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
19 degrees with little snow left in the valley. But that may change this weekend. Spring is not around the corner yet, as we still have to make it through February, which at times, can bring lots of snow and bitterly cold temperatures. For … Continue readingPictures from Home: January 18, 2023
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
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