Oregon Healthy Living April 2019

APRIL 2019 | VOL. 12 — ISSUE 4

Forest bathing and flower hunting To-go homemade salads Found or lost a pet?

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Salmon: Heat a grill to medium-high heat.

Brush both sides of the fillets with olive oil just before grilling, then season with salt and pepper, to taste. Grill the salmon for about 4 minutes per side, brushing with the glaze during the final few minutes of cooking. Transfer the salmon to serving plates and brush them with the remaining glaze before serving.

Table of Contents

APRIL 2019 | VOLUME 12 — ISSUE 4

FITNESS

COVER STORY

Ramblings: Pursuing wildflowers and more

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FOOD

Portable Salads: Get more greens

HEALTH

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NATURAL

Treacherous Ticks: Prepare and beware for these arachnids

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Restored by Nature: Forest bathing

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Lost and Found Pets: What to do if it happens to you

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On the cover

The editor’s desk George Bernard Shaw, famed poet, playwright and novelest, is attributed as writing, “The best place to seek God is in a garden.” I can only agree, and say that there is something about spending time in nature that puts life in perspective. We’ve assembled this issue with the outdoors in mind, and hope you will feel inspired.

In the May issue, we’ll focus on motherhood challenges from finicky eaters to fertility.

Pepper Trail of Ashland shared this photo of a checkerspot butterfly resting on a blue flower known as Pacific hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum grande). Appearing in late February to March, this early-blooming native perennial plant in the borage family that alert explorers can find growing wild in Southern Oregon.

APRIL 2019 | VOL. 12 — ISSUE 4

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FOOD GREEK SALAD Add ingredients to a wide-mouthed, quart-sized jar in the following order: 2-3

½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼

tablespoons Greek vinaigrette (to taste) cup artichoke hearts, quartered cup kalamata olives cup garbanzo beans cup halved cherry tomatoes or heirloom tomatoes (chopped) cup cucumber, sliced cup red onions, sliced cup feta cheese

GREEK VINAIGRETTE Place the following in a screw-top jar and shake until well-combined. Taste and correct your seasonings. Set aside. ¼ cup red wine vinegar ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons kalamata olive oil 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice 3 teaspoons garlic, minced ½ teaspoon dried oregano ½ teaspoon dried marjoram ½ teaspoon salt (or to taste) ¼ teaspoon fresh cracked pepper (or to taste) Servings: Makes about ¾ cup.

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FOOD ASIAN CHICKEN SALAD

SESAME GINGER DRESSING

Add the ingredients to the widemouthed, quart-sized jar in the following order:

Place the following ingredients in a screw-top jar and shake until wellcombined. Taste and correct your seasonings. Set aside.

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tablespoons sesame ginger dressing (or to taste) cup red onion, chopped cup edamame, shelled cup red bell pepper, thinly sliced cup red cabbage, thinly sliced cup carrots, shredded cup cooked chicken, chopped cup cilantro, chopped

¼ 2 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ¼ ¼

cup olive oil tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar tablespoon reduced soy sauce tablespoon mirin tablespoon honey teaspoon ginger, minced teaspoon black sesame seeds teaspoon sesame oil teaspoon garlic, minced teaspoon salt (or to taste) teaspoon fresh cracked pepper (optional)

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POWER SALAD Add the ingredients to the jar in the following order: 2-3

½ 1½ ½ 1 1 ¼ ¼

tablespoons lemon pomegranate vinaigrette (to taste) cup fresh blueberries cup Brussels sprouts, thinly sliced cup radicchio, thinly sliced cup lacinato kale, thinly sliced and stems removed cup cooked red quinoa cup dried cranberries cup sunflower seeds, toasted

LEMON POMEGRANATE VINAIGRETTE Place the following ingredients in a screw-top jar and shake until well-combined. Taste and correct your seasonings. Set aside. ¼ 2 2 1 ½ ¼ ¼

cup olive oil tablespoons lemon juice tablespoons pomegranate vinegar tablespoon Dijon mustard teaspoon dried summer savory teaspoon salt (optional) teaspoon fresh cracked pepper (optional)

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“I’ve always been a hiker, but one time I was out walking with a friend who would stop and photograph the flowers,” Tucker explains. “She would later look them up and identify them.

