Featured Stories
Our 2022 Conservation Report
Our 2022 Conservation Report is here, and as you will see, thousands of people are throwing their weight behind the practice of listening, learning, and taking simple, decisive actions to protect the nature of the Northwest. This report is filled with examples of hope and collaboration, and we trust you will enjoy learning about our…
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Stewardship Along Westport Slough
With the start of a new year comes the start of a new stewardship effort off Marshland Road in Clatskanie, Oregon along Westport Slough, a side channel of the lower Columbia River. In late 2021, Columbia Land Trust conserved 520 acres here with funding provided by Bonneville Power Administration. Much of the land has experienced…
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The Oregon I Am Film
In a recent film from the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts, over 50 testimonies from residents across the state paint a rich mosaic of what it means to feel connected to the land. From memories and stories to experiences and ideas, this eight-minute film explores how the landscapes of Oregon inspire something meaningful within each…
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Forests Supporting Communities
Three counties in Southwest Washington—Wahkiakum, Pacific, and Skamania—are rich in natural resources, including and especially forests.
A new chapter for Columbia Land Trust
An announcement from Executive Director Glenn Lamb
The Reciprocal Nature of Cedar Creek
An Intact Forest Furthers Climate Action
Fostering Environmental Education
Columbia Land Trust transfers 82 acres on Astoria’s South Tongue Point to Clatsop Community College
2,500 Acres of Working Forest Conserved On Oregon Coast
GreenWood Resources and regional conservation organizations partner to protect four square miles of iconic forested hills along the northern Oregon coast
Step Outside! Our 2021 Conservation Report
Bird song fills the air. Butterflies and bees flit from flower to flower. Old Douglas-fir trees tower over both city neighborhoods and rural highways. Massive old cedar trees grow along river banks or in low flooded plains. Oak woodlands and grasslands carpet the hilly Willamette Valley and the arid lands east of the mountains. Creeks…
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