4 Winter 2009 Applegater
Governor selects Applegate
Sustainable Aggregate for
Oregon Solutions project
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BARNS &
Governor Kulongoski recently
designated the Applegate Sustainable
Aggregate effort as a new Oregon
Solutions project. The project involves
participation from both Jackson and
Josephine Counties, along with the
Applegate Partnership and Watershed
Council and a variety of other
interested stakeholder groups. Each of
these entities shares a common interest
in the health of the watershed, the
community and the local economy.
An Oregon Solutions team will
review the current conditions and
available data, and
identify the conditions
and studies needed
for sustainable gravel
extraction in the
Applegate Watershed,
while considering
natural resource needs and local
economic realities in the community.
“There is a critical need to
determine how much gravel can
be mined from our rivers without
detriment to fish habitat and the
river system. A team of state, federal,
and local governments, along with
private and civic partners will address
the economic, environmental, and
community needs for sustainable
aggregate mining in the Applegate River
watershed,” says Governor Kulongoski
about this Oregon Solutions project.
Josephine County Commissioner
Dwight Ellis and Jackson County
Commissioner C.W. Smith have
been named by the Governor as Co-
conveners of the Oregon Solutions
project team. More than 18 entities
will be participating as Oregon
Solutions team members over the next
six months. The project team hopes
to find a solution that embraces and
educates the community, incorporates
their concerns, addresses environmental
concerns, and helps secure additional
resources to provide needed data.
Oregon Solutions is a program of
the National Policy Consensus Center at
Portland State University which assists
in bringing government, business, and
civic organizations together to address
community problems or opportunities
in Oregon. The Governor is chair of the
program’s steering committee. Typically,
an Oregon Solutions collaborative
process culminates in a “Declaration
of Cooperation” signed by each of
the par ticipating
organizations. This
declaration becomes
the blueprint for
moving the project
toward completion.
Commissioner
C.W. Smith stated, “We have a strong
history of working together in the
Applegate to find solutions. I feel
confident that we will be able to find
common ground with this project.”
Commissioner Dwight Ellis
added, “This is an important issue that
has impacts beyond the Applegate. Our
work can benefit other communities
that are struggling with similar natural
resource management challenges.”
More information about this
project can be found on the web at:
http://www.orsolutions.org/southwest/
applegate.htm
Requests for additional
information can be emailed to Oregon
Solutions project manager Joan Resnick
at joan@trltg.com or the Applegate
River Watershed Council at staff@
arwc.org.
Kim Travis • 503-725-9092
Oregon Solutions Network Manager
ktravis@pdx.edu
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singing together for seven years, and we always welcome new members
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We sing a variety of choral music from Elizabethan Madrigals to
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Non-music readers can expect to improve their reading skills, and singers
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We meet every Monday might from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm the
Applegate Community Church, just off Highway 238 in Applegate, turn
on North Applegate Road, first driveway on your right turn and follow
the driveway up the hill to the church. Rehearsals began on January 5
and will last until March 23. We will have a program for the community
on Sunday, March 29, at the Applegate Ranch House in the afternoon.
For more information call Marvin Rosenberg at 541-899-7861, or Joan
Peterson at 541-846-6988.
Joan Peterson • 541-846-6988