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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSRS

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-4626

THE CASCADES TRUST

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

120 West 45th Street, Suite 3600

New York, New York 10036

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Joseph P. DiMaggio

120 West 45th Street, Suite 3600

New York, New York 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 697-6666

Date of fiscal year end: 3/31/15

Date of reporting period: 9/30/15

FORM N-CSR

ITEM 1.

REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS

Semi-Annual

Report

September 30, 2015

Aquila Tax-Free

Trust of Oregon

Serving Oregon investors since 1986

November, 2015

Dear Fellow Shareholder:

As you are no doubt aware, the Federal Funds rate (a key short term interest rate between commercial banks, which influences borrowing costs throughout the economy) has been held close to zero since 2008.

With no change in this rate in seven years, the relationship between interest rates and the share value of fixed-income securities, such as those in which the bond funds in the Aquila Group of Funds invest, has attracted limited attention.

Now that it seems probable that interest rates may slowly start to climb, we thought it was a good time to revisit this topic. Management of the Aquila Group of Funds well recognizes that it is much easier to accept variations with your investment when you understand the forces influencing them.

Simply put, interest rates and the share prices of the bond funds in the Aquila Group of Funds are inversely related. When interest rates increase, the share value of your Trust will generally decrease. And, conversely, when interest rates decrease, the share value will generally increase.

Why is this the case?

When a bond is issued, it has a fixed face value and coupon rate (that is usually close to prevailing marketplace interest rates). For example, a $1,000 bond with a 5% coupon rate will pay interest of $50 per year and, at maturity, will repay the bondholder the $1,000 face value. The promise to pay $1,000 at maturity and the $50 per year interest payment doesn’t change. What does change is the bond’s market price.

If interest rates on similar bonds rise to 6%, our example above may no longer be attractive.

For the 5% bond to be attractive, its market price must fall below its $1,000 face value until the $50 per year represents a yield closer to 6%. Conversely, if prevailing interest rates decrease to 4%, people may be willing to pay more than the bond’s $1,000 face value in order to receive the $50 per year interest payments.

Simply put, bond prices fluctuate so that their yield reflects prevailing interest rates in the marketplace.

NOT A PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

While we cannot control the direction in which interest rates will move, or the resulting effect such changes will have on your Trust’s share price, we do take steps which are designed to minimize (to the extent possible) the volatility of such movement.

We firmly believe that credit quality has an impact on stability. Each of the funds in the Aquila Group of Funds intentionally limits, by prospectus, its investments (at the time of purchase) to Investment Grade bonds - that is to say, bonds that are rated in one of the four highest credit ratings assigned by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or if unrated, determined to be of comparable credit quality by the Adviser/Sub-Adviser (as applicable). Investment Grade credit ratings are one of several factors the Adviser/ Sub-Adviser (as applicable) considers in identifying those municipal issues which are most likely to pay interest when due and to return principal at maturity.

Another technique we use in the construction of the overall portfolio in an effort to achieve a stable share price is the laddering of bond maturities. Generally, bonds with short-term maturities tend to have relatively less price fluctuation, and provide a lower yield. Conversely, bonds with long-term maturities may provide a higher yield, and have higher price volatility. This higher price volatility reflects the risks associated with the unpredictability of future events and the potential interest rate changes over the extended life of the municipal bond.

Through utilizing a blend of maturities – both short-term and long-term – your Trust attempts to provide as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital. We believe these portfolio management construction techniques are reasonably designed to manage, to the extent possible, share price variations – gaining both a degree of stability from the shorter-term maturities and higher yields from the longer-term maturities.

With more than 30 years of experience utilizing these techniques, with the Aquila Group of Funds, we believe that we have developed a process that helps to mitigate some of the volatility that will inevitably occur in the bond markets with changes in interest rates.

Sincerely,

Diana P. Herrmann, Vice Chair and President

NOT A PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

Mutual fund investing involves risk and loss of principal is possible.

The market prices of the Trust’s securities may rise or decline in value due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. When market prices fall, the value of your investment may go down.

The value of your investment may go down when interest rates rise. A rise in interest rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term securities. Conversely, when interest rates fall, the value of your investment may rise. Interest rates in the U.S. recently have been historically low and are expected to rise at some point in time.

Investments in the Trust are subject to possible loss due to the financial failure of the issuers of underlying securities and their inability to meet their debt obligations.

The value of municipal securities can be adversely affected by changes in the financial condition of one or more individual municipal issuers or insurers of municipal issuers, regulatory developments, legislative actions, and by uncertainties and public perceptions concerning these and other factors. The Trust may be affected significantly by adverse economic, political or other events affecting state and other municipal issuers in which it invests, and may be more volatile than a more geographically diverse fund.

If interest rates fall, an issuer may exercise its right to prepay its securities, and the Trust could be forced to reinvest prepayment proceeds at a time when yields on securities available in the market are lower than the yield on the prepaid security.

A portion of income may be subject to local, state, Federal and/or alternative minimum tax. Capital gains, if any, are subject to capital gains tax.

These risks may result in share price volatility.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results, and there is no guarantee that any market forecasts discussed will be realized.

Any information in this Semi-Annual Report regarding market or economic trends or the factors influencing the Trust’s historical or future performance are statements of opinion as of the date of this report. These statements should not be relied upon for any other purposes.

NOT A PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (53.9%)	and Fitch	Value

		City & County (4.8%)
		Bend, Oregon
$	2,435,000	4.000%, 06/01/24	Aa2/NR/NR	$	2,741,859
		Canby, Oregon
	1,405,000	4.000%, 12/01/24 AGMC Insured	A2/NR/NR		1,536,143
	1,060,000	5.000%, 06/01/27	A2/NR/NR		1,223,092
		Clackamas County, Oregon Refunding
	1,135,000	4.000%, 06/01/24	Aa2/NR/NR		1,255,628
		Clackamas County, Oregon Tax
		Allocation
	705,000	6.500%, 05/01/20	NR/NR/NR*		706,565
		Gresham, Oregon Full Faith and
		Credit Refunding and Project
		Obligations
	1,545,000	5.000%, 05/01/23	Aa3/NR/NR		1,870,377
		Hillsboro, Oregon
	390,000	3.500%, 06/01/16 Series B	Aa3/NR/NR		398,295
	345,000	3.500%, 06/01/17 Series B	Aa3/NR/NR		361,808
		Lebanon, Oregon Refunding
	1,050,000	5.000%, 06/01/24	A2/NR/NR		1,240,659
		Lebanon, Oregon Refunding
	1,165,000	5.000%, 06/01/25†††	A1/NR/NR		1,407,390
		McMinnville, Oregon Refunding
	2,075,000	5.000%, 02/01/27	Aa3/NR/NR		2,511,601
		Portland, Oregon Public Safety
	1,345,000	5.000%, 06/15/25 Series A	Aaa/NR/NR		1,693,543
	2,130,000	4.125%, 06/01/26 Series A	Aaa/NR/NR		2,294,990
		Portland, Oregon Limited Tax,
		Improvement
	730,000	4.000%, 06/01/22 Series A	Aa1/NR/NR		740,819
	890,000	4.000%, 06/01/24 Series A	Aa1/NR/NR		968,534
		Redmond, Oregon Refunding
	735,000	5.000%, 06/01/23 Series A	A1/NR/NR		860,259
		City of Salem, Oregon
	1,585,000	4.000%, 06/01/17	NR/AA/NR		1,676,074
	1,750,000	5.000%, 06/01/29	NR/AA/NR		1,973,037
		Washington County, Oregon
	2,465,000	5.000%, 06/01/23	Aa1/NR/NR		2,589,507
		Total City & County			28,050,180

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		Community College (5.9%)
		Blue Mountain Community College
		District, Umatilla County
$	970,000	4.000%, 06/15/27	NR/AA+/NR	$	1,083,917
		Central Oregon Community College
		District
	1,850,000	4.750%, 06/15/22	NR/AA+/NR		2,122,431
	2,195,000	4.750%, 06/15/23	NR/AA+/NR		2,517,160
	2,175,000	4.750%, 06/15/26	NR/AA+/NR		2,480,435
		Chemeketa, Oregon Community
		College District
	1,010,000	5.500%, 06/15/24 (pre-refunded)	NR/AA+/NR		1,138,300
	2,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/25	NR/AA+/NR		2,455,100
	1,235,000	5.000%, 06/15/25 (pre-refunded)	NR/AA+/NR		1,375,432
	1,540,000	5.000%, 06/15/26 (pre-refunded)	NR/AA+/NR		1,715,113
		Clackamas, Oregon Community
		College District
	1,535,000	5.000%, 05/01/25 NPFG Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa3/AA/NR		1,577,750
	1,405,000	5.000%, 06/15/27 Series A	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,696,271
		Columbia Gorge, Oregon Community
		College District, Refunding
	1,000,000	4.000%, 06/15/24	Aa1/NR/NR		1,110,140
		Lane, Oregon Community College
	1,840,000	5.000%, 06/15/24	NR/AA+/NR		2,180,400
		Linn Benton, Oregon Community
		College
	1,520,000	5.000%, 06/01/27	NR/AA+/NR		1,858,747
		Oregon Coast Community College
		District State
	1,770,000	5.000%, 06/15/25	Aa1/NR/NR		2,091,379
		Portland, Oregon Community
		College District
	7,915,000	5.000%, 06/15/28	Aa1/AA/NR		8,961,759
		Total Community College			34,364,334

		Higher Education (2.1%)
		Oregon State Higher Education
	1,000,000	5.000%, 08/01/25 Series C	Aa1/AA+/AA+		1,233,310
	1,795,000	5.000%, 08/01/27 Series C	Aa1/AA+/AA+		2,184,730

