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his organization after his res-
cued shelter dog Jordan, who
was his motivation to high-
light shelter animal welfare.
Rotunda encourages peo-
ple to donate to local shel-
ters, streaming the events via
Facebook Live. He introduc-
es the shelter pets, interacts
with them and shows ways
people can benefit their lives.
All the money raised at each
shelter goes directly to that
shelter.
OCHS is fundraising for
new kennels for its dogs.
Currently, the humane soci-
ety has about a dozen dogs
available for adoption.
“The new kennels are be-
ing put in starting (Tuesday).
It’s going to take between two
and three weeks to put in the
new kennels,” Thompson
said. “We would like to raise
$15,000 for the install of the
kennels. Anything that we
can raise above that’s going
to go towards beginning the
Watershed from page 1A
and bringing together aca-
demic, tribal, state and fed-
eral agencies to synthesize
climate impacts on stream
permanence.”
Her first official day on
staff will be Oct. 18.
“I am very much look-
ing forward to leading the
council to continued suc-
cess,” Pazdral said. “I am
also looking forward to get-
ting to know the larger Siu-
slaw community — hope-
fully somewhere on a kayak,
log jam or dock!”
While searching for the
director position, SWC did
some restructuring, elevat-
ing some current staff and
bringing on board others
in order to continue their
work.
Now, the SWC has two
project managers, one to fo-
cus on field projects and one
to take on the post-COVID
revival of community en-
gagement activities.
Caleb Mentzer also joined
SWC in late August. Having
previously worked as a proj-
ect manager for other Ore-
gon watershed councils, he
will bring a wealth of habitat
restoration knowledge to
the Siuslaw. His initial work
will center around culvert
replacement, large wood
placement and contract
development and manage-
ment.
In addition, Kevin Whit-
taker joined the SWC field
crew as a restoration tech-
nician this summer and
mo dif ications
on our medical
suite.”
Once those up-
grades are com-
plete, the next
step will be for
OCHS to recruit
a vet.
The Jordan’s Way event was a time to
M o n d a y ’s
have fun while raising money for OCHS.
event brought in
nearly $5,000, and people can cream pies to the face, re-
still donate through the link ceived peanut butter kisses
available at www.facebook. from the dogs, played games
com/OregonCoastHumane- with marshmallows and got
doggone silly as prompted
Society.
Oregon is the 39th state by the donations that came
on the Jordan’s Way tour, and rolling in.
Many of those activities
Rotunda and his team did a
second livestream after leav- benefited the pets, who got
special treats throughout the
ing Florence.
“It’s so exciting, and what day.
“A&W donated hamburg-
a blessing,” Thompson said.
“It is really fun. I’m so lucky. ers for the dogs, and we’re
I can’t believe I get paid to do getting ready to do catnip
and chicken for all the cats.
this!”
Part of the appeal of the Once we hit $1,000, all the
Jordan’s Way events is the in- cats got rotisserie chicken,”
teractive component. OCHS Thompson said.
OCHS Board President
volunteers and communi-
ty members got whipped- Shauna Robbers and Flor-
ence Area Chamber of Com-
merce President/CEO Bet-
tina Hannigan stayed busy
throughout the event, con-
tacting every person on their
social media, email and oth-
er friend lists to get people to
donate. People were sending
in donations from Florida,
New York, even Chile.
“We are so fortunate to
have found somebody like
Elizabeth with her drive, en-
thusiasm, ‘think out of the
box’ persona and her will-
ingness to get involved with
the community,” Robbers
said. “She has joined Rotary
and Kiwanis, helped with
fundraisers, reached out to
the schools and other orga-
nizations like CROW, and
that great calendar we’ve got
going with them. Our board
is absolutely over the moon.
… We look forward to a long
relationship with her in the
community.”
For more information, vis-
it www.oregoncoasthumane-
society.org.
works on new and ongoing
projects throughout the wa-
tershed.
SWC’s mission is to create
sound economic, social and
environmental uses of nat-
ural and human resources
in the Siuslaw River Basin.
The council encourages co-
operation among public and
private watershed entities
to promote awareness and
understanding of watershed
functions by adopting and
implementing a total wa-
tershed approach to natural
resource management and
production.
The SWC, like many pub-
licly oriented groups has
had to adapt to COVID re-
lated restrictions and still
work towards accomplish-
ing their mission.
“Staff at the Siuslaw Wa-
tershed Council (SWC)
have responded to COVID
as necessary over the course
of the pandemic,” Moffett
said.
gates on the Siuslaw and
assisting with lamprey sur-
veys at the Fivemile-Bell
restoration site.”
In addition, SWC staff are
preparing for the next plant-
ing season by continuing
to maintain potted native
plants and collecting seeds.
Some of these will be dis-
tributed to the community
through the Native Plant
Distribution in February.
SWC is also coordinat-
ing the upcoming year of
community events, in-
cluding the Summer 2022
Exploration Camp. The
camp incorporates educa-
tion, restoration, and rec-
reation for fourth- through
12th-graders in the Siuslaw
watershed.
Moffett also wanted in-
dividuals to know while
volunteer opportunities are
still limited, those interest-
ed in participating can con-
tact SWC at nativeplants@
siuslaw.org.
While some employees
worked from home until
vaccines were widely avail-
able, crews were still able to
work in the field. The office
reopened in June and con-
tinues to follow pandemic
safety precautions.
Although the activities
SWC is usually involved
with have been reduced or
modified, there are other
projects which the group is
working on to further their
mission.
“We have a project cur-
rently underway in Upper
Deadwood Creek placing
logs instream to restore
native salmon habitat as
part of the Siuslaw Coho
Partnership Strategic Ac-
tion Plan,” Moffett said. “In
preparation for winter, the
field crew is protecting na-
tive plantings by removing
the surrounding vegetation
and building or maintain-
ing enclosures. The field
crew is also surveying tide
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