{"id":828,"date":"2022-01-24T19:38:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T19:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/?p=828"},"modified":"2022-08-23T22:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T22:10:34","slug":"saddened-by-the-loss-of-a-north-umpqua-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Lenny Volland &#8211; over 20 years and still giving to the North Umpqua River"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section  text-normal section-text-no-shadow section-inner-no-shadow section-normal section-opaque\"  >\n    \n    <div class=\"background-overlay grid-overlay-0 \" style=\"background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"container container-vertical-default\">\n        <div class=\"row vertical-default\">\n            <div class=\"col-md-12     text-default small-screen-default\"  ><div class=\"col-text-1 text-normal  element-top-20 element-bottom-20\" data-os-animation=\"none\" data-os-animation-delay=\"0s\">\n    <p><b>Tuesday August 23, 2022<\/b><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<p>Lenny Volland recently retired from Steamboaters\u2019 board, and we want to send a big \u201cTHANK YOU\u201d to Lenny and his wife Georgie of 58 years, for your contribution to the North Umpqua River.<\/p>\n<p>Lenny was a PHD in Forest &amp; Rangeland Ecology for the Forest Service, beginning back in the 1960s, and worked throughout the Pacific NW, including Idaho, the Klamath Falls area, and the Region 6 office encompassing the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n<p>Lenny served on our board for the last dozen years.\u00a0 He thought our main contribution was based on our credibility, our reliance on the facts and scientific analyses, and our presence and involvement with state &amp; federal agencies in the issues that affect our river and our fish.<\/p>\n<p>Lenny brought a professional perspective to many of the issues facing the North Umpqua and her fishery, and his experience from years working in the Forest Service helped us to interact and advocate more effectively with the agency.<\/p>\n<p>We will miss having Lenny on the board but know he will continue as a Steamboaters member and giving back to the river he cares so much about.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1020 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/27AE62B8-806E-4C5D-A958-D78C1D26A643_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/27AE62B8-806E-4C5D-A958-D78C1D26A643_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/27AE62B8-806E-4C5D-A958-D78C1D26A643_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/27AE62B8-806E-4C5D-A958-D78C1D26A643_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lenny and Georgie<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1021 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2015-1-24-South-Fork-winter-steelhead-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2015-1-24-South-Fork-winter-steelhead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2015-1-24-South-Fork-winter-steelhead.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lenny on the South Umpqua River<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1022 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fshing-North-Bank-August-20l0-050-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fshing-North-Bank-August-20l0-050-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/steamboaters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fshing-North-Bank-August-20l0-050.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lenny fishing his homewaters, North Umpqua River\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- \/wp:freeform -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday August 23, 2022 Lenny Volland recently retired from Steamboaters\u2019 board, and we want to send a big \u201cTHANK YOU\u201d to Lenny and his wife Georgie of 58 years, for your contribution to the North Umpqua River. 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