Of wolves and wilderness

Oregon Wild
Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2
Of wolves and
Wilderness
OREGON WILD SUMMER
HIKES INSIDE
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Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2
Working to protect and restore Oregon’s wildlands,
wildlife, and waters as an enduring legacy.
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This Goose is cooked
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Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Of wolves and Wilderness
2 From the Director’s Desk
Fighting like hell
Sean Stevens, Executive Director
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n April, I found myself in Eugene at a
gathering of dedicated activists working
to protect Waldo Lake. In the crowd was
former Congressman Jim Weaver.
slowly slipping away to logging and other
development. One of these early founders
was James Monteith, our first Executive
Director.
Though 84 years old, the Congressman
strode to the front of the room as if he
were taking the lectern in the U.S. House.
He told us the story of how the Waldo
Lake Wilderness became law. He closed
with this statement:
I had the good fortune to meet James for
the first time recently. I thanked him for
all he had done for Oregon. Under his
watch, Oregon Wild spearheaded efforts
to protect over one million acres of
Wilderness, including iconic places like
the Three Sisters Wilderness and Sky
Lakes Wilderness. During the 1980s, we
pushed the envelope with litigation and
public protest to slow the destruction of
ancient forests.
“We must give thanks to the hundreds if not
thousands of people, many of them young and
many of them members of Oregon Wild, who
fought like hell to give this legacy of
Wilderness to Oregon.”
It is this thought – one of thanks to past
generations of conservationists – that I
carry with me today as I write to you for
the first time as the new Executive
Director of Oregon Wild.
Oregon Wild was founded around a
campfire in 1974 by people who loved the
outdoors but saw the wild in Oregon
Supported by countless dedicated activists
and donors, many other Oregon Wild
staff have carried the mantle of keeping
Oregon a special place – Andy Kerr, Tim
Lillebo, Regna Merritt, Wendell Wood.
Some names still appear on the masthead
to the left.
Today, we face the most anti-conservation
Congress in many decades. Fundamental
environmental laws like the Endangered
Species Act, Clean Water Act, and even
the Wilderness Act are under attack. At
home in Oregon, economic pressures have
once again put our mature and oldgrowth forests on the chopping block as
politicians scramble to fund county
governments. Though just returning to
Oregon after a 60-year absence, the 30
gray wolves that roam our state face a
constant campaign of misinformation and
the all-too-common risk of dying from a
poacher’s bullet.
To some, these threats to our wild places
are overwhelming. To Oregon Wild and
our supporters who have stared down
every environmental threat since 1974,
today’s conservation crisis is an
opportunity to “fight like hell” once again
for this place we call Oregon.
To be sure, more names will join the
honor roll because our work is never done.
KHRISTIAN SNYDER Three Sisters Wilderness
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Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2
Of wolves and wilderness
Rob Klavins, Wildlands and Wildlife Advocate
Whether on the printed page or big
screen, great stories go beyond the
stringing together of a simple chain
of events. They tell a deeper story
about who we are and what we value.
They make us ask questions about
ourselves and our society. They call
on us to reflect upon where we have
been and where we are going.
Like all great stories, the story of
Oregon’s wolves is open to
interpretation. For conservationists,
the story is one of redemption and
validation. It provides hope for the
future and a call to action.
Once upon a time – a prologue
DAN SHERWOOD While
O R -7 ’ s i m a g e [ l e f t ,
courtesy Medford Mail
Tr i b u n e ] w a s f i n a l l y
captured in the wildlands
near the Sky Lakes
Wilderness, his home
range is the stunning
landscape of the Eagle
Cap Wilderness in far
northeast Oregon.
Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Early explorer George Suckley
described Oregon as a place where
wolves were “exceedingly numerous.”
When the first state legislature met,
addressing the “problem of
marauding wolves” topped the
agenda. Less than 100 years later,
Leslie Akerly closed the chapter on a
government-sponsored campaign of
eradication when he collected the
last bounty on a wolf he killed near
the Rogue-Umpqua Divide.
Oregon became a landscape missing
its top native predator. In generations
to come, the wilds of the state would
4 continue to change. Without a sense
of irony, Woody Guthrie wrote his
song Roll on Columbia. Mill saws
screamed as they cut through ancient
trees. Deserts bloomed with thirsty
fields of hay and alfalfa. For those
who viewed Oregon – and the forces
of nature that made it a true frontier
– as wilderness in need of taming,
this is as good as the story gets.
For those who find value in wildness,
this is our darkest chapter. Along
with wolves, the state was stripped of
its native old-growth forests,
wetlands drained of their life-giving
water, and salmon streams choked
with sediment, poison, and dams.
Some say our past is our destiny
because it is what had to happen to
make us who we are today. Portland
now rests on Stumptown, the
Willamette Valley helps feed a
nation, and eastern Oregon’s Wild
West culture became part of
Americana.
Awakening
As rivers burned in Ohio, the last
passenger pigeon was shot, and
people began turning the pages of
Rachel Carson’s seminal work Silent
Spring, Americans began to wake
from our collective dream of limitless
growth and endless resources. As a
society, we decided to stop poisoning
our air, land, and water. We
determined to stop allowing species to
go extinct. We began saving the best
of what remained of our wild heritage.
From these awakenings came
visionary laws that have come to
define our nation’s ability to protect
our highest and most cherished values.
With the support of Republicans and
Democrats alike, bedrock laws like the
Clean Water Act, Wilderness Act, and
Endangered Species Act were passed.
It was also the time that groups like
Oregon Wild (then the Oregon
Wilderness Coalition) took shape and
gave voice to public values like clean
water, abundant wildlife, opportunities
for solitude, and finding a sense of
place.
Thanks to those efforts, old-growth
logging slowed, some of our greatest
landscapes were permanently
protected, and the precipitous decline
of threatened species abated.
The wolf returns
In the mid-1990s, under the
protections of the Endangered Species
Act, the protagonists of our story
made their way back onto the stage.
Sixty-six wolves were released into
Yellowstone National Park and
central Idaho.
A decade later a collared wolf known
to biologists as B-300 crossed the
Snake River. She shook herself dry
and took refuge in the wildlands of
northeast Oregon.
B-300 became known to
conservationists as Sophie. She
found her mate and started the
Imnaha Pack. Her family shares its
name with a roadless area and river
that flows from the Eagle Cap
Wilderness. The Eagle Cap is
Oregon’s largest protected
Wilderness and still provides refuge
for the pack for part of the year. It
also provides a home to some of our
most endangered wildlife including
the state’s only known wolverines. It’s
no wonder the area was recently
voted as Oregon’s favorite wild place
(see page 15).