I got curious, so I joined an Oregon wildflowers Facebook group and saw a post about a wild orchid blooming in Ashland. After finding that orchid, I became more intentional about planning hikes to find flowers.”

Tucker also found other friends willing to pursue blooms throughout the region, and now flower hunting is a set date every Monday, rain or shine.

“We try to go somewhere new each week,” she says. “We love backroads, and sometimes we find unexpected things. When bloom season is over, we look for what else there is to see, including lichens, mosses

and ferns. Or we’ll take coastal trips to search for agates. We always take great snacks and have a picnic wherever we go.”

Pepper Trail, the senior ornithologist at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory in Ashland, is a professional when it comes to nature, since his unusual job is as a criminal forensic ornithologist (see sidebar). However, he still spends as many Saturdays as he can rambling Southern Oregon.

“For me, it’s important for my mental health to immerse myself in nature to gain respite from everyday concerns.”

— Pepper Trail, Ashland “The great thing about living in Southern Oregon is that there are areas that are easily accessible, and wildflowers bloom most of the year except for the dead of winter,” he says.

“By starting in the valleys and moving up the mountains as summer arrives, you can find flowers for months. I usually go out by myself because I don’t get far—I’m stopping often to study things I see.”

Trail is interested in all things natural, so he isn’t usually looking for a single bird, flower or tree, but lately he’s been keeping an eye out for a Franklin’s bumblebee, a critically endangered species last sighted on Mount Ashland in 2006.

Unlike walks or hikes with a destination, Tucker and Trail use these rambles to literally stop and sniff the flowers.

“For me, it’s important for my mental health to immerse myself in nature to gain respite from everyday concerns,” Trail says. “It’s not goal-oriented walking, it’s just a replenishment of the spirit.”

Tucker agrees, though she often has a goal to find a certain flower or lichen, whether she finds it or not isn’t as important as dedicating time for the effort.

“As a pastor, I sometimes feel like I have a great emotional load to carry,” she says. “When I go out in the woods sometimes, I will find a place where I’m alone and say, ‘I’m hurting’ out loud, and it releases my worries and replenishes me with peace and calm.”

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The Trail family hiking the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail in the Applegate. Left to right, Debra Koutnik, Sage Trail, Graham Trail and friend Sarah Kaplan.

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through online community groups via Facebook and apps that assist in identification. Trail recommends taking along a field guide, starting with common trees, flowers or birds. Trail has led guided walks and field trips in the past, and points to the local chapters of the Audubon Society and Native Plant Society and the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy as good starting places.

April is a great month for wildflowers at the top of the Table Rocks and the back of Mount Ashland, Tucker says.

“When I started, I was accustomed to the usual hikes at Roxy Ann or the Table Rocks, but I would never have gone to the variety of places I have without this network of people interested in finding something more than just going for a hike. I’ve learned so much about the impact of weather, altitude and soil. I can’t believe how much I’ve learned from flowers.”

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FITNESS

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aving a natural passion, H whether it is flowers, rocks, birds, insects, trees or native plants, is a great excuse to get outdoors and explore. Try one of these events to get you started.

APRIL 13 | CITY LIGHTS AND CELESTIAL SIGHTS 7:30 P.M. | LOWER TABLE ROCK CONTACT INFO: star-hike-2019.eventbrite.com Join Joe Stodola, astronomer and member of the Grants Pass Astronomers, on a night hike to share the wonders of the night sky.

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APRIL 13 | PLANT APPRECIATION DAY HIKE | 9 A.M. LITTLE FALLS, CAVE JUNCTION CONTACT INFO: www.kswild.org/events Join a local volunteer botanist from the Native Plant Society of Oregon for a moderately easy, 1.6-mile loop, guided tour of the wildflowers at Little Falls. RSVPs required, free.

APRIL 18 | FLORA OF THE SERPENTINE | 7 P.M. SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BUILDING, ROOM 161 CONTACT INFO: 860.878.2049 Scattered here and there in the Blue Mountains of NE Oregon are areas of soil derived from serpentinite, which supports peculiar vegetation, highlighted in this free presentation.

APRIL 20 | WILDFLOWER HIKE | 10 A.M. ROUGH AND READY BOTANICAL WAYSIDE OF HWY 199, NEAR TOWN OF O’BRIEN CONTACT INFO: www.kswild.org/events An easy wildflower walk on relatively flat ground with part of the hike wheelchair accessible. RSVPs required, free.

