Tidal Wetlands Critical for Climate Resiliency on the Oregon Coast
By Amber Due, Outreach and Communications Intern Tidal wetlands are marshy areas found along rivers, coasts, and estuaries that regularly flood and drain with tidal movements. This brackish transition zone…
Perspectives on Land
By Garrett Reagan, Outreach and Communications Intern McKenzie River Trust works at the intersection of people and place. Across the conservation sector, our collective understanding of exactly what that means…
Young Farmers Grow at the Berggren Watershed Conservation Area
Article by Amber Due, Outreach and Communications Intern, McKenzie River Trust Adam and Kelly of Willow & Oak Farm and Barn Swallow Blossoms are currently in their first growing season…
Planting for Pollinators in the Willamette National Forest and Beyond
Providing a Place for Pollinators to Thrive Willamette National Forest District Botanist, Krista Farris, surveys pollinator habitat as a part of her ongoing work to increase pollinator habitat across Lane…
Poems for the Planet
Tim Giraudier – Beautiful Oregon Consolation Bob Bumstead The youthful creek collects her gleams a tap at a time. They rush from lip to pool playing an ouzel song for…
Dearest McKenzie River
Just as the aging process has changed other friends of mine, and changed my own appearance, I know that some things will stay the same. Friends still have their quirky sense of humor, the memory of a shared event, the warmth of an old friend that cannot be replicated. And, unlike with people, eventually much of what you’ve lost in appearance will be replaced in some manner.
Giving Thanks for Land and Water
Students write in nature at Green Island The sun sets over Green Island in the fall The earth gives so much. From the cold waters that sustain our bodies, to…
10 Backyard Birds to look for this Winter
Winter weather is on the way. The last leaves are falling from trees and the rains and winds that define Oregon weather have returned. As we hunker down for the…
Salmon Return to the McKenzie River Following Restoration at Finn Rock Reach
One year after devastating wildfires and a summer of unprecedented drought, the first Spring Chinook salmon have arrived at the spawning ground in the McKenzie River near the Finn Rock Reach restoration project to complete the cycle of life for this iconic species.
Making Space for Salmon at Finn Rock Reach
Floodplain restoration work at Finn Rock Reach more than doubles available spawning ground for Spring Chinook Salmon.