2 November-December 2008 Applegater
Proceeds to benefit the Gater
ROLLE
The book you have been waiting for!
In 1989 Rolle became the
District Ranger for the Applegate
Forest District where she supervised
more than 120 employees and brought
her nontraditional forest management
style to all the forest lands in the upper
Applegate watershed, an area that
covers 219,000 acres. Concerned over
the effects of clear-cutting timber, Rolle
ended the practice in the Applegate
District, and adopted thinning
instead.
In 1992 she helped found the
Applegate Partnership, a diverse group
of stakeholders who came together to
manage the forestlands in the Applegate
District. Two years later, Rolle took on
the role of Interagency Liaison for the
Partnership, tearing down barriers
and building relationships among
the different groups of landowners.
The Applegate Partnership became
a national and international model
for managing forestlands using a
community collaborative process,
and Rolle received many awards and
commendations for her role.
In 2004, after five years of
retirement, Rolle became the first
Conservation Coordinator for the
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy
and guided the management of the
lands held in their trust, which included
35 properties and more than 6,000
acres of farm, forest and scenic lands.
The Southern Oregon Land
Conservancy protects special lands
in the Rogue Basin and surrounding
areas for this and future generations by
working cooperatively with landowners
and communities.
It was the first land trust to
form in Oregon and works with
landowners and local jurisdictions that
voluntarily choose to permanently
protect lands in order to ensure that
their conservation values are retained.
For more information, visit Southern
Oregon Land Conservancy online at
LandConserve.org or call 541-482-
3069.
Diane Garcia • 541-482-3069
diane@landconserve.org
“ He r e i n a l l
their homely and
self-depicting humor
is a basketful of
writings by the lanky
and outrageous J.D.
Rogers, a modern-day
Mark Twain in green
high-top sneakers, and
a personal story-teller
in the style of Robert
Fulghum and Dave
Barry.
His often
hilarious editorials from
the APPLEGATER, a
community newspaper
in Oregon’s Applegate
Valley, range from
tongue-in-cheek stories
about his days in Moab,
Utah as a self-styled
Rock Star to tender and
uproarious episodes
from his current life in
the Oregon log cabin
where he lives with two
irrepressible dogs and his wife, ‘my bride Sioux.’
Mixed in with the fun is an appreciation of and commitment to
preserving the forest of Oregon and the deserts of Utah in the form of some
almost-serious rants about the injustices and absurdities of our American
life.
In these pages are doggie tales (and much more) to enjoy and laugh
with, as well as ramblin’ rants to share and ponder.” Odyssey Press
This is a great gift for you, your family and friends. The cost is a
reasonable and well worth it, only $16.95 plus $3.95, for shipping and
handling, the total being $20.90. Twenty percent (20%) of the proceeds
will go directly to the APPLEGATER.
Send your check or money order to:
JD Rogers, 3905 Thompson Creek Road, Applegate, Oregon 97530.
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The Gater is gratified by the support of
these recent donors
Lisa Crosse, Woodacre, CA
Wilson Edinger, Medford. OR
John & Jane Fischer, Medford, OR
Friends of Forest Creek, Jacksonville, OR
Pam Haeckler, Grants Pass, OR
David & Colette Hamann, Grants Pass, OR
Reeve Hennion, Jacksonville, OR
Susan Maesen, Jacksonville, OR
Dr. Phyllis Moeller, Los Angeles, CA
J. Michael Pearce, Santa Fe, NM
Clara Pursel, Eagle Point, OR
Margaret Purves, Grants Pass, OR
Robert Raber, New York, NY
Norman Robinson, Tucson, AZ
Sara Scott, James Kalfas, Naomi Rose, Williams, OR
Barbara & Bill Steele, Cowhorn Vineyard & Garden,
Jacksonville, OR
Olive Stephan, Grants Pass, OR
Patrick & Cindy Traynor, Wilderville, OR
Evelyn Williams, Jacksonville, OR
Marc Zurcher, Medford, OR
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Community Newspaper, Inc., (AVCN)
provides the many rural and diverse
communities of the Applegate Water-
shed with a communications vehicle,
the Applegater newspaper, free of
charge to all watershed residents. Our
bimonthly paper presents constructive,
relevant, educational and entertaining
reports on a wide variety of subjects
such as:
n natural resource issues
n ecology and other science
information
n historical and current events
n community news and opinions
AVCN encourages and publishes
differing viewpoints and, through the
Applegater newspaper, acts as a clear-
inghouse for this diverse community.
We are dedicated to working together
with community members to maintain
and enhance the quality of life that is
unique to the Applegate Watershed.
Acknowledgements
The Applegater is published bi-
monthly by the Applegate Valley
Community Newspaper, Inc. and is
funded by donations from our loyal
readers and advertisements for local
businesses.
Special thanks to Carole Moskovita
for layout; Barbara Holiday, Joan Pe-
terson, Sue Maesen and Paul Tipton
for editing; Barbara Holiday, P. R. Kel-
logg and homeschoolers Kelton and
Jakob Shockey for proofreading; and
Lisa Crean for bookkeeping.
Board of Directors
Greeley Wells, Chairman
Gary Brauer, Webmaster
Lisa Crean, Treasurer
Linda Fischer, Secretary
Barbara Holiday
Hal Macy
Paula Rissler
J.D. Rogers, Editor
Editorial Board
J.D. Rogers, Editor
Chris Bratt
Linda Fischer
Jan Perttu
Rauno Perttu
Marvin Rosenberg
Sandy Shaffer
Greeley Wells
Connie Young
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