Hello everyone and welcome to Living Southern Oregon! I’m looking forward to introducing you all to Michael Dotson. Michael is the Director at the Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, a non-profit conservation organization working across southwest Oregon and northwest California's public lands and watersheds. His work is geared towards community organizing, civic engagement, and advocacy on behalf of wildlife, clean water and forests. Michael moved to southern Oregon in 2013, and is going on 9 years living in the region.

Much of his current work is geared more towards community organizing, civic engagement, and advocacy on behalf of wildlife, clean water, and forests.

Michael likes getting out on the trails, hiking/backpacking and rafting rivers in the region. He also helps out a friend from time to time during the grape growing season, helping him manage his small vineyard and wine-making operation. He enjoys the area's wineries and likes to visit local venues and wineries, especially when there's an opportunity to enjoy live local music/musicians.

Swim Guide - Rogue Riverkeeper

Waterkeeper Alliance

Rogue River Keepers

Kswild.org

Bigelow Lakes - Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve

Rogue River Recreation Trail

Devil’s Punchbowl Recreation Area

Red Butte Wilderness

Frog Pond Hike

Indigo Creek

Northwest Rafting

Momentum River Expeditions

Shannon Keegan is a Water Relationship Coach at Intrepid Water as well as a wife, mother, endurance swimmer and podcaster. She works with humans of any age to rediscover their innate aquatic abilities and take the first step to improve their experience in the water. She has called Southern Oregon home since March of 2013.

Intrepid Water – Gain the comfort and confidence to swim free!

Marathon Swim Stories – Where we explore the human side of superhuman feats of endurance swimmers and those who support them.

Rogue Valley Masters

Pumphouse Burgers and Brews

ArtBop Beer

The Vintage Coffee House - Talent

Gather Cafe Bistro Bar - Talent

Common Block Brewery

[email protected]

Kimber Parris-Bartman, along with her husband David Bartman, is the co-owner and Co-brewer of mom & pop brewery, Art Bop Beer Co. Kimber is also a volunteer with the Talent Public Arts Committee. She moved to Southern Oregon in 2009 just after graduating with a degree in Philosophy and Ethics and has been living in the Talent / Ashland area for nearly 13 years.

World's Smallest Park - City of Talent

Talent Maker City

Chozu Bath & Tea Gardens - Ashland

Rogue Action Center

Rogue Climate

Oregon Cheese Cave

Common Block Brewing

A-Street Pet Wellness

Welcome everyone to another episode of Living Southern Oregon! I'm really excited to introduce you all to Gina DeQuenne – a true community leader! Gina is an Ashland City Council Member, Commissioner at City of Ashland’'s Housing Commission, Senior Sales Manager with Neuman Hotel Group, and is Founder and President of Southern Oregon Pride. She is a human doing, a person that gets things done as well as a visionary who believes in the people. She is a passionate BIPOC and LGBTQ community member and advocate. She has lived in Ashland for 15 years.

Southern Oregon Pride

Waterstone Spa, Ashland

Lovejoy's Tea Room, Ashland

Matcha Boba House, Ashland

Catalyst - Local Community Technology and Coworking Space, Ashland

Maya Lila di Vento is a web designer, meditation teacher, somatic birth trauma practitioner, human design reader, Nature enthusiast, and co-founder of ROOTS Outdoor School.She is a lover of life, curious, open and multi-passionate. Maya Lila’s main focus through various modalities is to bring more joy to the world through co-creation of beauty and transformation of trauma. She moved to Southern Oregon in 2014 from Maui. Born and raised in Southern California, she also lived in Argentina and Italy before settling here. Since she was 8 years old, she knew she would one day live in Oregon.

