Press Release: McKenzie Camp acquisition
The McKenzie River Trust protects clean water and salmon habitat near Blue River following a land acquisition from Rosboro.
It’s the trees
Thanks to you, an oak woodland and working forest is protected.
‘Safe Harbors’ for native fish
This is part of a series about the MRT members who have played a part in the incredible comeback of Oregon chub. In the coming days and weeks, we’ll share more stories of MRT members who aided the recovery. Gail and Eric Haws “The chub seems like such an insignificant little creature,” MRT member Gail…
The importance of healthy floodplains
Because of members like Art and Anita Johnson, we’ve helped Oregon chub recover.
The little fish that we’d never noticed
George Grier and Cynthia Pappas protected their land in 1992. They didn’t know then that they would play a critical part in the recovery of Oregon chub.
Beers Made By Walking comes to Eugene
8 local breweries have created beers inspired by hikes on MRT lands, and you can taste the results. Today
Oregon chub makes a comeback
Because of members like you, an Oregon native makes a comeback It was the early 1990s. Like many of our native fishes, the Oregon chub was in trouble. Chub lived their lives in the moist backwater channels and sloughs of the Willamette Valley’s lush rivers and streams. But those streams had fewer and fewer rich…
Reflections on Green Island
Your experiences at the 2015 Living River Celebration By Eric Alan, McKenzie River Trust member People’s experiences of the McKenzie River Trust’s annual Living River Celebration on Green Island make it clear that the river there is not just water: it’s a river of life, emotion, experience and connection. We gathered attendees’ thoughts about the…
Beers Made By Walking
Brewers to create drinkable portraits of protected lands Beers Made By Walking, a program that invites brewers to go on nature hikes and make beer inspired by plants found on the trail, is partnering with McKenzie River Trust for a series of three walks this summer and a beer-tasting fundraiser in the fall. Beers Made…
Scholfield Creek Wetlands Conservation Area
Public Meeting: Scholfield Creek Wetlands Conservation Area Tuesday, May 26th at 6pm Reedsport City Hall, 451 Winchester Ave in Reedsport Summary: Please join us to learn more about a proposed land conservation project along Scholfield Creek near the city of Reedsport. The project will provide public conservation and recreation benefits to people in and around…