Oregon Wild Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2

Of wolves and Wilderness WILD SUMMER HIKES INSIDE

1 Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Working to protect and restore Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife, and waters as an enduring legacy.

Main Office Western Field Office INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5825 N Greeley Avenue Portland, OR 97217 P.O. Box 11648 Eugene, OR 97440 Phone: 503.283.6343 Fax: 503.283.0756 454 Willamette, Suite 203 www.oregonwild.org Phone 541.344.0675 Fax: 541.343.0996 Of wolves and Wilderness {4-7} The e-mail address for each Oregon Wild Conservation & Restoration Coord. Doug Heiken x 1 Oregon Wild Summer {8-9} staff member: [email protected] Old Growth Campaign Coordinator Chandra LeGue x 2 (for example: [email protected]) This Goose is cooked {13} Development Assistant Marielle Cowdin x 213 Eastern Field Office Wilderness Coordinator Erik Fernandez x 202 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR 97701 Phone: 541.382.2616 Fax: 541.385.3370 Director of Finance & Admin. Candice Guth x 219 Development Coordinator Jonathan Jelen x 224 Eastern OR Wildlands Advocate Rob Klavins x 210 Wildlands Advocate Tim Lillebo Conservation Director Steve Pedery x 214 COVER PHOTO: ODFW A male pup (born spring 2011) from the Walla Walla pack, OR-11 wakes Executive Director Sean Stevens x 211 from anesthesia after being radio-collared. Wildlands Interpreter Wendell Wood x 200

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Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 2 From the Director’s Desk Fighting like hell Sean Stevens, Executive Director

n April, I found myself in Eugene at a slowly slipping away to logging and other Today, we face the most anti-conservation gathering of dedicated activists working development. One of these early founders Congress in many decades. Fundamental Ito protect . In the crowd was was James Monteith, our first Executive environmental laws like the Endangered former Congressman Jim Weaver. Director. Species Act, Clean Water Act, and even the Wilderness Act are under attack. At Though 84 years old, the Congressman I had the good fortune to meet James for home in Oregon, economic pressures have strode to the front of the room as if he the first time recently. I thanked him for once again put our mature and old- were taking the lectern in the U.S. House. all he had done for Oregon. Under his growth forests on the chopping block as He told us the story of how the Waldo watch, Oregon Wild spearheaded efforts COVER PHOTO: ODFW A male pup (born spring 2011) from the Walla Walla pack, OR-11 wakes politicians scramble to fund county from anesthesia after being radio-collared. Lake Wilderness became law. He closed to protect over one million acres of governments. Though just returning to with this statement: Wilderness, including iconic places like Oregon after a 60-year absence, the 30 the Wilderness and Sky “We must give thanks to the hundreds if not gray wolves that roam our state face a Lakes Wilderness. During the 1980s, we constant campaign of misinformation and thousands of people, many of them young and pushed the envelope with litigation and many of them members of Oregon Wild, who the all-too-common risk of dying from a public protest to slow the destruction of poacher’s bullet. fought like hell to give this legacy of ancient forests. Wilderness to Oregon.” To some, these threats to our wild places Supported by countless dedicated activists It is this thought – one of thanks to past are overwhelming. To Oregon Wild and and donors, many other Oregon Wild our supporters who have stared down generations of conservationists – that I staff have carried the mantle of keeping carry with me today as I write to you for every environmental threat since 1974, Oregon a special place – Andy Kerr, Tim today’s conservation crisis is an the first time as the new Executive Lillebo, Regna Merritt, Wendell Wood. Director of Oregon Wild. opportunity to “fight like hell” once again Some names still appear on the masthead for this place we call Oregon. Oregon Wild was founded around a to the left. campfire in 1974 by people who loved the To be sure, more names will join the outdoors but saw the wild in Oregon honor roll because our work is never done.

KHRISTIAN SNYDER 3 Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Of wolves and wilderness Rob Klavins, Wildlands and Wildlife Advocate

