Dennis Black Flies and Equipment

by | Jan 23, 2017 | Announcements

In January of 2015, The Foundation was given flies, hooks, fly tying materials, rods, reel, etc. which resided at Dennis Black’s home on the North Umpqua prior to his death in December of 2013. Dennis was the founder of Umpqua Feather Merchants and his desire was for...

Fish Population in Western Oregon

by | Jan 22, 2017 | Announcements

Fish population and community responses to forest harvest and environmental variability in Western Oregon Written by Leslie Jensen, our current scholarship recipient currently attending Oregon State The latest series of studies to evaluate the effects of contemporary...

Updates on DNA and Genetics Projects

by | Jan 21, 2017 | Announcements

Update on TNUF’s Fish DNA project and a Separate DNA Project: As many of you know, through the combined efforts of Board member, Garry Kenny and Board Advisor, Dr. Michael Miller, the design for a Fish DNA counting machine was developed in 2015. A prototype of the...

Scholarship Update: Cris Salazar

by | Jan 19, 2017 | Announcements

“Hope everyone has been well and got a chance to enjoy the holidays. Things have been going well with myself. Currently living here in Eugene with my girlfriend, Cassandra. Still living the life of a seasonal technician; bouncing from agency to agency. Summer of...

A Year In review

by | Dec 19, 2016 | Announcements

December 2016 Dear Friend of the North Umpqua River, This summer I was given the “opportunity” to go through a four-drawer file cabinet full of papers from past North Umpqua Foundation meetings and activities to determine which should be saved and which could be...