APRIL 24 | LEARNING BIRD SONGS | 6:30 P.M. NORTH MOUNTAIN PARK, ASHLAND CONTACT INFO: apm.activecommunities.com/ashlandparks Learn to identify resident and migratory birds by call or song with instructors Shannan Rio and Vince Zauskey, local birding experts. Two classroom sessions (April 24 and May 1) and a field trip (May 4.) Fee $25.

APRIL 25 | CASCADE FOOTHILLS WILDFLOWERS | 4 P.M. CITY OF ASHLAND IMPERATRICE PROPERTY CONTACT INFO: landconserve.org Join botanist Kristi Mergenthaler for a plant walk and learn about grassland ecology. RSVPs required, free.

APRIL 27 | FOR THE EARLY BIRDS | 8 A.M. LOWER TABLE ROCK CONTACT INFO: early-birds-hike-2019.eventbrite.com Join local bird experts Bob Quaccia, with Rogue Valley Audubon Society, and Frank Lospalluto, with Klamath Bird Observatory, to view the spring birds of the Table Rocks. Limited reservations, free.

APRIL 27 | BIRDING THE ROGUE RIVER PRESERVE 8:30 A.M. | ROGUE RIVER PRESERVE CONTACT INFO: landconserve.org Local biologist and writer Brandon Breen will lead a birding trip on this private property expanse outside of Eagle Point. Habitats include oak woodland, grassland, chaparral and an extensive floodplain forest with large black cottonwoods and black oaks. RSVPs required, free.

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MAY 4 | SPRING IN BLOOM FAMILY HIKE | 9 A.M. UPPER TABLE ROCK CONTACT INFO: family-hike-2019.eventbrite.com Celebrate National Wildflower Week with Molly Allen, BLM environmental educator, and Chamise Kramer, public affairs specialist for the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, on a general information hike suitable for the whole family. RSVPs required, free.

MAY 4 | BEES AND BLOSSOMS | 9 A.M. LOCATION TBA BASED ON BLOOM/WEATHER CONTACT INFO: www.kswild.org/events Bee expert Brian Dykstra of Native Bee Society will identify some prime pollinator species and wildflowers within the Cascade Siskiyou Monument.

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MAY 4 | LICHENS FOR BEGINNERS | 10 A.M. ROGUE RIVER PRESERVE CONTACT INFO: landconserve.org Take a walk with lichenologist Steve Sheehy.

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MAY 4 | BIRDING IN THE APPLEGATE | 1 P.M. RUCH LIBRARY, 7919 HIGHWAY 238, RUCH CONTACT INFO: www.jcls.org Join naturalist Anne Goff for a bird walk and talk as she introduces the art of birding, reviews local bird species. This all-ages program includes birding activities for children.

MAY 11 | WHOOO COMES OUT AT NIGHT? | 7:30 P.M. LOWER TABLE ROCK LOOP CONTACT INFO: owl-hike-2019.eventbrite.com Wildlife biologists Steve Godwin and Kim Coyle will lead a night hike to look for and listen to the creatures of the night on the Lower Table Rock Loop Trail (half-mile accessible trail). RSVPs required, free.

MAY 11 | SPRING MOREL HIKE | 9 A.M. | LOCATION TBA CONTACT INFO: Northwest Nature Shop, 541.482.3241 Morel mushrooms are not only delicious, but an essential part of our local forest ecosystem. Join Bashira Muhamad of Zoom Out Mycology for an informative day out in the woods to learn about fungal ecology and sustainable harvest practices for mushroom foraging. RSVPs required, $30.

MAY 18 | BUG OUT ON THE TABLE ROCKS | 9 A.M. LOWER TABLE ROCK CONTACT INFO: bug-hike-2019.eventbrite.com Hike with Bill Schaupp, entomologist emeritus with the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Health Protection, to observe and discuss the incredible insects that live on or flutter by the Table Rocks. RSVPs required, free.

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MAY 19 | LICHEN HIKIN’ WITH A FUN-GI | 9 A.M. UPPER TABLE ROCK CONTACT INFO: lichen-hike-2019.eventbrite.com Spring is a prime time to observe lichens, bryophytes and terrestrial algae with John Villella, a botanist with the Siskiyou Biosurvey and member of the American Bryological & Lichenological Society. RSVPs required, free.

