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Wild On Wilderness Meeting Wednesday July 28th, 7PM at Chi's Garden restaurant, 528 SE Stephens St in Roseburg This months agenda:     Road Truthing Update     WOW at Umpqua Brew Fest Sep 17th & 18th     Discussion of Joe Laurance’s biomass and pre-European landscape proposal     Outreach Update/Meeting with Partners     WOW Committee Strategic Plan

2010 Twin Lakes Youth Wilderness Camp Umpqua Watersheds will host its annual Youth Wilderness Camp at Twin Lakes July 30 to August 1. Camp is open to youth ages 12-20. Younger children may attend with an accompanying adult. This year we have a fun-filled weekend planned with lots of opportunities for learning. Cost: $20/UW member; $40/non-member. This fee covers food and travel expenses for the weekend. We are also looking for a few more adult volunteers. Scholarships Wanted Please donate $20-$40 so that kids can go to camp Please contact Mary or Ed Cooley at 541-584-2693 or edcooley@relianceconnects.com to register or for more information.

Umpqua Brew Fest - September 17th & 18th Umpqua Watersheds host 10 to 20 microbrews from around the Pacific Northwest in a downtown celebration of water conservation. Please save the date and bring your appetite for local food and good brews. It's all about the water!

Mt. Thielsen Hike - September 25th Its that time again! Saturday September 25th, climb the tallest peak in the Umpqua watershed and enjoy the grandest views of southern Oregon. From its height of 9,182 feet one can see down INTO the crater of Crater Lake National Park! Daylong hike is most difficult hike of the year. At the top you can sign your name on the scroll stored there.

Wilderness credit where credit is due I'm pleased to have this opportunity to give credit to timber industry leaders for dropping their opposition of wilderness designation for rivers and forests in Southwest Oregon. Thanks to the American Forest Resource Council-negotiated compromise with Oregon Wild and other wilderness interest groups, the Wild Rogue Wilderness proposal for the internationally renowned Rogue River region can move forward. Unfortunately for the Umpqua, all three Douglas County commissioners don't deserve any wilderness credit today. Their recent anti-wilderness letter to legislators which was read to the public at the Board of Commissioner's meeting on May 19, 2010, makes it clear they are not wilderness supporters or community collaborators. Link: The News-Review | Penny Lind