Join KS Wild in their third of their Forest Defense Training Series: Submitting Letters to the Editor on October 19. The Forest Defender Training Series takes place every Wednesday for the month of October. We'll cover the critical functions of old-growth forests, wildfire in the Klamath-Siskiyou, climate adaptation, and the current status of forest protections. […]
Join KS Wild on a hike to Mill Rat Timber Sale. Mill Rat features old-growth trees targeted for logging in the Medford District Bureau of Land Management Poor Windy Timber Sale. Join KS Wild’s Forest & Climate Coordinator Alexi Lovechio on this moderately difficult hike is 1.5 miles off trail and follows a proposed road […]
Peace House is thrilled to announce that we plan to host our traditional Empty Bowls event live and in person on Friday, October 21 at Wesley Hall. We invite everyone to celebrate Ashland's continued generosity that helps fill the gaps for those facing the most need for food in the Rogue Valley by joining your […]
The Southern Oregon Central Labor Committee will host their October Fest BBQ at Cantrall Buckley Park in Jacksonville October 22 at 2 p.m. The event is free but there is a $4 fee for parking. Music includes Broadway Phil and Shouters, and Snow Cones with Mahalo Shaved Ice will be available! Contact southernoregonclc@gmail.com for more […]
Join KS Wild and Rogue Riverkeeper for Salmon Viewing on Bear Creek from 10am-12pm on October 23. Learn about the annual salmon migration up the Rogue River and Bear Creek on this casual stroll along the Bear Creek Parkway between Ashland and Talent. Rogue Riverkeeper Conservation Director Emily Bowes will lead the hike to places […]
Rogue Action Center will host a presentation and community discussion to go over this November's elections and ballot measures for Jackson and Josephine County. Local elections are critical in paving the way for transformative change in our communities and every vote counts! Please join us for an opportunity to learn and share ahead of election […]
You can stream this year's Salem Peace Lecture with a nuclear weapons abolition expert. Dr. Ira Helfand will deliver this year's Salem Peace Lecture. His topic will be "Back from the Nuclear Brink: Prescription for Survival." Dr. Helfand will lecture in person as well as being live-streamed worldwide on Willamette University’s YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/a4YvlcIAbX0 […]
Rogue Action Center will turn five years old this year. From RAC: "The RAC was founded to work with community and for community to build a just, inclusive, and sustainable Southern Oregon for everyone. Over the past five years, we have accomplished so much together! Our achievements and ongoing work has been made possible by […]
Editorial director and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel, justice correspondent Elie Mystal, national affairs correspondents Joan Walsh and John Nichols, and DC bureau chief Chris Lehmann will lead a spirited, if bleary-eyed, discussion on the possibilities and pitfalls coming out of Election Day. The Senate and House races will be obvious points of discussion but the […]
Join KS Wild for their Seed Dispersal Day at the Mariposa Preserve on November 9. The Friends of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument’s ecologist will guide an afternoon in the Mariposa Preserve as we disperse native grasses and pollinator flower seeds. This is a family-friendly event, so kids are welcome! Sign up link is here.
The Rogue Valley Water Solutions Summit's fifth session is November 9, at 6 p.m. on Zoom. A description of the event from SOPA organizers: "Averting mistakes and disasters – floods, fires, market pressures and more. Drought has an impact on our forests, flood prevention, and storm run-off. The potential for treated effluent as irrigation source […]
Frank Romano, who was released from jail in Jerusalem in 2018 and deported for his activist work, will speak in Ashland Monday, Nov. 14, from 7-8 pm at Bloomsbury Books in Ashland. The author will give a free signed copy of his book to the first five people who arrive to the event. Love and […]
