Instructor: Kolleen Miller

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.

Classes by this instructor

Whychus Watershed Workshops: Learn About Your Home Waters

The Upper Deschutes Watershed Council is coordinating a Watershed Workshop Series to help community members learn about the Whychus Watershed through presentations and workshops from local conservation leaders and natural resource experts. Topics will include watershed history, native fish, riparian ecology and stream restoration and monitoring. Watershed studies will be complemented with a unique blend of hands-on activities in fly-casting and Gyotaku print making. The series will culminate with an inspiring film event.�
February 24, 2026 to April 7, 2026 | 5:30pm-7:30pm PST | Sisters