Winter 2017
Wilderness
Bob Hoehne
The Wild On Wilderness Committee “WOW” is a team of mostly volunteers working toward permanent wilderness protection of some of the back country areas of the Umpqua National Forest.
This effort is called “The Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal” since it also includes Crater Lake National Park. It would add a layer of [...]
Winter 2017
Facility Management
John Hunter
All good things….Well, the dust is settling from our building acquisition and the realization is setting in. Now that Umpqua Watersheds owns the office building, we have a few maintenance and upgrade items that we need to address. The Facility Management Committee has been busy getting a list together. Monetary contributions [...]
Fall 2017
KQUA
Umpqua Watershed’s Environmental Option to Stations Polluting the Airwaves
Roseburg’s newest radio station has finally arrived. In Early March, KQUA went on the air at the 96.5 signal. The station plays a blend of Adult Alternative and Alternative Rock music.
Fall 2017
Stanley Petrowski
New Conservation Committee Meetings
We’ve been very busy. Our committee meetings have been consistent going forward. UW is pleased to announce that the Conservation committee chaired by Vice President and volunteer Joseph Patrick Quinn. His work load responding to timber contract proposals has been piling up. Careful documentation and insight into the workings [...]
Fall 2017
Diana Pace
Besides being Secretary for Umpqua Watersheds I also am the Volunteer Coordinator. This is a function that I cannot do without volunteers. To inspire you to volunteer with this wonderful organization I will tell you about the proven benefits of volunteering for all ages. We lead busy lives and the thought of adding [...]
Fall 2017
Stanley Petrowski
Restoring Vital Signs
As a young man newly 20 years of age and just home from the war in Vietnam, I hit bottom. It wasn’t a pleasant experience because it was full of terror and lifelessness. From that bleak place, a slow but steady emergence began – and a healing, though gradual, [...]
Fall 2017
J. Patrick Quinn
In the last issue of 1000 Valleys, your Conservation Committee received a copy of a scientific study that analyzed more than fifty years of Forest Service paired stream data. The Perry-Jones Special Paper (2017), concluded that conversion of primary old growth and mature forest to plantation has led to long term depleted [...]
Fall 2017
Stanley Petrowski
Restoring Vital Signs
As a young man newly 20 years of age and just home from the war in Vietnam, I hit bottom. It wasn’t a pleasant experience because it was full of terror and lifelessness. From that bleak place, a slow but steady emergence began – and a healing, though gradual, [...]
Fall 2017
Executive Director
Kasey Hovik
It has been a very busy summer for Umpqua Watersheds and I am proud and very grateful to everyone who spent many hours volunteering to make our events successful. On July 1st, approximately 70 of the Umpqua Watersheds faithful gathered to celebrate the donation of our building from John Stadter. [...]
AmeriCorps Shines
Ken Carloni, PhD.
Umpqua Watersheds’ education initiatives have been going strong and continue to touch the lives of hundreds of students a year from K-12 through college. The educational programs, originally developed by our VISTA member Roland Wang and expanded by AmeriCorps member Katrina Keleher, offer after-school “Science Friday” programs, Science Olympiad, and other fun [...]
Fall 2017
DCPARC
John Hunter
This past spring and summer months have been extremely busy for the members of DCPARC. Besides our continuing monitoring and attendance at County meetings, many of us volunteered our time to gather signatures to get the Home Rule Charter on the ballot. Now, thanks to so many dedicated volunteers and concerned [...]
Fall 2017
Wilderness
Susan Applegate
The office for the WOW committee, housing our maps and documents for the proposed Crater Lake Wilderness, now has the ceiling repaired and has been freshly painted. A huge “Thank You” to Keith Lance, — local fisherman who knows the quality of water that wilderness provides for the best fishing, — repaired [...]
Camp Kellogg
Last week at Camp Kellogg we got the chance to teach Hucrest 5th graders about Water Chemistry! We did hands-on activities learning about the properties of water and their uses in nature! The students had a blast getting their hands a little wet at their first ever Science Camp-Out!
Thanks Hucrest for a great turn-out [...]
Thanks Tri-City Elementary!
Last week was our last Crater Lake Field Trips for the season and we had wonderful classes! This could be the last time the students get to see Crater Lake with all its glorious snow and they definitely had time to appreciate its immense beauty on this crisp and sunny day! We want to thank [...]
Wilderness Sweets!
Yesterday, was our last Wilderness Literature class at Phoenix Charter School! The students presented their art projects for their class anthology; ranging from essays, to picture slideshows to drawings of native plants and wildlife found along the hikes! Here are some of the celebratory treats we brought in for the classes final celebration! We had [...]
Sun, Seeds and Starts!
Today at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Fir Grove Elementary’s Leadership group got to come help out with the planting of a salsa garden! We started by spreading fresh dirt on the beds and then got to plant all of our ingredients; peppers, onions, tomatoes, jalapenos & more! The students had a wonderful time planting [...]
SEEDS Field Trip
Last Saturday we got a chance to teach local high-school age and younger students about the Natural Resources program at UCC. They got exposure to agency jobs, had conversations with local professionals and got to attend hikes with a botanist and learn about their region! We got to take a couple of students from Casa [...]
Finally Flowers!
This week at Casa de Belen we planted our seeds from our Garden in a Glove activity and went on a Nature walk. We collected flowers, pedals, stems, leaves and more to include in our next week’s lesson! We will be drying and pressing the flowers to create nature bookmarks! We had a wonderful time [...]
Casa @ the Crater
This past Sunday we got to take youth from Casa de Belen to a snowshoe hike at Crater Lake National Park! We had a beautiful day full of snow and amazing adventure!
Crater Lake Winter Wonderland
The Spring Crater Lake trips are in full swing! Last week we took Elkton, Riddle and Myrtle Creek Elementary 5th graders! Most of these students are getting to experience their first time at a national park (including some of the parent chaperones)! Snowshoeing in over 12 feet of snow has these students excited to learn [...]