Who Are We?

Main Stem Elk River
©Steve Miller

• Federal designation of the 17,000 acre Grassy Knob Wilderness (1984)

• Elk River Federal Wild & Scenic River designation and Oregon State Scenic Waterway (1988)

• FOER discovered 40 Marbled Murrelet nest sites, reducing or terminating USFS timber sales

• American Rivers placed the Elk River on the 10 Most Endangered Rivers list (1995)

• FOER initiated the Copper Salmon Wilderness campaign to permanently protect 12,000 acres of headwaters (1996)

David Bayles
Conservation Director
Pacific Rivers Council

FOER’s "Citizen Science" projects enable people to make a difference in protecting their watershed:

• Marbled murrelet surveys. FOER members survey timber sale areas, locating these threatened seabirds.
• Rare terrestrial mollusk and amphibian surveys. FOER members take citizen volunteers to locate these at-risk species and protect their habitats.
• Annual riparian tree planting. Volunteers plant trees and shrubs along the banks of Elk River.
• Education scholarships. Scholarships and workshop fees for students strongly committed to environmental activism.

You can contact us to lend your support or join a project. We appreciate those who’ve supported us.