Vol 33 #2 - Fall 2006

Oregon Wild Formerly Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC)

OREGON WILD速

F a l l 2 0 0 6 Vo l u m e 3 3 , N u m b e r 2

From the Director

By Regna Merritt

Dear Friends, These are exciting times for Oregonians who value our wildlands, wildlife and wild rivers!

OREGON WILD ® Formerly Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC)

First, we are very close to winning federal legislation to safeguard some of the last pristine forests and unspoiled rivers of Mount Hood and the Columbia Gorge. The U.S. House of Representatives passed Wilderness legislation on July 24th, thanks to Representatives Blumenauer, Walden and Hooley. On September 6th, Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith introduced the Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2006 in the U.S. Senate. (See pages 6 and 7.)

Working to protect and restore Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy.

MAIN OFFICE 5825 N. Greeley Avenue Portland, OR 97217 Phone: 503.283.6343 Fax: 503.283.0756 www.oregonwild.org The email address for each Oregon Wild staff member: initials@oregonwild.org (for example: rm@oregonwild.org) Executive Director.......................... Regna Merritt x Conservation Director.............................. Jay Ward x Director of Finance & Admin.............. Candice Guth x Development Director......................... Mark Perin x Healthy Rivers Coordinator................. Steve Pedery x Wilderness Coordinator.................. Erik Fernandez x Mt. Hood Wilderness Camp. Coord... Julie Sherman x NW OR Wildlands Advocate......... Christine Caurant x Roadless Wildlands Advocate.......... Mathew Fisher x Outreach Coordinator .................. Nanci Champlin x Membership Coordinator.......... Emily Lethenstrom x Office Manager.................................. Jim Fenner x

This Senate legislation, which we strongly support, is a significant compromise (down) from the bill introduced by Senator Wyden in 2004. But it would protect significantly more than the House bill. A Senate hearing is scheduled for September 27th, and we'll be there.

214 210 219 223 212 202 211 224 205 203 213 200

YOU are the reason the Oregon delegation is working so hard to protect our wildlands. Thank you! We still need your support to encourage the Oregon congressional delegation to push 128,000 acres of Wilderness and 81 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers over the top in 2006!

WESTERN FIELD OFFICE

Second, Senators Smith and Wyden introduced legislation in September to protect approximately 23,000 acres of Wilderness in the Soda Mountain backcountry of the 53,000 acre Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, while buying out grazing rights and getting cows out of the backcountry. This is great news and, again, we'll need your help pass good legislation.

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 11648, Eugene, OR 97440 454 Willamette, Suite 202 & 203 Phone: 541.344.0675 Fax: 541.343.0996

Third, we won another victory in our efforts to protect Oregon's old-growth forests. (See page 5.)

Conservation & Restoration Coord..... Doug Heiken x 1 Healthy Forests Advocate.............. Chandra LeGue x 2

Fourth, we have big news regarding our name. After several years of careful study, ONRC has made the decision to change our name to Oregon Wild.

Our mission, our passion and our commitment to protecting the values that make Oregon a special place to live will not change. Our goal is to eliminate confusion, and to bring a new generation of conservationists into the family.

Please call me if you have any questions about this change.

EASTERN FIELD OFFICE 16 NW Kansas, Bend, OR 97701 Phone: 541.382.2616 Fax: 541.385.3370 Eastern OR Wildlands Advocate........... Tim Lillebo

SOUTHERN FIELD OFFICE

This summer I attended a reunion of wilderness veterans at Opal Creek.

Surrounded by Opal Creek's ancient forest and shivering in her brilliant waters, I knew again it was love that drove our successful work there. And it is love that motivates us to protect Mount Hood and all of Oregon's old-growth and wilderness forests today.

P.O. Box 151 Ashland, OR 97520 Phone: 541.201.1058 Klamath Basin Wildlands Advocate...... Jim McCarthy Wildlands Advocate.......................... Wendell Wood

OREGON WILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS President- Pat Clancy Secretary/Treasurer- Rand Schenck Susan Applegate Gary Guttormsen Brian Maguire Jim Baker Chad Kromm Jan Wilson

Sometimes love leads to pain - which we experienced this summer with the Bush administration's frenzied logging of roadless areas in southern Oregon.

