Umpqua Watersheds President Ken Carloni will be on a panel discussion about wildlfires.
Wildfires in 2020: What set the stage for this historic event and what can we expect in the future?
The fires that broke out and spread across nearly 1 million [...]
NUT Hikes and Waterfalls
July 2020 Lemolo Falls on the NUT Dread and Terror segment is a spectacular 3 mile RT hike in a breathtaking forest. There’s 2 notable falls before stunning 102 foot [...]
Seeking Board of Directors members!
Umpqua Watersheds is seeking Volunteer Board of Directors applications.
E&E News on NEPA rewrite
FOREST SERVICE
Agency finishes NEPA rewrite, waits for White House
Marc Heller, E&E News reporter
Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2020
The Forest Service’s National Environmental Policy Act rewrite is [...]
Crater Lake Wilderness Campaign recommended hikes
Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal Hikes Summer 2020 [...]
Conservation Update.. Summer 2020
From the Conservation/ Legal Director ….Angela Jensen
As a new member of the Umpqua Watershed team, it is an honor and privilege to write this as my first article for [...]
Help Save the Beaver in Oregon
HELP CHANGE THE STATE DESIGNATION OF BEAVERS IN ORDER TO BENEFIT OUR WATERSHED!
Dear Umpqua Watersheds Supporters:
Engineers are not necessarily what conservationists find endearing, however, when [...]
Action item! BLM rule change could limit public input.
BLM Timber Protest and Salvage Announcement 5-28-20
We will need public as soon as we are able. Check back here for the address to comment or follow the links [...]
Umpqua Watersheds is accepting applications for their 2020-2021 AmeriCorps Environmental Education Position
Update: We are no longer accepting applications. We have filled the position.
Please go to the link below to apply for the position through United Communities AmeriCorps.
One Step Closer to Endangered
For Immediate Release, April 10, 2020
Contacts:
Stanley Petrowski, Umpqua Watersheds, (541) 825-3070, stanley@umpquawatersheds.org
Conrad Gowell, Native Fish Society, (971) 237-6544, conrad@nativefishsociety.org
Jeff Miller, Center for Biological [...]
Governor’s Climate Change Action Plan
The Oregon Governor has issued her action plan for climate action:
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Annual Banquet Postponed!
We made the unfortunate and difficult decision to postpone the banquet. There will be no banquet on April 4th. Our hope is that we can still do a virtual banquet. [...]
25th Anniversary of Umpqua Watersheds
Our Annual Banquet and Silent Auction celebrates 25 years of Umpqua Watersheds.
April 4, 2020 at Umpqua Community College Campus Center at 5pm starts the silent auction.
Buffet Dinner catered [...]
Friends and Family night at McMenamins Roseburg Station
Join us for an evening of food and drinks where all of your purchases will help the KQUA radio station (99.7 FM).
From 5 pm until closing at McMenamins Roseburg [...]
THE TRUTH ABOUT WILDERNESS
I would like to correct a number of inaccurate statements made by one of our county commissioners in his recent guest column: “The proposed Crater Lake Wilderness: A dangerous road [...]
Susan Applegate and Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal
Crater Lake is an Oregon icon and our only National Park. The wildlife it supports, the clean water it provides and the amazing outdoor recreational opportunities it offers is unique [...]
Memorandum of Understanding – Oregon Forest Practices Act
Today, February 10, 2020, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced a historic agreement between conservation groups and timber companies which is the first step in a process for the most significant [...]
Great Backyard Bird Count
“Umpqua Sweets” Proposed BLM Sale of 2000 acres along the North Umpqua River
From September 24th through November 1st, Cascadia Wildlands spearheaded an investigation of a Roseburg BLM Timber Sale called Umpqua Sweets. They conducted field trips to the units and meetings with [...]
