 Oregon Wild & Scenic Rivers
Program
Winter rains mud the Wild Rogue...
Oregon has been in the
forefront of river conservation nationally with 57 rivers and
tributaries designated as either federal or state scenic waterways.
Yet all of these rivers still face ongoing threats to their beauty and
natural integrity. FLOW monitors and advocates for the protection and
restoration of Oregon's Wild and Scenic Rivers. FLOW
also addresses ongoing problems with these waters, such as the threats posed by dams, cattle grazing, logging,
gravel mining, dredging, roads, water withdrawals,
herbicide spraying, motorized use, and industrial pollution.
News & Action Alerts
Conservation
groups challenge Forest Service grazing without water quality
compliance- Click here to
read the press release...
 Action
Alert: Mining Company Threatens Chetco River
Freeman Rock, Inc. has applied for permits to substantially increase
instream gravel
mining operations on the Chetco
River.
Click here for more
information, to view
pictures of Freeman Rock's impacts on the Chetco, and to take
action.
Defend the Forests of the
Wild Rogue!
The
Medford BLM is preparing to clearcut old-growth forests within the
Wild Rogue watershed.
Click here
for more information.
NEWS UPDATE:
As part of our efforts to stop
the Kelsey-Whiskey Timber Sale, we were part of an environmental
coalition lawsuit filed a few years ago that challenges the Biological
Opinion that covers this and many other sales in SW Oregon. Thanks
to Earthjustice for their work on this case, which came back as a
victory for the forests and the environment.
Click here for a copy of the
holding for ONRC v. Allen...
 Cattle grazing and Joseph Creek Wild and Scenic River!
Click here to read more about this
issue...
Click here to read the
appeal...
FLOW files appeal of the Upper Sycan Allotments, Fremont National Forest
Click here to read
the appeal...
Click here for more
information and to see pictures of the area...
These allotments affect the upper segment of the Sycan National
Wild and Scenic River.
Click here to read FLOW's comments on
the Upper Sycan Grazing EA.
 FLOW files comments on
cattle grazing and the Middle Fork John Day Wild and Scenic River
Click here to read
FLOW's comments
 TAKE
ACTION:
JETBOAT SPECIAL USE PERMITS AND THE LOWER WILD ROGUE RIVER
Click here for more
information & action alert Click here to read FLOW's
appeal of the
Decision.
Rogue River Jet Boats has applied for a permit to dredge a section of
the Lower Wild and Scenic Rogue River to allow for easier jetboat passage.
The operators claim that during low water their jetboats are incurring
damage from hitting bottom.
Click here
to read FLOW's to the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers and
click here
to read FLOW's comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality.
 FLOW files scoping comments on the BLT Vegetation
Management Project, Deschutes National Forest.
Click here
to read our comments...
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FLOW and Rogue Group Sierra Club Appeal
the Wild and Scenic Rogue River Hellgate Recreation Area Management Plan
Friends of Living Oregon Waters (FLOW)
and the Rogue Group Sierra Club (RGSC) assert that the Bureau of Land
Management has illegally failed to restrict motorized tourboat use to the
levels allowed by the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. High levels of
motorized tourboat noise and wakes disrupt fish and wildlife, degrade water
quality, and create conflicts between motorized and non-motorized
recreation.
 FLOW
files comments on Upper Klamath River Management Plan
This is the management plan for
the Wild and Scenic Upper Klamath River.
Click here to view pictures of the
Upper Klamath and to read our comments.
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