UMPQUA WATERSHEDS PETITION FOR THE LISTING OF SPRING CHINOOK SALMON
Well, here we go again! As most of our faithful members know, Umpqua Watersheds – and a handful of sincerely committed members in particular – [...]
KQUA UPDATE
So many great things are happening at KQUA. We are set to reach large parts of the county, we are expanding our programming, and we have [...]
THE KEYSTONE ROLE OF OAKS IN PNW ECOSYSTEMS
By Ken Carloni
A couple of decades ago, a timber company clearcut all the conifers in a forest adjacent to a historic property in Yoncalla. While this was a [...]
CONSERVATION ON A SMALLER SCALE
I often write about what our Conservation Committee is doing, the challenges we face in our efforts, and inevitably, the ongoing uphill battle of climate change [...]
Guest Article: ANNUAL MOONLIGHT TREK AROUND MT. THIELSEN
Over thirty years ago I began an annual trek encircling Mt. Thielsen in the Winema and Umpqua National Forests. The inspiration was Holly Jones, who [...]
Learning in the Umpqua
LEARNING IN THE UMPQUA WATERSHED
By Ryan Kincaid
Thank you to everyone who helped make our second annual Learning in the Umpqua Watershed (training for local educators) a success. Fourteen [...]
Big Tom Right-of-Way Update
By Janice Reid
I spent 33 years studying the federally listed northern spotted owl (NSO) for the US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station in the Roseburg Bureau of Land [...]
Applegates At Crater Lake
By Susan Applegate
I wrote this article with the hope that the National Park Conservation Association would print it in their magazine, but they had already planned to publish articles [...]
Outreach Update
It was wonderful to see nearly 100 people at the Umpqua Watersheds 26th Annual Membership Banquet on Sunday, May 1st—our first in-person banquet in two [...]
North Umpqua Summer Steelhead Hatchery Program Update
By Ken Carloni
Those of you who are following Umpqua Watersheds’ reports and recent newspaper articles may be concerned about the status of the North Umpqua summer steelhead hatchery program. [...]