Whether on the printed page or big continue to change. Without a sense from our collective dream of limitless screen, great stories go beyond the of irony, Woody Guthrie wrote his growth and endless resources. As a stringing together of a simple chain song Roll on Columbia. Mill saws society, we decided to stop poisoning of events. They tell a deeper story screamed as they cut through ancient our air, land, and water. We about who we are and what we value. trees. Deserts bloomed with thirsty determined to stop allowing species to They make us ask questions about fields of hay and alfalfa. For those go extinct. We began saving the best ourselves and our society. They call who viewed Oregon – and the forces of what remained of our wild heritage. on us to reflect upon where we have of nature that made it a true frontier been and where we are going. – as wilderness in need of taming, From these awakenings came this is as good as the story gets. visionary laws that have come to Like all great stories, the story of define our nation’s ability to protect Oregon’s wolves is open to For those who find value in wildness, our highest and most cherished values. interpretation. For conservationists, this is our darkest chapter. Along With the support of Republicans and the story is one of redemption and with wolves, the state was stripped of Democrats alike, bedrock laws like the validation. It provides hope for the its native old-growth forests, Clean Water Act, Wilderness Act, and future and a call to action. wetlands drained of their life-giving Endangered Species Act were passed. Once upon a time – a prologue water, and salmon streams choked It was also the time that groups like with sediment, poison, and dams. Oregon Wild (then the Oregon Early explorer George Suckley Wilderness Coalition) took shape and Some say our past is our destiny described Oregon as a place where gave voice to public values like clean because it is what had to happen to wolves were “exceedingly numerous.” water, abundant wildlife, opportunities make us who we are today. Portland When the first state legislature met, for solitude, and finding a sense of now rests on Stumptown, the addressing the “problem of place. Willamette Valley helps feed a marauding wolves” topped the nation, and eastern Oregon’s Wild Thanks to those efforts, old-growth agenda. Less than 100 years later, West culture became part of logging slowed, some of our greatest Leslie Akerly closed the chapter on a Americana. landscapes were permanently DAN SHERWOOD W h i l e government-sponsored campaign of OR-7’s image [left, protected, and the precipitous decline eradication when he collected the Awakening courtesy Medford Mail of threatened species abated. Tribune] was finally last bounty on a wolf he killed near captured in the wildlands the Rogue-Umpqua Divide. As rivers burned in Ohio, the last The wolf returns near the Sky Lakes passenger pigeon was shot, and Wilderness, his home range is the stunning Oregon became a landscape missing people began turning the pages of In the mid-1990s, under the landscape of the Eagle its top native predator. In generations Rachel Carson’s seminal work Silent protections of the Endangered Species Cap Wilderness in far to come, the wilds of the state would Spring, Americans began to wake Act, the protagonists of our story northeast Oregon.

Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 4 made their way back onto the stage. Meanwhile, in the subalpine forests OR-7 faithfully paralleled the Wilderness, so it is critical for where the last of his kind had been Sixty-six wolves were released into flanking the Eagle Cap, Sophie gave predicted track and skirted disparate wildlife – common and endangered killed in 1947. Yellowstone National Park and birth to a pup the state would saddle population centers. Many of these alike – to protect roadless areas that central Idaho. with the less-than-charismatic areas are protected by the Roadless provide increasingly rare and valuable OR-7 spent a few weeks wandering handle of OR-7. Sharing his den Rule. The Rule was passed in 2001 habitat. And in an age of climate around the A decade later a collared wolf known with at least five other pups, no one while development interests, road change, protecting the habitat that and in the unprotected wilderness to biologists as B-300 crossed the could have known that this pup builders, and the timber industry connects big wild places is doubly near Crater Lake. These areas are Snake River. She shook herself dry would become the hero of our story were busily chipping away at important. some of the most spectacular and and took refuge in the wildlands of and the most famous wolf in the otherwise unprotected pristine important in Oregon. Their northeast Oregon. world. forests. As he wandered west, OR-7 crossed permanent protection remains a an invisible administrative line necessity as they continue to be B-300 became known to Journey through the The Rule maintained access for separating the management threatened by misguided logging conservationists as Sophie. She Wilderness citizens, but stopped the destruction boundary between weaker schemes that require constant found her mate and started the of nearly two million acres of forests protections provided by the state and vigilance. In 2011, while anti-wolf interests Imnaha Pack. Her family shares its in Oregon. Even so, it was almost the stronger federal protections of and state agencies fought in What’s in a name? name with a roadless area and river immediately attacked by the the Endangered Species Act. that flows from the Eagle Cap courtrooms to kill wolves, OR-7 did incoming Bush administration. As OR-7 made headlines and Wilderness. The Eagle Cap is what many young wolves do. He left Eventually, OR-7 crossed another inspired people around the country Oregon’s largest protected his family in search of a mate. He Had he been following developments line and made history by becoming with his journey, anti-wolf rhetoric Wilderness and still provides refuge could not have known that the collar in conservation law, OR-7 would the first wolf in western Oregon in was heating up and the state was for the pack for part of the year. It he had recently been fitted with sent have let out a howl in October when 64 years. Bringing the story full again fighting to kill his former also provides a home to some of our regular updates to biologists – after a decade of attacks by the circle, he likely passed within miles packmates. In an effort to remind most endangered wildlife including monitoring his movements. timber industry – the Roadless Rule of that fateful spot in the now- people of the positive story of wolves the state’s only known wolverines. It’s became the law of the land. Oregon protected Rogue Divide Wilderness When he embarked on his trek, few no wonder the area was recently has protected only 4% of the state as (continued on page 7) knew of his existence and fewer voted as Oregon’s favorite wild place knew where he would go. It turns (see page 15). out, scientists had the answer. A For some, old prejudices die hard. study done a decade earlier showed Give a howl for wolves When members of the Imnaha Pack the most likely route of dispersal for Springtime is the season when wolves welcome new pups into their packs. With these strayed from protected areas, they various native predators across the new pups comes new hope for the future of wolf recovery in Oregon. But with often found themselves in trouble. In state. The researchers marked a path anti-wolf forces stubbornly fighting to take Oregon back to the bad old days of killing response to demands from the through protected and unprotected wolves, hope is not enough. We need the pro-wolf majority of Oregonians – like you livestock industry, Oregon has issued areas where pristine habitat had been – to stand with us as we fight for the future of Oregon’s wolves. three kill orders in as many years for left intact from the previous century’s Please support Oregon Wild and Oregon’s wolves today. With the generous support Sophie’s pack. So far, four wolves resource extraction and development. of wolf advocates in northeast Oregon, your donation to Oregon Wild will be have been shot by state agents. Other Stops along the way included the matched dollar-for-dollar up to $6,500. kill orders were suspended when , the unprotected roadless forests along Use the envelope in this newsletter or go online to www.oregonwild.org/donate to Oregon Wild and our allies held the support Oregon wolf recovery. agencies accountable to their own the Cascade Crest, and across to laws. Oregon’s Yellowstone – the Kalmiopsis. © DONALD A. HIGGS

