Education Update
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 [...]
Outreach Update
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 [...]
Restoration Update
PUBLIC FORESTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM…by 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 [...]
Wilderness Update Spring 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 [...]
Four Ladies in Tennis Shoes Display at Roseburg Library
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 [...]
PUBLIC FORESTS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM
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 [...]
Wilderness Update – Winter 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 [...]
Restoration Update- WINCHESTER DAM UPDATE
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 [...]
President’s Corner-Winter 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 [...]
Outreach Update- Winter 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 [...]
Education Update-Winter 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. [...]
Conservation Update- Tyee Complex Fire
“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 [...]
AmeriCorps Update Winter 2023
What a difference a couple of [...]
Oregon Department of Forestry helping prepare landowners for Forest Practices Act rule changes
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 [...]
OSU backs out of proposal to Manage Elliott State Forest
President Murthy Letter to State Land Board 11-13-2023
Message from Department of State lands regarding the Elliott Forest
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, 2023Dear Elliott State Research [...]
Autumn Hikes
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 [...]
Tipsoo Peak Mt Thielsen Wilderness Hike 10-23
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 [...]
A WIN FOR EASTSIDE OLD GROWTH! Fall 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, [...]
Conservation Committee Update: Fall 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 [...]