Resources

Vámonos Outside

By Follow the Water / February 5, 2024

Ever heard of Vámonos Outside? Vámanos Outside, a nonprofit organization based in Bend connects Latinx… Continue Reading Vámonos Outside

Recycle to Help Out Water Organizations

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

It’s always a good day to make a positive impact on our planet by recycling—which… Continue Reading Recycle to Help Out Water Organizations

Water Management in Your Yard

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

Water management is an important aspect of sustainable gardening—it’s essential to understand how to keep… Continue Reading Water Management in Your Yard

Adopt a Drain

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

Storm drains, also called catch basins, help with flooding and stormwater runoff. You can do… Continue Reading Adopt a Drain

Tribal Member Linda Meanus Writes About Our Connection to Water

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

In her first book, My Name is LaMoosh, Linda Meanus, a Warm Springs Tribal Elder,… Continue Reading Tribal Member Linda Meanus Writes About Our Connection to Water

Comunidades: Amplifying Voices for Environmental and Social Justice

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

Comunidades is doing wonderful work. The nonprofit organization led by Columbia Riverkeeper Ubaldo Hernández is… Continue Reading Comunidades: Amplifying Voices for Environmental and Social Justice

Changing Currents: Working for Water

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

In August of 2023, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians’ Changing Currents program hosted its… Continue Reading Changing Currents: Working for Water

The Humble Caddisfly Helps Clean Our Rivers

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

Have you ever noticed small tubes of pebbles in the river? Those are the cocoons… Continue Reading The Humble Caddisfly Helps Clean Our Rivers

Beavers Help Slow Wildfires

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

You may already know that beavers have many positive impacts on their local river, but… Continue Reading Beavers Help Slow Wildfires

Water Ouzel or The American Dipper

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

The American Dipper, also known as a Water Ouzel, is unique in being one of… Continue Reading Water Ouzel or The American Dipper

Fish-Friendly Culverts

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

An initiative is underway in Oregon and several other states that aims to upgrade outdated… Continue Reading Fish-Friendly Culverts

Endangered Plant Makes a Comeback

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

Nelson’s checker-mallow was listed as an endangered species in 1993 due to habitat loss from… Continue Reading Endangered Plant Makes a Comeback

Underwater Fungi

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

Professors in Southern Oregon have discovered a mushroom with true gills, thriving underwater in the… Continue Reading Underwater Fungi

A Poem by Maritza Oropeza Kritz

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

Maritza Oropeza Kritz is volunteer, educator, and ambassador for Latino Outdoors. We love her poem… Continue Reading A Poem by Maritza Oropeza Kritz

Stormwater Art by Kanaan Kanaan

By Follow the Water / January 16, 2024

Drink in the beautiful fusion of art and water culture! Artist Kanaan Kanaan worked on… Continue Reading Stormwater Art by Kanaan Kanaan

Water Artist: Gabriel Liston

By Follow the Water / December 27, 2023

Gabriel Liston is an artist and illustrator documenting water history and domestic life. Overlands, his… Continue Reading Water Artist: Gabriel Liston