Central Oregon Bitterbrush Broads • Entered by Mary Fleischmann on June 4, 2024
Restoring Oregon Rivers
May 22, 2024
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 4 |
| Post Admin hours | 1 |
| Activity Hours | 1 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 7 |
Key Issue: Water-related Conservation
Activity Type: Education & Outreach (tabling, films & lectures, regional B-walks/works)
Key Partners: Oregon Wild
Short Description of Activity
Educational discussion regarding how to protect our rivers in Oregon and what things are impacting our rivers.
Reflection/Evaluation
THe presentation started with the history of logging impacts on our rivers along with grazing impacts which is more so on the eastside of the Cascades vs/ westside. Overgrazing is destroying our riparian areas with little to no oversight. Also discussed mining such as the minefallings in the Sumpter areas which leaches chemicals into streams as well as confines streams. There is the traping of sediment. Also discussed the urbanation of City’s and their impacts, especially with wetlands. One of the last discussion was the need to remove dams, not just the big ones on the Columbia but all the dams that impact free flowing streams/rivers. Since I am a river lover this was a very well done, thoughtful presentation.