Maya Lila Meditation - Insight Timer

mayaliladivento.com

Instagram - mayliladivento

Limpy Creek - Grants Pass hike

Red Lily Winery – concert series

Apricity Vineyard and Tasting Room

Rainbow Recreation Site on the Rogue River

The Living Blu Room, Grants Pass – blu light therapy

R.O.O.T.S Outdoor School

Wildlife Images, Grants Pass

I’m excited to introduce everyone to Alexi Lovechio. Alexi is the Forest & Climate Coordinator with KS Wild. Today she is going to speak to us about preparing your home & property for wildfire as we head into fire season here in Southern Oregon. She has spent many summers working for the US Forest Service identifying plants and hiking around the Rocky mountains. Alexi has a deep appreciation for the natural world and how our public lands are managed. Alexi has lived here since 2019 and enjoys spending time outdoors, either hiking, biking, or skiing. For more information regarding wildfire safety, you can email Alexi directly at [email protected]

KS Wild

8 Dollar Mountain Boardwalk

South Fork of the Rogue River

Christina moved to Southern Oregon in 1993 and graduated in 2003 with a journalism degree from University of Oregon. She now writes “Footloose in the Applegate - Stories From a Stay at Home Traveler'' as well as providing writing and other services to her clients. Christina now loves living and writing in Southern Oregon, enjoying and learning all of the things it has to offer.

Footloose in the Applegate

Applegate Lodge

Plaisance Ranch

Pennington Farms

Jacksonville Woodlands

Good Bean Coffee

Vista 222

Applegate Country Club

I am really excited to introduce you all to Murray Fischer, the founder and organizer of the Rushmore Society. Murray came down from Salem in 1997, and graduated from SOU in 1999. He completed a Masters Degree in Education at Willamette University, and moved back to Southern Oregon in 2001.

The purpose of the Rushmore Society is to engage the people involved and hold events that support the community.  He is fascinated by how and where people meet ~ and what makes it easy for some, and difficult for others to connect; how our circle of friends can shrink as we age and how connecting with people leads to a more fulfilled and prosperous life. Rushmore strives to create a spot where people can meet new friends, and discover all that Southern Oregon has to offer.  Murray is an organizer and likes to break free from routines and go a little against the grain. His personal interests include athletics and training, landscaping and gardening, cooking and food, wine and spirits, and spending time with his wife, Chava, his three step kids, and a wonderful group of close friends.

Rushmoresociety.com

Facebook page

Portal Brewing

Immortal Spirits

Bandersnatch Trail, Ashland

Stoneriver Vineyards 

Dunbar Farms

2 Hawk Winery

Daisy Creek Vineyard & Winery

Kriselle Cellars, Eagle Point

Terry Trantham was born with green thumbs and a garden in her heart. She just knew she was meant to live a life with her hands in "the dirt."  She was born in the deserts of New Mexico so she knows all about drought. Food security is her driving force; she has a 5 acre permaculture homestead where she and her husband practice regenerative and biodynamic farming, including Integrated Food Forest systems, focusing on perennials. Terry spent 12 years in Alaska where the soil is fertile but the season is short. From there she lived and traveled across the world, learning about different terrains and methods of cultivating the earth. She learned from Norwegian gardeners,Caribbean agriculturists, Middle Eastern olive farmers and Balinese rice growers, and everybody in between. Now settled in the Southern Oregon Mediterranean Climate,Terry is taking all that she has seen and studied and is combining it with the permaculture food forest philosophy to grow her dream on her 5-acre property. Her friends call her Garden Girl and the word that shows up in her vocabulary more than any other is “abundance”. Terry is an enthusiastic teacher with a heart for sharing all she has learned.

[email protected]

Gardengirl1@instagram

YouTube Garden Girl Video

Ride My Road

Oregon Honey Festival - Cascade Girl

Rogue Valley Pollinator Project

Shooting Star Nursery

Our Family Farms

Jo and Rosie are co founders of Full Bloom Community and Owners of Rise Up! Artisan Bread. Parents to 2 lovely girls Ocean (16) and Skye (!1).  They are Zen inspired, back to the land intentional community inspired, punk/folk/hip hop/urban inspired, theater makers, ecological and environmental stewards and activists. Capitalism out of necessity. Eager to transition into a society that cares for those who "fall through the cracks''. Jo is also a musician, singer songwriter, guitar, bass, drums, and recording artist and engineer and has supplied additional music for this episode with songs from his duo called Outside the Deer Fence.

Rise Up Artisan Bread

Outside the Deer Fence

Nymph and Woodsman

By George Farm

Wild Wines

Jefferson Farm Kitchen

Barking Moon Farm

LongSword Vineyard