But we continue to move forward, building on a proud history of over thirty years, to defend precious places and ultimately translate love into legislation that permanently protects Oregon's natural treasures.

ONRC ACTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President- Pat Clancy Secretary/Treasurer- Jan Wilson Susan Applegate Gary Guttormsen Brian Maguire Jim Baker Tom Lininger Rand Schenck

For Oregon Wild,

Oregon Wild is a tax-exempt, non-profit charitable organization.

ONRC Action is a tax-exempt, non-profit social welfare organization. Contributions to Oregon Wild are tax-deductible for those who itemize; contributions to ONRC Action are not. Staff are employees of Oregon Wild, which contracts with ONRC Action to carry out its activities. Portions of this newsletter are paid for by ONRC Action.

Oregon Wild

Cover: The East Fork of the Hood River is proposed for Wild & Scenic River designation in the U.S. Senate wilderness bill moving in Congress. Photo © Darryl Lloyd, Long Shadow Photography (www.longshadowphoto.com).

©

•2•

Fall 2006

By Mark Perin

Inside Oregon Wild

WE HAVE A NEW NAME!

Oregon Natural Resources Council is now Oregon Wild

W

e said we were considering it last summer. Knowing that change isn't easy, we carefully looked over many options during the past year. Today we are proud to announce that we are changing our name to Oregon Wild.

For over 30 years Oregon Natural Resources Council has been the independent voice at the forefront of protecting our state's spectacular natural heritage. But many of you felt that our mission was not reflected in our name, and many had difficulty remembering our name. (Now was that ORNC or ONRC?) Indeed, there was frequent confusion regarding our name. Oregon Natural Resources Council was mistaken for a government agency or a state chapter of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

So we set out to create a new name that was less confusing, easier to remember, and embodied our mission of protecting Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters.

We sought a new name that was shorter, and would assist us in expanding volunteer and membership support for our vital conservation work. After working for over three decades to keep Oregon wild, the choice for a new name became clear!

Along with our new name, we're rolling out a new, easier-to-navigate website. Let us know what you think of it when you visit www.oregonwild.org.

One thing that isn't changing is our mission, our passion, and our history of being the steadfast leaders in protecting the Oregon you love. With your continued support we will work to ensure that Oregon remains a special place to live, work and raise a family.

Nanci Champlin

Long live Oregon Wild!

Oregon Wild

•3•

Fall 2006

By Matthew Fisher

By Alex P. Brown ab@onrc.org

Roadless Wildlands Update

Roadless Wildlands Campaign Heats Up

W

e kicked off the summer by pulling together a new, broad-based coalition of businesses, hunters, anglers, outdoor enthusiasts, scientists, conservationists, and others united to keep Oregon's roadless wildlands protected. Known as the Oregon Wildlands Alliance, we are working in concert around the state to demonstrate the importance of our National Forest roadless areas to Oregon's quality of life, fish and wildlife, recreation and tourism, and long-term economic prosperity. We invite you to visit our website at www.oregonroadless.org to learn how you can help.

In July, Governor Kulongoski announced that he would host three public forums around the state to gauge support for protecting these last pristine places. Oregon Wild (formerly ONRC) responded by spearheading a massive outreach effort to encourage Oregonians to speak up for these backcountry lands.

And you did! In fact, wildland supporters at the forums outnumbered opponents by at least 10-1!

In addition, Oregon Wild secured in-depth and favorable media reports in Portland, Medford, and on statewide public radio. Undoubtedly, the large number of public comments submitted sent a clear message to the Governor that Oregonians love their roadless forests.

roadless areas, the U.S. Forest Service has pushed forward two highly controversial logging projects in the backcountry of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.

Old-growth trees began falling in both the Mike's Gulch and Blackberry logging sales, located in the North and South Kalmiopsis roadless areas, adjacent to the Kalmiopsis Wilderness in southern Oregon.

