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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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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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Seeking expert bill writer, preparing wilderness characteristics booklet

Published September 16th, 2024

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. [...]

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Restoration Chair and Vice President of UW interview

Published July 5th, 2024

https://kqennewsradio.com/2024/07/05/morning-conversation-7-5-24-2/

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Marbled Murrelet nest site protected on the Elliott

Published June 29th, 2024

A recent victory for conservation group, Cascadia Wildlands, gives protection to a Marbled Murrelet nest site.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/oregon-logging-project-would-harm-small-seabird-court-affirms?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0FkNU-LowrtkchwXjywMifaylVaszibpmL5or2VlpU5WyJXhlEpm7UT9U_aem_qcy8nxjWYp_NBEbc4iEA8Q

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Wyden introduces The River Democracy Act

Published June 29th, 2024

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-urges-support-for-his-bills-to-use-prescribed-burns-and-protect-water-sources#:~:text=My%20other%20bill%2C%20the%20River,and%20the%20River%20Democracy%20Act.

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Conservation groups win lawsuit

Published June 29th, 2024

https://www.rv-times.com/outdoors/judges-nixes-blm-effort-to-reduce-fire-risk-by-logging-protected-reserves/article_c88021e6-1ed6-11ef-a7ad-f382eb8b1a02.html

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Coastal Marten Critical Habitat Designation

Published May 29th, 2024

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3469324102558-more-than-a-million-acres-of-north-coast-southern-oregon-land-designated-as-critical-habitat-for-the-pacific-marten?_f=app_share&s=i1&pd=0HsoZb1k&lang=en_US&send_time=1716993928&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A0%2C%22cv%22%3A%2224.21.0.30%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3WNbpLmypWJI8EcExp2BHBQbAZmGM_q-cUFWw5DZPI9O9QCQvR2vo3Ds8_aem_JRVlF2FAAB8lyh34VbB70w

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Dam removal money headed to Oregon

Published May 25th, 2024

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/05/24/nearly-2-million-federal-money-headed-to-oregon-dam-removal-fish-restoration/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2gIkisY0iDGhkv19wwguPDfUn4RLGxSdEGGe0tv06cy3aqD6OpBKEjhaI_aem_JQTz83_3ZoxTFCZoY12ZWg

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Eastwood Nature Days in the Local News

Published May 20th, 2024

The local TV and Radio stations as well as the local newspaper covered the Eastwood Nature Days now organized by Umpqua Watersheds.

KQEN Radio

 

KPIC

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Earth Day Oregon 2024

Published March 29th, 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 [...]

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Four Ladies in Tennis Shoes Display at Roseburg Library

Published January 30th, 2024

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 [...]

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PUBLIC FORESTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM

Published December 22nd, 2023

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 [...]

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Oregon Department of Forestry helping prepare landowners for Forest Practices Act rule changes

Published November 17th, 2023

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 [...]

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