Our March Chapter Meeting (Tuesday March 24) zoom link is: Rogue Valley Audubon Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Rogue Valley Audubon Society's Zoom Meeting Time: Mar 24, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88990684917?pwd=jbWpZ8NvVbdTJV6j2dAw1TzHbmqz9t.1 Meeting ID: 889 9068 4917 Passcode: 538101 --- One tap mobile [...]
Imagine the worst landlord you ever had. Then, make it worse. The landlord sells off the wood floor in your dining room, turns a herd of cattle loose on your front lawn and digs up your back yard looking for oil. Now, say hello to Trump’s Bureau of Land Management. The BLM is America’s biggest [...]
The Conservation Column With the “1% for Wildlife” bill, Oregon has a real chance to meaningfully fund conservation. HB 4134 calls for raising the state’s hotel and lodging taxes by 1.25% in order to fund a wide range of wildlife and habitat conservation programs, from wildlife crossings to wildfire resilience. The bill will be taken [...]
The Bill Described below passed in the 2026 Oregon Legislative Short Session. See: https://oregonwild.org/historic-funding-for-wildlife-passes-oregon-legislature-heads-to-gov-kotek-for-signature/ Also see https://www.hcn.org/articles/would-you-pay-1-more-for-wildlife/
Find out what nine new species were added to the newly revised sixth edition of the Birds of Jackson Count, Oregon brochure. Lead Editor Nate Trimble (shown here) and his volunteer team worked on the update for the past year. Nate meticulously researched the many changes to birds and their favorite habitats in the Rogue [...]
The Conservation Column by Pepper Trail I’ll admit it. I am overwhelmed and devastated by the Trump Administration’s all-out attacks on environmental protections, green energy, and climate science (well, science in general). It is hard to know where to begin to fight this many-headed monster, especially when Congress and the Supreme Court seem to [...]
We wanted to bring to everyone’s attention that sometime in the next couple of weeks there will be some work happening at the White City Lagoons Enhancement area. This is the area with the path where bird viewing is allowed. During the work there will be some days when birding will not be possible. We [...]
The Conservation Column by Pepper Trail There is so much terrible news coming out of Washington, DC that it is impossible to keep up. Certainly, that is true with the over 1000-page “Big Beautiful Bill” that passed the Republican-controlled House by a single vote this week. It is likely that very few if any Representatives [...]
The Conservation Column by Pepper Trail Dire Threats to the Endangered Species Act Until recently, the Trump Administration’s attacks on endangered species protections – though far-reaching and devastating - had been largely indirect. These had focused on prioritizing fossil fuel extraction over every other use of public lands, and gutting any federal action to [...]
The Conservation Column By Pepper Trail I-5 Wildlife Crossing Let’s start with some GOOD news. As many of you will have heard, the US Department of Transportation has awarded a $33 million grant for the construction of the Mariposa Preserve Wildlife Crossing over I-5. This grant was through the Federal Highways Administration Wildlife Crossings Pilot [...]