5 Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Newberry Crater The Newberry Crater Volcanic area is best known for its great camping, excellent hiking, and old-growth forests. At the heart of the area is Paulina Peak – the highest Wherever the wolf may roam point around at 8,000 feet. Hiking to the summit offers spectacular views of all of “Who knew that wolves carried guide books to wilderness areas?” the snow-capped peaks in the .

That was Oregon Wild Wilderness Coordinator Erik Fernandez’s reaction Unfortunately, the area is also threatened by ongoing efforts to tap after seeing the path that OR-7 (Journey) took across Oregon’s backcountry. the volcanic subsurface for geothermal energy. These energy To be fair, Journey’s outdoor tastes also extended to unprotected wilderness schemes require significant amounts of water, and in an area of across Oregon’s high desert and Cascade crest. Follow his path and read eastern Oregon with very few water sources there are serious more about two of the special places he took in during his travels. concerns about how and where water would come from for the geothermal energy processing. New power line corridors would also have to be built that would fragment habitat in this Ponderosa pine ecosystem. Lack of development pressure is one of the reasons that the Newberry area serves as a vital corridor for wildlife like wolves.

Proposed Crater Lake Wilderness Crater Lake is one of Oregon’s most spectacular natural treasures. Every year, this National Park attracts half a million visitors who come to gaze into the pure, clean water, to marvel at unique geology, and to explore the rugged backcountry.

The Crater Lake Wilderness proposal includes the backcountry of the park as well as the surrounding wildlife corridors – including the headwaters to the Deschutes, Umpqua, Rogue, and Klamath rivers. The natural beauty of Crater Lake extends far beyond Wizard Island and the caldera. It includes spectacular roadless lands both inside and outside of the official boundaries of the park such as the Pumice Desert, the craggy spires and wild forests of Mount Thielsen, and the rugged slopes of Mount Bailey.

For OR-7 and other wolves to find a safe haven in this stretch of the Oregon Cascades, we’ll need to defend the area from proposed logging and the threat of helicopter tours buzzing around the park.

Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 6 (continued from page 5) The fight to protect wolves, Coho Will he be tempted by unattended salmon, spotted owls, and eagles isn’t livestock grazing on public land and and discourage people who might be just about those species – it’s also pay with his life as other Oregon What’s in a name? tempted to kill an anonymous wolf, about our values. It’s a fight over wolves have? Will the forests that he The story of Journey captured Oregon Wild created a naming and what kind of place we want to live in travelled through go on the imaginations around the world. But it didn’t happen on its own. art contest. The ultimate winning and leave to future generations. chopping block in an effort to fund name was appropriate – Journey. Happily ever after? county governments? Will poachers When we learned that OR-7 had continue to go unpunished? Will the become the first wild wolf in western Journey continued south through the Oregon in the better part of a century, Klamath Basin where wildlife Journey’s epic journey is about more Endangered Species Act be upended we knew something big had happened. continues to be last in line for the than his story or even the story of by a Congress in the pocket of oil, He’s since added thousands of miles, region’s scarce water resources. He wolf recovery. It’s a reminder of a gas, mining, and logging but even then it was an impressive total. The story also provided a great precious opportunity to right a past corporations? Clover didn’t take home top honors but would have been unaware that many opportunity to remind people about the of the southern Oregon rivers he wrong. It’s a rare chance for she proved that wolves can capture Wolves – so recently back on the imaginations across the globe. positive story of a native species redemption and an opportunity to passed are newly threatened by a glut Oregon landscape – continue to be making a remarkable recovery. of mining claims. leave a better future for our the subject of a purposeful campaign We knew Journey had star power, but he lacked some important credentials. At descendants. It wasn’t long before Journey crossed of misinformation and fear. They are the time, Journey carried the less-than-inspiring moniker OR-7, and there were no Journey’s historic trip would never used as a proxy in cynical political known photos of him. In an effort to help spread the word about the positive story another invisible line and became the of wolf recovery and give Journey an identity, we sponsored a naming and art first wolf in California since 1924. It have been possible without the battles over the size and role of contest for kids. was then that he really became a star! strong environmental laws that came government. out of a uniquely American The Connect with the Wild contest and news of Journey’s epic travels received Journey’s success is contrasted by his coverage around the world. Stories appeared in British tabloids, Australian dailies, News of Journey’s travels allowed awakening. Had it not been for past brother’s story. In January, OR-9 was and newspapers in Asia, Africa, and South America. Name suggestions poured in people to refocus on the positive efforts to protect Wilderness, the by the hundreds from around Oregon, America, and the globe. illegally killed in Idaho by an story of wolves that so often gets lost Eagle Cap would be a vastly unapologetic poacher who received The first submission came from a in unnecessary conflict drummed up different place. Without vigilance no punishment. His death was no girl in Oregon’s wolf country. Her by anti-wolf interests. Not long after, and support over the last decade, the anomaly. Over 500 wolves – nearly a suggestion: “Whoseafraida”. Oregon State University scientists Roadless Rule that protected third of the western population – Ultimately “Journey” triumphed over heaped new scientific data onto the Journey’s path would have fallen to have been killed (and in some cases four other finalists in a public vote. growing understanding of the critical greedy provincial interests. publicly tortured) since wolves lost The apt name even inspired NBC role wolves and other predators play Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on the landscape. These efforts have been no less their federal protections. to indulge in some off the cuff important to Journey’s inspiring humor on his newscast featuring The story of Journey is one of hope, Wolves like Journey need wild places, story than our direct efforts to hold Oregon Wild. inspiration, and redemption. It is a but it also turns out that healthy the state accountable to its own laws reminder of how far we’ve come and The contest was a great success landscapes need their wolves. and values by stopping the killing of and has allowed a new generation it is most certainly a cause for Protecting wolves and the habitat Oregon’s 30 known endangered to connect with the wild. We hope celebration. However his brother’s they need also means protecting the wolves our efforts to protect Oregon’s homes of countless other species like story is a cautionary tale that wolves and the places they call Journey is a tough wolf – at one reminds us how far we have yet to go, home will allow that generation to slugs, elk, beaver, voles, and grouse take good care of Journey and his Eight-year-old Enora from Portland won that play important roles but may not point he chased a mountain lion off and why we must remain vigilant. descendants. the wolf art contest with this imagining a kill – but his future remains of Journey alongside, we can only get as much attention. presume, his prospective mate. tenuous.

7 Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Thursday, June 14 Saturday, June 23 Oregon Wild proudly presents Multnomah Basin to Multnomah Tilly Jane Cloudcap Saddle Falls Wildflower Leader: Margo Earley Oregon Wild Leader: Wendell Wood (Strenuous, 6.0 mi, elevation gain 2,200 ft, (Moderate, 5.5 mi, elevation loss 2,600 ft, Mt. Hood National Forest) Hike to the Mt. Hood National Forest) Join naturalist treeline through newly designated SUMMER 2012 Wendell Wood for this all-day slow-paced Wilderness and dramatic post-fire wildflower hike amongst old-growth re-growth. Top it off with a spectacular Visit the places you want to see with forests, rock slides and streamside lunchtime view of Mt. Hood’s northeast the people who know them best! woodlands. face. Sunday, June 24 All outings are guided by experts and require Saturday, June 16 Angel’s Rest to Wahkeena Falls online reservations. Please leave pets at home. Leader: Jonathan Jelen For your comfort and safety, wear appropriate Wildflower Leader: Wendell Wood attire and bring plenty of water, snacks, and a (Moderate, 5.0 mi, elevation gain 1,000 ft, (Strenuous, 6.4 mi, elevation gain , Salem BLM) lunch. Children are welcome but must be Journey to the headwaters of the Molalla accompanied by an adult. 1,500 ft, Mt. Hood National Forest) It’s called Angel’s Rest and you just might River and explore the unique basalt need some rest after this challenging hike formations of the Table Rock Wilderness. Register for hikes and outings at in the Columbia Gorge. www.oregonwild.org or call 503.283.6343 Friday, June 29 to Sunday, July 1 Sunday, June 17 Signal Buttes Campout Lookout Creek Old Growth Leader: Wendell Wood Presented by KEEN Footwear Leader: Chandra LeGue (Moderate, two hikes at 4.0 mi, elevation gain Special thanks to Willamette Week (Moderate to Strenuous, 7.0 mi, elevation minimal, Rogue Siskiyou National Forest and gain 800 ft, Willamette National Forest) Medford District BLM) Join Oregon Wild Experience one of the best old-growth for a car campout and weekend hiking trip hikes in the Cascades on this journey into to Signal Buttes straddling BLM and the mossy haven of Lookout Creek Trail. National Forest land in southern Oregon. Monday, June 18 Monday, July 9 Salmon River Wildflower Tire Mountain Wildflower Leader: Chandra LeGue Leader: Wendell Wood (Moderate, 7.5 mi, elevation gain 800 ft, (Easy, 4.0 mi, elevation gain minimal, Mt. Willamette National Forest) Old-growth Hood National Forest) Enjoy the sights and forest, spectacular views, and the peak of sounds of the nearby river, as well as the wildflower season in numerous meadows lushness of the old growth forest as you await you on this hike outside of Oakridge. search for wildflowers with Wendell Wood.

