Umpqua Watersheds's guest appearances

Umpqua Watersheds

Conservation Today

John Hunter

David Douglas

Scott McKain

Pat Quinn

Chris Rush

Daniel Robertson

Janet Moore

Bob Allen

Kyle Reed

Al Walker

Patrick Starnes

Phil Harding

Will Falk

Jason Gonzalez

Stuart Liebowitz

OwlTail

Steve Cole is a cartographer and photographer of old growth forests. He has been documenting public land timber sales on the Umpqua, mostly sales stopped by Umpqua Watersheds in the late 90's and early 2000's. Steve has a remarkable website documenting this work: umpquaLSOGproject.org. Steve's site is a celebration of what good work we all did back then, including the brave activists that sat in trees to protect them. I recently rode with Steve as he visited two of those sales, the Snog sale (1999, on the Diamond Lake RD), and the White Castle sale (2014, Roseburg BLM). We also visited BLM's Sugar Pine sale (1997, near Tiller), and a newer project where we failed to save the old growth: Lone Rock Timber's new road through a BLM forest near Susan Creek. I recorded Steve's impressions as we drove, so there is a different sound to this interview.Steve also details how he uses a drone to take videos and other photographic techniques, as well as how he made the carbon maps on his web site.The website where it is all at is: umpquaLSOGproject.org. Until Steve gets it all up on his website, other pictures of the timber sales we visited are here:Snog: https://flic.kr/s/aHskeBcu3eWhite Castle:https://flic.kr/s/aHsmqZvGNJLone Rock Timber logging BLM old growth: https://flic.kr/s/aHskvJ7H4QOlder footage of the White Castle tree sit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VukPXLzSACg

Steve Cole is a cartographer and photographer of old growth forests. He has been documenting public land timber sales on the Umpqua, mostly sales stopped by Umpqua Watersheds in the late 90's and early 2000's. Steve has a remarkable website documenting this work: <a href="http://umpquaLSOGproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">umpquaLSOGproject.org</a>. Steve's site is a celebration of what good work we all did back then, including the brave activists that sat in trees to protect them. I recently rode with Steve as he visited two of those sales, the Snog sale (1999, on the Diamond Lake RD), and the White Castle sale (2014, Roseburg BLM). We also visited BLM's Sugar Pine sale (1997, near Tiller), and a newer project where we failed to save the old growth: Lone Rock Timber's new road through a BLM forest near Susan Creek. I recorded Steve's impressions as we drove, so there is a different sound to this interview. Steve also details how he uses a drone to take videos and other photographic techniques, as well as how he made the carbon maps on his web site. The website where it is all at is: <a href="http://umpquaLSOGproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">umpquaLSOGproject.org</a>. Until Steve gets it all up on his website, other pictures of the timber sales we visited are here: Snog: <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHskeBcu3e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/s/aHskeBcu3e</a> White Castle:<a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsmqZvGNJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/s/aHsmqZvGNJ</a> Lone Rock Timber logging BLM old growth: <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHskvJ7H4Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/s/aHskvJ7H4Q</a> Older footage of the White Castle tree sit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VukPXLzSACg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VukPXLzSACg</a>

Steven Cole documents old growth forests saved by Umpqua Watersheds

Kasey Hovik

Kasey Hovik is the Executive Director of Umpqua Watersheds, our own local environment group in Douglas County. Kasey discusses their different projects, including education, outreach, and conservation programs. Children's educational programs include the annual camp out, trips to Crater Lake, and a program for older teens to work in the woods. Kasey describes the outreach program, bringing the community together in the annual River Appreciation Day, the Brew Fest, and the Banquet, as well as some new events in their parking lot this summer.

Umpqua Watersheds Executive Director, Kasey Hovik, talks of their programs and events

Robbin Schindele

Robbin Schindele is the Umpqua Watersheds Crater Lake Wilderness Campaign Coordinator. Robbin describes where the new wilderness proposal is, and why we need these additions. The benefits of wilderness is discussed, as well as some of the hardships, like clearing trails without a chainsaw. Robbin then describes the administration process for getting new wilderness designated, and where we are in the process for Crater Lake Wilderness Proposal.

Crater Lake Wilderness proposal described by Robbin Schindele of Umpqua Watersheds