MAY 19 | FAMILY WALKABOUT | 11 A.M. ROGUE RIVER PRESERVE CONTACT INFO: landconserve.org Recommended for children three years and older, bring your little ones and let them actively discover the wonders of nature.

JUNE 1 | FLOWERS NEED FIRE | 9 A.M. LOCATION TBA BASED ON BLOOM/WEATHER CONTACT INFO: www.kswild.org/events Botanist Katelyn Detweiler of the Siskiyou Chapter of the Oregon Native Plant Society will lead a moderately easy hike to glimpse some of the wonderful flower species in the area and explore the relationship between fire and flowers. RSVPs required, free.

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icks are tiny arachnids that are responsible for spreading potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, according to medical professionals. Whether you hike, your pet plays outside, or you live in a rural area, local doctors believe it’s important to educate yourself about ticks, what diseases they carry and how to prevent and treat tick bites.

Types of tick-borne illnesses Ticks carry several diseases, not just Lyme disease, explains Dr. Cory Tichauer, a naturopathic doctor with Bear Creek Naturopathic Clinic in Medford. “I refer to ticks as nature’s dirty needles,” he says, adding that some of the diseases ticks carry

Ticks are Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the anaplasmosis and Lyme disease. He environment explains Lyme disease is an infection transmitted through the bite of an While the percentage of infected tick, and symptoms include infected ticks hasn’t risen, joint pain, headaches and muscle Tichauer says that people are weakness. If left untreated, he says coming into contact with ticks more Lyme disease could spread to other often and an increased knowledge parts of the body for months or years about tick bites has led to more after the initial infection and cause diagnoses of Lyme disease. However, arthritis or nervous system issues. he notes environmental changes are However, not all ticks carry impacting the tick population, and Lyme disease, according to Kristen that climate change has resulted in Plunkett, a naturopathic doctor with more ticks in higher elevations. “The Naturopathic Medical Clinic in Grants lack of a hard freeze is allowing adult Pass. Two species of tick are the Deer ticks to overwinter when they normally tick and the American dog tick; the wouldn’t,” he says. former carries Lyme disease, while Plunkett agrees. “I’m seeing more the latter does not, she explains. tick bites in the winter. The ticks “Deer ticks are often found don’t die off when it’s not as in Oregon,” she says, cold,” she says. With an adding they inhabit increase in tick bites shaded, grassy during cooler weather, areas usually “The incidence of Lyme she believes people frequented by disease hasn’t changed, must be proactive warm-blooded but with population about ticks. animals. growth into rural areas and increased contact, it’s more important than ever to stay vigilant about ticks.”

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Before going outside, Plunkett suggests spraying essential oils or DEET on your clothes to repel ticks. “Lemon eucalyptus is especially effective against ticks,” she adds. If you find a tick bite, she says it’s important to get a test and receive treatment as soon as possible.

Try to determine how long the tick has attached to you or if it’s engorged with blood, says Tichauer. It’s possible to transmit Lyme disease within hours of the bite, he explains, but that’s not as likely if the tick has been attached for less than 12 hours. “You also want to try and test the tick because that’s more accurate than testing the person,” he says.

Plunkett concurs, noting timing is everything. “People treated with the right antibiotics in the early stages of Lyme disease usually recover fully,” she says.

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orest bathing, or “shinrin yoku” in Japanese, is gaining in popularity as a way to de-stress and reconnect with Mother Nature. In contrast to a hike in the woods with an intended destination, forest bathing is time spent just observing and being aware of what is happening at that moment.

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Sari Telpner, certified forest therapy guide and owner of Wild Wellness Guide in Ashland, says our modern world is an unnatural and unhealthy way to live.

“Western society is cut off from nature,” says Telpner. “We spend most of our lives inside buildings and plugged into devices. People are a part of nature, but we are losing our connection. That leads to high levels of cortisol and stress. I want people to drop into their sensory bodies and be aware of their surroundings through all five senses.”

Telpner came to forest therapy after a health crisis caused her to find a new perspective on life.

Tapping into such therapies as complementary medicine, energy healing and nature immersion, she was able to find her own healing.