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		Higher Education (continued)
		Oregon State, Oregon University
		System
$	1,170,000	4.000%, 08/01/25 Series B	Aa1/AA+/AA+	$	1,305,065
	1,090,000	5.000%, 08/01/25 Series N	Aa1/AA+/AA+		1,319,521
		Oregon State, Oregon University
		System Projects
	2,365,000	4.000%, 08/01/26 Series H	Aa1/AA+/AA+		2,568,059
		State of Oregon Board of Higher
		Education
	820,000	zero coupon, 08/01/16	Aa1/AA+/AA+		817,843
	500,000	5.750%, 08/01/29 Series A
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		569,225
	1,000,000	5.000%, 08/01/34 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,117,560
	1,000,000	5.000%, 08/01/38 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,117,560
		Total Higher Education			12,232,873

		Housing (0.2%)
		State of Oregon Veterans’ Welfare
	550,000	4.800%, 12/01/22	Aa1/AA+/AA+		583,380
	400,000	4.900%, 12/01/26	Aa1/AA+/AA+		424,592
		Total Housing			1,007,972

		School District (27.8%)
		Clackamas County, Oregon School
		District #12 (North Clackamas)
	2,450,000	5.000%, 06/15/25	Aa1/AA+/NR		3,007,498
	1,500,000	5.000%, 06/15/26	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,821,405
	8,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/27 AGMC Insured
		Series B (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		8,600,960
	9,250,000	5.000%, 06/15/29 AGMC Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		9,944,860
		Clackamas County, Oregon School
		District #46 (Oregon Trail)
	1,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/22	NR/AA+/NR		1,143,140
	1,865,000	5.000%, 06/15/28 Series A	NR/AA+/NR		2,115,264
	1,800,000	5.000%, 06/15/29 Series A	NR/AA+/NR		2,035,260
	2,000,000	4.500%, 06/15/30 AGMC Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		2,133,400
	2,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/32 Series A	NR/AA+/NR		2,246,020

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		School District (continued)
		Clackamas County, Oregon School
		District #62 (Oregon City)
$	1,000,000	5.000%, 06/01/29 MAC Insured	A1/AA/NR	$	1,156,380
		Clackamas County, Oregon School
		District #86 (Canby)
	1,800,000	5.000%, 06/15/24	Aa1/AA+/NR		2,134,242
	1,110,000	5.000%, 06/15/25 Series A	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,311,543
		Clackamas & Washington Counties,
		Oregon School District No. 3JT
		(West Linn-Wilsonville)
	1,110,000	5.000%, 06/15/26 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,270,195
	3,500,000	5.000%, 06/15/26	Aa1/AA+/NR		4,313,435
	2,850,000	5.000%, 06/15/27 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		3,261,312
	1,115,000	5.000%, 06/15/28	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,350,410
	2,000,000	4.500%, 06/15/29 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		2,252,460
	1,965,000	5.000%, 06/15/30 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		2,248,589
	3,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/33 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		3,432,960
	500,000	5.000%, 06/15/34 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		572,160
		Columbia & Washington Counties,
		Oregon School District #47J
		(Vernonia)
	3,430,000	5.00%, 06/15/27	NR/AA+/NR		3,978,903
		Deschutes County, Oregon School
		District #6 (Sisters)
	1,735,000	5.250%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured	A2/AA+/NR		1,988,831
	1,030,000	5.250%, 06/15/21 AGMC Insured	A2/AA+/NR		1,232,580
		Deschutes and Jefferson Counties,
		Oregon School District #02J
		(Redmond)
	80,000	5.000%, 06/15/21 NPFG/ FGIC
		Insured	Aa1/NR/NR		80,286
	1,025,000	zero coupon, 06/15/23	Aa1/NR/NR		857,659
	5,000,000	6.000%, 06/15/31 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/NR/NR		5,694,500
		Hood River County, Oregon School
		District Refunding
	250,000	4.000%, 06/15/16	NR/AA+/NR		255,545
		Jackson County, Oregon School
		District #9 (Eagle Point)
	1,445,000	5.500%, 06/15/16 NPFG Insured	Aa1/NR/NR		1,496,558

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		School District (continued)
		Jackson County, Oregon School
		District #549C (Medford)
$	1,000,000	4.625%, 06/15/27 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR	$	1,102,310
	2,000,000	4.750%, 12/15/29 AGMC Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		2,177,440
	1,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/33 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,112,290
		Jefferson County, Oregon School
		District #509J
	1,400,000	5.000%, 06/15/25	Aa1/NR/NR		1,669,486
		Klamath County, Oregon School
		District
	1,250,000	5.000%, 06/15/24	NR/AA+/NR		1,484,788
		Lane County, Oregon School
		District #4J (Eugene) Refunding
	1,130,000	4.000%, 06/15/23	Aa1/NR/NR		1,244,639
	2,850,000	4.000%, 06/15/24	Aa1/NR/NR		3,218,762
	4,575,000	5.000%, 06/15/26	Aa1/NR/NR		5,591,656
		Lane County, Oregon School
		District #19 (Springfield)
	1,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/25	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,234,370
	875,000	5.000%, 06/15/27	Aa1/AA+/NR		1,069,854
	3,425,000	zero coupon, 06/15/29 AGMC
		Insured (pre-refunded)	Aa1/NR/NR		1,940,845
		Lincoln County, Oregon School
		District
	2,370,000	4.000%, 06/15/24 Series A	Aa1/NR/NR		2,593,112
		Marion County, Oregon School
		District #103 (Woodburn)
	1,140,000	5.000%, 06/15/27	Aa1/NR/NR		1,383,971
	1,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/28	Aa1/NR/NR		1,205,410
		Marion & Clackamas Counties,
		Oregon School District #4J
		(Silver Falls)
	1,260,000	5.000%, 06/15/24	Aa1/NR/NR		1,522,307
		Morrow County, Oregon School
		District #1
	1,710,000	5.250%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured	A2/AA+/NR		1,968,894

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		School District (continued)
		Multnomah County, Oregon School
		District #1J (Portland)
$	2,970,000	5.000%, 06/15/26 Series B	Aa1/AA+/NR	$	3,677,721
		Multnomah County, Oregon School
		District #7 (Reynolds)
	1,500,000	5.000%, 06/15/26 Series A	Aa1/NR/NR		1,853,025
	1,500,000	5.000%, 06/15/27 Series A	Aa1/NR/NR		1,838,400
		Multnomah County, Oregon School
		District #7 (Reynolds) Refunding
	1,165,000	5.000%, 06/01/29	Aa3/NR/NR		1,332,422
		Multnomah County, Oregon School
		District #40 (David Douglas)
	1,500,000	5.000%, 06/15/23 Series A	NR/AA+/NR		1,783,710
		Multnomah and Clackamas Counties,
		Oregon School District #10
		(Gresham-Barlow)
	4,275,000	5.250%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured	Aa1/AA+/NR		4,903,767
		Multnomah and Clackamas Counties,
		Oregon School District #28JT
		(Centennial)
	2,680,000	5.250%, 12/15/18 AGMC Insured	Aa1/NR/NR		2,997,607
		Polk, Marion & Benton Counties,
		Oregon School District #13J (Central)
	1,520,000	5.000%, 06/15/21 AGMC Insured
		(pre-refunded)	A2/AA+/NR		1,634,182
		Union County, Oregon School
		District #1 (La Grande)
	1,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/27	Aa1/NR/NR		1,207,310
		Wasco County, Oregon School
		District #12 (The Dalles)
	1,400,000	5.500%, 06/15/17 AGMC Insured	A2/AA/NR		1,516,956
	1,790,000	5.500%, 06/15/20 AGMC Insured	A2/AA/NR		2,115,136
		Washington County, Oregon School
		District #48J (Beaverton)
	2,750,000	4.000%, 06/15/25	Aa1/AA+/NR		3,072,822
	2,275,000	4.000%, 06/15/23 Series B	Aa1/AA+/NR		2,570,886
	5,290,000	4.000%, 06/15/24 Series B	Aa1/AA+/NR		5,946,172
	3,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/25 Series 2014B	Aa1/AA+/NR		3,674,640

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value
		School District (continued)
		Washington County, Oregon School
		District #48J (Beaverton)
		(continued)
$	3,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/28 Series 2014B	Aa1/AA+/NR	$	3,587,910
	1,845,000	5.000%, 06/15/29 Series 2014B	Aa1/AA+/NR		2,190,679
	1,280,000	5.000%, 06/01/31 AGC Insured	Aa3/AA/NR		1,431,002
	1,000,000	5.125%, 06/01/36 AGC Insured	Aa3/AA/NR		1,114,850
		Washington Multnomah & Yamhill
		Counties, Oregon School
		District #1J (Hillsboro)
	1,535,000	4.000%, 06/15/25	Aa1/NR/NR		1,710,128
		Yamhill County, Oregon School
		District #40 (McMinnville)
	1,205,000	5.000%, 06/15/19 AGMC Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/NR/NR		1,295,520
	1,375,000	5.000%, 06/15/22 AGMC Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/NR/NR		1,478,290
	2,255,000	4.000%, 06/15/26	Aa1/NR/NR		2,502,035
		Total School Districts			162,068,408

		Special District (3.7%)
		Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Park &
		Recreational District
	1,430,000	4.000%, 06/01/27	Aa3/NR/NR		1,541,326
		Metro, Oregon
	1,100,000	5.000%, 06/01/18 (pre-refunded)	Aaa/AAA/NR		1,181,697
	4,000,000	4.000%, 06/01/26 Series A	Aaa/AAA/NR		4,396,600
		Tualatin Hills, Oregon Park &
		Recreational District
	3,480,000	5.000%, 06/01/23	Aa1/NR/NR		4,239,614
	2,525,000	5.000%, 06/01/24	Aa1/NR/NR		3,119,713
	1,000,000	4.250%, 06/01/24 (pre-refunded)	Aa1/AA/NR		1,115,980
	2,775,000	5.000%, 06/01/26	Aa1/NR/NR		3,450,241
		Tualatin Valley, Oregon Fire & Rescue
		Rural Fire Protection District
	1,235,000	4.000%, 06/01/26	Aaa/NR/NR		1,347,768
	1,170,000	4.000%, 06/01/27	Aaa/NR/NR		1,273,592
		Total Special District			21,666,531

		State of Oregon (8.6%)
		Oregon State
	750,000	5.000%, 05/01/25 Series A	Aa1/AA+/AA+		923,775