For some, old prejudices die hard.
When members of the Imnaha Pack
strayed from protected areas, they
often found themselves in trouble. In
response to demands from the
livestock industry, Oregon has issued
three kill orders in as many years for
Sophie’s pack. So far, four wolves
have been shot by state agents. Other
kill orders were suspended when
Oregon Wild and our allies held the
agencies accountable to their own
laws.
Meanwhile, in the subalpine forests
flanking the Eagle Cap, Sophie gave
birth to a pup the state would saddle
with the less-than-charismatic
handle of OR-7. Sharing his den
with at least five other pups, no one
could have known that this pup
would become the hero of our story
and the most famous wolf in the
world.
OR-7 faithfully paralleled the
predicted track and skirted disparate
population centers. Many of these
areas are protected by the Roadless
Rule. The Rule was passed in 2001
while development interests, road
builders, and the timber industry
were busily chipping away at
otherwise unprotected pristine
forests.
Journey through the
Wilderness
The Rule maintained access for
citizens, but stopped the destruction
of nearly two million acres of forests
in Oregon. Even so, it was almost
immediately attacked by the
incoming Bush administration.
In 2011, while anti-wolf interests
and state agencies fought in
courtrooms to kill wolves, OR-7 did
what many young wolves do. He left
his family in search of a mate. He
could not have known that the collar
he had recently been fitted with sent
regular updates to biologists
monitoring his movements.
When he embarked on his trek, few
knew of his existence and fewer
knew where he would go. It turns
out, scientists had the answer. A
study done a decade earlier showed
the most likely route of dispersal for
various native predators across the
state. The researchers marked a path
through protected and unprotected
areas where pristine habitat had been
left intact from the previous century’s
resource extraction and development.
Stops along the way included the
Eagle Cap Wilderness, the
unprotected roadless forests along
the Cascade Crest, and across to
Oregon’s Yellowstone – the
Kalmiopsis.
Had he been following developments
in conservation law, OR-7 would
have let out a howl in October when
– after a decade of attacks by the
timber industry – the Roadless Rule
became the law of the land. Oregon
has protected only 4% of the state as
Wilderness, so it is critical for
wildlife – common and endangered
alike – to protect roadless areas that
provide increasingly rare and valuable
habitat. And in an age of climate
change, protecting the habitat that
connects big wild places is doubly
important.
As he wandered west, OR-7 crossed
an invisible administrative line
separating the management
boundary between weaker
protections provided by the state and
the stronger federal protections of
the Endangered Species Act.
Eventually, OR-7 crossed another
line and made history by becoming
the first wolf in western Oregon in
64 years. Bringing the story full
circle, he likely passed within miles
of that fateful spot in the nowprotected Rogue Divide Wilderness
where the last of his kind had been
killed in 1947.
OR-7 spent a few weeks wandering
around the Sky Lakes Wilderness
and in the unprotected wilderness
near Crater Lake. These areas are
some of the most spectacular and
important in Oregon. Their
permanent protection remains a
necessity as they continue to be
threatened by misguided logging
schemes that require constant
vigilance.
What’s in a name?
As OR-7 made headlines and
inspired people around the country
with his journey, anti-wolf rhetoric
was heating up and the state was
again fighting to kill his former
packmates. In an effort to remind
people of the positive story of wolves
(continued on page 7)
Give a howl for wolves
Springtime is the season when wolves welcome new pups into their packs. With these
new pups comes new hope for the future of wolf recovery in Oregon. But with
anti-wolf forces stubbornly fighting to take Oregon back to the bad old days of killing
wolves, hope is not enough. We need the pro-wolf majority of Oregonians – like you
– to stand with us as we fight for the future of Oregon’s wolves.
Please support Oregon Wild and Oregon’s wolves today. With the generous support
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Use the envelope in this newsletter or go online to www.oregonwild.org/donate to
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©DONALD A. HIGGS
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Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2
Newberry Crater
The Newberry Crater Volcanic area is best
known for its great camping, excellent
hiking, and old-growth forests. At the heart
of the area is Paulina Peak – the highest
point around at 8,000 feet. Hiking to the
summit offers spectacular views of all of
the snow-capped peaks in the Cascades.
Wherever the wolf may roam
“Who knew that wolves carried guide books to wilderness areas?”
Unfortunately, the area is also threatened by ongoing efforts to tap
the volcanic subsurface for geothermal energy. These energy
schemes require significant amounts of water, and in an area of
eastern Oregon with very few water sources there are serious
concerns about how and where water would come from for the
geothermal energy processing. New power line corridors would
also have to be built that would fragment habitat in this Ponderosa
pine ecosystem. Lack of development pressure is one of the
reasons that the Newberry area serves as a vital corridor for
wildlife like wolves.
That was Oregon Wild Wilderness Coordinator Erik Fernandez’s reaction
after seeing the path that OR-7 (Journey) took across Oregon’s backcountry.
To be fair, Journey’s outdoor tastes also extended to unprotected wilderness
across Oregon’s high desert and Cascade crest. Follow his path and read
more about two of the special places he took in during his travels.
Proposed Crater Lake Wilderness
Crater Lake is one of Oregon’s most
spectacular natural treasures. Every year,
this National Park attracts half a million
visitors who come to gaze into the pure,
clean water, to marvel at unique geology,
and to explore the rugged backcountry.
The Crater Lake Wilderness proposal includes the backcountry of
the park as well as the surrounding wildlife corridors – including
the headwaters to the Deschutes, Umpqua, Rogue, and Klamath
rivers. The natural beauty of Crater Lake extends far beyond
Wizard Island and the caldera. It includes spectacular roadless
lands both inside and outside of the official boundaries of the park
such as the Pumice Desert, the craggy spires and wild forests of
Mount Thielsen, and the rugged slopes of Mount Bailey.
For OR-7 and other wolves to find a safe haven in this stretch of
the Oregon Cascades, we’ll need to defend the area from
proposed logging and the threat of helicopter tours buzzing around
the park.
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and discourage people who might be
tempted to kill an anonymous wolf,
Oregon Wild created a naming and
art contest. The ultimate winning
name was appropriate – Journey.
Journey continued south through the
Klamath Basin where wildlife
continues to be last in line for the
region’s scarce water resources. He
would have been unaware that many
of the southern Oregon rivers he
passed are newly threatened by a glut
of mining claims.
