The Journal

Wallowa County Landowners Invited to Learn About First Foods Gathering

Traditional root gathering by Carla Timentwa Submitted by Wallowa Land Trust Free Information Session will be held to learn about tribal access for root gathering ENTERPRISE, OR – Wallowa County landowners are invited to attend a free information session to learn about First Foods and … Continue readingWallowa County Landowners Invited to Learn About First Foods Gathering

HINMUT-TOO-YAH-LAT-KEKEHT AKA YOUNG CHIEF JOSEPH – LAST OF THE BIG CHIEFS

March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904 (aged 64) He is commemorated in dozens of ways. His likeness is everywhere, it seems, and his name is ubiquitous. A town is named after him, as is a hotel, a rodeo, and a mountain. Thousands of faces … Continue readingHINMUT-TOO-YAH-LAT-KEKEHT AKA YOUNG CHIEF JOSEPH – LAST OF THE BIG CHIEFS

Final Hurdle Cleared to Permanently Protect East Moraine Community Forest

Wallowa County Commissioners Susan Roberts, Todd Nash and John Hillock meet with Wallowa Land Trust board chair Benjamin Curry at the Wallowa County Title Company to sign the conservation easement for the East Moraine Community Forest. Conservation easement permanently protects over 1,800 acres of the … Continue readingFinal Hurdle Cleared to Permanently Protect East Moraine Community Forest

Forest Health project scheduled for East Moraine Community Forest

Almost 19 acres will be thinned near Turner Lane trailhead this winter Approximately 18 of timber on the East Moraine Community Forest will be harvested to remove dead and dying grand fir infected with the bark beetle scolytus. ENTERPRISE – To protect forest health on … Continue readingForest Health project scheduled for East Moraine Community Forest

River restoration project encourages nature to take its course at the confluence of Wallowa and Lostine rivers

WALLOWA – Once the site of a Nez Perce fishing village, the confluence of the Lostine and Wallowa rivers is rich in both tradition and ecological function. The confluence runs through farmland owned by Woody and Meghan Wolfe. A conservation easement held by the Wallowa Land … Continue readingRiver restoration project encourages nature to take its course at the confluence of Wallowa and Lostine rivers