SUSAN KENNEY NEWMAN Go where the Saturday, July 14 Friday, July 27 Memaloose Lake Family Hike Fifteenmile Creek wolves are! Leader: Sean Stevens Leader: Jonathan Jelen Wolf conflict grabs headlines, but the real (Moderate, 2.6 mi, elevation gain 500 ft, (Easy-Moderate, 4.5 mi, elevation gain 500 story of wolves is much more interesting. Mt. Hood National Forest) Bring the kids ft, Mt. Hood National Forest) Hike through That’s the idea behind Oregon Wild’s along on this short hike to a beautiful lake one of Mt. Hood’s most diverse old- pioneering Wolf Rendezvous. filled with salamanders. growth forests to a unique area featuring both wet-westside and dry-eastside The trip got off to a great start when it was Friday, July 20 to Sunday, July 22 featured on OPB’s Oregon Field Guide ecosystems. Klamath Refuge Volunteer and program in 2010. Last year we met with Wetlands Canoe Weekend Saturday, August 4 ranchers, hunters, biologists, local wolf advocates, and even a Nez Perce elder who Leader: Wendell Wood Crabtree Valley shared his grandmother’s stories about living Leader: Chandra LeGue Spend one day assisting the refuge staff in with wolves in Wallowa County in the 1800s! erecting perches for raptors and birds of (Moderate-Strenuous, 2-6 mi, elevation gain The likelihood of seeing Oregon’s reclusive prey and the next day canoeing at the 600 ft, Salem District BLM) Experience CHRIS SOKOL Fifteenmile Creek wolves is small, but the story of wolf recovery Wood River Wetlands. (Sleeping and one of the oldest forest groves in Oregon takes place on one of the world’s most kitchen accommodations provided.) on a day-long expedition to this out-of- beautiful stages. We enjoy forays into the the way wonder. Crater Lake raptor-rich Zumwalt prairie, alpine meadows, Saturday, July 21 and spectacular canyons. Details on the 2012 Tamanawas Falls Tree Identification Saturday, August 11 Wilderness Weekend trip are coming together, so be sure to check Leader: Erik Fernandez Boulder Lake the website and sign up for our e-alerts to Leader: Erik Fernandez secure a spot! (Moderate, 5.5 mi, elevation gain 500 ft, Saturday, September 8 Mt. Hood National Forest) Explore a (Moderate, 5.0 mi, elevation gain 1,100 ft, Rogue Divide Wilderness Find details on the trip at: diverse old-growth forest along the Mt. Hood National Forest) Leader: Dave & Dee Tvedt www.oregonwild.org/about/hikes_events crystal clear Cold Spring Creek leading Discover the aquamarine waters of one of (Moderate, 5 mi, elevation gain 300 ft, up to the spectacular Tamanawas Falls. the Mt. Hood National Forest’s best-kept Rogue River National Forest) Enjoy an secrets! outstanding old-growth forest of towering incense cedars and Douglas-firs Friday, August 24 in the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Opal Creek Ancient Forest Wilderness. Leader: Jonathan Jelen Sunday, September 9 (Moderate, 5-7 mi, elevation gain minimal, , Willamette National Mt. Bailey Summit Leader: Chandra LeGue Forest) A walk back in time to an ancient Oregon forest in one of the state’s (Strenuous, 10 mi, elevation gain 3,100 ft, signature Wilderness areas. ) Climb one of the Cascades’ most accessible mountains on this challenging trek within the Crater Lake Wilderness proposal. JOHN MORRIS Wolf Rendezvous participants soak in knowledge DANIEL PIERCE Boulder Lake from ODFW's wolf biologist. Keeping it wild Featuring the supporters, foundations, businesses, and volunteers that make our work possible. This issue’s focus: Recess is back with KEEN!

