Our team would like to thank our community partners Jim and Jane Russell, the owners of Whitewater Ranch, for giving us the opportunity to work on this incredible project. You’ve allowed us to learn valuable skills in a unique environment that we will have and use for the rest of our lives.
We would also like to thank the McKenzie Watershed Council, specifically Jennifer Weber, for teaching us a restorative skills and all the help she provided for the duration of our project.
Also, we would like to commemorate Lorin Zastoupil, who passed away this April from pancreatic cancer and thank him and his wife Mary Alice Zastoupil for all the help they have given to all Riparian Restoration ELP teams.
Finally, we would like to thank Peg Boulay, co-director of the ELP, our project manager Alejandro Brambila, and the Environmental Leadership Program at the University of Oregon. They have given us priceless information about all aspects of the environment and provided us resources for us to learn, grow, and make this process possible.