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		State of Oregon (continued)
		Oregon State Alternative Energy
		Project
$	1,255,000	4.750%, 04/01/29 Series B	Aa1/AA+/AA+	$	1,394,945
	500,000	6.000%, 10/01/29 Series B	Aa1/AA+/AA+		573,115
		Oregon State Article XI-G Community
		College Projects
	1,160,000	5.000%, 08/01/27 Series J	Aa1/AA+/AA+		1,429,329
		Oregon State Article XI-G Higher
		Education
	500,000	5.000%, 08/01/25 Series O	Aa1/AA+/AA+		626,060
	1,000,000	5.000%, 08/01/26 Series O	Aa1/AA+/AA+		1,242,100
	1,000,000	5.000%, 08/01/27 Series O	Aa1/AA+/AA+		1,233,170
		Oregon State Department of
		Administrative Services
	3,270,000	5.000%, 11/01/27 Series C	Aa2/AA/AA		3,738,558
	2,155,000	5.000%, 11/01/28 Series C	Aa2/AA/AA		2,454,588
	5,000,000	5.125%, 05/01/33	Aa2/AA/AA		5,576,300
		Oregon State Department of
		Administrative Services
	2,000,000	5.000%, 11/01/20 NPFG/ FGIC
		Insured (pre-refunded)	Aa2/AA/AA		2,007,060
	2,660,000	5.000%, 11/01/23 NPFG/ FGIC
		Insured (pre-refunded)	Aa2/AA/NR		2,795,208
	2,945,000	5.000%, 11/01/24 NPFG/ FGIC
		Insured (pre-refunded)	Aa2/AA/NR		3,094,694
	1,475,000	5.000%, 11/01/26 NPFG/ FGIC
		Insured (pre-refunded)	Aa2/AA/NR		1,549,974
	3,880,000	5.000%, 11/01/27 NPFG/ FGIC
		Insured (pre-refunded)	Aa2/AA/NR		4,077,220
		Oregon State Department of
		Administrative Services, Oregon
		Opportunity Refunding
	6,210,000	5.000%, 12/01/19	Aa1/AA+/AA+		7,185,591
		Oregon State Higher Education
	1,000,000	5.000%, 08/01/28 Series A	Aa1/AA+/AA+		1,224,310
		Oregon State Refunding
	3,000,000	5.000%, 05/01/23 Series L	Aa1/AA+/AA+		3,561,030
	1,125,000	5.000%, 05/01/24 Series L	Aa1/AA+/AA+		1,326,802

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		General Obligation Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		State of Oregon (continued)
		Oregon State Refunding Various
		Projects
$	2,125,000	4.000%, 05/01/25 Series O	Aa1/AA+/AA+	$	2,319,862
		Oregon State Various Projects
	1,470,000	4.000%, 11/01/26 Series M	Aa1/AA+/AA+		1,599,536
		Total State of Oregon			49,933,227

		Water & Sewer (0.8%)
		Gearheart, Oregon
	1,060,000	4.500%, 03/01/26 AGMC Insured	A2/NR/NR		1,180,162
		Pacific City, Oregon Joint Water -
		Sanitary Authority
	1,830,000	4.800%, 07/01/27	NR/NR/NR*		1,861,330
		Rockwood, Oregon Water Peoples
		Utility District Water Revenue
		Refunding
	1,270,000	4.250%, 08/15/26	A1/NR/NR		1,388,262
		Total Water & Sewer			4,429,754
		Total General Obligation Bonds			313,753,279

		Revenue Bonds (44.0%)

		City & County (3.0%)
		Local Oregon Capital Assets Program
		COP Cottage Grove
	2,375,000	5.000%, 09/15/25 Series 2013A	Baa2/NR/NR		2,572,600
		Newport, Oregon Urban Renewal
		Obligations, Refunding
	565,000	4.500%, 06/15/22 Series B	NR/AA-/NR		645,682
		Portland, Oregon Revenue Refunding
		Limited Tax, Oregon Convention
		Center
	2,825,000	5.000%, 06/01/24	Aa1/NR/NR		3,340,647
	4,265,000	5.000%, 06/01/27	Aa1/NR/NR		4,998,153
		Portland, Oregon Revenue Refunding
		Limited Tax
	1,000,000	4.000%, 04/01/22 Series A	Aa1/NR/NR		1,079,350
		Portland, Oregon River District Urban
		Renewal and Redevelopment
	1,600,000	5.000%, 06/15/22 Series B	A1/NR/NR		1,899,312
	1,830,000	5.000%, 06/15/23 Series B	A1/NR/NR		2,149,774

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		Revenue Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		City & County (continued)
		Portland, Oregon Urban Renewal and
		Redevelopment, Refunding, North
		Macadam
$	1,000,000	4.000%, 06/15/25 Series B	A1/NR/NR	$	1,062,830
		Total City & County			17,748,348

		Electric (1.8%)
		Eugene, Oregon Electric Utility
	5,635,000	5.000%, 08/01/30	Aa3/AA-/A+		6,197,598
		Eugene, Oregon Electric Utility
		Refunding System
	2,000,000	5.000%, 08/01/27 Series A	Aa3/AA-/A+		2,317,440
		Northern Wasco County, Oregon
		Peoples Utility District, McNary
		Dam Fishway Hydroelectric Project,
		Refunding
	1,585,000	5.000%, 12/01/21 Series A	NR/AA-/NR		1,841,120
		Total Electric			10,356,158

		Higher Education (5.7%)
		Forest Grove, Oregon Student
		Housing (Oak Tree Foundation)
	5,715,000	5.500%, 03/01/37	NR/NR/NR*		5,850,503
		Oregon State Facilities Authority
		(Lewis & Clark College Project)
	1,000,000	5.250%, 10/01/24 Series A	A3/A-/NR		1,167,820
	3,000,000	5.000%, 10/01/27 Series A	A3/A-/NR		3,436,290
		Oregon State Facilities Authority
		(Linfield College Project)
	2,830,000	5.000%, 10/01/20 Series A 2005
		(pre-refunded)	Baa1/NR/NR		2,830,000
	1,180,000	5.000%, 10/01/22 Series A	Baa1/NR/NR		1,338,934
	1,000,000	5.000%, 10/01/23 Series A	Baa1/NR/NR		1,135,810
	2,115,000	5.000%, 10/01/25 Series A 2005
		(pre-refunded)	Baa1/NR/NR		2,115,000
	1,220,000	5.000%, 10/01/31 Series A 2010	Baa1/NR/NR		1,333,460
		Oregon State Facilities Authority
		Revenue Refunding (Reed College
		Project)
	1,500,000	5.000%, 07/01/29 Series A	Aa2/AA-/NR		1,705,350

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		Revenue Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		Higher Education (continued)
		Oregon State Facilities Authority
		(University of Portland)
$	3,000,000	5.000%, 04/01/32 (pre-refunded)	NR/BBB+/NR	$	3,315,360
		Oregon State Facilities Authority
		(Willamette University)
	1,000,000	4.000%, 10/01/24	NR/A/NR		1,082,320
	2,500,000	5.000%, 10/01/32	NR/A/NR		2,671,325
		Portland, Oregon Economic
		Development (Broadway Project)
	5,000,000	6.500%, 04/01/35	A1/A/NR		5,579,850
		Total Higher Education			33,562,022

		Hospital (9.6%)
		Deschutes County, Oregon Hospital
		Facilities Authority (Cascade Health)
	3,500,000	8.000%, 01/01/28 (pre-refunded)	A2/NR/NR		4,283,860
	3,250,000	5.375%, 01/01/35 AMBAC Insured	A2/NR/NR		3,472,625
		Medford, Oregon Hospital Facilities
		Authority Revenue Refunding,
		Asante Health Systems
	9,000,000	5.500%, 08/15/28 AGMC Insured	NR/AA/NR		10,263,780
		Oregon Health Sciences University
	11,550,000	zero coupon, 07/01/21 NPFG Insured	A1/AA-/AA-		9,597,357
	2,000,000	5.000%, 07/01/23 Series A	A1/AA-/AA-		2,376,460
	4,500,000	5.750%, 07/01/39 Series A	A1/AA-/AA-		5,189,175
		Oregon State Facilities Authority
		Revenue Refunding, Legacy Health
		Systems
	2,000,000	4.250%, 03/15/17	A1/AA-/NR		2,104,240
	3,000,000	4.500%, 03/15/18	A1/AA-/NR		3,258,990
	1,000,000	4.750%, 03/15/24	A1/AA-/NR		1,118,640
	1,000,000	5.000%, 03/15/30	A1/AA-/NR		1,112,100
		Oregon State Facilities Authority
		Revenue Refunding, Samaritan
		Health Services
	1,500,000	4.375%, 10/01/20	NR/BBB+/NR		1,645,905
	2,000,000	4.500%, 10/01/21	NR/BBB+/NR		2,190,440
	1,520,000	5.000%, 10/01/23	NR/BBB+/NR		1,676,925
	1,795,000	4.875%, 10/01/25	NR/BBB+/NR		1,945,529
	2,000,000	5.000%, 10/01/30	NR/BBB+/NR		2,131,520

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		Revenue Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		Hospital (continued)
		Salem, Oregon Hospital Facility
		Authority (Salem Hospital)
$	2,000,000	5.750%, 08/15/23	NR/A/A	$	2,244,920
	1,075,000	5.000%, 08/15/27 Series A	NR/A/A		1,113,087
		Total Hospital			55,725,553

		Housing (0.7%)
		Clackamas County, Oregon Housing
		Authority Multifamily Housing
		Revenue (Easton Ridge Apartments
		Project)
	1,310,000	4.000%, 09/01/27 Series A	Aa3/NR/NR		1,352,798
		Portland, Oregon Urban Renewal and
		Redevelopment, Interstate Corridor
	1,390,000	5.000%, 06/15/27 Series B	A1/NR/NR		1,586,796
		State of Oregon Housing and
		Community Services
	445,000	4.650%, 07/01/25 (pre-refunded)	Aa2/NR/NR		445,000
	545,000	5.350%, 07/01/30	Aa2/NR/NR		564,833
		Total Housing			3,949,427

