LA GRANDE, Ore.— Thanks to promised funding from the U.S.D.A. Forest Legacy Program and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF), completion of Phase 2 of the Minam River Wildlife Area is one step closer. The Minam River Acquisition project is expected to close later in … Continue readingFunding comes through for Phase 2 of Minam River Wildlife Area thanks to USDA, RMEF
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
Almost 19 acres will be thinned near Turner Lane trailhead this winter ENTERPRISE – To protect forest health on the East Moraine Community Forest a thinning project is planned to reduce an outbreak of bark beetles near the Turner Lane trailhead. Known as scolytus, or … Continue readingForest Health project scheduled for East Moraine Community Forest
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