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Opinion: Follow Biden’s lead and protect Oregon’s old-growth on national public lands
This article was published in the Oregonian Jan 15, 2023
- Published: Jan. 15, 2023, 6:15 a.m.
Old and mature forests clean our water and [...]
News Updates from Greenwire regarding forest carbon storage
In the latest update to proposed regulations, the Forest Service said it’s weighing a new measure to allow for underground carbon [...]
Umpqua Watersheds highlighted in the local paper
The News Review coverage of MLK River cleanup event
Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service
Press release for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
Oregon, Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon Move Closer to Endangered Species Protection
For Immediate Release, January 11, 2023
Contact:Meg Townsend, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6409, mtownsend@biologicaldiversity.org
Stanley Petrowski, Umpqua Watersheds, (541) 825-3070, stanley@surcp.org
Liz Perkin, [...]
ARCHIE CREEK REVISITED: Lessons From Pacific Northwest Megafires?
Ken Carloni, Ph.D.
Two years ago, I wrote an article in the 100 Valleys on the Archie Creek Fire and its implications for future forest management1. Recently, [...]
WILDERNESS UPDATE
By Robbin Schindele.
Happy Holidays everyone, may all the best come to you and yours during this joyous time of year. There’s plenty of snow at Crater Lake as this [...]
AMERICORPS AND EDUCATION UPDATE
By Jessica Saxton
It’s been about four months since I joined the United Communities AmeriCorps, serving with Umpqua Watersheds as the Environmental Education and Outreach Leader. During this time, I’ve [...]
New AmeriCorps Service Member
Hello, Umpqua Watersheds community. My name is Jessica Saxton, and I am the new Environmental Education and Outreach Leader for Umpqua Watersheds via the United Communities AmeriCorps program.
I am dual [...]
THE WILDERNESS COMMITTEE NEEDS YOUR HELP!
The Wilderness Committee is in the early stages of developing a new radio show for KQUA, Umpqua Watersheds’ radio station, and we need your help.
Besides news about wilderness and [...]
CONSERVATION UPDATE
By Janice Reid
DIFFICULTIES IN ACCESSING OUR PUBLIC LANDS ARE ON the rise. Public land management agencies invite the public to comment on their management actions, but in many [...]
FROM THE PRESIDENT
As we close another year, we are in awe of how fortunate we are here in our corner of the world. Umpqua Watersheds continues to celebrate, [...]
OUTREACH UPDATE
By Kasey Hovik
Looking back on 2022 we are very happy to be able to meet again in person. The 11th Umpqua Brew Fest was a great success. It [...]
Umpqua Watersheds joins the Combined Federal Campaign
Federal employees and retirees can now give through the workplace.
Hikes in the Archie Creek Fire area of the North Umpqua River
With the trails reopening Diana and Connie went on post fire hike to Fall Creek Falls and Susan Creek Falls. Fall Creek Trail bridge is replaced. The view is of [...]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT: AMERICORPS SUPERHEREOS
By Kasey Hovik
Fall is always an exciting time for Umpqua Watersheds and me personally because it starts another term for our AmeriCorps program. We are very proud of all [...]
WHATS NEW IN OUTREACH
While we continue to face challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are progressing to a new normal in which we are all doing [...]
PRESIDENT’S REPORT: STATE OF THE UMPQUA
On a recent trip to Minnesota via Canada, we visited the west side of the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We had heard about [...]
