Staff
Frances Oyung, Program Manager
Frances’ parents started her enjoying the outdoors from the beginning. She grew up skiing, camping, and hiking and began whitewater boating as a teenager on the Stanislaus River in the central Sierra Nevada. The Stanislaus inspired her river conservation activities when the New Melones dam was constructed and the reservoir was filled in the late 1970’s, flooding a beautiful canyon and river. Frances received a BA in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Natural History and Environmental Education from UC Santa Cruz. She has lived in the Rogue Valley since 1992 and worked in various capacities for public agencies and utilities as well as non-profit organizations, often working to protect water quality and native fish habitat. You will often find Frances recreating outdoors. She hopes to see you out there.
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Advisory Board
Lesley Adams — Lesley Adams founded Rogue Riverkeeper as a program of KS Wild in 2009 seeing the need for aquatic advocacy in the Rogue Basin. She served as the Rogue Riverkeeper for 4 years before moving on to work for the Waterkeeper Alliance for 6 years. Lesley is now the Public Services Organizer for SEIU Local 503 for southern Oregon. Lesley lives in Ashland with her son and loves fly fishing and floating the Rogue river. Lesley also is a sitting board member with our parent organization, KS Wild.
Roxanne Tenscher - Roxanne started running rivers at age 14 and by 18 was a full time river guide on many of the great rivers of the northwest including the Rogue River. Her love of rivers and all wild places led to a career in outdoor education. Over the past 35 years Roxanne has shared her knowledge of outdoor skills through working at REI, most recently as REI's Outdoor Programs & Outreach Coordinator. She served as a board member for Willamette Riverkeeper for many years while living in the Portland area. Roxanne now lives in Talent Oregon and is committed to growing organic vegetables and saving wild rivers.
Charles Gehr — Charles works as a destination manager for Fly Water Travel, booking trips to the world's great fly fishing destinations including the Rogue. Charles time on the Rogue is spent fishing for steelhead or kayaking. Charles most loves the Rogue for its' runs of anadromous fish, available every month of the year. Charles got involved with Rogue Riverkeeper because of his concerns around suction dredge mining in the Rogue Basin and has been a key member of the coalition to reform in stream mining practices to protect the Rogue.
Pete Wallstrom — Pete is the owner of Momentum Rafting Expeditions and lets us use his stuff for events and river trips! Pete has been an outfitter and guide on the Rogue and around the world for more than 20 years and has a deep passion for rivers and their wildlands. He is an avid supporter of our work and a valuable business voice for the importance of clean, healthy rivers for local economies.