South Umpqua River updates

Press Release: Survey Shows Only 17 Wild Spring Chinook Salmon observed in Oregon’s South Umpqua River

For Immediate Release, October 23, 2023Contact:Meg Townsend, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6409, mtownsend@biologicaldiversity.orgStanley Petrowski, Umpqua Watersheds, (541) 825-3070,...

A Bashing Good Time

Last Saturday, June 24th, 2023, close to 45 people gathered together on the mainstem Umpqua River for the second annual Umpqua Bass Bash! Anglers from all over the state participated in the event...

Home Waters: SxNW

Join Native Fish Society, in partnership with Valley View Winery, Fly Water Travel, and the Ashland Fly Shop, on Thursday, June 8, from 5:30-8:30pm for Home Waters: South by Northwest - a...

Present generations, speak up for the River Democracy Act

This letter was initially published in the Roseburg News-Review on November 20, 2022. South Umpqua River Steward Bob Hoehne shares his passion for protecting and conserving the future of our Oregon...

Umpqua Bass Bash - A bashing good time!

A True South Umpqua Legend

Native Fish Society’s River Steward Program exists to empower, inspire, and grow a region-wide network of local grassroots advocates dedicated to science-based solutions for their Northwest...

NFS and Partners Crank Up The Heat To Protect Oregon Coast Spring Chinook

Native Fish Society, along with our co-petitioners at the Center for Biological Diversity and Umpqua Watersheds, have filed a notice of our intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to...

Oregon Coast Spring Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protections

PORTLAND, Ore.— The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced today it will consider Endangered Species Act protections for spring-run chinook salmon on the Oregon coast. NMFS's positive...

Endangered Species Protections Sought for Oregon Coast Spring Chinook

For Immediate Release, September 24, 2019 Contacts: Conrad Gowell, Native Fish Society, conrad@nativefishsociety.org Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity,...

River Steward Stories: Stan Petrowski

In this first installment of our "River Steward Stories", we catch up with River Steward Stan Petrowski who has successfully advocated for his homewaters on the South Umpqua to reform harmful...

River Steward Program Newsletter Winter 2018

We are starting to see rains show up earlier in southern Oregon than I can remember in the past couple of years, and I hope that this is the beginning to a long wet winter here in the Northwest. ...

Building a coalition for a sustainable wild steelhead fishery in southwest Oregon

Across their native range, there are twelve rivers in the lower 48 states and Canada where sport anglers can still legally harvest wild steelhead. All twelve of these rivers are in Oregon, and ten...

Fishing, Conservation Groups Sue to Protect Coho Salmon From Oregon State Forest Logging

For Immediate Release, June 13, 2018 Contacts: Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity, (503) 484-7495, ngreenwald@biologicaldiversity.org Glen Spain, PCFFA and IFR, (541) 689-2000,...

Landslides, Good and Bad

Let's stop clearcut logging on steep slopes in state and private Oregon forests Since the 1994 adoption of the Northwest Forest Plan, which regulates logging on federal land in Oregon, commercial...

An Interview with Paul Engelmeyer

Here is a great interview with Central Oregon Coast District Coordinator Paul Engelmeyer on preserving nature's beauty. In it, Paul talks about what we can do to ensure the diverse habitats and...

Governor Brown Signs Suction Dredge Mining Reform Bill to Protect Oregon Rivers

Today, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed the Suction Dredge Reform Bill (SB 3) legislation which establishes a permanent framework to manage in-stream motorized mining across Oregon. The bill...

Suction Dredge Mining Reform passes Oregon House of Representatives

May 31, 2017 Salem, OR – The Oregon House passed legislation today in a bipartisan vote to protect sensitive salmon and lamprey habitat from suction dredge mining. The Suction Dredge Reform bill...

Suction Dredge Mining Reform in Oregon moves ahead

Last month the Oregon State Senate passed the Suction Dredge Reform Bill (SB 3-A Engrossed) with a vote of 21-9 to send it over to the Oregon House of Representatives, a move that would establish...