It wasn’t long before Journey crossed
another invisible line and became the
first wolf in California since 1924. It
was then that he really became a star!
News of Journey’s travels allowed
people to refocus on the positive
story of wolves that so often gets lost
in unnecessary conflict drummed up
by anti-wolf interests. Not long after,
Oregon State University scientists
heaped new scientific data onto the
growing understanding of the critical
role wolves and other predators play
on the landscape.
Wolves like Journey need wild places,
but it also turns out that healthy
landscapes need their wolves.
Protecting wolves and the habitat
they need also means protecting the
homes of countless other species like
slugs, elk, beaver, voles, and grouse
that play important roles but may not
get as much attention.
The fight to protect wolves, Coho
salmon, spotted owls, and eagles isn’t
just about those species – it’s also
about our values. It’s a fight over
what kind of place we want to live in
and leave to future generations.
Happily ever after?
Journey’s epic journey is about more
than his story or even the story of
wolf recovery. It’s a reminder of a
precious opportunity to right a past
wrong. It’s a rare chance for
redemption and an opportunity to
leave a better future for our
descendants.
Journey’s historic trip would never
have been possible without the
strong environmental laws that came
out of a uniquely American
awakening. Had it not been for past
efforts to protect Wilderness, the
Eagle Cap would be a vastly
different place. Without vigilance
and support over the last decade, the
Roadless Rule that protected
Journey’s path would have fallen to
greedy provincial interests.
These efforts have been no less
important to Journey’s inspiring
story than our direct efforts to hold
the state accountable to its own laws
and values by stopping the killing of
Oregon’s 30 known endangered
wolves
Journey is a tough wolf – at one
point he chased a mountain lion off
a kill – but his future remains
tenuous.
Will he be tempted by unattended
livestock grazing on public land and
pay with his life as other Oregon
wolves have? Will the forests that he
travelled through go on the
chopping block in an effort to fund
county governments? Will poachers
continue to go unpunished? Will the
Endangered Species Act be upended
by a Congress in the pocket of oil,
gas, mining, and logging
corporations?
Wolves – so recently back on the
Oregon landscape – continue to be
the subject of a purposeful campaign
of misinformation and fear. They are
used as a proxy in cynical political
battles over the size and role of
government.
Journey’s success is contrasted by his
brother’s story. In January, OR-9 was
illegally killed in Idaho by an
unapologetic poacher who received
no punishment. His death was no
anomaly. Over 500 wolves – nearly a
third of the western population –
have been killed (and in some cases
publicly tortured) since wolves lost
their federal protections.
The story of Journey is one of hope,
inspiration, and redemption. It is a
reminder of how far we’ve come and
it is most certainly a cause for
celebration. However his brother’s
story is a cautionary tale that
reminds us how far we have yet to go,
and why we must remain vigilant.
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What’s in a name?
The story of Journey captured
imaginations around the world. But it
didn’t happen on its own.
Clover didn’t take home top honors but
she proved that wolves can capture
imaginations across the globe.
When we learned that OR-7 had
become the first wild wolf in western
Oregon in the better part of a century,
we knew something big had happened.
He’s since added thousands of miles,
but even then it was an impressive total.
The story also provided a great
opportunity to remind people about the
positive story of a native species
making a remarkable recovery.
We knew Journey had star power, but he lacked some important credentials. At
the time, Journey carried the less-than-inspiring moniker OR-7, and there were no
known photos of him. In an effort to help spread the word about the positive story
of wolf recovery and give Journey an identity, we sponsored a naming and art
contest for kids.
The Connect with the Wild contest and news of Journey’s epic travels received
coverage around the world. Stories appeared in British tabloids, Australian dailies,
and newspapers in Asia, Africa, and South America. Name suggestions poured in
by the hundreds from around Oregon, America, and the globe.
The first submission came from a
girl in Oregon’s wolf country. Her
suggestion: “Whoseafraida”.
Ultimately “Journey” triumphed over
four other finalists in a public vote.
The apt name even inspired NBC
Nightly News anchor Brian Williams
to indulge in some off the cuff
humor on his newscast featuring
Oregon Wild.
The contest was a great success
and has allowed a new generation
to connect with the wild. We hope
our efforts to protect Oregon’s
wolves and the places they call
home will allow that generation to
take good care of Journey and his
descendants.
E i g h t - y e a r- o l d E n o r a f r o m P o r t l a n d w o n
the wolf art contest with this imagining
of Journey alongside, we can only
presume, his prospective mate.
Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2
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SUMMER 2012
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Thursday, June 14
Multnomah Basin to Multnomah
Falls Wildflower
Leader: Wendell Wood
(Moderate, 5.5 mi, elevation loss 2,600 ft,
Mt. Hood National Forest) Join naturalist
Wendell Wood for this all-day slow-paced
wildflower hike amongst old-growth
forests, rock slides and streamside
woodlands.
Saturday, June 16
Angel’s Rest to Wahkeena Falls
Wildflower
Leader: Wendell Wood
(Strenuous, 6.4 mi, elevation gain
1,500 ft, Mt. Hood National Forest)
It’s called Angel’s Rest and you just might
need some rest after this challenging hike
in the Columbia Gorge.
Sunday, June 17
Lookout Creek Old Growth
Leader: Chandra LeGue
(Moderate to Strenuous, 7.0 mi, elevation
gain 800 ft, Willamette National Forest)
Experience one of the best old-growth
hikes in the Cascades on this journey into
the mossy haven of Lookout Creek Trail.
Monday, June 18
Salmon River Wildflower
Leader: Wendell Wood
(Easy, 4.0 mi, elevation gain minimal, Mt.
Hood National Forest) Enjoy the sights and
sounds of the nearby river, as well as the
lushness of the old growth forest as you
search for wildflowers with Wendell
Wood.
SUSAN KENNEY NEWMAN
Saturday, June 23
Tilly Jane Cloudcap Saddle
Leader: Margo Earley
(Strenuous, 6.0 mi, elevation gain 2,200 ft,
Mt. Hood National Forest) Hike to the
treeline through newly designated
Wilderness and dramatic post-fire
re-growth. Top it off with a spectacular
lunchtime view of Mt. Hood’s northeast
face.
Sunday, June 24
Molalla River
Leader: Jonathan Jelen
(Moderate, 5.0 mi, elevation gain 1,000 ft,
Table Rock Wilderness, Salem BLM)
Journey to the headwaters of the Molalla
River and explore the unique basalt
formations of the Table Rock Wilderness.
