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 below to find the information.
- 15-day official protests of logging decisions began in 1984
- Elimination would speed logging projects for wildfire
The U.S. [...]
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.
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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 Diversity, (510) 499-9185, jmiller@biologicaldiversity.org
Oregon Coast Spring Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections
PORTLAND, Ore.— The National Marine Fisheries [...]
Governor’s Climate Change Action Plan
The Oregon Governor has issued her action plan for climate action:
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Home Explorer Series launched today!
I’m so excited to unveil our new Home Explorer series! This is something I’ve been working on for a few weeks and learning all kinds of new skills in online learning and website design! I look forward to getting feedback and watching this portal grow every week. I know that there are so many online [...]
Conservation Update
By Diana Pace
Elliott State Forest
The Elliott State Forest (ESF) is 93,000 acres of the Central Oregon coast range and the only significant state owned old growth forest in Oregon. Oregon State University (OSU) and the College of Forestry are in negotiations with the state for the future management direction of the ESF. [...]
The Slow Grind for Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
by Stan Petrowski
Most of you will recall that Umpqua Watersheds has partnered with the Native Fish Society and the Center for Biological Diversity to submit a petition for the listing of Oregon’s Spring Chinook under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The process is a long and arduous one; requiring many months of preparation. Before [...]
AmeriCorps: Education Spotlight
by Robyn Bath-Rosenfeld
The New Year is off to an amazing start in my role as the Environmental Educator and Outreach Leader. On January 20th for MLK Day, I organized our annual river clean up with fellow-AmeriCorps Janelle Polcyn from the BlueZones Project. At Gaddis Park in Roseburg, over [...]
Outreach Update
by Janice Reid
2020 Banquet: The 25th Anniversary of the incorporation of Umpqua Watersheds is this year! We are in full swing planning and organizing the Annual Banquet and Silent Auction which will be April 4, 2020 at Umpqua Community College Campus Center. Umpqua Watersheds’ first banquet speaker was Roy Keene and this year [...]
KQUA 99.7 Update
by Patrick Schneider
As of February, 99.7 KQUA has been broadcasting for three years. And what a three years it has been. We’ve gone from singing Irish Folk songs live on the air to creating a number of organic radio shows. Yet 99.7 KQUA is still a work in progress.
99.7 KQUA has created a [...]
Wilderness Update
The Wilderness committee has been busy this winter. Crater Lake Wilderness Coordinator Robbin Schindele has been working on activities and events in the coming year. Susan Applegate and Robbin have teamed up to spread the word about the economic benefits protecting public lands brings to individuals, communities and businesses. This is very important information that [...]
Executive Director Update
By Kasey Hovik
Umpqua Watersheds is celebrating our 25th anniversary. Things have changed a lot in 25 years. Looking back at how much things cost in 1995 is interesting. Sadly, one of the most significant changes, one that will impact every facet of our lives and that of the next several generations, is the increase [...]
Umpqua Watersheds: Looking Back, Looking Forward
By Ken Carloni, President
As the long winter ebbs and wildflowers begin to poke their heads up, I find myself thinking back to a beautiful spring day in 1996. It was the year of the infamous “salvage rider” that opened up thousands of acres of old growth forests to logging for one year. That was [...]
Supplied with gratitude!
It may not look like much, but these two shelves constitute all of the amazing supplies I use every day to run our environmental education programs. These resources have been cumulated over years thanks to the dedication of our AmeriCorps program, the amazing support of donors and grantors like the Gray Family Foundation. We are [...]
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. Stay tuned.
Stay safe!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 by Festive Catering is at 6:15pm
Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.
Keynote speaker is the very first banquet speaker, Roy [...]
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 Station, 50% of the purchases will help KQUA radio community radio station improve their services for live streaming of shows.
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 to disaster and exclusion.” The writer could have avoided spreading this misinformation by simply reading the Wilderness Act of 1964 (https://tinyurl.com/WildernessAct), going to the [...]
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 and deserving of protection. It’s also an economic engine for the region that attracts businesses seeking environmental amenities for their employees.
The Douglas [...]
Catching up with our AmeriCorps educator
Our 2019-2020 AmeriCorps, Robyn, has been hard at work the last 6 months running environmental education programs throughout Douglas County! She’s taught at 7 different schools and engaged with over 500 youth in the district. Through the Science Wednesday after-school program for 5th graders, Robyn has recently been found at Fir Grove Elementary, Lookingglass Elementary, [...]