		Lottery (4.0%)
		Oregon State Department of
		Administration Services (Lottery
		Revenue)
	1,015,000	5.250%, 04/01/26 Series A	Aa2/AAA/NR		1,200,735
	1,715,000	5.000%, 04/01/24 Series B	Aa2/AAA/NR		2,049,682
	1,500,000	5.000%, 04/01/25 Series B	Aa2/AAA/NR		1,783,620
	1,000,000	5.000%, 04/01/25 Series B	Aa2/AAA/NR		1,220,930
	3,000,000	5.000%, 04/01/26 Series C	Aa2/AAA/NR		3,695,610
	3,000,000	5.000%, 04/01/27 AGMC Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa2/AAA/A+		3,201,390
	6,285,000	5.250%, 04/01/26 (pre-refunded)	NR/NR/NR*		7,540,743
	2,500,000	5.000%, 04/01/29 (pre-refunded)	Aa2/AAA/NR		2,841,100
		Total Lottery			23,533,810

		Transportation (7.1%)
		Jackson County, Oregon Airport
		Revenue
	750,000	5.250%, 12/01/32 Syncora
		Guarantee, Inc. Insured	Baa1/NR/NR		796,898

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)


			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		Revenue Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value

		Transportation (continued)
		Oregon State Department
		Transportation Highway Usertax,
		Senior Lien
$	1,865,000	5.000%, 11/15/23 Series A
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/AAA/NR	$	2,124,645
	3,605,000	5.000%, 11/15/24 Series A	Aa1/AAA/AA+		4,361,005
	2,425,000	5.000%, 11/15/25 Series A	Aa1/AAA/AA+		2,915,626
	2,000,000	4.625%, 11/15/25 Series A
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/AAA/NR		2,251,940
	1,040,000	5.000%, 11/15/26 Series A	Aa1/AAA/AA+		1,273,428
	1,000,000	5.000%, 11/15/26 Series A	Aa1/AAA/AA+		1,210,240
	3,540,000	4.625%, 11/15/26 Series A
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/AAA/NR		3,711,725
	8,000,000	5.000%, 11/15/28 Series A	Aa1/AAA/AA+		9,656,560
	2,155,000	5.000%, 11/15/28 Series A
		(pre-refunded)	Aa1/AAA/NR		2,268,504
		Tri-County Metropolitan
		Transportation District, Oregon
		Capital Grant Receipt
	1,685,000	5.000%, 10/01/24 Series A	A3/A/NR		1,942,249
	3,480,000	5.000%, 10/01/26 Series A	A3/A/NR		4,000,782
	3,000,000	5.000%, 10/01/27 Series A	A3/A/NR		3,434,490
		Tri-County Metropolitan
		Transportation District, Oregon
		Senior Lien Payroll Tax
	1,000,000	5.000%, 09/01/25 Series A	Aaa/AAA/NR		1,259,130
		Total Transportation			41,207,222

		Water and Sewer (12.1%)
		Ashland, Oregon Refunding
	1,025,000	4.000%, 05/01/17 AGMC Insured	NR/AA/NR		1,081,273
		Grants Pass, Oregon
	1,000,000	4.000%, 12/01/23	NR/AA-/NR		1,115,740
		Klamath Falls, Oregon Water
	455,000	5.500%, 07/01/16 AGMC Insured	A2/AA/NR		472,067
		Lane County, Oregon Metropolitan
		Wastewater
	2,500,000	5.250%, 11/01/28	Aa2/AA/NR		2,811,750
		Madras, Oregon
	725,000	4.500%, 02/15/27	Baa1/NR/NR		770,211

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		Revenue Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value
		Water and Sewer (continued)
		Portland, Oregon Sewer System,
		Second Lien
$	3,005,000	5.000%, 03/01/28 Series A	Aa3/AA-/NR	$	3,431,019
	2,000,000	5.000%, 10/01/25 Series B	Aa3/AA-/NR		2,432,620
		Portland Oregon Sewer System
		Revenue Refunding Second Lien
	5,000,000	5.000%, 06/15/33 Series B	Aa3/AA-/NR		5,460,350
		Portland, Oregon Sewer System
	4,595,000	5.000%, 06/01/17 AGMC Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa2/AA/NR		4,595,000
	4,410,000	5.000%, 06/15/25 NPFG Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa3/AA-/NR		4,555,221
	4,630,000	5.000%, 06/15/26 NPFG Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa3/AA-/NR		4,782,466
	1,610,000	5.000%, 06/15/27 NPFG Insured
		(pre-refunded)	Aa3/AA-/NR		1,663,017
		Portland, Oregon Water System
		(First Lien)
	3,230,000	5.000%, 05/01/27 Series A	Aaa/NR/NR		3,932,977
	2,000,000	5.000%, 06/01/28 Series A	Aa2/AA/NR		2,441,860
		Portland, Oregon Sewer System
		(Second Lien)
	2,000,000	5.000%, 06/01/27 Series B	Aa3/AA-/NR		2,438,020
		Portland, Oregon Water System
		Revenue Refunding (Sr. Lien)
	1,275,000	4.000%, 05/01/25 Series A	Aaa/NR/NR		1,371,415
		Portland, Oregon Water System
		Revenue Refunding (Jr. Lien)
	2,000,000	5.000%, 10/01/23	Aa1/NR/NR		2,440,240
		Prineville, Oregon Refunding
	1,255,000	4.400%, 06/01/29 AGMC Insured	NR/AA/NR		1,363,419
		Seaside, Oregon Wastewater
		System
	1,000,000	4.250%, 07/01/26	A3/NR/NR		1,074,700
		Tigard, Oregon Water System
		Revenue Refunding
	2,025,000	4.000%, 08/01/21	A1/AA-/NR		2,290,498
	2,565,000	5.000%, 08/01/24	A1/AA-/NR		3,044,398

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

			Rating
Principal			Moody’s, S&P
Amount		Revenue Bonds (continued)	and Fitch	Value
		Water and Sewer (continued)
		Washington County, Oregon Clean
		Water Services
$	2,235,000	5.250%, 10/01/15 NPFG Insured	Aa2/AA+/NR	$	2,235,000
	4,000,000	5.000%, 10/01/28	Aa2/AA+/NR		4,570,120
		Washington County, Oregon Clean
		Water Services Sewer Revenue
		Senior Lien
	1,010,000	4.000%, 10/01/22 Series B	Aa2/AA+/NR		1,137,452
	1,500,000	4.000%, 10/01/23 Series B	Aa2/AA+/NR		1,677,510
	2,850,000	4.000%, 10/01/26 Series B	Aa2/AA+/NR		3,126,307
	2,745,000	4.000%, 10/01/28 Series B	Aa2/AA+/NR		2,953,702
		Woodburn, Oregon Wastewater
		Revenue Refunding
	1,090,000	5.000%, 03/01/21 Series A	A2/NR/NR		1,266,438
		Total Water and Sewer			70,534,790
		Total Revenue Bonds			256,617,330

		Total Investments (cost $536,104,134 -
		note 4)	97.9%		570,370,609
		Other assets less liabilities	2.1		12,102,809
		Net Assets	100.0%	$	582,473,418


Portfolio Distribution by Quality Rating	Portfolio†
Aaa of Moody’s or AAA of S&P		8.2	%
Pre-refunded bonds †† / ETM bonds		22.3
Aa of Moody’s, AA of S&P or Fitch		56.5
A of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch		8.4
Baa of Moody’s or BBB of S&P		3.1
Not Rated*		1.5
		100.0	%

			PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:

			AGC - Assured Guaranty Corp.
			AGMC - Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
			AMBAC - American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.
			COP - Certificates of Participation
			ETM - Escrowed to Maturity
			FGIC - Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
			MAC - Municipal Assurance Corp.
			NPFG - National Public Finance Guarantee
			NR - Not Rated

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

*		Any security not rated (“NR”) by any of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (“NRSRO”) has been determined by the Investment Sub-Adviser to have sufficient quality to be ranked in the top four credit ratings if a credit rating were to be assigned by a NRSRO.

†		Where applicable, calculated using the highest rating of the three NRSROs.

††		Pre-refunded bonds are bonds for which U.S. Government Obligations usually have been placed in escrow to retire the bonds at their earliest call date.

†††		Security purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
SIX MONTHSEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)(unaudited)


ASSETS
Investments at value (cost $536,104,134)	$	570,370,609
Cash		5,831,718
Interest receivable		7,873,050
Receivable for Trust shares sold		652,401
Other assets		38,029
Total assets		584,765,807

LIABILITIES
Payable for investment secutities purchased		1,394,190
Dividends payable		530,807
Management fees payable		187,007
Payable for Trust shares redeemed		108,581
Accrued expenses payable		71,804
Total liabilities		2,292,389

NET ASSETS	$	582,473,418

Net Assets consist of:
Capital Stock - Authorized an unlimited number of shares, par
value $0.01 per share	$	518,503
Additional paid-in capital		549,013,885
Net unrealized appreciation on investments (note 4)		34,266,475
Undistributed net investment income		297,825
Accumulated net realized loss on investments		(1,623,270	)
	$	582,473,418

CLASS A
Net Assets	$	403,118,944
Capital shares outstanding		35,874,889
Net asset value and redemption price per share	$	11.24
Maximum offering price per share (100/96 of $11.24)	$	11.71

CLASS C
Net Assets	$	33,556,970
Capital shares outstanding		2,989,232
Net asset value and offering price per share	$	11.23
Redemption price per share (* a charge of 1% is imposed on the
redemption proceeds, or on the original price, whichever is
lower, if redeemed during the first 12 months after purchase)	$	11.23	*

CLASS Y
Net Assets	$	145,797,504
Capital shares outstanding		12,986,202
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share	$	11.23

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

Investment Income:

Interest income				$	10,014,736

Expenses:

