New Study Shows Hatchery Fish are detrimental to the Native Fish Populations
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 [...]
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, [...]
UMPQUA WATERSHEDS PETITION FOR THE LISTING OF SPRING CHINOOK SALMON
Well, here we go again! As most of our faithful members know, Umpqua Watersheds – and a handful of sincerely committed members in particular – [...]
THE KEYSTONE ROLE OF OAKS IN PNW ECOSYSTEMS
By Ken Carloni
A couple of decades ago, a timber company clearcut all the conifers in a forest adjacent to a historic property in Yoncalla. While this was a [...]
North Umpqua Summer Steelhead Hatchery Program Update
By Ken Carloni
Those of you who are following Umpqua Watersheds’ reports and recent newspaper articles may be concerned about the status of the North Umpqua summer steelhead hatchery program. [...]
THE FATE OF NORTH UMPQUA SUMMER STEELHEAD: The Problem and the Solution
In 2021, 347 summer steelhead crossed the Winchester Dam to head up to their ancestral spawning streams in the upper reaches of the North Umpqua River. When settlers first arrived, [...]
BIOCHAR COMES TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD!
Ken Carloni
We had just completed a 12-acre biochar project at the Yew Creek Land Alliance property west of Riddle in the fall of 2020 when a young [...]
UW joins with other Conservation Groups to question Danger Tree removal on the Umpqua National Forest
Last month Umpqua Watersheds filed a complaint against the US Forest Service challenging their decision to indiscriminately remove trees along 65 miles of public roads comprising nearly 2600 acres of [...]