The Governor will use these public comments to construct his recommendations for roadless area management in Oregon. He is expected to submit a petition to the federal government this fall that will call for complete protection of all two million acres of Oregon's roadless lands. Also this fall, we will learn the outcome of two crucial court challenges to the Bush administration's gutting of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

These precedent-setting logging projects are the first in the nation since the original 2001 Roadless Rule was enacted! Before this reckless logging began, conservationists succeeded in getting Governor Kulongoski's office to ask a federal court to stop the sales, but the judge has not yet ruled.

Despite their promise to stay out of

Please stay tuned as Oregon Wild continues to use every legal tool available to prevent further destruction of our wild and unspoiled lands.

Rancherie Creek roadless area adjacent to the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. By Barbara Ullian

Nanci Champlin

Oregonians speak up for Oregon’s last wild forests at the Governor’s forums

Have you heard? An August 15th statewide Mercury Public Affairs poll of Republicans, Democrats and Independents found that 73% of Oregonians support roadless area protections!

Oregon Wild

•4•

Fall 2006

Old-Growth Campaign Update

By Doug Heiken

New government actions threaten survival of owls throughout their range Old-Growth Logging Sales Halted!

agency plans to log on 31,207 acres of owl nesting habitat! Such irresponsible logging threatens old growth and the survival of the owl across its range. Oregon Wild will steadfastly work to stop it.

After years of perseverance, Oregon Wild (formerly ONRC) has succeeded in stopping six old-growth logging sales affecting over 500 acres in the Mt. Hood and Willamette National Forests! In an effort to protect old growth and (at least ) force the Forest Service to survey and protect rare plants and animals before logging it, we successfully challenged the agency's refusal to respond to public comments and their failure to disclose the impacts of logging spotted owl habitat.

But it may not be over yet.

These timber sales have already been sold and the Forest Service seems committed to tweaking the paper-work and moving forward with the logging despite our recent victory.

This highlights the urgent need for legislation to permanently protect the last of our old-growth forests!

(See action item below.)

Owl Recovery Plan Motives Questionable

Bark

file photo

Perseverance Halts Old-Growth Logging

Oregon Wild and conservation partners succeeded in stopping the Solo-Lone, Borg, Clark, Straw Devil, East Devil and Pryor old-growth logging sales in the Mt. Hood and Willamette National Forests.

In the meantime, thanks to our partnership with Western Environmental Law Center, Oregon Wild will continue our work to stop these reckless logging plans.

Old-Growth Threatened in SW Oregon Southwest Oregon is the hotbed of federal old-growth logging within the

range of the threatened Northern spotted owl. In late August, Oregon Wild filed a legal challenge to four spotted owl Biological Opinions (BiOps) that impact important areas which allow the owls to move between the Cascades, the Klamath Mountains, and the Coast Range.

One recent BiOp for the notorious Medford BLM would rubber-stamp

It may surprise many people to learn that the Bush administration has initiated a process to develop a recovery plan for the threatened Northern spotted owl.

While owl recovery seems like a laudable goal, it won't come as a surprise to find out that the real reason Bush and the logging industry want a so-called recovery plan now is to boost oldgrowth logging on federal lands - especially the lushly forested BLM lands in western Oregon.

Oregon Wild is coordinating with our allies to ensure that the Recovery Team has access to all the best science so they can craft a credible plan. In August, we were invited to give testimony to the full Recovery Team and then we followed up with extensive written comments. Their draft plan is due out later this year, so stay tuned for your chance to submit a public comment!

TAKE ACTION: Thank U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio for working to protect Oregon’s remaining old-growth forests on federal land and urge him to step up his efforts in the next session of Congress. Please call his staff at 541.465.6732. Thank you.

