Press Releases
23 July 2010
Published: July 23, 2010 in the Oregonian
Contact: Randi Spivak and Tom Power (406) 243-4586
It's time for a 21st century dialogue about Oregon's federal forests that recognizes they are greater than the sum of their parts. Debates over logging vs. spotted owls are narrow, polarizing and obsolete.
11 April 2010
Grants Pass, OR
Contact: Brian Barr, Aquatic Habitat Restoration Project Manager
The removal of Savage Rapids Dam outside Grants Pass, Oregon in October 2009 eliminated the largest fish passage barrier on the Rogue River, a wonderful victory for Rogue salmon. But the resulting river channel now has bare streambanks on each side, where the reservoir used to be. A new collaborative effort among landowners and agencies is now taking steps to revegetate these streambanks.
15 July 2009
Salmon, water, old-growth forests and climate win!
WASHINGTON, DC
The Obama administration announced today its decision to cancel a Bush era plan that would have harmed salmon, clean water and old-growth forests on 2.6 million acres of public lands in western Oregon.
08 May 2009
Four showcase events: "Shifting Patterns: Preparing for Unsettled Days"
Ashland, Oregon
Jefferson Nature Center is coordinating "Shifting Patterns: Preparing for Unsettled Days," a climate change arts project that connects sixteen local artists with scientists at the National Center for Conservation Science and Policy. "Shifting Patterns" artistic participants include writers, visual artists and performance artists. The sixteen artists involved are interpreting what they have learned from local climate change expert Cindy Deacon Williams and from a recently released report on preparing for climate change in the Rogue Valley. "Shifting Patterns" is funded by the Oregon Arts Commission through the Arts Builds Community Grants program. The dates for the four showcase events are June 19, August 1, September 19 and October 10. The June 19 and August 1 events will be held at Jefferson Nature Center, 2931 S. Pacific Hwy, Medford at 7:00 PM.
16 December 2008
National Center for Conservation Science & Policy and University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative collaborate to look at 2030 & 2080
EUGENE, OR Three major global climate-change projections scaled down to Oregon's scenic Rogue River watershed point to hotter, dryer summers with increasing wildfire risk, reduced snowpack and more rainy, stormy winters, according to a report coordinated by the University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative and the National Center for Conservation Science and Policy.
Among the report's recommendations: a gradual relocation of structures and people from areas at most risk of flash flooding and wildfires and a call for governments, private firms and households to prioritize and cooperatively pursue strategies and policies to prepare for the changes.