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Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 10 Bill’s Excellent Adventures Waldo Lake – Hike to South Waldo Lake’s Shelter halfway to motor free William Sullivan Doug Heiken, Conservation & Restoration Coordinator

must take off and land at high n easy 1.7-mile hike to the South The hike to South Waldo Shelter starts speed, with great commotion, Waldo Shelter not only shows off at a popular sailboat landing. To drive and at some risk of an someA of Waldo Lake’s most spectacular here, take Willamette Highway 58 east accident that could put lives scenery, but it also reveals how much of of Eugene to milepost 59 (west of in peril and spill fuel into the this huge, pristine mountain lake is at Willamette Pass 3 miles). At a “Waldo lake. risk. Lake” pointer, turn north on paved Road 5897 for 6.7 miles. Then turn left at the Now the Aviation Board has Designation of the Waldo Lake Shadow Bay sign for 1.7 miles, ignore the hot potato in its lap. The Wilderness in 1984 has left many the campground entrance to the right, current aviation rules defer to people with the false impression that the and continue straight 0.3 mile to the the Marine Board. Float area is protected. In fact, the lake itself is boat ramp parking area at road’s end. planes are explicitly not still vulnerable to the oil spills and noise allowed on any water body of seaplanes and none of the lakeshore is Start at a “Shoreline Trail” sign by a GREG ZURBRUGG Quiet recreation on Waldo where gas motors are within the Wilderness boundary. Huge dock on the left. The path’s first half Lake took a step forward and a step back this April with a decision to ban all gas prohibited. If the Aviation areas to the east, south, and west are mile follows the shore of Shadow Bay, motors but those attached to float planes. Board decides to make new vulnerable to development. an inlet where sailboats strike romantic rules, they will have to make poses. At the 1.3-mile mark, a case that the existing rules reach a sandy beach he clear blue waters of Unfortunately, a late-breaking should be relaxed to allow sheltered by a small wooded Waldo Lake received complication leaves a cloud of float planes where they are island – a nice wading spot Tsome much needed good uncertainty over the lake. The currently prohibited. That’s on a hot day. After this the news in early April when the Marine Board rule was not likely. Stayed tuned for trail leaves the lake and Oregon State Marine Board supposed to prohibit both more as the decades-long skirts a meadow to the voted to continue the ban on boats and float planes (except fight to protect Waldo shelter. gas motors. The vote followed for emergency landings) but a lively public hearing and a the state Aviation Board unfolds. The rustic, 3-sided structure comment period when refused to concur, so the final is not near the lakeshore, thousands of Oregonians rule was tweaked to exclude Take Action! and it isn’t protected by the spoke out overwhelmingly in float planes. Call Governor Kitzhaber favor of protecting Waldo and urge him to instruct the either. The hike here is a Lake from the noise and If Waldo is precious enough Aviation Board to extend reminder of how beautiful potential pollution from gas to ban gas motor boats going the gas motor ban to float planes – 503.378.4582. this area is, and how much motors. 10 mph, it surely makes sense © GREG VAUGHN we have left to save. to prohibit float planes that

11 Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 From protecting the old-growth forests of Opal Creek to preserving and advocating for gray wolves, The 20 Year Club we’ve been honored to have had these supporters stand with us for over twenty years of campaigns. Thank you so much for your loyal commitment to keeping Oregon wild!