Oregon Wild

•5•

Fall 2006

Wilderness Campaign Update

Senate introduces 128,400-acre bill with 81 miles of Wild & Scenic River designations

T

guard Boulder Lake and Fifteenmile Creek as Wilderness, the NRA would provide some key protections.

hanks to extensive outreach by staff and board members, hundreds of volunteers, our partners, and Oregonians like YOU, Wilderness protection for Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge has become a top priority for Oregon’s Congress members - Democrats and Republicans, Senators and Representatives alike. We are very close to winning permanent protection THIS YEAR!

While the Senate bill does not preserve every acre of eligible wilderness around Mount Hood, it is a reasonable and balanced compromise that Oregon Wild supports this year and will work hard to win passage of this fall.

To finalize new wilderness this year, the House and Senate each must pass legislation (the House already has and the Senate is well on their way).

Then, any differences between the bills must be reconciled before final language can be approved by all of Congress. Once that happens, the final bill will head to the President.

“I think he’ll take my call,” says Senator Smith.

In September, Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith introduced the Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act of 2006 (SB 3854). This Senate bill will permanently safeguard 128,400 acres of Wilderness, and 81 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers.

The bill keeps all the Wilderness and Wild and Scenic designations in Representative Earl Blumenauer and Greg Walden's bipartisan Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act (HR 5025), which passed the U.S. House in July. In fact, the House and Senate bills share many of the same provisions.

Piper Worthington

Erik Fernandez

New Wilderness Finally in Sight for Mount Hood & Gorge!

However, the Senate’s bill would protect many more of the places that we have steadfastly advocated for, like White River's scenic canyons, Memaloose Lake's stunning oldgrowth forest, the important wildlife

migration corridors of Bonney Butte, and the whitewater of the East Fork of the Hood River (see cover).

The Senate legislation would also designate a National Recreation Area (NRA) that would prohibit commercial logging, development, and road-building in Boulder Lake, Fifteenmile Creek, and other areas.

Although Oregon Wild (formerly ONRC) hopes to eventually safe-

Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge are Oregon's best beloved scenic icons and for more than thirty years Oregon Wild has worked to preserve them. Now we are close to a monumental victory!

Let’s celebrate the Senate bill and urge all our Congress members to work together to reach a final agreement that protects 128,400 acres of Wilderness and 81 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers this year!

Take Action! Please call your Congress members and urge them to work with the entire Oregon delegation to pass a bill that protects 128,400 acres of Wilde hard work on Mount Hood Wilderness. Call the Congressional switchboard number to be connected with your Senators and Representative today: 202.224.31

Oregon Wild

•6•

Fall 2006

By Julie Sherman

The U.S. Senate bill would protect: Wilderness Wilderness Alder Alder Creek Creek Badger Badger Creek Creek Additions Additions Barlow Barlow Butte Butte Bonney Bonney Butte Butte Big Big Bottom Bottom Bull Bull of of the the Woods Woods Clackamas Clackamas Canyon Canyon Columbia Columbia River River Gorge Gorge Eagle Eagle Creek Creek Hunchback Hunchback Mountain Mountain Inch Inch Creek Creek Larch Larch Mountain Mountain Lost Lost Lake Lake Lower Lower White White River River Memaloose Memaloose Lake Lake Mirror Mirror Lake Lake Roaring Roaring River River Sandy Sandy River River // Elk Elk Cove Cove // Mazama Mazama Salmon Salmon River River Meadows Meadows Sand Sand Canyon Canyon Sandy Sandy Adds.

Adds. to to Mt. Mt. Hood Hood Wilderness Wilderness Sisi Sisi Butte Butte South South Fork Fork Clackamas Clackamas Tilly Tilly Jane Jane (Cooper (Cooper Spur) Spur) Twin Twin Lakes Lakes Upper Upper Big Big Bottom Bottom White White River River

Wild & Scenic Rivers

Collawash River Eagle Creek East Fork Hood River Fifteenmile Creek Fish Creek Middle Fork Hood River South Fork Clackamas River South Fork Roaring River Zig Zag River Boulder Lake Fifteenmile Creek Hellroaring Creek Twin Lakes Corridor Shellrock Mountain

Visit www.oregonwild.org to learn more!

