North Umpqua Trail Jessie Wright Section 6-3-23
Eight Umpqua Watersheds members joined for the 4+ miles hike on our well loved North Umpqua Trail. When I chose this site I didn’t realize that we’d done this hike pre-pandemic. We had a great hike with great views of rock formations, old growth trees, wildflowers and the sparkling North Umpqua River. We saw some [...]
New Study Shows Hatchery Fish are detrimental to the Native Fish Populations
WILDERNESS UPDATE
By Robbin Schindele.
I sit writing this amid the worst weather of the Winter of 2022-23 (so far.) It is cold, windy, and snowy, so let’s all move on and look forward to the coming Spring.
Before that, though, I want to tell you about an exciting new activity for us this winter; tabling at [...]
EDUCATION UPDATE
……By Cindy Haws
As the new Education Chair at Umpqua Watersheds, I have started in high gear. Over a decade ago, I was Executive Director and president. Since leaving the leadership of Umpqua Watersheds, I started an educational group for youth called UNLSH (Umpqua Natural Leadership Science Hub). UNLSH’s mission is to provide hands-on learning [...]
MORE ON FOREST THINNING FOR WILDFIRE RESISTANCE (OR NOT)
A Deeper Look by Dominick DellaSala
My wife Jenny and I are currently in Cabo Pulmo on the southern Baja Peninsula exploring the only coral reef system in the Gulf of California. As the climate crisis worsens with no resolution in sight, we wanted to take the opportunity to see it before its [...]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
By Kasey Hovik
I celebrated my 65th birthday in February. It is a “milestone birthday” because, for many, it marks a retirement age. I have spent time pondering what 65 means to me, and I can sum it up in one word, grateful. I’ve lived in the Umpqua since March 2011, when I met [...]
AMERICORPS AND EDUCATION UPDATE
By Jessica Saxton
It has been roughly six months since I joined United Communities AmeriCorps and Umpqua Watersheds as the Environmental Education and Outreach Leader. During this time, I have gained many new skills and look forward to learning more during the rest of my service. I’ve met many new and interesting people through my [...]
Conservation Update-Danger Tree Removal
CONSERVATION UPDATE
By Janice Reid
Here in the Umpqua, we have so many entities that make policies and decisions about the land. Federal, state, county, private, city, tribal, and non-governmental organizations comprise most entities. It is often hard to keep up with all the planning and prioritize projects. Sometimes it can seem as if we [...]
FROM THE PRESIDENT
By Janice Reid
We have a lot to be thankful for in this beautiful valley, especially to our sponsors, donors, and supporters. Big things are happening in every corner of the organization. As you will read in this newsletter, our motion is forward, and our momentum is building. We are especially excited to have Cindy [...]
Outreach Update
By Kasey Hovik
The Umpqua Watersheds Outreach Committee is active and works closely with UW’s other committees, Education, Conservation, Wilderness, and Restoration, to recruit new members and participants and keep people informed. We also collaborate with multiple organizations in the pursuit of our mission. Working with our community partners helps us leverage our shared [...]
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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 our air and nurture our spirits and health, the author writes. The U.S. Forest Service’s decision to halt the planned Flat Country timber sale is [...]
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 storage on land it manages.
01/05/2023 01:37 PM ESTGREENWIRE | The Forest Service is considering allowing greater use of the lands it oversees [...]
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, Native Fish Society, (503) 344-4218, liz@nativefishsociety.org
Oregon, Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon Move Closer to Endangered Species Protection
Spring-Runs Suffer Chronically Low [...] 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, I was alerted to a video2 produced by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) on the effects of the 2021 Bootleg Fire on forest land that [...] 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 webcam photo shows. Take the family up there for a fun day of snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, or to enjoy the beauty and crisp clean air. [...] 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 had the pleasure of being introduced to all sorts of fun and important activities, such as helping with the annual Umpqua Brew Fest and helping [...]
ARCHIE CREEK REVISITED: Lessons From Pacific Northwest Megafires?
WILDERNESS UPDATE
AMERICORPS AND EDUCATION UPDATE
