Springfield gets funds to support additional drinking water source
Springfield Utility Board is working to establish an additional source of drinking water. It recently received nearly $10 million in state funding to help.
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Springfield secures $10M for McKenzie River water project
Springfield Utility Board (SUB) has secured nearly $10 million from Oregon's Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund to bolster the McKenzie River Water Supply Project.
How McKenzie River drift boat, born in Eugene, became world famous
In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with Randy Dersham, director of the documentary film ...
McKenzie River Valley nonprofit buys land in Blue River for first affordable housing project
Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated to correct two errors. DevNW's role in this project is to assist with construction. The Three Sisters' Meadow is owned by the nonprofit ...
Destination weddings on the McKenzie and accessible trail to Blue Pool
The Willamette Valley Visitors Association awarded $85,000 to ten grant applicants seeking tourism support. Here are the projects that got funding.
Quartz Creek restoration helping return floodplains to McKenzie River
BLUE RIVER, Ore. – Bob Bumstead drives a willow branch deep into the mushy riverbed. Water flowing over submerged logs elicits a soft gargle, while the soppy quicksand swallows his boots up to his ...
Meet 1 of just 2 McKenzie River Drift Boat makers left in the PNW
McKenzie River Drift Boats were developed over decades in the early 1900s. While the boats are used worldwide today, only two professional craftsman still exist in the PNW. This story was updated ...
A not-so-outdoorsy reporter's first time on the McKenzie River
The journalist interviewed a local boatmaker and river tour guide on the McKenzie River for the "Humans of Lane County" series. This was the journalist's first time on the McKenzie River and included ...
Destination weddings on the McKenzie and accessible trail to Blue Pool
The Willamette Valley Visitors Association awarded $85,000 to ten grant applicants seeking tourism support. Here are the ...
Meet 1 of just 2 McKenzie River Drift Boat makers left in the PNW
McKenzie River Drift Boats were developed over decades in the early 1900s. While the boats are used worldwide today, only two professional craftsman still exist in the PNW. This story was updated ...
A not-so-outdoorsy reporter's first time on the McKenzie River
The journalist interviewed a local boatmaker and river tour guide on the McKenzie River for the "Humans of Lane County" series. This was the journalist's first time on the McKenzie River and included ...
Celebrate The Mckenzie River With Barry Lopez
Recently protected side channels of the McKenzie RiverPhoto: Tim Giraudier, Beautiful Oregon The side channels of the upper McKenzie River near the town of Blue River are “magical,” Joe Moll says, ...
Destination weddings on the McKenzie and accessible trail to Blue Pool
The Willamette Valley Visitors Association awarded $85,000 to ten grant applicants seeking tourism support. Here are the ...
Travel project aims to restore land along McKenzie River Corridor
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Planning to travel soon? There’s a new way that you can explore the outdoors all while supporting Oregon communities affected by last year’s historic wildfires. As a visitor, ...
Meet 1 of just 2 McKenzie River Drift Boat makers left in the PNW
McKenzie River Drift Boats were developed over decades in the early 1900s. While the boats are used worldwide today, only two professional craftsman still exist in the PNW. This story was updated ...
'We're all in this together': McKenzie school community bonds over shared trauma
Two years ago, the Holiday Farm Fire devastated McKenzie Valley communities days before the intended start of the 2020-21 school year. For local schools like the McKenzie School District in Blue River ...
McKenzie wildfire survivors, those that stayed, are slowly overcoming exhausting obstacles
Other wildfires have burned in Lane County since a Labor Day 2020 wind storm kicked up destructive blazes across the state, but none had the same lasting effects as the Holiday Farm. Two years later, ...
Officials warn of an obstruction on the Upper McKenzie River
Officials are warning about an obstruction on the Upper McKenzie River below Paradise Campground. It's at milepost 52 on Highway 126, which parallels the river.
Quartz Creek restoration helping return floodplains to McKenzie River
On a crisp Sunday morning, Bumstead, a retired teacher and a member of the McKenzie Flyfishers, along with 23 volunteers, met at Quartz Creek for a “Willow Tree Planting Party,” part of a larger ...
Creek restoration helps return river floodplains
Despite the challenges, the Quartz Creek restoration is a vital step toward repairing decades of ecological damage along the ...