White River, Dennis Frates

National Recreation Areas

rness and 81 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers THIS YEAR. Be sure to thank Senators Wyden and Smith, and House Reps. Walden and Blumenauer for their 21. Thank you!

Oregon Wild

•7•

Fall 2006

By Christine Caurant

Wilderness Campaign

Wilderness Week 2006: A Big Success!

Kirk DeFord

Fifteenmile Creek

Sponsors: Mazamas; New Belgium Brewing Company; and the Brainerd; Bullitt; Harder; Wiancko and Wilburforce Foundations.

Christine Caurant

The The Badlands Badlands

Metolius Metolius River River

Jessica Mease

Grasshopper Meadow

John McAnulty

Gary Guttormsen

Nanci Champlin

Over 450 Oregonians explore wildlands throughout the state

Salmon River River Trail Trail Restoration Restoration Salmon

Tamawanas Falls

THANK YOU!

Wahclella Falls

Oregon Wild

John McAnulty

Kirk DeFord

Boulder Boulder Lake Lake

Nanci Champlin

Participating Groups: American Rivers; Audubon Society of Portland; Friends of the Gorge; Friends of Elk River; Hood River Wilderness Committee; KS Wild; Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center; Sierra Club; ONDA; Red Buttes Wilderness Council; Soda Mt. Wilderness Council; Siskiyou Project; Trout Unlimited; Umpqua Watersheds; and USFS. Hike Shepherds: James Bryan; Margo Earley; Megan Garton; and Oregon Wild staff and board.

Volunteer photographers: See photo credits on this page and page six.

•8•

Fall 2006

By Jim McCarthy

Healthy Rivers and Watersheds

Oregon Wild seeks disaster assistance and long-term solutions for fishing communities

F

our years have passed since Oregon's Senator Gordon Smith joined two Bush administration cabinet secretaries to crank open the headgates of the massive federal Klamath Irrigation Project in front of reporters, cheering irrigators, and protesting Native Americans. The move signaled a return to full water deliveries for highdesert irrigators, despite severe drought and warnings from federal biologists that salmon and other fish populations were at stake.

The staged ceremony was the culmination of a year's intense activity by the Bush administration after drought struck the Klamath Basin in 2001.

Congress rushed tens of millions in aid dollars to irrigators and the crisis received personal attention from President Bush and Vice President Cheney. By 2002, the administration had installed a ten-year water management plan that provided full irrigation deliveries at the expense of fish, and left the Klamath's spectacular National Wildlife Refuges dry.

non-endangered Chinook salmon have led to commercial salmon fishing closures along 700 miles of the Oregon and California coast.

Many fishing families now face economic disaster, and the closures will have dire consequences for hundreds of coastal businesses.

Oregon Wild has joined other conservation groups to press Congress to speed aid to struggling fishermen. And as always, we continue to call for solutions to the Klamath's problems, advocating for balancing water demands with supply, restoring wetlands, and removing salmon-blocking dams to re-open 350 miles of former habitat.

The example of California's Sacramento River gives reason to

hope for the troubled Klamath.

In 1991, the Sacramento's winter run Chinook - once numbering in the hundreds of thousands - stood at only 211 fish. Problems similar to those facing the Klamath had led to their decline. But in recent years, an average of 8,000 fish have returned.

Habitat restoration, fish barrier removal, water temperature protections and improved flows - driven

by Endangered Species Act protections - made this progress possible.

Sacramento fall run Chinook have also benefited from the changes, and now provide the mainstay of commercial salmon fishing south of the Columbia River. Although much work remains, the Sacramento shows that the Klamath can be restored if we are willing to try.

The grisly spectacle of over 70,000 dead adult salmon clogging the Klamath River followed six months after the headgates ceremony. Low flows and poor water quality have sparked baby salmon kills each spring since.

This spring, a federal judge threw out the salmon-killing water plan following a lawsuit brought by conservation groups including Oregon Wild (formerly ONRC). But the damage had been done. The Klamath fish kills and resulting decline in

Wendell Wood

Wendell Wood

Fish Kills Hit Home on the Oregon Coast

The Klamath River was once the nursery for the salmon fishing industry along the Oregon and northern California coast. Oregon Wild believes that the successful restoration of the Sacramento River could offer a model for restoring the Klamath.

