This looks like a fun summerpalooza!

OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: Swimming, beaver ecology, hiking and more

Rogue Riverkeeper, an environmental advocacy organization and program of KS Wild, produces a summertime swim guide that recommends swim sites that pass water quality tests. It currently suggests avoiding Bear Creek at Bear Creek Park in Medford and Little Butte Creek at Eagle Point. View the guide 

I floated down the Rogue River once as a teen, it’s beautiful and full of adventure.

Beavers can be constructive and destructive

Learn about the good and bad of beavers during an online presentation Wednesday and field trip on Saturday hosted by the Southern Oregon Research & Extension Center. The online event is 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday while the field trip is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Cost is $15. The field trip, which visits one of the largest beaver-created wetlands in the region, near Cave Junction, is open only to Jackson County residents. “Beaver can build water security and habitat resiliency,” according to a course description. “They can also be a nuisance.” The class will cover beaver biology, what they do and why they do it. Also to be covered are solutions to problems beaver can cause, such as harm to and destruction of trees.

You know what else can be  constructive or destuctive? Human beings. Look in the mirror,