Friday, June 29 to Sunday, July 1
Signal Buttes Campout
Leader: Wendell Wood
(Moderate, two hikes at 4.0 mi, elevation gain
minimal, Rogue Siskiyou National Forest and
Medford District BLM) Join Oregon Wild
for a car campout and weekend hiking trip
to Signal Buttes straddling BLM and
National Forest land in southern Oregon.
Monday, July 9
Tire Mountain Wildflower
Leader: Chandra LeGue
(Moderate, 7.5 mi, elevation gain 800 ft,
Willamette National Forest) Old-growth
forest, spectacular views, and the peak of
wildflower season in numerous meadows
await you on this hike outside of Oakridge.
Saturday, July 14
Memaloose Lake Family Hike
Friday, July 27
Fifteenmile Creek
Leader: Sean Stevens
Leader: Jonathan Jelen
(Moderate, 2.6 mi, elevation gain 500 ft,
Mt. Hood National Forest) Bring the kids
along on this short hike to a beautiful lake
filled with salamanders.
(Easy-Moderate, 4.5 mi, elevation gain 500
ft, Mt. Hood National Forest) Hike through
one of Mt. Hood’s most diverse oldgrowth forests to a unique area featuring
both wet-westside and dry-eastside
ecosystems.
Friday, July 20 to Sunday, July 22
Klamath Refuge Volunteer and
Wetlands Canoe Weekend
Leader: Wendell Wood
Spend one day assisting the refuge staff in
erecting perches for raptors and birds of
prey and the next day canoeing at the
Wood River Wetlands. (Sleeping and
kitchen accommodations provided.)
Saturday, July 21
Tamanawas Falls Tree Identification
Leader: Erik Fernandez
(Moderate, 5.5 mi, elevation gain 500 ft,
Mt. Hood National Forest) Explore a
diverse old-growth forest along the
crystal clear Cold Spring Creek leading
up to the spectacular Tamanawas Falls.
Wolf conflict grabs headlines, but the real
story of wolves is much more interesting.
That’s the idea behind Oregon Wild’s
pioneering Wolf Rendezvous.
The trip got off to a great start when it was
featured on OPB’s Oregon Field Guide
program in 2010. Last year we met with
ranchers, hunters, biologists, local wolf
advocates, and even a Nez Perce elder who
shared his grandmother’s stories about living
with wolves in Wallowa County in the 1800s!
Saturday, August 4
Crabtree Valley
Leader: Chandra LeGue
(Moderate-Strenuous, 2-6 mi, elevation gain
600 ft, Salem District BLM) Experience
one of the oldest forest groves in Oregon
on a day-long expedition to this out-ofthe way wonder.
Saturday, August 11
Boulder Lake
Leader: Erik Fernandez
(Moderate, 5.0 mi, elevation gain 1,100 ft,
Mt. Hood National Forest)
Discover the aquamarine waters of one of
the Mt. Hood National Forest’s best-kept
secrets!
Friday, August 24
Opal Creek Ancient Forest
Leader: Jonathan Jelen
(Moderate, 5-7 mi, elevation gain minimal,
Opal Creek Wilderness, Willamette National
Forest) A walk back in time to an ancient
Oregon forest in one of the state’s
signature Wilderness areas.
DANIEL PIERCE Boulder Lake
Go where the
wolves are!
CH R I S SO KO L F if te e nm i l e Cre e k
Crater Lake
Wilderness Weekend
Saturday, September 8
Rogue Divide Wilderness
Leader: Dave & Dee Tvedt
(Moderate, 5 mi, elevation gain 300 ft,
Rogue River National Forest) Enjoy an
outstanding old-growth forest of
towering incense cedars and Douglas-firs
in the Rogue-Umpqua Divide
Wilderness.
The likelihood of seeing Oregon’s reclusive
wolves is small, but the story of wolf recovery
takes place on one of the world’s most
beautiful stages. We enjoy forays into the
raptor-rich Zumwalt prairie, alpine meadows,
and spectacular canyons. Details on the 2012
trip are coming together, so be sure to check
the website and sign up for our e-alerts to
secure a spot!
Find details on the trip at:
www.oregonwild.org/about/hikes_events
Sunday, September 9
Mt. Bailey Summit
Leader: Chandra LeGue
(Strenuous, 10 mi, elevation gain 3,100 ft,
Umpqua National Forest) Climb one of
the Cascades’ most accessible mountains
on this challenging trek within the
Crater Lake Wilderness proposal.
J O H N M O R R I S Wo lf R e ndez vous
participants soak in knowledge
fro m O D F W 's wo lf bi o l o gist.
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Wilderness means business
Oregon Wild is proud to have the support of the many businesses
that share our values and understand that protecting our shared
landscapes is good for business.
$10,000+ Business Partners
Mountain Rose Herbs
James Curleigh, President
a n d CEO, Ke e n Fo ot we a r
HybridLife is the KEEN mantra.
We’ve made a commitment to
create solutions in our business
practices, to design products that
enable you to play anyplace
without a ceiling, and to care for
the world around us.
$5,000+ Business Partners
KEEN
$2,500+ Business Partners
Tactics
$1,000+ Business Partners
Pro Photo Supply
Organically Grown Company
Juniper Ridge
Terra Firma Botanicals
Gita Maria, Inc.
KEEN is an Oregon Wild
Business Partner because we
believe in Oregon and ‘being wild’
– that’s why! KEEN actively
supports their Summer Hike
Series and often lends a voice of
support on important conservation
and recreation issues.
$500+ Business Partners
Environmental Paper & Print
Navillus Press
To learn more about Oregon Wild business partnerships and event
sponsorship opportunities, contact Jonathan Jelen at
[email protected] or 503.283.6343 ext 224.
Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Oregon Wild: Why do you think it
is important to support Oregon
Wild?
James Curleigh: At KEEN we think
it’s important to preserve open
space for outdoor recreation and to
encourage people to live a
HybridLife in the state we love.
JUSTIN LEE White River
Falls
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to live in Oregon?
James Curleigh: To live the
HybridLife!
Oregon Wild: What is your favorite
place in Oregon and why?
James Curleigh: I love Mt. Hood. I
love it year round because I can go
on adventures with my friends and
my family.
Oregon Wild: Which Oregon Wild
campaign are you most interested
in and why?
James Curleigh: We find all the
work they do very valuable.
Wilderness is something we
actively support because it takes
into consideration all the wildlife,
the waters and everything
in-between from a perspective of
open space to protection and
preservation.
