Outreach – We Need You
Barbara Lynch
WE NEED YOU!Barbara Lynch joined the Umpqua Watersheds Board of Directors in the summer of 2018, and she has since become the Outreach Committee Chair. She is [...]
Spring 2019
Wilderness Committee… Robbin Shindele
The Wilderness committee has been doing a lot the last few months. We’ve added some new businesses to our endorser list. We have been active [...]
Spring 2019
Facilities Management… John Hunter
The crazy weather late February rally tested the heartiness of our building and we are happy to report that it all stayed outside. For the first [...]
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
Kasey Hovik, Executive Director
Over the last 35 years, Land and Water hosts the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) at the University of Oregon. It is the world’s largest [...]
Monitoring the county park activities
DCPARC Update….John Hunter
We continue to monitor the situation at Whistlers Bend Park where more than 100 trees in the campground were cut. Far more than 11 reported by the [...]
Americorps Voice Christine Smith and Maris Wilson
Spring 2019 Christine Smith
Education at Umpqua Watersheds is flourishing with new connections resulting in more programs and additional youth interactions! Maris and I enjoy working in the office together, [...]
Administration Update
Executive Director, Kasey Hovik
In mid-November the Board of Directors (BOD) and staff of Umpqua Watersheds (UW) met for our annual strategic planning meeting. We spent the whole day reviewing [...]
Fishing with Fremont
After learning rules, regulations, fish anatomy, fish identification, and knot tying with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fremont Middle School students were ready to try their hand at [...]
Biochar: An Ancient Solution to a Modern Global Crisis
Ken Carloni, Ph.D.
biochar /ˈbīōˌCHär/ noun: charcoal produced from plant matter and stored in the soil as a means of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (Online Dictionary)
When [...]
Winter 2018
As 99.7 KQUA nears two years of age, our audience has grown significantly. An average listener reports that they listen to the station as much as 2-3 hours a day. [...]
