NEPA is under attack!
Please comment by March 27, 2025
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations
Unfortunately, the CEQ itself cannot rescind an executive order issued by the President. Since Executive Order 14154 directs the removal of NEPA’s implementing [...]
Lawsuit Aims to Protect Spring-Run Chinook Salmon in Pacific Northwest
News release:
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-aims-to-protect-spring-run-chinook-salmon-in-pacific-northwest-2025-02-18/
For Immediate Release, February 18, 2025
Contact:
Jeremiah Scanlan, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6400, jscanlan@biologicaldiversity.org
Mark Sherwood, Native Fish Society, (503) 344-4218, mark@nativefishsociety.org
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Preserving Oregon’s Public Lands
by Rob Taylor….
As a lifelong Oregonian, taking our public lands for granted can sometimes be easy. Oregon’s public beaches, Crater Lake National Park, the Pacific Crest Trail- all these [...]
Restoration Committee Update Winter 2024
by Ken Carloni….
Winchester Dam and Rock Creek Hatchery on the Ropes
The North Umpqua River is considered a “Salmon Stronghold” on the West Coast because it still has all [...]
ODFW issues letter of Non-compliance to Winchester Water Control District
Notice of Non-compliance gives the owners of Winchester Dam until Nov 17 to request a hearing.
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Restoration Chair and Vice President of UW interview
https://kqennewsradio.com/2024/07/05/morning-conversation-7-5-24-2/
Restoration Update.
..by Ken Carloni
As another summer begins to bloom and our thoughts turn to the great outdoors, we’d like to share the projects and progress that the Restoration Committee [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
THE WINCHESTER DAM A Slow-Motion Ecological Disaster
by Ken Carloni
The Winchester Dam has degraded the fish runs and aquatic habitats of the North Umpqua River for over a century. It is currently undergoing repairs that will [...]
Winchester Dam Repairs Begin Despite Permitting Irregularities, Collapsing Summer Steelhead Run, and Fears of Another Fish Kill
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Jim McCarthy, WaterWatch of Oregon, 541-941-9450, jim@waterwatch.org
Kirk Blaine, Native Fish Society, 307-299-7834, kirk@nativefishsociety.org
Winchester Dam Repairs Begin Despite Permitting Irregularities, Collapsing [...] by Ken Carloni By Ken Carloni This month’s issue of 100 Valleys introduces a new occasional column on the spectacular natural history of the Baja Peninsula: Changes in Latitude. It is written by [...] A Deeper Look by Dominick DellaSala For Immediate Release, January 11, 2023 Meg Townsend, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6409, mtownsend@biologicaldiversity.org 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, [...] Well, here we go again! As most of our faithful members know, Umpqua Watersheds – and a handful of sincerely committed members in particular – [...] 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 [...]
CHANGES IN LATITUDE Super Bloomin’: Baja’s Central Desert Puts on a Rare Show
As a botanist and ecologist, experiencing a desert super bloom has been high on my bucket list, but has proved to be an elusive prize. [...]
CHANGES IN LATITUDE: Evolution, Diversity and Ecology of the Baja Peninsula
New Study Shows Hatchery Fish are detrimental to the Native Fish Populations
MORE ON FOREST THINNING FOR WILDFIRE RESISTANCE (OR NOT)
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
Stanley Petrowski, Umpqua Watersheds, (541) 825-3070, stanley@surcp.org
Liz Perkin, [...]
ARCHIE CREEK REVISITED: Lessons From Pacific Northwest Megafires?
UMPQUA WATERSHEDS PETITION FOR THE LISTING OF SPRING CHINOOK SALMON
THE KEYSTONE ROLE OF OAKS IN PNW ECOSYSTEMS