Oregon Wild: What impresses you
most about Oregon Wild?
James Curleigh: We love the fact
that Oregon Wild is a passionate
group of people who are clearly all
about protecting our backyard in
Oregon. For that we salute Oregon
Wild!
Bill’s Excellent Adventures
Waldo Lake –
halfway to motor free
Hike to South Waldo Lake’s Shelter
William Sullivan
A
n easy 1.7-mile hike to the South
Waldo Shelter not only shows off
some of Waldo Lake’s most spectacular
scenery, but it also reveals how much of
this huge, pristine mountain lake is at
risk.
Designation of the Waldo Lake
Wilderness in 1984 has left many
people with the false impression that the
area is protected. In fact, the lake itself is
still vulnerable to the oil spills and noise
of seaplanes and none of the lakeshore is
within the Wilderness boundary. Huge
areas to the east, south, and west are
vulnerable to development.
© G R E G VAU G H N
Doug Heiken, Conservation & Restoration Coordinator
must take off and land at high
speed, with great commotion,
and at some risk of an
accident that could put lives
in peril and spill fuel into the
lake.
The hike to South Waldo Shelter starts
at a popular sailboat landing. To drive
here, take Willamette Highway 58 east
of Eugene to milepost 59 (west of
Willamette Pass 3 miles). At a “Waldo
Lake” pointer, turn north on paved Road
5897 for 6.7 miles. Then turn left at the
Shadow Bay sign for 1.7 miles, ignore
the campground entrance to the right,
and continue straight 0.3 mile to the
boat ramp parking area at road’s end.
Start at a “Shoreline Trail” sign by a
dock on the left. The path’s first half
mile follows the shore of Shadow Bay,
an inlet where sailboats strike romantic
poses. At the 1.3-mile mark,
reach a sandy beach
sheltered by a small wooded
island – a nice wading spot
on a hot day. After this the
trail leaves the lake and
skirts a meadow to the
shelter.
GR EG ZU R B R U GG Q uiet recre ation on Waldo
Lake took a step forward and a step back
this April with a decision to ban all gas
motors but those attached to float planes.
T
he clear blue waters of
Waldo Lake received
some much needed good
news in early April when the
Oregon State Marine Board
voted to continue the ban on
gas motors. The vote followed
a lively public hearing and a
comment period when
thousands of Oregonians
spoke out overwhelmingly in
favor of protecting Waldo
Lake from the noise and
potential pollution from gas
motors.
The rustic, 3-sided structure
is not near the lakeshore,
and it isn’t protected by the
Waldo Lake Wilderness
either. The hike here is a
reminder of how beautiful
this area is, and how much
we have left to save.
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Unfortunately, a late-breaking
complication leaves a cloud of
uncertainty over the lake. The
Marine Board rule was
supposed to prohibit both
boats and float planes (except
for emergency landings) but
the state Aviation Board
refused to concur, so the final
rule was tweaked to exclude
float planes.
If Waldo is precious enough
to ban gas motor boats going
10 mph, it surely makes sense
to prohibit float planes that
Now the Aviation Board has
the hot potato in its lap. The
current aviation rules defer to
the Marine Board. Float
planes are explicitly not
allowed on any water body
where gas motors are
prohibited. If the Aviation
Board decides to make new
rules, they will have to make
a case that the existing rules
should be relaxed to allow
float planes where they are
currently prohibited. That’s
not likely. Stayed tuned for
more as the decades-long
fight to protect Waldo
unfolds.
Take Action!
Call Governor Kitzhaber
and urge him to instruct the
Aviation Board to extend
the gas motor ban to float
planes – 503.378.4582.
Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2
The 20 Year Club
Amy L. and James T. Rooks
Andrea Beardsley
Andrew and Jadwiga Bajer
Andrew J. Swanson
Andy Kerr
Anita K. Pearson
Ann Kendall Taylor
Anne Philipsborn and
Richard Ray
Annette Simonson and Alan
Higinbotham
Anton Vetterlein and Pamela
Birkel
Arthur and Margianne
Erickson
Arthur Emlen
Aubrey Russell and Peyton
Chapman
B J Novitski and Hugh
“Chip” Kiger
Barbara A. Manildi
Barbara and Eugene Emge
Barbara and Tom Mathieson
Barbara and William Harris
Barbara McKinney and Tom
Keilman
Barry Pelzner and Deborah
Pollack
Bertha and Sanford Tepfer
Bertram and Teddy Berney
Bette Lou Karamanos
Bill (William B.) Lazar
Bill Yoder and Ashley
Montague
Bonnie Hughes/Clear Creek
Lodge
Bonnie R Bunch
Brent and Diane Schauer
Brian Casey and Cricket
Dixon
Brooks Murrell
Bruce and Edith Anderson
Bruce C Restad
Bruce Weber
C. E. Win Francis
Cameron S. Denney
Carl Clemons
Carmel Wimber and John
Cartmell
Carol and Gary Vallens
Caroline Skinner
Carolyn F. Eckel
Catherine and Marty
Morrow
Charles and Kyle Fuchs
Charles B and Reida J
Kimmel
Charles McGinnis and Gail
Achterman
Charles R. Meek
Charlotte A Campbell
Chip Hall
Chris C. Baker
Claudia Burton and Jim
Conley
Clemens Starck
Craig S. Patterson
Cris Maranze and Stu Levy
Dale Query
Daniel and Jeanne Carver
David B. Gibson Jr.
David Grant, MD
David H. Petersen and
Teresa Rennick
David J. Schroeder
David Pilz
David Sauer
De Henderson
Deb and Christopher I.
Hiatt
Debora Goldstein
Deborah and Peter Barker
Noble
Deborah J Hobbie
Denise Carty and Roger
Brown
Dennis F Smith
Dennis Hebert
Dennis R. Cusack
Dianne E. Ensign
Donna Hunter
Dorald Stoltz
Dorothy D Gage
Doug K Goodall
Doug Spiro and Lynn
Brown
Douglas Grover
Dr. Jan Hodder
Dr. Sandra Joos and Dr. John
Gale
Dr. Stephen G. Ray
Dr. Tom K. Seddon
Edward D. and Colette E.
Hall
Edward Lichtenstein
From protecting the old-growth forests of Opal Creek to preserving Mount Hood and advocating for gray wolves,
we’ve been honored to have had these supporters stand with us for over twenty years of campaigns.
Thank you so much for your loyal commitment to keeping Oregon wild!
Edward Schmidt
Elaine Robin and James P.