Management fees (note 3)	$	1,131,459
Distribution and service fees (note 3)		461,532
Trustees’ fees and expenses (note 7)		161,121
Legal fees		134,114
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees		125,247
Shareholders’ reports and proxy statements		23,137
Custodian fees (note 6)		20,150
Registration fees and dues		16,520
Insurance		13,907
Auditing and tax fees		12,083
Chief compliance officer services (note 3)		3,271
Miscellaneous		24,498
Total expenses		2,127,039

Management fees waived (note 3)		(16,462	)
Expenses paid indirectly (note 6)		(973	)
Net expenses					2,109,604
Net investment income					7,905,132

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments:

Net realized gain (loss) from securities
transactions		(121,440	)
Change in unrealized appreciation on
investments		(3,250,209	)

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments					(3,371,649	)
Net change in net assets resulting from
operations				$	4,533,483

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

	Six Months Ended
	September 30,2015			Year Ended
	(unaudited)			March 31, 2015
OPERATIONS:
Net investment income	$	7,905,132		$	15,471,191
Net realized gain (loss) from
securities transactions		(121,440	)		4,669
Change in unrealized appreciation
on investments		(3,250,209	)		13,801,042
Change in net assets resulting
from operations		4,533,483			29,276,902

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (note 10):
Class A Shares:
Net investment income		(5,568,797	)		(11,585,542	)

Class C Shares:
Net investment income		(319,560	)		(653,085	)

Class Y Shares:
Net investment income		(2,003,620	)		(3,206,181	)
Change in net assets from
distributions		(7,891,977	)		(15,444,808	)

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (note 8):
Proceeds from shares sold		56,464,946			94,327,570
Reinvested dividends and
distributions		6,068,686			11,701,028
Cost of shares redeemed		(31,797,991	)		(65,803,582	)
Change in net assets from
capital share transactions		30,735,641			40,225,016

Change in net assets		27, 377, 147			54, 057, 110
NET ASSETS:
Beginning of period		555,096,271			501,039,161
End of period*	$	582,473,418		$	555,096,271
* Includes undistributed net investment income of:	$	297,825		$	284,670

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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AQUILA TAX-FREE TRUST OF OREGON

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

1. Organization

Aquila Tax-Free Trust of Oregon (the “Trust”) (from inception until the close of business on October 11, 2013, the Trust operated under the name Tax-Free Trust of Oregon) is the sole portfolio of The Cascades Trust. The Cascades Trust (the “Business Trust”) is an open-end investment company, which was organized on October 17, 1985, as a Massachusetts business trust and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Class A Shares are sold at net asset value plus a sales charge of varying size (depending upon a variety of factors) paid at the time of purchase and bear a distribution fee. Class C Shares are sold at net asset value with no sales charge payable at the time of purchase but with a level charge for service and distribution fees for six years thereafter. Class C Shares automatically convert to Class A Shares after six years. Class Y Shares are sold only through authorized financial institutions acting for investors in a fiduciary, advisory, agency, custodial or similar capacity, and are not offered directly to retail customers. Class Y Shares are sold at net asset value with no sales charge, no redemption fee, no contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) and no distribution fee. Class I Shares are offered and sold only through financial intermediaries and are not offered directly to retail customers. Class I Shares are sold at net asset value with no sales charge and no redemption fee or CDSC, although a financial intermediary may charge a fee for effecting a purchase or other transaction on behalf of its customers. Class I Shares carry a distribution and a service fee. As of the report date, there were no Class I Shares outstanding. All classes of shares represent interests in the same portfolio of investments and are identical as to rights and privileges but differ with respect to the effect of sales charges, the distribution and/or service fees borne by each class, expenses specific to each class, voting rights on matters affecting a single class and the exchange privileges of each class.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for investment companies.

Portfolio valuation: Municipal securities are valued each business day based upon information provided by a nationally prominent independent pricing service and periodically verified through other pricing services. In the case of securities for which market quotations are readily available, securities are valued by the pricing service at the mean of bid and asked quotations. If a market quotation or a valuation from the pricing service is not readily available, the security is valued at fair value determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees.

Fair value measurements: The Trust follows a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Trust’s own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). These inputs are used in determining the value of the Trust’s investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Trust’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, based on the best information available.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs, representing 100% of the Trust’s investments, used to value the Trust’s net assets as of September 30, 2015:

Valuation Inputs	Investments in Securities
Level 1 – Quoted Prices	$	–
Level 2 – Other Significant Observable
Inputs – Municipal Bonds*		570,370,609
Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs		–
Total	$	570,370,609

*See schedule of investments for a detailed listing of securities.

c)	Subsequent events: In preparing these financial statements, the Trust has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date these financial statements were issued.

Securities transactions and related investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are reported on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded daily on the accrual basis and is adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of original issue and market discount.

Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the Trust to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to certain investment companies. The Trust intends to make distributions of income and securities profits sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, Federal income and excise taxes.

Management has reviewed the tax positions for each of the open tax years (2012–2014) or expected to be taken in the Fund’s 2015 tax returns and has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements.

Multiple class allocations: All income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses), and realized and unrealized gains or losses are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class. Class-specific expenses, which include distribution and service fees and any other items that are specifically attributed to a particular class, are also charged directly to such class on a daily basis.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

Use of estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassification of capital accounts: Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. On March 31, 2015, the Trust decreased undistributed net investment income by $9,682, and decreased accumulated net realized loss on investments by $9,682 due primarily to differing book/tax treatment of distributions and bond amortization. These reclassifications had no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.

i)	The Trust is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting of the Financial Accounting StandardsBoard (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services-Investment Companies”.

3. Fees and Related Party Transactions

a) Management Arrangements:

Aquila Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aquila Management Corporation, the Trust’s founder and sponsor, serves as the Manager for the Trust under an Advisory and Administration Agreement with the Trust. The portfolio management of the Trust has been delegated to a Sub-Adviser as described below. Under the Advisory and Administrative Agreement, the Manager provides all administrative services to the Trust, other than those relating to the day-today portfolio management. The Manager’s services include providing the office of the Trust and all related services as well as overseeing the activities of the Sub-Adviser and managing relationships with all the various support organizations to the Trust such as the shareholder servicing agent, custodian, legal counsel, auditors and distributor and additionally maintaining the Trust’s accounting books and records. For its services, the Manager is entitled to receive a fee which is payable monthly and computed as of the close of business each day at the annual rate of 0.40% of net assets of the Trust. Beginning on January 1, 2011, the Manager determined to contractually waive its fees to the extent necessary in order to pass savings through to the shareholders recognized under the Sub-Advisory Agreement (as described below) such that its fees are as follows: the annual rate shall be equivalent to 0.40% of net assets of the Trust up to $400 million; 0.38% of the Trust’s net assets above that amount to $1 billion and 0.36% of the Trust’s net assets above $1 billion. For the six months ended September 30, 2015, the Trust incurred management fees of $1,131,459, of which $16,462 was waived.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as the Investment Sub-Adviser for the Trust under a Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Adviser. Under this agreement, the Sub-Adviser continuously provides, subject to oversight of the Manager and the Board of Trustees of the Trust, the investment program of the Trust and the composition of its portfolio, arranges for the purchases and sales of portfolio securities, and provides for daily pricing of the Trust’s portfolio. For its services, the Sub-Adviser is entitled to receive a fee from the Manager which is payable monthly and computed as of the close of business each day at the annual rate of 0.18% of net assets of the Trust up to $400 million; 0.16% of net assets above $400 million up to $1 billion; and 0.14% of net assets above $1 billlion.

Under a Compliance Agreement with the Manager, the Manager is compensated by the Trust for Chief Compliance Officer related services provided to enable the Trust to comply with Rule 38a-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Specific details as to the nature and extent of the services provided by the Manager and the Sub-Adviser are more fully defined in the Trust’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

b) Distribution and Service Fees:

The Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 (the “Rule”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under one part of the Plan, with respect to Class A Shares, the Trust is authorized to make distribution fee payments to broker-dealers or others (“Qualified Recipients”) selected by Aquila Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), including, but not limited to, any principal underwriter of the Trust, with which the Distributor has entered into written agreements contemplated by the Rule and which have rendered assistance in the distribution and/or retention of the Trust’s shares or servicing of shareholder accounts. The Trust makes payment of this distribution fee at the annual rate of 0.15% of the Trust’s average net assets represented by Class A Shares. For the six months ended September 30, 2015, distribution fees on Class A Shares amounted to $298,031 of which the Distributor retained $13,859.

Under another part of the Plan, the Trust is authorized to make payments with respect to Class C Shares to Qualified Recipients which have rendered assistance in the distribution and/or retention of the Trust’s Class C shares or servicing of shareholder accounts. These payments are made at the annual rate of 0.75% of the Trust’s average net assets represented by Class C Shares and for the six months ended September 30, 2015, amounted to $122,626. In addition, under a Shareholder Services Plan, the Trust is authorized to make service fee payments with respect to Class C Shares to Qualified Recipients for providing personal services and/or maintenance of shareholder accounts. These payments are made at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Trust’s average net assets represented by Class C Shares and for the six months ended September 30, 2015, amounted to $40,875. The total of these payments made with respect to Class C Shares amounted to $163,501 of which the Distributor retained $36,627.

Specific details about the Plans are more fully defined in the Trust’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

Under a Distribution Agreement, the Distributor serves as the exclusive distributor of the Trust’s shares. Through agreements between the Distributor and various brokerage and advisory firms (“intermediaries”), the Trust’s shares are sold primarily through the facilities of these intermediaries having offices within Oregon, with the bulk of any sales commissions inuring to such intermediaries. For the six months ended September 30, 2015, total commissions on sales of Class A Shares amounted to $469,851 of which the Distributor received $85,153.

4. Purchases and Sales of Securities

During the six months ended September 30, 2015, purchases of securities and proceeds from the sales of securities aggregated $56,213,940 and $24,195,000, respectively.

At September 30, 2015, the aggregate tax cost for all securities was $535,822,197. At September 30, 2015, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of value over tax cost amounted to $34,809,229 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there is an excess of tax cost over value amounted to $260,817 for a net unrealized appreciation of $34,548,412.