“While devastating, this experience was an incredible journey of awakening and healing,” she says.

“Though I had always had a close relationship with the natural world, something shifted on a massive level and nature fully opened to me, allowing a deep new connection.”

Telpner notes that natural environments are considered to be the most stress-free and comfortable state for the human body and mind. Forest environments are ideal for activating all five senses.

“I guide people to calm down, get out of their racing thoughts, leave the cellphone

behind or at least turn it off for a couple of hours,” she says. “We focus on each of the senses: What do you see? What do you hear, smell, feel?

At the end of the experience, we have a tea ceremony and we ‘taste’ the earth through edible plants. It’s a bonding experience for everyone. We bond with nature, with ourselves and with each other.”

Telpner says she’s seen people blossom during forest bathing walks.

“This is wonderful for grief work.

It relieves depression and improves mood. When you slow down, you begin to heal. There is also a new sense of caring for the planet. As you spend more time outside really paying attention, you will notice more nature around you, even in the city. This therapy is applicable to any forest ecosystem and can be adapted to other natural settings such as city parks and botanical gardens.”

Patrick Frey is another proponent of the value of shinrin-yoku. Frey is a personal trainer in Ashland who created Southern Oregon ShinrinYoku in order to share his love of the forest.

“My dad worked for the forest service when I was growing up,” says Frey. “I noticed that I felt the most at ease and comfortable while I was outside, so I started encouraging my clients to take their workouts outdoors. As I started researching the benefits, I came across studies in biophilia which suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature.

There is

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also an entire field of study called ecopsychology which studies the relationship between humans and the natural world. I learned that time spent ‘taking in the forest’ boosts the immune system, increases energy, improves sleep, decreases blood pressure and regulates blood sugar. Shinrin-Yoku can also lower your heart rate, calm your nerves and lower cortisol levels which create a reduction in stress.”

Frey says that certain plants and trees contain phytoncides, which are compounds similar to essential oils that help preserve the life of the plant by fighting off pests and diseases.

“When people spend time around these plants, they absorb the benefit of this as well,” he says. “Phytoncides increase killer cells which fight virus and cancer cells. And just being around the

beauty of the forest makes people feel good. The longer you stay in the forest, the longer the effects will last from a few days to a few weeks.”

Frey’s forest bathing walks generally last from two to three hours. Very little walking is actually done, however.

The goal is to slow down and take in everything around you.

“This is a practice in mindfulness,” he says. “I get my clients to tune in to their sense of smell by crushing pine needles or breathing in the smell of a handful of soil. We get down on hands and knees and observe the insect life. Feel the moss or the bark on a tree. You will feel better and form a personal relationship with nature.”

Frey cautions about being intrusive.

Staying quiet and leaving no litter is better for the wildlife as well as the forest in general.

“Try not to let your presence be known. Become part of the forest and let nature make its way back into you” he says. “You will come out with sharpened senses and a feeling of well-being.”

SHIRIN WHAT? The term shirin-yoku comes from Japan and literally means “forest bathing.” Developed in the 1980s, the concept centers around disconnecting from your cellphone and simply walking slowly and mindfully through the woods or any natural environment in order to get centered and feel connected to the earth. Guided walks are available, but it is easy to do on your own.

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Has My Little Dog Gone?

What to do — and not do — about lost, stray and feral pets

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e’ve all seen them, trotting through neighborhoods or along country roads. They may be large or small, clean or scruffy, canine or feline.

But one thing many of these animals have in common is a look of confusion and fear.

“It can be very traumatizing,” agrees Ryan Johnson, operations manager with SoHumane in Medford.

SoHumane is a private, nonprofit organization that provides shelter and adoption services for displaced pets. “When someone brings in a stray, they are already terrified from running loose or being handled by strangers. Then they come into our environment where there are 40 or 50 other dogs, so that’s stressful as well.”

Although it can happen to anyone, this is not a situation any of us want our beloved pets to have to endure.

But with a gate left undone, a hole in the fence or the mad dash of a determined escape artist, you might find yourself agonizing over how to deal with your own lost pet, or what to do about someone else’s fur baby you find wandering the streets.

Pets on the run You come home from work expecting to be greeted at the door, but Jinx is nowhere to be found. You check his bed and then the backyard where the gate stands open. Jinx has escaped.