Scott
Elisabeth M. Postma
Elizabeth A. Javens
Elizabeth and Joe
Newcomb-Morawski
Elizabeth Tilbury-Marquard
Ellen A Crumb
Ellen L Saunders and David
Whitman
Emily and Robert Steele
Ewart Baldwin
F. Gordon Allen
Florence P. Byrne
Frances and James Phelps
Frances H. Chapple
Francis Eatherington
Frank C. Hoffman
Frederick A Grunwald
Fredrick J Seil, MD
Gary Guttormsen
Gary Tepfer and and Esther
Jacobson-Tepfer
Gaylord and Jane Weeks
George and Margo Earley
George Hutchinson
George K. Wuerthner
George Rothbart and Ingrid
Scheib-Rothbart
Glen A. and Rhoda M. Love
Gloria Henning
H Gerritt Rosenthal
H. Tom Davis
Hank and Morning Star
Holmes
Hardin W King
Harry Shaich
Helen M. Dalton
Helen T. Lyman
Henrietta and Kenton
Chambers
Hilary and Stuart Garrett
MD
Irene and Stephen
Bachhuber
Irma B Jansen
J. Michael Moody
Jack Richard
Jai Hari Singh Khalsa
James Allen Marshall
James and Debbie
MacMillan
Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 James B. Davis
James D. Monteith
James I. Carlson
James R. and Judith N.
Emerson
Jan and Chris Sokol
Jane A. Beckwith
Jane R Kendall
Janet and David Dobak
Janet L. Hall
Janice Reid
Janna Orkney
Jay D. McIntosh
Jean and Ralph Quinsey
Jeanene Ann Smith
Jeanette Egger
Jeanette Skelton Feldhousen
and Edward Feldhousen
Jeffrey Kern
Jemma T. Crae
Jeri Janowsky and John
Crabbe
Jewel and Ron Lansing
Jim and Gwynn Sullivan
Jim Arneson
Jim Kreutzbender
Joan and Stanley Pierson
Joan Flanders
Joann and Philip Anselone
Joanna deFelice
Joanne Graham
John A. and Carol C. Walker
John B. Sutherland
John D Long
John G. “Jack” Corbett
John G. Wadsworth
John Koenig and Deborah
Toobert
John L Welch
John L. Hammond
John L. Sager MD
John M Sherman
John R and Gladys S W
Swanson
John Saemann
John Vitas and Pat Towle
John W S Platt
Jordan Epstein
Joseph Hessler and Ruthann
Maguire
Josephine and Peter Von
Hippel
Joy and Scott Linn
Judith A Henderson
Judith Lynn Horstmann and
Howard T Bonnett
Judith Schwartz Sorrel
Judyanne E Evitt and Ray
Heslep
Julie Bevan and David
Manfield
June and Ed Hemmingson
Karan and Jim Fairchild
Karen and Walt Trandum
Karen Bersack and Dan
Martin
Karen J. Belsey
Karen Josephson and Peter
Stoel
Karen M. Seidel
Karen Perkins and David
Simone
Karen Stolzberg
Karl D. Lisle
Kate Mills
Katherine and Burt Eaton
Katherine Cameron
Katherine Meads and
William Iron
Kathleen and Steve Hurley
Kathleen Drake and Mark
H. Lacey
Kathleen T. and Paul J. Box
Kathryn R. Van Beeck
Kathy Jubitz and Steve
Hawley
Ken and Rebecca Wilson
Kenneth Raymen
Kevin and Nora Semonsen
Kim and Ted Winter
Kirk Schroeder and Carol
Savonen
Kirkland T Roberts
Kristin Lensen and Dave
Whitaker
Kurt and Carolyn Herzog
Kyle Allan Cleys
Larry and Jeanette Phelan
Larry and Ofelia Svart
Laurence J Morandi and
Karen L Pazucha
Lawrence D. Schwartz
Lee and Marilyn Rengert
Lee Anne Seeger
Lee Belknap MD
12 Leon Werdinger and Beth
Gibans
Leslie and Patrick Logan
Leta and Stan Marchington
Linda Burdick Atwill
Linda D Nelson
Linda K and Thomas J
Moehl
Linda Shockey
Linda Starr
Lloyd Slonecker
Lori and Keith Warren
Lorna M. and Don F. Grabe
Louise G. Ferrell
Lurena Davis
Lynda J. Hess and Kevin L.
Beck
Lynn and Don Herring
Lynn and Milton Marks
M. Emil Smith
Mabel and Wilbert Pool
Malgosia Cegielski
Margaret W. Weesner
Margaret Y Purves and
Patricia R Kellogg
Margie Adams
Mari Baldwin
Marianna J. McLean, DMD
Marie Valleroy and Alan
Locklear
Marilyn Rasmussen
Marilyn and Gene Cripe
Marilyn Couch and David
Axelrod
Mariner Orum
Marita Ingalsbe
Marjorie Turner
Mark and Ezma Hanschka
Mark and Kathy Heerema
Mark Bigler
Mark Hixon, PhD
Martha and John Westgate
Martha V McCall
Mary A Bridenbaugh
Mary Allardt
Mary and Chester Galka
Mary Anne Joyce and Catha
Loomis
Mary Ellen West
Mary Garrard
Mary Lane Stevens and
Thomas M. Hard
Mary Lefevre and Spencer
Krueger
Mary P Lipp and Daniel E
Brenner
Mary T. Nolan and Mark S.
Gardiner
Mary Vogel
Maryanne Staton
Matthew L. Slick
Matthew Messerly
Maureen Barckley
Maurice Bruce Stewart
May D. Dasch
Mel M. Solomon
Mercedes and John
McKiernan
Michael A. James-Long
Michael Allen and Anne
Schagen
Michael B Goldstein
Michael BeBout
Michael E. and Kellie J.
Swaim
Michael F. Burns
Michael Greenstreet MD
Michael J Fitzgerald
Michael Reich
Michael S. Andrews
Michelle N. Miller
Monica B. Rodal
Monica Dostal and Michael
Weinstein
Nancie Peacocke Fadeley
Nancy Hegg and Mitchell
Williams
Nancy L. Bertini
Nancy M Helget and Peter
Fels
Nicholas and Janet De
Morgan
Nina M. Hipperson
Norbert and Christine
Leupold
Ole and Naomi Bergman
Pat Jolly
Patricia M Kincaid
Patricia S. Muir and Bruce P.