5. Portfolio Orientation

Since the Trust invests principally and may invest entirely in double tax-free municipal obligations of issuers within Oregon, it is subject to possible risks associated with economic, political, or legal developments or industrial or regional matters specifically affecting Oregon and whatever effects these may have upon Oregon issuers’ ability to meet their obligations. For example, Measure 5, a 1990 amendment to the Oregon Constitution, as well as Measures 47 and 50, limit the taxing and spending authority of certain Oregon governmental entities. These amendments could have an adverse effect on the general financial condition of certain municipal entities that would impair the ability of certain Oregon issuers to pay interest and principal on their obligations.

6. Expenses

The Trust had negotiated an expense offset arrangement with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., which served as its custodian until November 2, 2015. Under these arrangements, it received credit toward the reduction of custodian fees and other Trust expenses whenever there were uninvested cash balances. The Statement of Operations reflects the total expenses before any offset, the amount of offset, if any, and the net expenses. Effective November 2, 2015, the Trust no longer receives credits toward the reduction of custody fees from the Trust’s new custodian.

7. Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

At September 30, 2015 there were 9 Trustees, one of whom is affiliated with the Manager and is not paid any fees. The total amount of Trustees’ service fees (for carrying out their responsibilities) and attendance fees paid during the six months ended September 30, 2015 was $133,291. Attendance fees are paid to those in attendance at regularly scheduled quarterly Board Meetings and meetings of the Independent Trustees held prior to each quarterly Board Meeting, as well as additional meetings (such as Audit, Nominating, Shareholder and special meetings). Trustees are reimbursed for their expenses such as travel, accommodations, and meals incurred in connection with attendance at Board Meetings and at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. For the six months ended September 30, 2015, such meeting-related expenses amounted to $27,830.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

8. Capital Share Transactions

Transactions in Capital Shares of the Fund were as follows:

	Six Months Ended September 30, 2015						Year Ended
	(unaudited)						March 31, 2015
	Shares			Amount			Shares			Amount
Class A Shares:
Proceeds from shares sold		2,070,885		$	23,163,317			3,456,414		$	38,773,580
Reinvested dividends and
distributions		404,245			4,528,778			798,466			8,966,700
Cost of shares redeemed		(1,758,877	)		(19,691,331	)		(4,077,685	)		(45,715,257	)
Net change		716,253			8,000,764			177,195			2,025,023
Class C Shares:
Proceeds from shares sold		547,529			6,120,816			649,502			7,275,396
Reinvested dividends and
distributions		25,550			285,951			50,556			567,230
Cost of shares redeemed		(392,796	)		(4,393,757	)		(543,188	)		(6,096,690	)
Net change		180,283			2,013,010			156,870			1,745,936
Class Y Shares:
Proceeds from shares sold		2,430,044			27,180,813			4,301,147			48,278,594
Reinvested dividends and
distributions		112,125			1,253,957			192,875			2,167,098
Cost of shares redeemed		(689,293	)		(7,712,903	)		(1,248,371	)		(13,991,635	)
Net change		1,852,876			20,721,867			3,245,651			36,454,057
Total transactions in Fund
shares		2,749,412		$	30,735,641			3,579,716		$	40,225,016

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (unaudited)

9. Securities Traded on a When-Issued Basis

The Trust may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued basis. When-issued transactions arise when securities are purchased or sold by the Trust with payment and delivery taking place in the future in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price and yield to the Trust at the time of entering into the transaction. Beginning on the date the Trust enters into a when-issued transaction, cash or other liquid securities are segregated in an amount equal to or greater than the value of the when-issued transaction. These transactions are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

10. Income Tax Information and Distributions

The Trust declares dividends daily from net investment income and makes payments monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed annually and are taxable. These distributions are paid in additional shares at the net asset value per share, in cash, or in a combination of both, at the shareholder’s option.

The Trust intends to maintain, to the maximum extent possible, the tax-exempt status of interest payments received from portfolio municipal securities in order to allow dividends paid to shareholders from net investment income to be exempt from regular Federal and State of Oregon income taxes. Due to differences between financial statement reporting and Federal income tax reporting requirements, distributions made by the Trust may not be the same as the Trust’s net investment income, and/or net realized securities gains. Further, a portion of the dividends may, under some circumstances, be subject to taxes at ordinary income and/or capital gain rates. As a result of the passage of the Regulated Investment Company Act of 2010 (the “Act”), losses incurred in this fiscal year and beyond retain their character as short-term or long-term, have no expiration date and are utilized before capital losses incurred prior to the enactment of the Act. At March 31, 2015, the Trust had capital loss carry forwards of $1,416,005 of which $1,165,296 is short-term and $250,709 is long-term with no expiration date.

As of March 31, 2015, the Trust had October capital loss deferrals of $85,825 which be recognized in the following year.

The tax character of distributions was as follows:

	Year		Year
	Ended		Ended
	March 31, 2015		March 31, 2014
Net tax-exempt income	$	15,444,808	$	16,171,681
Ordinary income		–		–
Capital gain		–		81,826
	$	15,444,808	$	16,253,507

As of March 31, 2015, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Unrealized appreciation	$	37,801,354
Undistributed tax-exempt income		253,962
Accumulated net loss on investments		(1,416,005	)
Other temporary differences		(339,787	)
	$	36,299,524

The difference between book basis and tax basis undistributed income is due to the timing difference in recognizing dividends paid and the tax treatment of discount amortization.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each period

	Class A
	Six Months
	Ended			Year			Year			Six Months			Year Ended September 30,
	9/30/15 (unaudited)			Ended 3/31/15			Ended 3/31/14			Ended 3/31/13†			2012			2011			2010
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	11.31		$	11.01		$	11.37		$	11.53		$	11.12		$	11.18		$	11.05
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income(1)		0.16			0.33			0.35			0.18			0.37			0.38			0.40
Net gain (loss) on securities (both
realized and unrealized)		(0.07	)		0.30			(0.36	)		(0.11	)		0.41			(0.06	)		0.13
Total from investment operations		0.09			0.63			(0.01	)		0.07			0.78			0.32			0.53
Less distributions (note 10):
Dividends from net investment income		(0.16	)		(0.33	)		(0.35	)		(0.18	)		(0.37	)		(0.38	)		(0.40	)
Distributions from capital gains		–			–			–	(4)		(0.05	)		–			–			–
Total distributions		(0.16	)		(0.33	)		(0.35	)		(0.23	)		(0.37	)		(0.38	)		(0.40	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	11.24		$	11.31		$	11.01		$	11.37		$	11.53		$	11.12		$	11.18
Total return(not reflecting sales charge)		0.79	%(2)		5.80	%		(0.04	)%		0.54	%(2)		7.14	%		3.05	%		4.95	%
Ratios/supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (in millions)	$	403		$	398		$	385		$	425		$	419		$	380		$	400
Ratio of expenses to average net assets		0.73	%(3)		0.74	%		0.73	%		0.71	%(3)		0.74	%		0.76	%		0.72	%
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets		2.81	%(3)		2.96	%		3.16	%		3.08	%(3)		3.29	%		3.55	%		3.65	%
Portfolio turnover rate		4	%(2)		5	%		5	%		3	%(2)		8	%		15	%		9	%

Expense and net investment income ratios without the effect of the contractual waiver of management fees were (note 3):

Ratio of expenses to average net assets		0.74	%(3)		0.74	%		0.74	%		0.72	%(3)		0.75	%		0.76	%		–
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets		2.80	%(3)		2.96	%		3.16	%		3.07	%(3)		3.28	%		3.55	%		–

Expense ratios after giving effect to the contractual waiver of management fees and expense offset for uninvested cash balances were:

Ratio of expenses to average net assets		0.73	%(3)		0.74	%		0.73	%		0.71	%(3)		0.74	%		0.76	%		0.72	%

___________________

(1)	Per share amounts have been calculated using the daily average shares method.

(2)	Not annualized.

(3)	Annualized.

(4)	Amount represents less than $0.01.

†	Effective December 1, 2012, the Trust changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31. The information presented is for the period October 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Note:

On January 1, 2011, Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management became the Trust’s Investment Sub-Adviser, replacing FAF Advisors, Inc.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

For a share outstanding throughout each period

	Class C
	Six Months
	Ended			Year			Year			Six Months			Year Ended September 30,
	9/30/15 (unaudited)			Ended 3/31/15			Ended 3/31/14			Ended 3/31/13			2012			2011			2010
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	11.30		$	11.00		$	11.36		$	11.52		$	11.11		$	11.17		$	11.04
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income(1)		0.11			0.24			0.25			0.13			0.27			0.29			0.30
Net gain (loss) on securities (both
realized and unrealized)		(0.07	)		0.30			(0.36	)		(0.11	)		0.42			(0.06	)		0.14
Total from investment operations		0.04			0.54			(0.11	)		0.02			0.69			0.23			0.44
Less distributions (note 10):
Dividends from net investment income		(0.11	)		(0.24	)		(0.25	)		(0.13	)		(0.28	)		(0.29	)		(0.31	)
Distributions from capital gains		–			–			–	(4)		(0.05	)		–			–			–
Total distributions		(0.11	)		(0.24	)		(0.25	)		(0.18	)		(0.28	)		(0.29	)		(0.31	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	11.23		$	11.30		$	11.00		$	11.36		$	11.52		$	11.11		$	11.17
Total return(not reflecting CDSC)		0.36	%(2)		4.91	%		(0.89	)%		0.11	%(2)		6.24	%		2.18	%		4.07	%
Ratios/supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (in millions)	$	34		$	32		$	29		$	39		$	38		$	27		$	29
Ratio of expenses to average net assets		1.58	%(3)		1.58	%		1.58	%		1.56	%(3)		1.59	%		1.61	%		1.57	%
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets		1.95	%(3)		2.11	%		2.31	%		2.23	%(3)		2.42	%		2.70	%		2.78	%
Portfolio turnover rate		4	%(2)		5	%		5	%		3	%(2)		8	%		15	%		9	%

Expense and net investment income ratios without the effect of the contractual waiver of management fees were (note 3):

Ratio of expenses to average net assets		1.59	%(3)		1.59	%		1.59	%		1.57	%(3)		1.59	%		1.61	%		–
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets		1.95	%(3)		2.10	%		2.31	%		2.22	%(3)		2.42	%		2.70	%		–

Expense ratios after giving effect to the contractual waiver of management fees and expense offset for uninvested cash balances were:

Ratio of expenses to average net assets		1.58	%(3)		1.58	%		1.58	%		1.56	%(3)		1.59	%		1.61	%		1.57	%

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(1)	Per share amounts have been calculated using the daily average shares method.