Amy L. and James T. Rooks Catherine and Marty Edward Schmidt James B. Davis Judith A Henderson Leon Werdinger and Beth Mary Lefevre and Spencer Peggy and Adolph Morlang Steve Lambros and Laurie Andrea Beardsley Morrow Elaine Robin and James P. James D. Monteith Judith Lynn Horstmann and Gibans Krueger Penny and John Lind Gerloff Andrew and Jadwiga Bajer Charles and Kyle Fuchs Scott James I. Carlson Howard T Bonnett Leslie and Patrick Logan Mary P Lipp and Daniel E Peter and Theresa Kloster Steven Clark Woolpert Andrew J. Swanson Charles B and Reida J Elisabeth M. Postma James R. and Judith N. Judith Schwartz Sorrel Leta and Stan Marchington Brenner Peter Koehler Jr. and Noel Steven McMaster and Andy Kerr Kimmel Elizabeth A. Javens Emerson Judyanne E Evitt and Ray Linda Burdick Atwill Mary T. Nolan and Mark S. Hanlon Kathleen Brock Anita K. Pearson Charles McGinnis and Gail Elizabeth and Joe Jan and Chris Sokol Heslep Linda D Nelson Gardiner Philip M. Lewin Steven Miller Ann Kendall Taylor Achterman Newcomb-Morawski Jane A. Beckwith Julie Bevan and David Linda K and Thomas J Mary Vogel Phillis and Thomas Temple Steven Tichenor Anne Philipsborn and Charles R. Meek Elizabeth Tilbury-Marquard Jane R Kendall Manfield Moehl Maryanne Staton Phyllis and Dudley Church Susan and Howard Selmer Richard Ray Charlotte A Campbell Ellen A Crumb Janet and David Dobak June and Ed Hemmingson Linda Shockey Matthew L. Slick Phyllis C Reynolds Susan and Lee Rosenbaum Annette Simonson and Alan Chip Hall Ellen L Saunders and David Janet L. Hall Karan and Jim Fairchild Linda Starr Matthew Messerly Rachel Kirby and Robert Susan E and Peter A Harris Higinbotham Chris C. Baker Whitman Janice Reid Karen and Walt Trandum Lloyd Slonecker Maureen Barckley Singleton Susan J. Prozanski Anton Vetterlein and Pamela Claudia Burton and Jim Emily and Robert Steele Janna Orkney Karen Bersack and Dan Lori and Keith Warren Maurice Bruce Stewart Rand Schenck Susan K. 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Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 12 In Memoriam: Peggy Robinson, Goose Timber Sale – about to be cooked a wilderness champion Doug Heiken, Conservation & Restoration Coordinator Chandra LeGue, Old Growth Campaign Coordinator he community of McKenzie residential property. More than acre unroaded area that the Forest Bridge is fit to be tied, and 7,000 log truck loads of timber will Service somehow forgot to inventory Trightfully so, because the Forest roll out of the hills and through the back in the 1970s. Service approved a huge timber sale community. Much of the timber immediately surrounding their volume will be from logging mature To add insult to injury, before community and almost everybody forests that help store carbon and adopting the outrageous Goose who cared did not find out until after mitigate climate change. These Project described here, the Forest it was a done deal. This is the Goose forests provide suitable habitat for Service considered and rejected an Peggy Robinson (left) working with other Project on the McKenzie Ranger spotted owls. There are 300 acres of alternative that would have focused Adopt-a-Wilderness volunteers to survey on thinning dense young stands and the Mule Mountain roadless area. District of the Willamette National “patch cuts” where most of the trees Forest. will be removed. The Forest Service minimizing road construction. In late 2011, Oregon lost a adopters, and supported plans to log inside “protected” Throughout the process, Oregon devoted champion for the wild volunteers throughout the process. Pink ribbons marking the boundaries riparian reserves, and in an 8,000- Wild pushed the Forest Service to places she loved – Peggy of the timber sale abut many people’s adopt this alternative, but our Peggy also volunteered for years Robinson. A teacher in Springfield comments and appeals fell on deaf with Oregon Wild’s Eugene Action for many years, Peggy was a ears. If the Forest Service would have supporter and an active volunteer Team and helped promote our worked with us and the community for Oregon Wild for many years. programs and activities by tabling She was also active in the Native at community events. Though her to refine this more benign Plant Society of Oregon and other interests shifted in the past several alternative, the Goose Project likely local groups. years and she spent more time would have sailed through with little devoted to other causes, she was controversy. Starting in the late 1990s, Peggy reinvigorated by forest issues was one of the most active during the development of the volunteers in the Oregon Wild (then BLM’s Western Oregon Plan Take Action! ONRC) Adopt-a-Wilderness Revisions (WOPR) in 2008 – program – focusing on the attending meetings, writing Western Environmental Law Willamette National Forest. Not comments and letters, and touring Center is representing Oregon Wild only did she adopt ten proposed some threatened forests. and Cascadia Wildlands in a wilderness areas herself, but she lawsuit challenging the Goose worked to involve many other I last saw Peggy on North Fork of Project. In the meantime, urge the members of the community, and the Middle Fork Willamette River Forest Service to put things right led other volunteers in adopting Trail last summer – still exploring by withdrawing the Goose Project more than a dozen other roadless new places. Oregon – and and involving the community in the Oregon Wild – will miss Peggy, but areas. Through 2001, Peggy put in design and implementation of a her years of work to protect our hundreds of volunteer hours in the DOUG HEIKEN Complex mature forests that project that meets the needs of cherished wild places will be field, organized trainings for new will be logged under the Goose Project. the community and the carried on in her memory. environment.

