b'News and NotesRaider Alum Returns to SOU to Screen Klamath River FilmThe SOU Alumni Association and multiple campus partners presented a screening of the award-winning documentary A River Between Us, about the Klamath River written and produced by Jason Atkinson 92. Atkinsons documentary debuted in 2014 and was shown at 20 film festivals, winning awards at multiple events including the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, the Real West Film Festival, and the Cinema Pacific Film Festival.We set out to show the human side of the problems in the basin by not taking sides, Atkinson said. I believe we accomplished that. The film was used in key states on the East Coast to help provide political cover for President Barack Obama to sign off on during the last six months of his presidency.His concept for the filmwhich began on a cocktail napkin in 2004came to fruition and helped influence and educate a presidential administration about the forgotten human side of the water wars. I followed my heart and did what I believed to be rightWillamette University in Salem, where he earned degrees in business on this issue. I believe it was all worth it. And now the (Klamathadministration and public administration.River) dams are out, and we will be able to begin the healing andHe began a consulting business and ran successfully for positions recovery process. in the Oregon House of Representatives and then the State Atkinson grew up in Sacramento until his family moved toSenate, serving a total of 14 years.Atkinson began working on Ashland when he was 13. He graduated from Ashland HighKlamath River restorationduring the Bill Clinton presidential School, and chose what was then Southern Oregon State Collegeadministration and continued into the George W. Bush to earn bachelors degrees in both history and political science. Headministration. He took a break from public service to make the spent time as a competitive cycler in Europe and as a ski schooldocumentary about the complex water war over the river, which instructor at Mt. Bachelor before entering graduate school atinvolved two states and five tribal nations.Ashland to Grants Pass.The Buzzway map helps visualize pollinator habitat connectivitya vital element in helping native pollinators such as butterflies, bees, and moths to navigate the urban landscape. The map also encourages people to create new gardens by showing areas with no certified pollinator habitat, and it shares stories about how existing gardens were created.We made the Buzzway StoryMap to better Rogue Buzzwaycommunicate what the Buzzway is about, Helm said. It takes you through the map and Gardens Grow withreally shows the kinds of gardens that are on SOU Partnership there. Its pretty inspiring.Gardens on the map include organic farms, city parks, front yards, and gardens planted by The Rogue Buzzwayan interactive map that represents southernPPRV as a part of its From Fire to Flowers Oregons pollinator corridorshas bounced back following a steeppollinator garden program, which brought pollinator gardens to decline caused by the 2020 Almeda Fire, under the leadership ofpeople affected by the 2020 Almeda fire.recent SOU Environmental Science & Policy graduate Leo Helm 24. The Rogue Buzzway was created with the help of SOU associate Helm, who graduated last fall and is the latest in a succession of SOUprofessor Jamie Trammel in 2016. Trammel and former SOU student interns to work on the Buzzway, has collaborated with thePollinatorOllie Bucolo worked together to create the map, whose scope and Project Rogue Valley(PPRV)to create theRogue Buzzway StoryMap,capabilities have grown over the years with the contributions of other which celebrates nearly 120 self-certified pollinator gardens fromEnvironmental Science & Policy interns.166 N SS O OE T TY1 NEEWWSSFFRROOMM OOUUTTHHEERRNNR RGEOGNO NU NUINVIEVRESRI SYI'