About the McKenzie River Trust

 CELEBRATING OUR 20th ANNIVERSARY

The McKenzie River Trust is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) land trust that has actively worked to conserve and restore natural lands since 1989.  The Trust acquires land through donation, purchase or by holding a conservation easement on privately owned properties.  We work to be good stewards of the land we own and the conservation easements we hold by implementing and managing restoration projects.

The McKenzie River Trust partners with willing  private landowners in Lane and Douglas counties to protect special lands forever. Oregonians have long cared about land and water; the natural systems that sustain us with clean drinking water, rich soils to grow food and provide habitat for the species that live in the McKenzie and Willamette Basins. The natural beauty of these special places also provides a source of inspiration in an increasingly urban environment. The Trust works to ensure that these natural areas, which are essential for the health of our communities exist for future generations.

THE LIVING RIVER

Juried Art Exhibit & Fundraising Event        

April 2 - May 1, 2010

Location:  Jacobs Gallery at the Hult Center - Eugene, Oregon.     

The Living River juried art exhibit and Fundraising event is sponsored by the McKenzie River Trust in recognition of its twentieth anniversary.  The exhibition celebrates the beauty and vibrancy of the rivers and streams of western Oregon and the important role they play in the life of our communities.

The judges for the exhibit are:

Dottie Chase:  Board of Directors of the Jacobs Gallery, artist, philanthropist, and owner of FriJos - Eugene, OR

Beverly Soasey:  Gallery Director, Jacobs Gallery, artist, graphic designer - Eugene, OR

David Turner: past Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Oregon School of Architecture and Applied Arts

THANK YOU ARTISTS...

We have now received all the submissions for the Living River Art Exhibit and would like to thank each artist who submitted work to be judged.  We received a great amount of interest from the artist community in participating in our event.  This is going to be a wonderful exhibit.  Artists will be notified of the results via email no later than March 1, 2010.    

For additional information about the event please email Liz at: llawrence@mckenzieriver.org.

Community Event:

Amazonia - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Amazonia, an exhibition of the photographs and commentary by National Geographic photographer Sam Abell and his colleague, Torben Nissen, who explored the headwaters of the Amazon River in Peru.  

January 17 – May 2, 2010
Free opening reception: Saturday, January 16, 6:00-9:00 p.m. featuring traditional Peruvian music by Tito Amaya. 

For more information on Amazonia: http://jsma.uoregon.edu/onview/default.aspx

How finding endangered Oregon Chub helped validate protecting the McKenzie River Oxbow. READ: Pleasingly Plump, written by Winston Ross, Register Guard - November 2009