TAKE ACTION: Please call Senator Gordon Smith and urge him to seek financial aid for fishermen and restoring the Klamath River: 202.228.3997 or 503.326.2900

Oregon Wild

•9•

Fall 2006

Inside Oregon Wild

The People Who Help Us Protect Oregon Kirk DeFord

Thank you staff, volunteers and generous supporters directs our major donor, foundation, planned giving, and membership fundraising efforts. You can reach Mark at mp@oregonwild.org or 503.283.6343 x 223.

Farewell to Joellen Pail

Welcome Mark Perin!

We are proud to announce that Mark Perin is Oregon Wild’s new Development Director. Mark joined us in August 2006 with over ten years of development experience at All Classical 89.9, KBOO Community Radio, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and as a consultant. His love of the outdoors began as a young boy when he explored the northern woods of Wisconsin during summer camp.

As an adult, he deepened his knowledge of conservation issues as the news director at a public radio station in northern California where he produced numerous stories dealing with logging on state and private lands. "I'm very excited to work at Oregon Wild! I'm committed to its mission of protecting our wild places and want to do all I can to boost fundraising so we can expand our successful conservation efforts," said Mark. Mark lives with his wife and two young children in southeast Portland where he was the past president of the Woodstock Neighborhood Association.

Mark also enjoys camping and snowshoeing with his family, and plays drums and percussion in his free time. At Oregon Wild, Mark

Oregon Wild

We bid a fond farewell to Joellen Pail, a talented and dedicated Development Director who ably served our mission for three years.

In a challenging funding environment, she performed a wonderful job in sustaining the organization.

In May, Joellen moved on to the non-profit Peninsula Children’s Center in Portland. We thank Joellen for her many contributions and wish her the very best.

old growth and wildlife protections under the Northwest Forest Plan.

Stephanie also wrote a legal brief that will be filed later this year in support of the City of Portland's challenge to new federal rules requiring filtration of the already pure water flowing from the protected Bull Run watershed.

While in Oregon, Stephanie explored some of the places we are working to protect, and attended court hearings where she watched our attorneys in action. We wish Stephanie well in finishing her last year of law school and in fighting for justice wherever her legal career may take her.

Thank you, Stephanie!

Thank you for your thoughtful gifts!

In tribute to Virginia Reins: Anthony F. Dolan In celebration of the marriage of Janise Auger and Roger Schaljo:

Thank you, Stephanie Tyree!

This summer, Oregon Wild was lucky to have a full-time legal intern to advance our efforts to protect Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife and waters. Coming to us from New York University’s School of Law, Stephanie Tyree worked out of our Eugene office on several important projects.

Irene B. Kamin and Robert Schneider In memory of Frances Scott Toobert: Celia Lechnyr and Dr. Ronald Lechnyr, PhD. Henry and Nancy Dizney

She provided valuable legal research on BLM's Western Oregon Plan Revisions, which would sidestep the

• 10 •

Fall 2006

Your Oregon Wild Membership

By Regna Merritt

Please support the Wendell Wood Fund

B

ack in 1974 when Oregon Wild was first founded (as the Oregon Wilderness Coalition), our three original staff Andy Kerr, James Monteith and Tim Lillebo- shared one salary, one suit coat, and a tiny office in Eugene. Then, as now, Oregon Wild's strength was our members and volunteers.

In 1979, Andy met one such volunteer - an unassuming high school science teacher from Myrtle Creek, Oregon. In his classroom, Wendell Wood was not afraid to take up controversial issues. Discussing the effects of logging on fish and wildlife in Douglas County in the 1970's was no way to win popularity contests. But Wendell persevered and, the more he learned, the more concerned he became.

Wendell's desire to protect Oregon's old-growth forests led him to join Oregon Wild, first as a volunteer, then as a board member, and finally as a staff person. Over his 25-year career he has been one of Oregon's most effective conservation voices.

