Building sanctioned mountain biking trails in Eugene has been a long sought dream. There aren’t many opportunities (yet) to mountain bike within city limits, though many members of the mountain biking community have shown up at every possible opportunity to advocate for greater access in town.

In the South Willamette Valley, where the Coast Range folds into the broad floor of the Willamette Basin and oak-dotted prairies once stretched as far as the eye could see, fire has always been more than an element.

The Willamette delivers an endless cycle of unexpected encounters with nature. Beaver slides line the muddy banks. Tracks of raccoon, coyote, fox, and even the occasional bobcat tell the story of nightly visitors. It’s all right here in our backyards, if we only slow down enough to notice.

It is no surprise that some of the most beautiful, unique looking trout in the state are tucked away where no one can find them.

In the Southern Willamette Valley, organizations like the Disciples of Dirt are working to ensure mountain bike riding will continue on public and private lands where appropriate.

You can’t control the fishing, but you can control the food. And you might as well eat good because one out of two ain’t bad—and two out of two is always great.

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Like the fish he loves, Karl travels...Come winter, though, he’s here, like he is every winter, fishing for winter steelhead on the North Umpqua, catching what he’s chasing, making it all look easy.