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Education Update

Published March 12th, 2024

by Cindy Haws

Winter and Wetlands: Who Would Think They Go Together? Oh yeah, chest waders and chilly water….AND The BEAVER

This quarter, education activities have trained students, educators, and [...]

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Outreach Update

Published March 12th, 2024

Outreach Update…by Kasey Hovik

Lots is going on with Umpqua Watersheds’ Outreach Programs. In January, we started our monthly “Watershed Wednesdays,” held on the last Wednesday of each month in [...]

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Restoration Update

Published March 12th, 2024

PUBLIC FORESTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEMby Ken Carloni

PROLOGUE

In late December, I wrote a guest column below for the Roseburg News-Review (see below) in response to the ever-increasing drumbeat [...]

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Wilderness Update Spring 2024

Published March 12th, 2024

by Diana Pace

Greetings as we prepare for the long-awaited spring. Bob Hoehne prepared the Four Ladies in Tennis Shoes history display and Rick Kreofsky got it beautifully framed. The [...]

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Four Ladies in Tennis Shoes Display at Roseburg Library

Published January 30th, 2024

Press Release from Umpqua Watersheds

Four Ladies in Tennis Shoes

A Display at the Roseburg Public Library

1409 N.E. Diamond Lake Blvd., Roseburg

Feb. 1-Feb. 28

Visit the “Four Ladies [...]

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PUBLIC FORESTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM

Published December 22nd, 2023

By Ken Carloni, PhD. Forest Ecology

Ken Carloni has studied wildfire for over 30 years and earned his doctorate researching historic fire patterns in SW Oregon. He currently consults on [...]

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Wilderness Update – Winter 2023

Published December 10th, 2023

By Diana Pace

Wilderness Committee by Diana Pace

On the Umpqua Watersheds website Wilderness Committee link, there is now an interactive Crater Lake Wilderness Map that allows you to [...]

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Restoration Update- WINCHESTER DAM UPDATE

Published December 10th, 2023

By Ken Carloni

 

Faithful readers of this newsletter will recall that for the past several years, UW has been actively involved with our North Umpqua Coalition (NUC) partners to [...]

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President’s Corner-Winter 2023

Published December 10th, 2023

By Janice Reid

Wow, where did 2023 go? Time is something that we cannot get back, and we must use it wisely. We all reflect on things we are grateful [...]

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Outreach Update- Winter 2023

Published December 10th, 2023

By Kasey Hovik

2023 has been a great year for Outreach at Umpqua Watersheds. It is the first year since 2019 that we were able to return to “normal” pre-pandemic [...]

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Education Update-Winter 2023

Published December 10th, 2023

By Cindy Haws

The education program highlight for this quarter had to be tending a booth at the international State of the Beaver Conference on November 13, 14, and 15th. [...]

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Conservation Update- Tyee Complex Fire

Published December 10th, 2023

“A Good Fire”

By Janice Reid

 

The high severity of the Archie Creek Fire in 2020 was a real shock to most of us who live, work, or play [...]

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AmeriCorps Update Winter 2023

Published December 10th, 2023

By Julie Lowe

What a difference a couple of [...]

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Oregon Department of Forestry helping prepare landowners for Forest Practices Act rule changes

Published November 17th, 2023

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORFORESTRY/bulletins/37b706e

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) is helping to prepare forest landowners for big changes to the Forest Practices Act (FPA) that go into effect [...]

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OSU backs out of proposal to Manage Elliott State Forest

Published November 17th, 2023

https://mycof.forestry.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/President%20Murthy%20Letter%20to%20State%20Land%20Board%2011-13-2023.pdf

 

President Murthy Letter to State Land Board 11-13-2023

 

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Message from Department of State lands regarding the Elliott Forest

Published November 17th, 2023

https://mailchi.mp/news.dsl.oregon.gov/elliottupdate111423?e=c4889c9476

View this email in your browser A Message from DSL Director Vicki Walker November 14, 2023

Dear Elliott State Research [...]

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Autumn Hikes

Published November 12th, 2023

Some friends and I have enjoyed some great autumn 2023 hikes. We hiked in the beautiful Mt Thielsen Wilderness to Tipsoo Peak in the snow. Wolf Creek Falls. Hiked some [...]

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Tipsoo Peak Mt Thielsen Wilderness Hike 10-23

Published October 12th, 2023

My friend Deb, her dog and myself made the 3+ horizontal mile hike to Tipsoo Peak with an elevation of over 8000 feet in the Mt. Thielsen Wilderness.   The [...]

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A WIN FOR EASTSIDE OLD GROWTH! Fall 2023

Published September 10th, 2023

by  Ken Carloni

A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates several laws.”  NPR Aug. 31, [...]

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Conservation Committee Update: Fall 2023

Published September 10th, 2023

During the last few months, the Conservation Committee followed up with several state and federal projects.

 

In July, the Forest Service held an information meeting [...]

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