(2)	Not annualized.

(3)	Annualized.

(4)	Amount represents less than $0.01.

†	Effective December 1, 2012, the Trust changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31. The information presented is for the period October 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Note:

On January 1, 2011, Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management became the Trust’s Investment Sub-Adviser, replacing FAF Advisors, Inc.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

For a share outstanding throughout each period

	Class Y
	Six Months
	Ended			Year			Year			Six Months			Year Ended September 30,
	9/30/15 (unaudited)			Ended 3/31/15			Ended 3/31/14			Ended 3/31/13†			2012			2011			2010
Net asset value, beginning of period	$	11.30		$	11.00		$	11.36		$	11.52		$	11.11		$	11.18		$	11.04
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income(1)		0.17			0.35			0.36			0.18			0.39			0.40			0.42
Net gain (loss) on securities (both
realized and unrealized)		(0.07	)		0.30			(0.36	)		(0.11	)		0.41			(0.07	)		0.14
Total from investment operations		0.10			0.65			–			0.07			0.80			0.33			0.56
Less distributions (note 10):
Dividends from net investment income		(0.17	)		(0.35	)		(0.36	)		(0.18	)		(0.39	)		(0.40	)		(0.42	)
Distributions from capital gains		–			–			–	(4)		(0.05	)		–			–			–
Total distributions		(0.17	)		(0.35	)		(0.36	)		(0.23	)		(0.39	)		(0.40	)		(0.42	)
Net asset value, end of period	$	11.23		$	11.30		$	11.00		$	11.36		$	11.52		$	11.11		$	11.18
Total return		0.86	%(2)		5.97	%		0.11	%		0.61	%(2)		7.30	%		3.11	%		5.21	%
Ratios/supplemental data
Net assets, end of period (in millions)	$	146		$	126		$	87		$	89		$	84		$	71		$	95
Ratio of expenses to average net assets		0.58	%(3)		0.58	%		0.58	%		0.56	%(3)		0.59	%		0.61	%		0.57	%
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets		2.95	%(3)		3.10	%		3.31	%		3.23	%(3)		3.44	%		3.70	%		3.80	%
Portfolio turnover rate		4	%(2)		5	%		5	%		3	%(2)		8	%		15	%		9	%

Expense and net investment income ratios without the effect of the contractual waiver of management fees were (note 3):

Ratio of expenses to average net assets		0.59	%(3)		0.59	%		0.59	%		0.57	%(3)		0.60	%		0.61	%		–
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets		2.95	%(3)		3.10	%		3.31	%		3.22	%(3)		3.43	%		3.70	%		–

Expense ratios after giving effect to the contractual waiver of management fees and expense offset for uninvested cash balances were:

Ratio of expenses to average net assets		0.58	%(3)		0.58	%		0.58	%		0.56	%(3)		0.59	%		0.61	%		0.57	%

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(1)	Per share amounts have been calculated using the daily average shares method.

(2)	Not annualized.

(3)	Annualized.

(4)	Amount represents less than $0.01.

†	Effective December 1, 2012, the Trust changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31. The information presented is for the period October 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Note:

On January 1, 2011, Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management became the Trust’s Investment Sub-Adviser, replacing FAF Advisors, Inc.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Additional Information (unaudited)

Renewal of the Advisory and Administration Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement

Aquila Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”) serves as the investment adviser to the Trust pursuant to an Advisory and Administration Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”). Davidson Fixed Income Management, Inc., doing business as Kirkpatrick Pettis Capital Management (the “Sub-Adviser”), serves as the sub-adviser to the Trust pursuant to a Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Manager and the Sub-Adviser (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”). In order for the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to continue to serve in their respective roles, the Trustees of the Trust must determine annually whether to renew the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement for the Trust.

In considering whether to approve the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Trustees requested and obtained such information as they deemed reasonably necessary. Contract review materials were provided to the Trustees in August, 2015. The independent Trustees met telephonically in August, 2015 and in person in September, 2015 to review and discuss the contract review materials. The Trustees considered, among other things, information presented by the Manager and Sub-Adviser. They also considered information presented in a report prepared by an independent consultant with respect to the Trust’s fees, expenses and investment performance, which included comparisons of the Trust’s investment performance against peers and the Trust’s benchmark and comparisons of the advisory fee payable by the Trust under the Advisory Agreement against the advisory fees paid by the Trust’s peers, as well as information regarding the operating margins of certain investment advisory firms (the “Consultant’s Report”). In addition, the Trustees took into account the information related to the Trust provided to the Trustees at each regularly scheduled meeting. The Trustees considered the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement separately as well as in conjunction with each other to determine their combined effects on the Trust.

At a meeting held on September 19, 2015, based on their evaluation of the information provided by the Manager, the Sub-Adviser and the independent consultant, the Trustees of the Trust, including the independent Trustees voting separately, unanimously approved the renewal of each of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement until September 30, 2016. In considering the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Trustees considered various factors that they determined were relevant, including the factors described below. The Trustees did not identify any single factor as the controlling factor in determining to approve the renewal of the Advisory Agreement or the Sub-Advisory Agreement.

The nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by the Manager and the Sub-Adviser.

The Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services that had been provided by the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to the Trust, taking into account the investment objectives and strategies of the Trust. The Trustees reviewed the terms of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement.

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The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide investment management of the Trust’s portfolio. The Trustees reviewed the Sub-Adviser’s investment approach for the Trust. The Trustees considered the personnel of the Sub-Adviser who provide investment management services to the Trust. The Trustees noted the extensive experience of the Sub-Adviser’s portfolio manager, Mr. Christopher Johns, and his comprehensive understanding regarding the economy of the State of Oregon and the securities in which the Trust invests, including those securities with less than the highest ratings from the rating agencies. The Trustees also noted the contributions of Mr. Timothy Iltz, Vice President of the Sub-Adviser and municipal bond credit analyst, to the Sub-Adviser’s investment analysis with respect to the Trust’s portfolio. The Trustees noted that, compared to other Oregon state-specific municipal bond-funds, the portfolio of the Trust generally was of higher quality, and that the Trust did not hold any securities subject to the alternative minimum tax. The Trustees also noted that the Trust did not own any Puerto Rico municipal bonds during the review period.

The Trustees considered that the Manager supervised and monitored the performance of the Trust’s service providers (including the Sub-Adviser). The Manager has additionally provided all administrative services to the Trust and provided the Trust with personnel (including Trust officers) and other resources that are necessary for the Trust’s business management and operations.

The Trustees considered that the Manager and the Sub-Adviser had provided all administrative and advisory services to the Trust that the Trustees deemed necessary or appropriate, including the specific services that the Trustees have determined are required for the Trust, given that it seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from Oregon state and regular Federal income taxes as is consistent with preservation of capital. Based on these considerations, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services that had been provided by the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to the Trust were satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, as applicable.

The investment performance of the Trust.

The Trustees reviewed the Trust’s performance and compared its performance to the performance of:

•

the funds in the Trust’s peer group (the “Peer Group”), as selected by the independent consultant (five municipal single-state intermediate and municipal single-state long funds, as classified by Morningstar, that are similar to the Trust in size and that charge a front-end sales charge);

•

the funds in the Trust’s product category for performance (the “Product Category for Performance”) (all funds in the Peer Group and, without duplication, all funds (and all classes) included in the Morningstar Single-State Intermediate Municipal Bond Funds category); and

•

the Trust’s benchmark index, the Barclays Capital Quality Intermediate Municipal Bond Index.

The Trustees considered that the materials included in the Consultant’s Report indicated that the Trust’s average annual total return was higher than the average annual total return of the funds in the Peer Group for the one, three and ten year periods but lower than the average annual total return of the funds in the Peer Group for the five-year period ended June 30, 2015. The Trustees considered that the Trust’s average annual total return was higher than the average annual total return of the funds in the Product Category for Performance for the one, three, five and ten year periods ended June 30, 2015 and higher than the average annual return of the benchmark index for the one, three and five year periods ended June 30, 2015. The Trustees considered that, as reflected in the Consultant’s Report, the Trust delivered satisfactory results on a risk-adjusted basis for the three and five year periods ended June 30, 2015 (as evidenced by its Sharpe ratio) when compared to the funds in the Product Category for Performance.

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The Trustees discussed the Trust’s performance record with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser and considered the Manager’s and Sub-Adviser’s view that the Trust’s performance, as compared to the Peer Group, was explained in part by the Trust’s generally higher-quality portfolio and its current intermediate maturity structure. The Trustees noted that, unlike the Trust’s returns, the performance of the benchmark index did not reflect any fees or expenses.

The Trustees considered these results to be consistent with the investment objectives of the Trust. Evaluation of this factor indicated to the Trustees that renewal of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement would be appropriate.

Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees and Trust Expenses.

The Trustees evaluated the fee payable under the Advisory Agreement. They noted that the Manager, and not the Trust, paid the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Trustees evaluated both the fee under the Sub-Advisory Agreement and the portion of the advisory fee paid under the Advisory Agreement and retained by the Manager. The Trustees reviewed the Trust’s advisory fees and expenses and compared them to the advisory fee and expense data for:

•

the funds in the Peer Group (as defined above); and

•

the funds in the product category for expenses (the “Product Category for Expenses”) (Morningstar Single-State Intermediate Municipal Bond Funds and Morningstar Single State Long Municipal Bond Funds from states within which 4-7 mutual funds are operating, with similar operating expense structures).