McCune
Patti and Robert Higgins
Paul and Lee Dayfield
Paul Kaplan
Paul Mort
Paul Pearson
Peggy and Adolph Morlang
Penny and John Lind
Peter and Theresa Kloster
Peter Koehler Jr. and Noel
Hanlon
Philip M. Lewin
Phillis and Thomas Temple
Phyllis and Dudley Church
Phyllis C Reynolds
Rachel Kirby and Robert
Singleton
Rand Schenck
Randy Fishfader
Ray Monteith Macoubrie
Richard and Diane M
Werich
Rick and Lindea Kirschner
Rita and Gerald Van Deene
Robert A and Ellen L Gerl
Robert and Mary Ruth
Niccolls
Robert G. Miller
Robert Jensen
Robert L. and Paula Hamm
Robert M. Storm
Robert Nisbet and Jeanne L
Arnold-Nisbet
Robert Reed
Robert W. Kissler
Robert W. Reid
Robin and John Gage
Roger A Hoffman and
Marion Dresner
Roger Mellem
Ronna Friend
Ronni S. Lacroute
Roseann Mabel
Ruth Lefevre
Sally Bell
Sally Browne
Sandra L. and Gerald W.
Zimmer
Scott Alan Smith
Shelley and Bob Everhart
Shirley and Lloyd Williams
Shirley B. Froyd
Shirley Miller
Sidney Friedman
Stan Seleen
Stephen C. and Toni L.
Canning
Stephen Hager
Steve Kevan
Steve Lambros and Laurie
Gerloff
Steven Clark Woolpert
Steven McMaster and
Kathleen Brock
Steven Miller
Steven Tichenor
Susan and Howard Selmer
Susan and Lee Rosenbaum
Susan E and Peter A Harris
Susan J. Prozanski
Susan K. Seyl
Susan K. Uravich and
Richard Dolgonas
Susan M. Fischer and
Andrew P. Butler
Suzanne L Riverman
Suzanne Millan
Suzi Cleminshaw Given
Ted Hoff
Thomas and Carolyn
Cannon
Thomas and Linda Roe
Thomas Coffee
Thomas E Pansky
Thomas N. Foster
Thomas O Wall
Thomas Verhoeven
Tim and Karen E Lillebo
Tina Stupasky and Bryan E
Lessley
Todd A Cleland
Tom Bard
Tom Roster
Tony Mecklem
Tracy Parks Lamblin
Vera Dafoe
Victor F Kaufmann
Virginia and Richard Buck
Walter V Petty
Wendelin H. Mueller III
and Elizabeth Ann
Mueller
Wendy B. Loren
William and Margaret
Keenan
William Diebold
William G. Pearcy
Yale Sacks, MD
In Memoriam: Peggy Robinson,
a wilderness champion
Chandra LeGue, Old Growth Campaign Coordinator
P e g g y R o b i n s o n ( l e f t) wo r k i n g w i t h o t h e r
A d o pt- a -W i l d e r n e s s v o l u n t e e rs t o s u r v e y
t h e M u l e M o u n t a i n ro a d l e s s a re a.
In late 2011, Oregon lost a
devoted champion for the wild
places she loved – Peggy
Robinson. A teacher in Springfield
for many years, Peggy was a
supporter and an active volunteer
for Oregon Wild for many years.
She was also active in the Native
Plant Society of Oregon and other
local groups.
Starting in the late 1990s, Peggy
was one of the most active
volunteers in the Oregon Wild (then
ONRC) Adopt-a-Wilderness
program – focusing on the
Willamette National Forest. Not
only did she adopt ten proposed
wilderness areas herself, but she
worked to involve many other
members of the community, and
led other volunteers in adopting
more than a dozen other roadless
areas. Through 2001, Peggy put in
hundreds of volunteer hours in the
field, organized trainings for new
adopters, and supported
volunteers throughout the process.
Peggy also volunteered for years
with Oregon Wild’s Eugene Action
Team and helped promote our
programs and activities by tabling
at community events. Though her
interests shifted in the past several
years and she spent more time
devoted to other causes, she was
reinvigorated by forest issues
during the development of the
BLM’s Western Oregon Plan
Revisions (WOPR) in 2008 –
attending meetings, writing
comments and letters, and touring
some threatened forests.
I last saw Peggy on North Fork of
the Middle Fork Willamette River
Trail last summer – still exploring
new places. Oregon – and
Oregon Wild – will miss Peggy, but
her years of work to protect our
cherished wild places will be
carried on in her memory.
Goose Timber Sale – about to be cooked
Doug Heiken, Conservation & Restoration Coordinator
T
he community of McKenzie
Bridge is fit to be tied, and
rightfully so, because the Forest
Service approved a huge timber sale
immediately surrounding their
community and almost everybody
who cared did not find out until after
it was a done deal. This is the Goose
Project on the McKenzie Ranger
District of the Willamette National
Forest.
Pink ribbons marking the boundaries
of the timber sale abut many people’s
residential property. More than
7,000 log truck loads of timber will
roll out of the hills and through the
community. Much of the timber
volume will be from logging mature
forests that help store carbon and
mitigate climate change. These
forests provide suitable habitat for
spotted owls. There are 300 acres of
“patch cuts” where most of the trees
will be removed. The Forest Service
plans to log inside “protected”
riparian reserves, and in an 8,000-
acre unroaded area that the Forest
Service somehow forgot to inventory
back in the 1970s.
To add insult to injury, before
adopting the outrageous Goose
Project described here, the Forest
Service considered and rejected an
alternative that would have focused
on thinning dense young stands and
minimizing road construction.
Throughout the process, Oregon
Wild pushed the Forest Service to
adopt this alternative, but our
comments and appeals fell on deaf
ears. If the Forest Service would have
worked with us and the community
to refine this more benign
alternative, the Goose Project likely
would have sailed through with little
controversy.
Take Action!
DOUG HEIKEN Complex mature forests that
will be logged under the Goose Project.
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Western Environmental Law
Center is representing Oregon Wild
and Cascadia Wildlands in a
lawsuit challenging the Goose
Project. In the meantime, urge the
Forest Service to put things right
by withdrawing the Goose Project
and involving the community in the
design and implementation of a
project that meets the needs of
the community and the
environment.
Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2
Conservation round-up
Steve Pedery, Conservation Director
Water for wildlife in the
Klamath
JUSTIN ROHDE Wilderness protection for the Wild
Rogue River means good business for rafting
companies that f loat this famed stretch.
Keeping the Rogue wild
Oregon Wild members have been
working for decades to protect more
of the beloved Rogue River, and its
tributaries, as Wilderness. We scored
two major advances in this effort in
March, with favorable hearings on
Rogue Wilderness before the U.S.