During the peak of the conflict over old-growth logging in Oregon, Wendell helped appeal 228 separate logging projects - all at the same time!

He became a regular on Eugene television news, explaining why conservationists were working so hard to defend Oregon's wild lands.

He authored The Walking Guide to Oregon's Ancient Forests to increase public awareness of the natural treasures of our state. Wendell’s

the facts is legendary. Andy describes him as one of the most effective defenders Oregon's wildlands have ever had, while The Wilderness Society has honored Wendell as a "Champion of the Land."

It’s no surprise Wendell’s hikes and field workshops fill up quickly. He is one of the most knowledgeable naturalists in the West and a superb teacher.

tireless advocacy took him to Washington D.C. in the early 1980's, where he helped win protection of 850,000 acres of unspoiled land with the passage of the 1984 Oregon Wilderness Act. In his travels throughout Oregon, Wendell came to know and love the Klamath Basin, one of the most ecologically diverse and important areas in the lower 48 states. After moving to Klamath Falls and becoming Oregon Wild's Southern Oregon Field Representative, Wendell became a pioneer for conservation in this spectacular area. His hard work put a stop to reckless logging and pesticide spraying on Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, and blocked plans to transform the rugged backcountry of Pelican Butte into a corporate ski development.

Wendell's tenacity and mastery of

This year, Oregon Wild is celebrating Wendell's 25th anniversary, and his tremendous conservation legacy. We are proud to announce that as a part of this celebration The Sperling Foundation is spearheading a campaign for our Wendell Wood Fund to support his ongoing efforts to educate and motivate citizens to protect Oregon's natural heritage.

Please consider using the enclosed envelope to make a donation today to the Wendell Wood Fund in recognition of his quarter-century of conservation work, and his amazing achievements in defending our wildlands, wildlife, and waters. Thank you!

Diane Kelsey

Evie Bull

Celebrating Wendell Wood’s 25 Years of Achievements

Sign up today for one of Wendell’s fall mushroom identification workshops in the Mt. Hood National Forest. See the back page or visit www.oregonwild.org

Oregon Wild

• 11 •

Fall 2006

Oregon Wild’s

WILDERNESS PHOTO CONTEST

Gary Guttormsen

Send us your shots of Oregon’s spectacular wild places and you could win over $1000 in prizes from great Oregon businesses! Visit us at www.oregonwild.org for complete guidelines (including a list of eligible areas) or call 503-283-6343 x 203.

The submission deadline is November 1st, 2006.

JOIN US THIS FALL

See complete details at www.oregonwild.org or contact our staff. Space is limited and RSVPs are required.

Sat., Sept. 30: South Pyramid Old Growth Hike (Willamette NF) Contact Chandra: 541.344.0675 or cl@oregonwild.org Sat., Oct. 14:

Squaw Mountain Trail Restoration Hike (Mt. Hood NF) Contact Christine: 503.283.6343 x 224 or cc@oregonwild.org

Thu., Oct. 19: Larch Mt. Mushroom ID Workshop with Wendell Wood Contact Nanci: 503.283.6343 x 203 or nc@oregonwild.org Sat., Oct. 21:

Eagle Creek Mushroom ID Workshop with Wendell Wood Contact Nanci: 503.283.6343 x 203 or nc@oregonwild.org

Sat., Oct. 21:

Waldo Lake Wilderness Hike to Waldo Lookout Contact Chandra: 541.344.0675 or cl@oregonwild.org

Sat. Nov. 4:

Wildlife Tracking Workshop (Sandy River Gorge) Contact Nanci: 503.283.6343 x 203 or nc@oregonwild.org

Sun., Nov. 12: Drift Creek Wilderness Hike (southern coast) Contact Chandra: 541.344.0675 or cl@oregonwild.org

®

5825 N. Greeley Ave. Portland, OR 97217 Formerly Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC)

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Printed on recycled paper with soy based ink.

NON-PROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID Portland, OR Permit No. 1694