13 Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 Conservation round-up Steve Pedery, Conservation Director

Water for wildlife in the deal with the Klamath explosion of off-road vehicle Despite the continuing hype that a use that is $1 billion dollar water deal in the occurring on Klamath Basin would solve all of America’s public BRETT COLE When drought hits, wetlands critical for migrating waterfowl (like these on Lower the region’s problems, wildlife lands, and to within the spectacular Klamath Klamath National Wildlife Refuge) go dry and canals reduce the filled with cracked earth are all that remain. Basin National Wildlife Refuges damage they are once again facing a severe cause. This Wyden and Merkley, together with drought. A February memo spring, the Wallowa-Whitman prepared by the U.S. Fish and Rep. Walden, to pressure the Forest National Forest in northeast Oregon Service, leading the agency to Wildlife Service stated that Lower released their draft plan to close Klamath NWR was “…in the driest withdraw the plan. Oregon Wild is some unnecessary roads and reduce now working with a coalition of condition entering spring migration off-road vehicle abuse, sparking a in over 70 years,” and an outbreak conservation interests to counter the vicious backlash from off-roaders and vicious misinformation campaign, and of avian cholera in March killed others opposed to any restrictions on over 10,000 birds. Oregon Wild encourage the Forest Service to stand roads. Through a Tea Party-style its ground. JUSTIN ROHDE Wilderness protection for the Wild organized a national effort to campaign, they convinced Senators Rogue River means good business for rafting pressure the Obama administration companies that float this famed stretch. and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to allow water to reach the refuges. On March 27, we submitted a letter from 26 local, state, and national Keeping the Rogue wild Resources Committee and a Senate organizations demanding water for subcommittee on Parks and Public wildlife. The shortage is still severe, Oregon Wild members have been Lands. Oregon Wild’s Erik working for decades to protect more but some water is now flowing to Fernandez, who has worked tirelessly refuge wetlands. of the beloved Rogue River, and its to map and fine-tune the Wild tributaries, as Wilderness. We scored Roads to nowhere in the Rogue Wilderness proposal, traveled Wallowa Whitman NF two major advances in this effort in to Washington, DC in March to March, with favorable hearings on attend the hearings, and represent Rogue Wilderness before the U.S. Since 2005, every national forest Oregon Wild supporters in meetings has been required to draft a plan to House of Representatives Natural with key Senate and House offices. HCPC Off-road vehicle damage would continue unabated if political pressure keeps Wallowa-Whitman NF managers from moving forward with a balanced travel plan. Spring/Summer 2012 Volume 39, Number 2 14 Feel the With over 3,500 votes cast, the people of a 90-mile stretch of the south Cascades Oregon spoke and declared the Eagle Cap around Crater Lake, we’ll ensure that one Madness Wilderness as Oregon’s Favorite Wild of the state’s most important wildlife Where in Jonathan Jelen, Place. The final head-to-head matchup was corridors will be preserved for native species OREGON Development Coordinator between Eagle Cap (Oregon’s largest as they adapt to climate change. Wilderness area) and Crater Lake (the state’s only national park). Thanks to everyone who voted in the ??? inaugural Oregon Wild Madness. We hope Despite being such a long drive from the you enjoyed getting caught up in the state’s population centers, the stunning Madness and maybe you even got some peaks and nearly 60 alpine lakes of the new ideas for where in Oregon to explore Eagle Cap truly resonate with Oregonians. next. At nearly 350,000 acres, the remote and charismatic Eagle Cap Wilderness A big thanks to REI, Timberline Lodge, represents nearly one-sixth of the state’s and Thimbleberry Cabin for their generous federally protected Wilderness land and support of Oregon Wild Madness. provides critical habitat for some of Congratulations to Josh Kling who won a Oregon’s most charismatic megafauna, most two-night stay at Timberline Lodge and to notably, gray wolves. Katie Larsell who won a two-night stay at Thimbleberry Cabin. It’s truly a wild place – and now it holds the To see the full voting results, go to: title of Oregon’s Favorite Wild Place – at www.oregonwild.org/madness SUE PARSONS least for this year! Despite falling short in the final voting, As a recurring feature in Oregon Wild, SHAUN DANIEL Eagle Cap Oregon’s only national we showcase a photo of a wild place park, Crater Lake, (usually with someone displaying our continues to be one of newsletter). If you’re the first person to Inspired by college basketball’s annual the most beloved and correctly guess the location of this tournament, this spring, Oregon Wild ecological important issue’s photo, we’ll send you a copy launched Oregon Wild Madness. The goal: places in the state. of William Sullivan’s Atlas of Oregon to create awareness of and excitement for Oregon Wild is Wilderness. currently working to many of the wonderful wild places Send your guess or submit your own permanently protect throughout Oregon. The challenge began Where in Oregon photo for the next 500,000 acres around with a field of 32 special areas in Oregon issue to [email protected] Crater Lake as facing off in a head-to-head, single- and you could win too! elimination tournament. Wilderness. By permanently protecting

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