Preston Harry, co-owner of Better Painting & Contracting, sprays a fresh coat of paint on the Umpqua River Lighthouse Museum near Winchester Bay on Oct. 16, 2018. The 65-foot-tall beacon will turn ...

36 Hours of Rugged River Recreation in the Umpqua National Forest The historical Steamboat Inn remains standing following last year’s Archie Creek Fire, ready to be your base camp for a weekend ...

Only hatchery spring Chinook may be kept on the mainstem Umpqua River. Harvesting wild spring Chinook (jacks and adults) is prohibited. Just one adult wild spring Chinook per day, 10 per year, may ...

Umpqua-River News: Birdon Delivers 12Th USCG Motor Lifeboat, Birdon Delivers Ninth And Tenth 47′ Mlbs To The US Coast Guard, Ailing Fisherman Medevaced Off ...

Who will buy the Steamboat Inn, the fabled fly-fishing resort on southern Oregon’s Umpqua River that has only had three owners in six decades? Broker Michelle Kennedy of Crystal Investment ...

The scenic hillsides just above the North Umpqua River east of the Douglas County town of Wilbur. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) Head for the North Bank Habitat Management Area for a scenic place ...

The Umpqua North Complex burned 43,000 acres along the river east of Roseburg and closed highways, numerous trails and campgrounds along with the river itself.

The Umpqua River Bridge in Reedsport is shown open on Oct. 3, 2013. Crews will be doing painting, deck work and paving over the next two years.

A wildfire in 2020 destroyed the waterfall trails of the North Umpqua River, right? Well, no. The jungly 1.3-mile path to Wolf Creek Falls didn’t burn at all, and the most spectacular of the b… ...

Such is life in this summer recreation paradise east of Roseburg that’s been transformed by 14 wildfires burning as part of the 23,501-acre Umpqua North Complex.

Fortunately for those seeking peaceful days on the river, 31 miles of the North Umpqua is open only to fly-fishing during steelhead season.