Complex Tradeoffs
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 [...]
Conservation Groups support US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Efforts to reduce barred owl impacts on spotted owls
Conservation groups, including Umpqua Watersheds, issue press release.
Press Release January 21, 2025
How a Fight Led to a Festival
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 [...]
Hoopa Valley Tribe receives major grant to remove barred owls
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 [...]
Honoring the Life of Emily Hopfer
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 [...]
ODFW issues letter of Non-compliance to Winchester Water Control District
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
https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-logging-blm-oregon-climate
Umpqua Watersheds hosts the 40th Annual River Cleanup
KEZI reports on River Cleanup in the Umpqua
Seeking expert bill writer, preparing wilderness characteristics booklet
By Diana Pace
The Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal team has been implementing guidance from experts such as Dave Stone, Andy Kerr, the Umpqua National Forest supervisor and the Wilderness Society. [...]
Restoration Chair and Vice President of UW interview
https://kqennewsradio.com/2024/07/05/morning-conversation-7-5-24-2/
Marbled Murrelet nest site protected on the Elliott
A recent victory for conservation group, Cascadia Wildlands, gives protection to a Marbled Murrelet nest site.
Wyden introduces The River Democracy Act
Conservation groups win lawsuit
Coastal Marten Critical Habitat Designation
Dam removal money headed to Oregon
Eastwood Nature Days in the Local News
The local TV and Radio stations as well as the local newspaper covered the Eastwood Nature Days now organized by Umpqua Watersheds.
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Earth Day Oregon 2024
Umpqua Watersheds and Earth Day Oregon 2024 are partnering with local businesses to promote and celebrate the Earth while supporting local businesses that recognize the vital importance of our natural [...]
Four Ladies in Tennis Shoes Display at Roseburg Library
Press Release from Umpqua Watersheds
Four Ladies in Tennis Shoes
A Display at the Roseburg Public Library
1409 N.E. Diamond Lake Blvd., Roseburg
Feb. 1-Feb. 28
Visit the “Four Ladies [...]
PUBLIC FORESTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM
By Ken Carloni, PhD. Forest Ecology
Ken Carloni has studied wildfire for over 30 years and earned his doctorate researching historic fire patterns in SW Oregon. He currently consults on [...]
Oregon Department of Forestry helping prepare landowners for Forest Practices Act rule changes
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORFORESTRY/bulletins/37b706e
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is helping to prepare forest landowners for big changes to the Forest Practices Act (FPA) that go into effect [...]