House of Representatives Natural
Resources Committee and a Senate
subcommittee on Parks and Public
Lands. Oregon Wild’s Erik
Fernandez, who has worked tirelessly
to map and fine-tune the Wild
Rogue Wilderness proposal, traveled
to Washington, DC in March to
attend the hearings, and represent
Oregon Wild supporters in meetings
with key Senate and House offices.
Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Despite the continuing hype that a
$1 billion dollar water deal in the
Klamath Basin would solve all of
the region’s problems, wildlife
within the spectacular Klamath
Basin National Wildlife Refuges
are once again facing a severe
drought. A February memo
prepared by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service stated that Lower
Klamath NWR was “…in the driest
condition entering spring migration
in over 70 years,” and an outbreak
of avian cholera in March killed
over 10,000 birds. Oregon Wild
organized a national effort to
pressure the Obama administration
and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
to allow water to reach the refuges.
On March 27, we submitted a letter
from 26 local, state, and national
organizations demanding water for
wildlife. The shortage is still severe,
but some water is now flowing to
refuge wetlands.
deal with the
explosion of
off-road vehicle
use that is
occurring on
America’s public
BRE T T COLE When drought hits, wetlands critical
for migrating waterfowl (like these on Lower
lands, and to
Klamath National Wildlife Refuge) go dry and canals
reduce the
f illed with cracked earth are all that remain.
damage they
cause. This
Wyden and Merkley, together with
spring, the Wallowa-Whitman
Rep. Walden, to pressure the Forest
National Forest in northeast Oregon
Service, leading the agency to
released their draft plan to close
withdraw the plan. Oregon Wild is
some unnecessary roads and reduce
now working with a coalition of
off-road vehicle abuse, sparking a
conservation interests to counter the
vicious backlash from off-roaders and vicious misinformation campaign, and
others opposed to any restrictions on
encourage the Forest Service to stand
roads. Through a Tea Party-style
its ground.
campaign, they convinced Senators
Roads to nowhere in the
Wallowa Whitman NF
Since 2005, every national forest
has been required to draft a plan to
14 HCPC Off-road vehicle damage would continue unabated
if political pressure ke eps Wallowa-Whitman N F managers
from moving forward with a balanced travel plan.
Feel the
Madness
Jonathan Jelen,
Development Coordinator
With over 3,500 votes cast, the people of
Oregon spoke and declared the Eagle Cap
Wilderness as Oregon’s Favorite Wild
Place. The final head-to-head matchup was
between Eagle Cap (Oregon’s largest
Wilderness area) and Crater Lake (the
state’s only national park).
Despite being such a long drive from the
state’s population centers, the stunning
peaks and nearly 60 alpine lakes of the
Eagle Cap truly resonate with Oregonians.
At nearly 350,000 acres, the remote and
charismatic Eagle Cap Wilderness
represents nearly one-sixth of the state’s
federally protected Wilderness land and
provides critical habitat for some of
Oregon’s most charismatic megafauna, most
notably, gray wolves.
It’s truly a wild place – and now it holds the
title of Oregon’s Favorite Wild Place – at
least for this year!
SHAUN DANIEL Eagle Cap
Inspired by college basketball’s annual
tournament, this spring, Oregon Wild
launched Oregon Wild Madness. The goal:
to create awareness of and excitement for
many of the wonderful wild places
throughout Oregon. The challenge began
with a field of 32 special areas in Oregon
facing off in a head-to-head, singleelimination tournament.
a 90-mile stretch of the south Cascades
around Crater Lake, we’ll ensure that one
of the state’s most important wildlife
corridors will be preserved for native species
as they adapt to climate change.
Thanks to everyone who voted in the
inaugural Oregon Wild Madness. We hope
you enjoyed getting caught up in the
Madness and maybe you even got some
new ideas for where in Oregon to explore
next.
Where in
OREGON
???
A big thanks to REI, Timberline Lodge,
and Thimbleberry Cabin for their generous
support of Oregon Wild Madness.
Congratulations to Josh Kling who won a
two-night stay at Timberline Lodge and to
Katie Larsell who won a two-night stay at
Thimbleberry Cabin.
To see the full voting results, go to:
www.oregonwild.org/madness
Despite falling short in
the final voting,
Oregon’s only national
park, Crater Lake,
continues to be one of
the most beloved and
ecological important
places in the state.
Oregon Wild is
currently working to
permanently protect
500,000 acres around
Crater Lake as
Wilderness. By
permanently protecting
S U E PA R S O N S
As a recurring feature in Oregon Wild,
we showcase a photo of a wild place
(usually with someone displaying our
newsletter). If you’re the first person to
correctly guess the location of this
issue’s photo, we’ll send you a copy
of William Sullivan’s Atlas of Oregon
Wilderness.
Send your guess or submit your own
Where in Oregon photo for the next
issue to [email protected]
and you could win too!
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Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2
NON-PROFIT ORG
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Portland, OR
Permit No. 226
Thanks to our sponsor
Registered nurse. Pharmacist.
Construction manager. Those are
some of the jobs that past Oregon
Wild Outdoor Photo Contest winners
have had. With the 8th Annual
contest returning this summer YOU
have a chance to win too!
2012 Oregon Wild
OUTDOOR PHOTO CONTEST
All submissions due by September 14, 2012
Grab your camera, hit the trail, and
frame up the perfect shot to submit
in our four main categories: Wildlands,
Wildlife, Waters, and Endangered
Places – this year featuring the wild
backcountry where Oregon’s most
famous wolf (Journey) roamed during
his epic trip from the Eagle Cap
Wilderness all the way to northern
California.
The contest is open to amateurs and
professionals with great prizes from
Pro Photo Supply and others for the
winners. We’ll unveil the winners at a
special event in October.
Printed on recycled paper with soy based ink.
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
5825 N. Greeley Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
See contest rules and submit your
photos at www.oregonwild.org/
photo-contest
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pride for your favorite wild places with some great new
gear from Oregon Wild! What better way to help
conserve resources than by using an eco-friendly tote
for your trips to the farmer’s market? Or by saving
plastic bottles and staying hydrated with a BPA-free,
stainless steel Klean Kanteen? And to stay comfy and
cool on the trail, at the park, or on the river, slip into
one of our super soft Oregon Wild t-shirts, made from
100% organic cotton. Go to www.oregonwild.org for
more details on how you can get your hands on this
awesome gear!