“Most of the animals that come through SoHumane were left alone in a backyard that wasn’t secure,” Johnson says. “Either a gate was left open or there were holes in the fencing, or they may have dug under the fence. If you do have an outdoor

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space where you leave your dog unattended, make sure you check it periodically. Ideally, don’t leave your dog alone in an outdoor space.”

When lost becomes found “Once apprehended, all stray dogs and most of the stray cats come into our shelter,” explains Barbara Talbert, manager for Jackson County Animal Services in Phoenix. “When they do, a photo is taken and posted on our website so people can check online or call us to see if their animal is here.

We scan every animal for a microchip, so if they have one or some other form of ID, we try to contact the owner. In that case, we are required by law to hold the dog for up to 10 days.

If there is no ID on the dog, we’re only required to hold the dog for 72 hours before we start evaluating that animal for adoption.”

Finding a stray There are different scenarios that dictate whether you should try to handle the rescue by yourself if you encounter a stray or if it’s best to call Jackson County Animal Control, explains Johnson. “A lot depends on a person’s experience with animals and their comfort level with attempting to catch or contain them. Pets that are frightened or hurt may react in an aggressive way, so be very cautious. If the animal seems friendly and you can get them to approach you, you may be able to get them into your car or at least get them confined to an area where they are no longer in danger of being hit by a vehicle.”

Johnson adds that it’s especially important not to chase an animal that is on the loose. “Chasing is never a good option. You might unintentionally chase them out

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into traffic or into a dangerous area. It might also scare them enough to put them into a situation they might not have wandered into if they hadn’t felt threatened.”

If you can approach the dog, says Talbert, check for ID and if there is any kind of information, try to contact the owner. Social media sites like Facebook or Craigslist are great ways to find information and pictures of lost or found pets. “We have staff here who monitor those sites to try to match up owners with animals we have here at the shelter. If there is no ID or you are unable to locate the owner, you can bring the animal in to us and we will scan it for a microchip.

Even if you can’t approach the animal, you can still call us to see if anyone has reported it as missing. You can also ask for an officer to come out and pick up the dog.”

The Animal Services shelter takes in and cares for lost, stray, abandoned and unwanted animals.

“When dogs are lost, they will usually seek out people, where when cats are lost in unfamiliar territory, they will hunker down and hide.”

— Barbara Talbert, Jackson County Animal Services

Their goal is to return as many of them as possible to their owners and to place the remainder in responsible new homes. “We take in about 1,500 dogs per year,” Talbert says, “and of those, we return about 68 percent of them to their owners. The rest we find adoptive homes for. Once a dog or cat gets put into our adoption center, it can stay there as long as it takes to find a new home.”

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Talbert says the return rate for lost cats is very low, only about 2 percent.

It’s often difficult to distinguish a lost cat from one who is just out roaming the neighborhood as an indoor/outdoor cat, Talbert says, so sometimes people bring them in to the shelter as a stray when they may not be lost at all. Owners with indoor/ outdoor cats who do disappear often wait a few days before they start to look for the cat. continued on page 21

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REVERSING POOR HEALTH IS POSSIBLE Get an education in your unique body

Fatigue, brain fog, stubborn excess weight, uncomfortable gut issues, insomnia, mood issues and other symptoms are far too easy to write off as unrelated, likely due to aging or ‘all in our heads.’ When symptoms worsen or persist and there are no obvious answers, many people become hopeless. However, it is possible to relieve and even reverse these symptoms, according to Dr. Laura Robin of Rosa Transformational Health in Medford.

“We each have enormous control over the future of our health, but a lot of people don’t know that,” she said. “It is possible to change the course or even turn around chronic health issues. You don’t need to feel fat, sick and depressed. If you’re willing to be proactive with your health, we can get the results. It’s a matter of systematically rebalancing your body and supplying what it needs to function optimally.”

The key to change at Rosa Transformational Health is a deep evaluation to determine root causes of health issues and then creating individualized, medically-directed wellness programs to correct and reverse those causes, empowering people to make changes for better health.

“We call what we do at Rosa a curriculum, because it’s like getting a college education in your unique body,” Robin said. “We partner with people to provide the education, structure and mentoring necessary to achieve and maintain optimum health. So often, the reason people fail at change is that they don’t have the help they need to negotiate the hard parts. When we are trying to make transformational change, we are going to hit roadblocks and have questions, so it is vitally important to have someone be there with us.”