The Trustees considered that the Trust’s contractual advisory fee was lower than the average contractual advisory fee of the funds in the Peer Group (at the Trust’s current asset level) and lower than the asset-weighted average contractual advisory fee of the funds in the Product Category for Expenses (at various asset levels). They also noted that the Trust’s expenses were lower than the average actual expenses of the funds in both the Product Category for Expenses and the Peer Group.

The Trustees reviewed management fees charged by each of the Manager and the Sub-Adviser to its other clients. It was noted that the Manager does not have any other clients except for other funds in the Aquila Group of Funds. The Trustees noted that, in most instances, the fee rates for those clients were comparable to the fees paid to the Manager by the Trust. With respect to the Sub-Adviser, the Trustees noted that the fee rates for its other clients were generally lower than the fees paid to the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Trust. In evaluating the fees associated with the client accounts, the Trustees took into account the respective demands, resources and complexity associated with the Trust and those client accounts.

The Trustees concluded that the advisory and sub-advisory fees were reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services provided to the Trust by the Manager and the Sub-Adviser.

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Profitability.

The Trustees received materials from each of the Manager and the Sub-Adviser and from the independent consultant related to profitability. The Manager provided information which showed the profitability to the Manager of its services to the Trust, as well as the profitability of Aquila Distributors, Inc. of distribution services provided to the Trust. The independent consultant provided publicly available data regarding the profitability of other asset managers in comparison to the overall profitability of the Manager.

The Trustees considered the information provided by the Manager regarding the profitability of the Manager with respect to the advisory services provided by the Manager to the Trust, including the methodology used by the Manager in allocating certain of its costs to the services provided to the Trust. The Trustees also considered information regarding the profitability of the Manager provided to the Trustees by the independent consultant. The Trustees concluded that profitability to the Manager with respect to advisory services provided to the Trust was at the low end of the profitability data provided to the Trustees with respect to publicly traded asset managers and did not argue against approval of the fees to be paid under the Advisory Agreement.

The Trustees also considered information provided by the Sub-Adviser regarding the profitability of the Sub-Adviser with respect to the sub-advisory services provided by the Sub-Adviser to the Trust. The Trustees concluded that the profitability of the Sub-Adviser with respect to sub-advisory services provided to the Trust did not argue against approval of the fees to be paid under the Sub-Advisory Agreement.

The extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Trust grows.

The Trust has in place breakpoints in the sub-advisory fee which would be realized as the Trust grows. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement the Manager will compensate the Sub-Adviser at the annual rate of 0.18% on the Trust’s net assets up to $400 million; 0.16% on assets above that amount to $1 billion in net assets and 0.14% on net assets thereafter. In addition, the Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees to the extent necessary so that the annual rate payable under the Advisory Agreement shall be equivalent to 0.40% on the Trust’s net assets up to $400 million; 0.38% on assets above that amount to $1 billion in net assets and 0.36% on net assets thereafter. Accordingly, the Trustees concluded that economies of scale, if any, were being appropriately shared with the Fund.

Benefits derived or to be derived by the Manager and the Sub-Adviser and their affiliates from their relationships with the Trust.

The Trustees observed that, as is generally true of most fund complexes, the Manager and Sub-Adviser and their affiliates, by providing services to a number of funds or other investment clients including the Trust, were able to spread costs as they would otherwise be unable to do. The Trustees noted that while that could produce efficiencies and increased profitability for the Manager and Sub-Adviser and their affiliates, it also makes their services available to the Trust at favorable levels of quality and cost which are more advantageous to the Trust than would otherwise have been possible.

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Analysis of Expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Trust, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including front-end sales charges with respect to Class A shares or contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”) with respect to Class C shares; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) and/or service fees; and other Trust expenses. The table below is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Trust and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The table below is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on April 1, 2015 and held for the six months ended September 30, 2015.

Actual Expenses

This table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Period”.

Six months ended September 30, 2015

	Actual
	Total Return	Beginning	Ending	Expenses
	Without	Account	Account	Paid During
	Sales Charges(1)	Value	Value	the Period(2)
Class A	0.79%	$1,000.00	$1,007.90	$3.67
Class C	0.36%	$1,000.00	$1,003.60	$7.94
Class Y	0.86%	$1,000.00	$1,008.60	$2.92

(1)

Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charges with respect to Class A shares or the applicable CDSC with respect to Class C shares. Total return is not annualized; as such, it may not be representative of the total return for the year.

(2)	Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 0.73%, 1.58% and 0.58% for the Trust’s Class A, C and Y shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Analysis of Expenses (unaudited) (continued)

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Trust’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Trust and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Trust with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, with respect to Class A shares. The example does not reflect the deduction of CDSC with respect to Class C shares. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different mutual funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have

Six months ended September 30, 2015

	Hypothetical
	Annualized	Beginning	Ending	Expenses
	Total	Account	Account	Paid During
	Return	Value	Value	the Period(1)
Class A	5.00%	$1,000.00	$1,021.41	$3.70
Class C	5.00%	$1,000.00	$1,017.15	$7.99
Class Y	5.00%	$1,000.00	$1,022.16	$2.94

(1)	Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 0.73%, 1.58% and 0.58% for the Trust’s Class A, C and Y shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period)

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Information Available (unaudited)

Much of the information that the funds in the Aquila Group of Funds produce is automatically sent to you and all other shareholders. Specifically, you are routinely sent your Trust’s entire list of portfolio securities twice a year in the semi-annual and annual reports you receive. Additionally, under Trust policies, the Manager publicly discloses the complete schedule of the Trust’s portfolio holdings, as of each calendar quarter, generally by the 15th day after the end of each calendar quarter. Such information remains accessible until the next schedule is made publicly available. You may obtain a copy of the Trust’s portfolio holdings schedule for the most recently completed period by visiting the Trust’s website at www.aquilafunds.com. The Trust may also disclose other portfolio holdings as of a specified date (currently the Trust discloses its five largest holdings and/or sector holdings by value as of the close of the last business day of each calendar month in a posting to its website on approximately the 5th business day following the month end). This information remains on the website until the next such posting. Whenever you wish to see a listing of your Trust’s portfolio other than in your shareholder reports, please check our website at www. aquilafunds.com or call us at 1-800-437-1020.

The Trust additionally files a complete list of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarter ends of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available free of charge on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. You may also review or, for a fee, copy the forms at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. or by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Proxy Voting Record (unaudited)

During the 12 month period ended June 30, 2015, the Trust did not hold any portfolio securities for which the Trust was entitled to participate in proxy voting. Applicable regulations require us to inform you that the Trust’s proxy voting information is available on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

Federal Tax Status of Distributions (unaudited)

This information is presented in order to comply with a requirement of the Internal Revenue Code. No action on the part of shareholders is required.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, $15,444,808 of dividends paid by Aquila Tax-Free Trust of Oregon, constituting 100% of total dividends paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, were exempt-interest dividends.

Prior to February 15, 2016, shareholders will be mailed the appropriate tax form(s) which will contain information on the status of distributions paid for the 2015 calendar year.

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Founders

Lacy B. Herrmann (1929-2012)

Aquila Management Corporation, Sponsor

Manager

AQUILA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC

120 West 45th Street, Suite 3600

New York, New York 10036

Investment Sub-Adviser

KIRKPATRICK PETTIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

2 Centerpointe Drive, Suite 500

Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035

Board of Trustees

James A. Gardner, Chair

Diana P. Herrmann, Vice Chair

Gary C. Cornia

Henry H. Hewitt

Edmund P. Jensen

John W. Mitchell

Patricia L. Moss

Ralph R. Shaw

Nancy Wilgenbusch

Officers

Diana P. Herrmann, President

Charles E. Childs, III, Executive Vice President and Secretary

Marie E. Aro, Senior Vice President

Paul G. O’Brien, Senior Vice President

Christine L. Neimeth, Vice President

Randall S. Fillmore, Chief Compliance Officer

Joseph P. DiMaggio, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Distributor

AQUILA DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

120 West 45th Street, Suite 3600

New York, New York 10036

Transfer and Shareholder Servicing Agent

BNY MELLON

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, Massachusetts 01581

Custodian

BNY MELLON

225 Liberty Street

New York, New York 10286

Further information is contained in the Prospectus,

which must precede or accompany this report.

ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable.

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Included in Item 1 above

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The Board of Directors of the Registrant has adopted a Nominating Committee Charter which provides that the Nominating Committee (the 'Committee') may consider and evaluate nominee candidates properly submitted by shareholders if a vacancy among the Independent Trustees of the Registrant occurs and if, based on the Board's then current size, composition and structure, the Committee determines that the vacancy should be filled. The Committee will consider candidates submitted by shareholders on the same basis as it considers and evaluates candidates recommended by other sources. A copy of the qualifications and procedures that must be met or followed by shareholders to properly submit a nominee candidate to the Committee may be obtained by submitting a request in writing to the Secretary of the Registrant.

ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Based on their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-2(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, the registrant's chief financial and executive officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures of the registrant are appropriately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the registrant's reports that are filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are accumulated and communicated to registrant's management, including its principal executive officer(s) and principal financial officer(s), to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(b) There have been no significant changes in registrant's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect registrant's internal controls subsequent to the date of the most recent evaluation, including no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses that required corrective action.

ITEM 12.

EXHIBITS.

(a)(2) Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(b) Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

THE CASCADES TRUST

By:	/s/ Diana P. Herrmann
	Vice Chair, President and Trustee December 7, 2015


By:	/s/ Joseph P. DiMaggio
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer December 7, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:	/s/ Diana P. Herrmann
	Diana P. Herrmann Vice Chair, President and Trustee December 7, 2015


By:	/s/ Joseph P. DiMaggio
	Joseph P. DiMaggio Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer December 7, 2015

THE CASCADES TRUST

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a) (2) Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(b) Certification of chief executive officer and chief financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

/s/ Diana P. Herrmann
Title: Vice Chair, President and Trustee

/s/ Joseph P. DiMaggio
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


Dated: December 7, 2015		/s/ Diana P. Herrmann
		Vice Chair, President and Trustee
		The Cascades Trust


Dated: December 7, 2015		/s/ Joseph P. DiMaggio
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		The Cascades Trust