Summer vacation on the Pacific Crest Trail!
The Pacific Crest Trail Association’s (PCTA) Skyline and Sasquatch crews offer week-long volunteer vacations on the Pacific Crest Trail in Northern Oregon and Southern Washington. These crews supplement the work of PCTA’s regular maintainers by tackling major tread erosion problems. Join for the full week of just a few days. All food is provided. Backpack into a wilderness campsite with … Read More
My OET Story: Cathy and Mike Stuhr
Eleven years ago, my husband and I moved to Oregon so I could start a horse boarding stable and he could keep his “real” job. As my husband likes to say, “When you own a stable, someone has to keep their day job.” Guess he got elected. We originally joined OET not long after we moved here, but … Read More
My OET Story: Valerie Lantz
I’ve reached an age that may identify me as an old-timer, especially since my husband, Glenn, and I joined OET in 1977. I heard about OET in 1974, when I completed a student project for a BLM trail study. Early in 1978, Earl Flick, OET founder, invited me to attend the annual meeting. He and Les Bernard, another … Read More
My OET Story: Jodi Knutson
I happened upon the OET booth at the Oregon State Fair. I loved to trail ride and was looking for some others like me who enjoyed the wilderness and the trails. I had also noticed the trails were often blocked by downed trees, and it was getting more and more difficult to find places to trail ride, especially … Read More
Equestrians: BLM Wants Your Input on 20-year Public Land Management Plans
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is coming to your community to share information on how your public lands in Western Oregon will be managed for the next 20 years, and they want to year your thoughts and ideas. The BLM is interested in engaging in dialogue with community partners, cooperating agencies, federal and state agencies, and the general … Read More
Salmonberry Corridor Coalition Will Hold Public Meetings to Share Update
The Salmonberry Corridor Coalition will hold two public meetings later this month to present the findings of assessments conducted as part of the master planning process for the proposed new trail. Meetings will be held: Tuesday, February 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Port of Tillamook Bay Officers Mess Hall Meeting Room at 4000 Blimp Blvd. … Read More
Possibly the Perfect Summer Job!
Have the summer off? Want to enrich the lives of kids while working with horses? YMCA of Columbia-Willamette is looking to hire a Summer Equestrian Team Director and four staff for their Equestrian Team at YMCA Camp Collins. Each summer, two thousand children come to YMCA Camp Collins. Their goal is to provide these children with fun and … Read More
Letter of Request: Show Support for Milo McIver State Park
Guy Rodrigue, the Park Manager for Milo McIver State Park, is asking for letters to support a ConnectOregon V grant, which they’re applying for to construct the Deep Creek and North Fork Deep Creek bridges. These bridges will complete critical parts of the new trail that will eventually allow equsetrians to ride from McIver toward Barton park. If you support this project, please email … Read More