Double your Donation to Deserving Student Scholarships!
The North Umpqua Foundation (TNUF) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization dedicated to the conservation and wise use of the world-famous North Umpqua River for the benefit of the resource and the community. Our mission includes actively fostering appreciation of and education about the river and its aquatic values. We have a very active and successful Scholarship Program which is integral to our conservation and education mission.
The goals of TNUF’s Scholarship Program are to foster the education of local students in fisheries science and encourage study related to understanding and conserving the resources of the North Umpqua River. Since its inception in 1996, the program has provided financial support of typically $1,000-3,000/year to 14 natural resource students from Umpqua Community College, Oregon State University, University of Oregon, Humboldt State University, and other colleges. These funds and the unique professional network we provide have directly affected the students’ development and direction. Our scholarship recipients have made significant contributions to the understanding of aquatic resources, of which TNUF can be proud. During 2017-18 academic year we supported 4 exceptional students who were the subject of a news feature (http://www.nrtoday.com/sports/outdoors/college-students-passionate-about-north-umpqua-river/article_732f9b4b-0110-520a-af36-8006949b29a3.html).
From now until November 30, 2018, your donation will be matched by a very generous local supporter up to a total of $25,000 if earmarked for the TNUF Scholarship Program. Our goal is to raise at least $25,000 to bolster the scholarship fund to over $50,000. That amount – even with the ever-increasing cost of college – will ensure TNUF’s ability to continue supporting our existing and future students as they pursue education and research related to our goals.
Please consider a new contribution from you and /or your employer to this successful program, knowing that its value to TNUF and the fisheries profession will be doubled during this fund-matching opportunity. All Scholarship Fund monies go directly to students — there are no administrative or overhead fees. There are two ways to help, online at www.northumpqua.org look for the Donate Today! Button and choose Scholarship Fund or by sending a check with Scholarship Fund in the memo to TNUF, 1224 NE Walnut St PMB 310 Roseburg, OR 97470.
As an added thank you, donors sending $50 or more will receive a Dan Callaghan print of The Big Bend Pool.
Thank you, your consideration is greatly appreciated!
Rich Grost, Aquatic Scientist
Chair, Scholarship Committee
The North Umpqua Foundation
TNUF Scholarship Recipient History
TNUF scholarship recipients, since the program’s inception in1996, have made significant contributions to the understanding and conservation of aquatic resources of which we can all be proud. Some have received multiple-year scholarships (generally $1,000-3,000 / yr) for particularly appropriate research topics and deserving / needing students. Several have become leading experts in their fields of specialty and in the education and conservation arenas. Several are also active participants in the Foundation. The diversity of recipients and their areas of interest and passion is evident in this summary:
- Jeffrey Dambacher, PhD, OSU (now a Professor in New Zealand) —Zoogeography of Oregon fishes. (1996 recipient)
- Lisa Krentz, MS, OSU — Estuary movement of sea-run cutthroat trout in the Salmon River.
- Sharon Frazy, MS, OSU — Relationship of stream-side vegetation to juvenile-anadromous fish population numbers.
- Pollyanna Lind, MS, U of O, Geomorphology as related to watershed erosion and deposition on the Sprague River.
- Jeremiah Bernier, MS, Humboldt State University — Differential gene expression between fall and spring Chinook salmon on the Feather River.
- John McMillan, MS, OSU — Life history diversity of rainbow trout in the John Day River.
- Kelly Crispen, MS, Univeristy of Montana — Retrospective Analysis of the ecology of salmonid fishes in the Umpqua River.
- Sierra Lewis, MS, OSU — Factors related to anadromous fish migration over anthropogenic and natural barriers, and distribution in the headwaters of the North Umpqua basin. (2010-11 recipient)
- Cris Salazar, BS, OSU (Roseburg resident and UCC graduate) — funded for BS studies in fisheries and conservation at OSU (2011-14 recipient)
- David Treskey (UCC graduate) — BS in Environmental Science, OSU (2015-16)
- Leslie Jensen, MS candidate, OSU – Fish population and community responses to forest harvest and environmental variability in Western Oregon. (2016, 17 recipient)
- Cheyanne Rico (Douglas County resident and UCC student), BS candidate, Lane-Benton CC and OSU, 2017 recipient.
- Michelle Pepping, MS candidate UC-Davis – Spatial distribution of juvenile summer and winter run steelhead in the North Umpqua Basin based on genetic markers.(2017 recipient)
- Bailey Daniels, BS candidate, OSU (Roseburg native and flyfisher; 2017 recipient)
Selected Recipient Testimonials
From Dave Tresky, 2015 recipient (now a USFS Hydrologic Technician and TNUF Director):
I just wanted to write and say how much I appreciate the scholarship and how much it is going to help me. I had been losing sleep on how I was going to get my loans paid in the time between when I graduate and when I get my career going and this has taken a huge worry off of my shoulders. I have a savings account that I put the money into and is going to be a huge relief. So once again I just wanted to say thank you to everyone in TNUF.
From Cris Salazar, 2011-14 recipient:
Again, I’d like to thank you and TNUF for helping me out. I would likely still be in Roseburg taking online classes, if it weren’t for your support, and I feel I’m getting much more out of it, here in Corvallis… Please let the rest of TNUF know of my progress and appreciation.
I’ve just been busy with school and work, mostly preparing for finals. I’m also learning a ton helping Gordie Reeves’ grad student, Haley Ohms, age her steelhead smolts, scales and otoliths, at the Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab. Gordie has also got me lined up to go to Cordova, AK for the Summer working on the fish crew in the Chugach NF, which I am really looking forward to. And I can’t thank Paul Utz enough for helping me get in touch with Mr. Reeves, as well as TNUF for helping me make the move from Roseburg to Corvallis. Things are working out well.
From Jeffrey Dambacher, 1996 recipient:
Yes I was the recipient of the first award…. I was starting a PhD on the zoogeography of Oregon fishes, and I used the money to take my first class. That class turned out to be on qualitative modeling, which captured my attention so much that I subsequently changed my dissertation topic to theoretical ecology. It’s been a great journey and I remain very grateful for the foundation’s initial support which came at a critical time for me. I am presently in Bordeaux France attending a symposium on estuary ecology where I presented a keynote address on my modeling work.
