AmeriCorps Update Summer 2025
Eastwood Nature Days: Engaging Students with Hands-On Learning
For the second year in a row, Umpqua Watersheds hosted the long-running Eastwood Nature Days, a week-long celebration of nature science in the watershed attended by all Roseburg 3rd-grade public school students. Since taking on this fun and inspirational week, we’ve made a serious effort to expand [...]
Federal Cuts Devastate Umpqua Watersheds AmeriCorps Environmental Education Program
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, and Our Planet
Roseburg, OR – May 2, 2025 — In an abrupt and devastating move, the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has [...]
Education Update-Spring 2025
By Julie Lowe
As the Outreach and Education Leader, I not only have the exceptional privilege of teaching children about their connection to the world, but I can be very much involved in hands-on efforts like surveying for flora and fauna, restoring ecosystems, and taking volunteers into the field to actively participate in restoration efforts.
[...]AmeriCorps Update & Education Winter 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 and textbooks can’t replicate. From flipping logs to reveal salamanders, to searching for bugs, snails, and small crustaceans in the stream bed, to discovering a [...]
Another year at AmeriCorps
By Julie Lowe
I’m baaack! I am thrilled to announce that I will be returning for another year as the outreach and education leader for Umpqua Watersheds! This past year has been an incredible journey, filled with learning, meaningful connections and a deepened understanding of our [...]
AmeriCorps Update
What an incredible year of education, outreach, and meaningful relationship-building!
This year has offered me the opportunity to work with groups and schools throughout the area, bringing custom science programs to complement teacher curriculum and introducing new directions [...]
AmeriCorps Update
Winter seems to have passed us by in the blink of an eye, which marks the arrival of spring, my favorite season, just around the riverbend! We had a beautiful kickoff event to celebrate the best of winter spirit with our annual MLK Day of Service. Our incredible community came [...]
AmeriCorps Update Winter 2023
What a difference a couple of months can make! As the “new” Americorps member of Umpqua Watersheds, I feel I have found my home. I am so excited about the work [...]
AmeriCorps Update- Fall 2023
…by Jessica Saxton
From one AmeriCorps to the next
My last day as Umpqua Watersheds’ AmeriCorps was July 31st, 2023. The Twin Lakes Youth Campout was the last activity I planned, and I am so grateful for the volunteers, UW staff, and parents who helped to support this event. Today’s article is my service’s [...]
AmeriCorps Update
by Jessica Saxton
The last few months have been pretty busy, which means there are lots being done! UW joined the Roseburg Parks and Recreation for their Arbor Day event on April 1st. Thanks to Long’s Building Supply, who donated a large plywood board to be used for the art piece on Arbor Day. [...]
AMERICORPS AND EDUCATION UPDATE
By Jessica Saxton
It has been roughly six months since I joined United Communities AmeriCorps and Umpqua Watersheds as the Environmental Education and Outreach Leader. During this time, I have gained many new skills and look forward to learning more during the rest of my service. I’ve met many new and interesting people through my [...]
Press release for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
New AmeriCorps Service Member
Hello, Umpqua Watersheds community. My name is Jessica Saxton, and I am the new Environmental Education and Outreach Leader for Umpqua Watersheds via the United Communities AmeriCorps program.
I am dual enrolled at Umpqua Community College, where I will receive my Associate of Science, and Oregon State University, where I will receive my Bachelor of Science [...]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT: AMERICORPS SUPERHEREOS
By Kasey Hovik
Fall is always an exciting time for Umpqua Watersheds and me personally because it starts another term for our AmeriCorps program. We are very proud of all the AmeriCorps who have served with us over the last 12 years. Each year our AmeriCorps members continue our environmental education programs which provide so [...]
An AmeriCorps Farewell
As we move into summer, the school year ends and my role in local science classrooms draws to a close. It was a great year full of fun activities including water quality labs, animal tracks, owl pellet dissections, art projects, and more. The fun, however, does not end with Spring! This June brings Kids for [...]
AMERICORPS UPDATE
It’s been almost four months since I joined the United Communities AmeriCorps and Umpqua Watersheds teams as an Environmental Education and Outreach Leader. In this time, I’ve had the delight of being introduced to all sorts of fun and important indoor and outdoor activities, such as helping to host 99.7 KQUA [...]
Umpqua Valley Audubon seeks AmeriCorps applicants
Do you want to spend your days “connecting people with nature to inspire protection of our natural world” while serving as our Outreach Coordinator with Umpqua Valley Audubon Society (UVAS) in Roseburg, Oregon? UVAS is expanding our conservation outreach and education programs using local and migratory bird species as a focus. You will [...]
Introducing our NEW Environmental Education and Outreach Leader!
Hello, Umpqua Watersheds community! My name is Viviana Young and I am the new Environmental Education and Outreach Leader for Umpqua Watersheds via the United Communities AmeriCorps program. So far I have gotten to know several colleagues, all of whom have been wonderful, helpful, and welcoming. I will soon be running the “Living Downstream” podcast [...]
Update from the Education Committee
Wrapping Up & Continuing On…..
The past couple of months have been a whirlwind as I completed my AmeriCorps term of service and stepped into my new role as the Director of Education and Outreach! I have enjoyed being a part of Umpqua Watersheds for the past year and am so grateful to be able [...]