More than 250 Oregon Businesses thank Senators Wyden and Merkley for working to protect Oregon’s Rivers Portland, OR | September 29, 2021: A growing number of businesses from across Oregon … Continue reading Hundreds of Businesses Across Oregon Urge Congress to Pass the River Democracy Act
Cascadia Wildlands is part of the Forest Waters Coalition, which is a statewide network of community and conservation organizations working to update protections for our rivers, streams, and forested watersheds. We … Continue reading Oregon’s Forest Waters
By Bob Ferris About a decade ago I watched a giant front-end loader pull a metal culvert that was restricting fish passage out of a steelhead stream in Southern … Continue reading Of Dynamite, Lead, Mercury, Storms and the Myths of Suction Dredging
By Bob Ferris I became convinced yesterday that actors who play zombies in movies learned their walking techniques from fly fishermen wading in swift rivers on slippery and slimy cobble. … Continue reading Of Zombies, Zane Grey and Western Rivers
Harmful to aquatic life. Suction dredging harms fish and other wildlife. Suction dredging reduces the ability of fish to see, feed, and spawn. Additionally, the turbidity and increased sedimentation caused … Continue reading The Impacts of Suction Dredge Mining
