Course Description: Metolius Watershed Workshop Series

The Upper Deschutes Watershed Council is coordinating the Metolius Watershed Workshop Series to raise community awareness about the Metolius River. The series will include four informative and inspiring evening sessions and two half-day field activities. Participants will learn about the incredible history of the Metolius watershed, its unique hydrology, native fish, conservation and restoration activities, water quality conditions and ongoing stewardship activities. The field days will offer fun, hands-on activities for attendees to explore the beautiful Metolius River while learning about sensitive macroinvertebrates that are biological indicators of water quality. Interested participants will also have the opportunity to learn fly casting techniques.

Course Details: (seats remaining)

Schedule:

Every other week on Tuesday, starting on 02/16/27 and ending on 03/30/27

Times:

05:30pm-07:30pm PST

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Price:

Class Price : $69.00

Additional Course Information

Classroom sessions will meet at the Hub in Sisters on the following Tuesdays: 2/16, 3/2, 3/16, and 3/30. There will be 2 field-based opportunities for enrolled participants to attend if they would like. Dates and location will be announced before the speaker series begins.

Instructors

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Kolleen Yake

Biography: Kolleen Miller is the Education Director for the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council. Miller has led environmental education courses for educators, community leaders, and students throughout Alaska, Washington, and Oregon for over 16 years. She directed watershed education programs with the Alaska Center for the Environment prior to joining the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (UDWC) in Bend in 2002. With a background in environmental writing, research, and analysis, Miller has trained and coordinated staff, volunteers, and teachers in watershed restoration, education, and restoration methodology. A leader in place-based education, Miller has coordinated hundreds of stream stewardship projects, written and edited multiple watershed outreach essays and articles, and has designed and implemented natural resource education programs for students of all ages. She authored UDWC's Upper Deschutes Subbasin Assessment (2003) and The Place We Cross the Water: Whychus Creek (2008) and seeks to integrate local watershed science and technical data into meaningful watershed education. Partnering with The Freshwater Trust in 2005, Miller played an integral part in developing place-based education programs and environmental curricula to distribute to community members, landowners, public officials, and students around Central Oregon. She currently serves as the Board President for the Children's Forest of Central Oregon and brings skills and expertise in community collaboration, grant writing, marketing, fundraising, and environmental education program coordination. Kolleen holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a M.A. in English Studies with an emphasis in Environmental Analysis from Western Washington University.

Facility Detail

The Hub, By Citizens4Community

291 E Main Ave

Sisters, OR 97759

Cancellation Policy

Students must cancel by contacting our office via phone: (541) 383-7270 or email: ceinfo@cocc.edu. Cancellations received 5 days prior to the start of the class will receive a full refund. Full refunds are also issued for classes cancelled by COCC. Refunds will be issued back to your card or in the form of a check and mailed within two weeks of the cancellation date if paid by check or cash. Failure to participate in a course or program does not result in a refund. Exceptions to the general refund policy are noted in the course descriptions on our website and in the printed schedule. If you have any questions, please call us at (541) 383-7270.