Get a sneak preview of this year’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival - our signature event, bringing together community to celebrate our work to protect and restore clean water in the Rogue Basin. It is a night of fun with a happy hour, silent auction, food, beverages, films, a raffle, guest speakers and more! We hope you will join us at this year’s event as we celebrate our 10th Anniversary!
Read MoreCritical protections for the Rogue and rivers across the country are under a sweeping attack by the Trump administration. The Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is systematically weakening and rolling back core provisions of the Clean Water Act that protect our clean water and public health.
Read MoreAlong with our many other current priorities at Rogue Riverkeeper, our focus on Bear Creek involves community engagement, water quality monitoring, and building partnerships across the many entities interested in protecting and restoring this waterway. So, what’s new?
Read MoreOur Water Quality Program is in full effect to let you know where it is safe to swim in local waterways. Read more about our recent field tour and the sites we’ll be sampling at this summer.
Read MoreOn May 6th, the state of Oregon said a resounding “NO” to the Jordan Cove LNG project when the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) denied a critical Clean Water Act permit needed for the project to move forward. Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken the Clean Water Act, this decision shows that the state of Oregon is taking a stand for our communities and our clean water.
Read MoreThere are so many reasons to become a member of Rogue Riverkeeper. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we picked our top ten. But you really only need just one….
Read MoreRight now, streams that support salmon and steelhead in southwestern Oregon are left with weaker protections than the rest of western Oregon under the Oregon Forest Practices Act. Rogue Riverkeeper is working with our partners in the Oregon Stream Protection Coalition to make sure that southern Oregon streams aren’t left behind!
Read MoreThe Trump administration is proposing to gut the Clean Water Act threatening protections for the Rogue and its tributaries. Ask the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stand up for iconic rivers like the Rogue.
Read MoreCheck out the latest in the No LNG Exports campaign and get involved!
Read MoreYears of hard work pay off as protections for Wild Rogue tributaries move forward in massive public lands package to be signed into law.
Read MoreJoin us this spring for our speaker series or one of the many other events we’ll be attending across the valley!
Read MoreThe impressive community response to speak out against the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export project could be felt well before arriving at the Department of State Lands hearing on the evening of January 8th. At 5 P.M., cars were backed up several miles from the freeway exit to trying to access the Jackson County Expo…
Read MoreAdd your voice and tell the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) to deny the removal-fill permit for the Jordan Cove LNG pipeline! Send in written comments today, volunteer to help recruit folks to attend hearings, or join us at one of the DSL hearings January 7th-15th to oppose the project.
Read MoreWe’re excited to host the 6th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival at the Ashland Historic Armory this Friday, November 9th! Haven’t bought your tickets yet? Purchase them online today for this typically sold out event (prices will increase at the door). The Wild & Scenic Film Fest combines stellar filmmaking and first-rate storytelling with a selection of adventure and environmental films. This year’s film festival celebrates 50 years of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act and our very own Rogue River by featuring films about wild places and the people inspired by them.
Read MoreI really love a good adventure and environment film festival - don’t you? Surrounded by folks that care about the health of this planet, sustainable economics, and social equity while enjoying food, films, and fun? That’s my idea of a good time. And if you feel the same, the 6th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival hosted by Rogue Riverkeeper is not to be missed!
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I got to join an aerial tour by EcoFlight of the proposed Pacific Connector Gas pipeline crossing of the Pacific Crest Trail and the Rogue River near Shady Cove. If built, the Pacific Connector Gas pipeline would transport fracked gas from Malin, Oregon to the Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal at Coos Bay. The fracked gas pipeline would cut through more than 485 rivers and streams, including the Klamath, Umpqua, Coos, and Coquille Rivers.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I had the honor of introducing ten locals to the Wild & Scenic section of the lower Rogue River. I’ve been guiding on the Rogue and other western rivers for over 20 years but there’s something about introducing my home river to folks for the first time. The connection is immediate, intense, and a gift to witness.
Read MoreAs a mom to young kids, we go to parks a lot! And as Medford residents, we often strap kids to our bikes and travel the Bear Creek Greenway along the stretch between Hawthorne Park, Bear Creek Park, and U.S. Cellular Park. We pass many trail users on our outings including runners, bikers, families with strollers and wobbling toddlers, dog-walkers, and young people on skateboards. We ring our bike bells, flash the peace sign, and carry on.
Read MoreWith one smooth motion, our guide Kate navigated us into the calm of an eddy in the middle of the Wild Rogue’s iconic Blossom Bar. Under Kate’s careful eye, we gently bobbed up and down as three other rafts made their way through the famous rapid. With cascading green water above and below, it felt like forever and yet we never wanted to leave.
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