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River Steward Program
Our flagship grassroots program
Deschutes Update: Boots on the Ground
"I've got about four sites I want to get planted, so let's get going." With that, Matt Mendes, NFS River Steward for the Warm Springs River, rounded us up and got us going on...
Liz Perkin
A Season of Stewardship on the Deschutes
River Steward Stories: Matt Mendes, Warm Springs & Lower Deschutes Rivers“Sometimes, we would just put the truck in first gear and walk alongside throwing empties in the bed,” explained Matt...
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. ...
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...
Mark Sherwood
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...