Rosa Transformational Health has worked with over 300 people in the Rogue Valley since the clinic opened in 2015, helping them achieve goals such as reducing dependence on medications, achieving a healthy weight and reversing Type 2 diabetes and autoimmune disorders.

Robin gave the example of a program member named Jane, who is 56 years old. Due to overwhelming pain and fatigue, she retired early from her job as a therapist. She spent two years in bed before connecting with Rosa Transformational Health. After six months in the program, Jane is now very active and preparing to restart her practice.

“We are taught that medications can help make us feel better or control an issue, but in reality, medicine doesn’t turn around the underlying cause of what’s going on with a body,” Robin said. “When we address the root issues, often our bodies will respond beautifully.

I have seen people from ages 20-85 turn their health issues around.”

Robin, a D.O. and board certified in Family Medicine, says she is able to straddle both the traditional and natural perspectives.

“For people in crisis, our medical system is fantastic; however, if we want to actually prevent health crises, feel great, and live healthier and longer, we have got to start looking at our health in a different way.”

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WHERE TO TURN… continued from page 19

Another challenge, she says, is that cats and dogs behave very differently when they are lost. “When dogs are lost, they will usually seek out people, where when cats are lost in unfamiliar territory, they will hunker down and hide. They don’t necessarily make themselves visible and easy to spot.”

Cats are also harder to identify, says Talbert. “When someone calls us about a lost or found cat, it’s so much more difficult to match a description of a cat than it is for a dog.

One gray tabby looks much like another gray tabby.”

SoHumane is a no-kill adoption agency, Johnson says, “So our aim is to find homes for all the cats we take in, but because feral cats are usually wild and unapproachable, we don’t take them here. If they can’t be handled, we advise people to just leave them alone. Otherwise, if a cat can be safely handled, or if it can be humanely trapped, the S.N.Y.P. (Spay/Neuter Your Pet) organization provides a TNR (Trap/ Neuter/Return) service where the cat can be sterilized and re-released back into the area. Otherwise, Jackson County Animal services is the only agency that will take feral cats.”

JOS EP HIN E C OUN TY Josephine County Animal Shelter 1420 Brookside Blvd., Grants Pass 541.474.5458 Jo. Co. Animal Shelter provides compassionate shelter, adoption, educational programs, population control and health care services.

The shelter takes in and cares for lost, stray, abandoned, and unwanted animals and facilitates adoptions.

Animal Control handles animal-related emergencies, disputes, pet licensing and removal of dead or injured animals from roads.

SoHumane 2910 Table Rock Road, Medford 541.779.3215 SoHumane is a nonprofit organization that provides shelter and adoption services for displaced pets while reducing pet overpopulation through spay/neutering.

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PEDALS ‘N PEARS CYCLING RIDE 8 A.M. BEAR CREEK PARK GREENWAY, MEDFORD CONTACT INFO: www.pedalsnpears.com The event includes four ride options, all beginning at the same time: The Comice Family Ride (7 miles), the Bosc (14 miles), the Bartlett (30 miles) and the Royal Riviera (62 miles). Registration fees vary by ride. Safety helmets required. Raffles and prizes add to the fun.

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ROGUE VALLEY EARTH DAY 11 A.M.- 4 P.M. SCIENCEWORKS MUSEUM 1500 E. MAIN ST., ASHLAND CONTACT INFO: roguevalleyearthday.net The theme for this year’s event is “Be a Changemaker.” A fun day of music, games, vendor booths and activities for children.

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27TH THE SISKIYOU CHALLENGE RELAY 7:30 A.M. | SCIENCEWORKS MUSEUM, 1500 E. MAIN ST., ASHLAND CONTACT INFO: www.siskiyouchallenge.org In its ninth year, the Siskiyou Challenge is a six-leg multi-sport relay race covering 46 miles in and around Ashland. Individuals or teams may enter. Event legs include cycling, kayaking, hill climbing and mountain biking. While athletes are circling Ashland, observers and supporters can enjoy a Health, Fitness and Outdoor Adventure Expo. Funds raised support Rogue Valley Farm to School.

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