ANNOUNCEMENT

92 Acres Along the McKenzie River Now Protected

Berggren Watershed Conservation Area

For more details and to view a map of our newest protected property along the McKenzie River click on the newsletter link below.

Photo: Karl Morgenstern (EWEB), Larry Six (McKenzie Watershed Council), Dorie Welch (BPA) and Ryan Ruggiero (Land Protection Manager with MRT) 

Third Annual Two-Fly Tournament - Fundraising Event for MRT

The Cause:  

Native Fish Habitat Restoration on the McKenzie River

September 24 & 25

The Caddis Fly Angling Shop presents the Third Annual McKenzie River Two-Fly Tournament, September 24-25.   A two-fly tournament restrict anglers to fish with only two flies for the entire day.  This fun competition will take place during some of the McKenzie River’s best fishing of the year.  Teams of two anglers will fish from McKenzie Drift boats rowed by expert guides, competing for thousands of dollars in prizes.   The two day event starts on Friday evening, September 24, at the Caddis Fly Shop.  The fishing will begin Saturday morning.  The competion concludes in the evening, with the Caddis Fly announcing the final results from the day during a reception at the Oregon Electric Station in Eugene.    

Click Here for more information!

Thank you to the Caddis Fly Shop, Trout Unlimited and all the river guides who will be donating their time to help make this fundraising event for the McKenzie River Trust happen!  

 Spring/Summer 2010 Edition of Currents Newsletter out now! 

60 Acres Permanently Protected in the Camas Swale Valley - Creswell, OR

MRT worked with private landowner Helen Hollyer to protect 60 acres of her property located in the Camas Swale Valley with a conservation easement.  Conservation easements are increasingly popular and effective ways for landowners to preserve the natural beauty and ecological value of their property in perpetuity while maintaining ownership of the land.  Each conservation easement is as unique as the land it protects. Camas Swale has been identified as a high priority area for conservation and restoration projects by the Oregon Habitat Joint Venture.  A riparian oak and ash forest has been allowed to grow undisturbed at Hollyer Prairie for decades and is home to the threatened Kincaid’s lupine, one of only two host plants for the rare Fender’s blue butterfly, once thought to be extinct and currently listed as an endangered species.  The property also includes wetlands and wet prairie habitat, both threatened ecosystems.

 “I am extremely happy that I was in a position to leave a legacy to future generations,” - private landowner Helen Hollyer

Support Your Regional Land Conservation Group -  The McKenzie River Trust 

 Your support allows our staff to continue to work to protect critical conservation projects in Western Oregon. 

Did you know -  In addition to working to protect wildlife habitat and clean water along the McKenzie River we also work to protect critical watershed areas along the Umpqua, Siuslaw, Willamette and Long Tom Rivers as well.  

Your tax deductable gift provides key funding for our operating costs so we can conserve in perpetuity, the special lands that surround our communities. 

To donate online or you can mail your donation directly to the Trust at:

McKenzie River Trust
1245 Pearl Street
Eugene, OR 97401  

 Thank you for your generous support!

MRT Receives National Accreditation 

The McKenzie River Trust was awarded accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission in early 2010.  The accreditation seal is a mark of distinction in land conservation.  It recognizes organizations for meeting national standards for excellence, upholding the public trust and ensuring that conservation efforts are permanent. 

Accredited land trusts have undergone an extensive, external review of the governance and management of its organization and the systems and policies it uses to protect lands forever.  The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, awards the accreditation seal to community institutions that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever.

We are very proud of this great achievement!