Conservation Update-Danger Tree Removal
CONSERVATION UPDATE
By Janice Reid
Here in the Umpqua, we have so many entities that make policies and decisions about the land. Federal, state, county, private, city, tribal, and non-governmental [...]
CONSERVATION UPDATE
By Janice Reid
DIFFICULTIES IN ACCESSING OUR PUBLIC LANDS ARE ON the rise. Public land management agencies invite the public to comment on their management actions, but in many [...]
Hikes in the Archie Creek Fire area of the North Umpqua River
With the trails reopening Diana and Connie went on post fire hike to Fall Creek Falls and Susan Creek Falls. Fall Creek Trail bridge is replaced. The view is of [...]
CONSERVATION ON A SMALLER SCALE
I often write about what our Conservation Committee is doing, the challenges we face in our efforts, and inevitably, the ongoing uphill battle of climate change [...]
Big Tom Right-of-Way Update
By Janice Reid
I spent 33 years studying the federally listed northern spotted owl (NSO) for the US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station in the Roseburg Bureau of Land [...]
New Climate Change Page
UW IS PROUD TO PRESENT TWO AWESOME NEW FEATURES!
Check out the new Climate Change page on the UW website…
It contains lots of great information about the ins and [...]
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE UPDATE
Our Conservation Committee has a great deal to report since our last newsletter, but I want to first share some personal news.
July to December of last year was [...]
Tell President Biden – U.S. Climate Strategy Must Protect Forests
Our mature and old-growth are some of our most powerful climate solutions. But these forests are still being logged when they should be set aside for carbon storage, [...]
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly….
Conservation Committee Update:
Janice Reid & Angela Jensen
Let’s start with a few “good” news items. In 2019, Oregon conservation groups filed ballot initiatives to reform Oregon’s outdated Forest [...]
Umpqua Watersheds Executive Director talks about the Forest Accord
Lone Rock land management crew [...]
UW joins with other Conservation Groups to question Danger Tree removal on the Umpqua National Forest
Last month Umpqua Watersheds filed a complaint against the US Forest Service challenging their decision to indiscriminately remove trees along 65 miles of public roads comprising nearly 2600 acres of [...]
PROTECTING HOMES AND NATIVE FORESTS FROM WILDFIRE
PROTECTING HOMES AND NATIVE FORESTS FROM WILDFIRE:
Challenges and Opportunities
Since the early 2000s, wildfires have been getting larger, faster moving, and more destructive to homes, infrastructure, and [...]
Conservation Committee Update Fall 2021
Public Trust and Oregon’s Private Forests, Part 1… Angela Jensen
Environmental groups, like-minded individuals, and families in rural Oregon have long been concerned about industrial logging practices on private [...]
National Geographic highlights latest Spotted Owl Research
A threatened owl could disappear from much of its range unless old-growth [...]
From the Conservation/ Legal Director Summer 2021
Angela Jensen
Conservation is a broad topic. Yet I often find that I center my newsletter articles on topics related to forestry and climate change. So, for this newsletter I [...]
Action item for native fish preservation
Right now, Oregon’s state legislature is considering a bill, HB 3150, that will require ODFW to utilize hatch boxes in southern Oregon, a strategy that is ineffective at bolstering commercial and [...] It can be hard to keep track [...] Native Fish Society, along with our co-petitioners at the Center for Biological Diversity and Umpqua Watersheds, have [...] The Siuslaw National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coos Bay District invite you to provide input as we begin the planning process for the Wasson and Franklin [...]
Umpqua Watersheds joins lawsuit to Protect Salmon
From the Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon
Protecting Oregon Coast Spring Chinook
Wasson and Franklin Creeks Comprehensive River Management Plan
