchery on the Ropes

The North Umpqua River is considered a “Salmon Stronghold” on the West Coast because it still has all [...]

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Wilderness Update Winter 2024

Published December 9th, 2024

by Diana Pace…

The Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal aims to preserve the backcountry of Crater Lake National Park from future development while not impacting existing roads or infrastructure. This designation [...]

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ODFW issues letter of Non-compliance to Winchester Water Control District

Published November 16th, 2024

Notice of Non-compliance gives the owners of Winchester Dam until Nov 17 to request a hearing.

 

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Despite Biden’s Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down

Published November 14th, 2024

https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-logging-blm-oregon-climate

 

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Umpqua Watersheds hosts the 40th Annual River Cleanup

Published October 16th, 2024

KEZI reports on River Cleanup in the Umpqua

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