An article in the Goldendale Sentinel detailed a recent outdoor education opportunity organized by Yakama Nation Fisheries and hosted on the site of Columbia Land Trust’s haul road removal project on the Klickitat River. On April 14th, 50 seventh-graders from Goldendale Middle School learned about salmon habitat, physiology and fish dissection, water quality sampling, and…
Read MoreIn a National Geographic Ocean Views blog post titled “United for Salmon: Preserving the Pacific Northwest“, Angela M. Thomas of the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic (LEX-NG) Fund, highlights Columbia Land Trust’s efforts to restore salmon habitat in tributaries along the lower Columbia River. Much of this work is made possible through a generous grant from the LEX-NG…
Read MoreWe recently finalized the purchase of 51 acres of riparian forest along Rock Creek, a major tributary to the East Fork Lewis River in Clark County. The purchase will protect and restore vital Steelhead habitat in the creek. Read the full article Columbian.
Read MoreA crucial phase of our multi-year Mount St. Helens Forest Conservation effort recently came to fruition when we purchased the development rights for 3,095 acres of contiguous forestlands west of Pine Creek. The purchase permanently protects critical riverside habitat and ensures continued forestry on some 2,885 acres. Read more in the Columbian.
Read MoreColumbia Land Trust will remove 2,600 feet of decaying steel pipe along the Hood River while leaving the trail section of the pipeline intact. It’s a beautiful thing when restoration work can happily coexist with public and recreational access. Read more in the Hood River News.
Read MoreWe’re working to keep development permanently off of 9,000 acres of land along the Klickitat River, one of Washington’s great rivers. Read the whole story in the Columbian.
Read MoreIn this Oregonian op-ed, Executive Director Glenn Lamb and the Trust for Public Land’s Diane Daggett argue that Congress should fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The fund enables the conservation and care of many of Oregon’s and Washington’s natural areas (and natural areas across the country). It also helps take care of local parks, improving people’s…
Read MoreThe Land Trust Alliance’s Saving Land magazine prominentlyfeatured us in piece called “The Role of Relationships in Saving Land.” The article tells the story of how we earned community support for our work in Klickitat County by doing something radical: listening to and responding to community concerns. (Plus, there’s a great pic of Columbia Land Trust volunteers taking…
Read MoreRead Shari Piel’s story about our latest acquisition in the Longview Daily News. The acquisition will conserve a part of Hines Marsh, home to trumpeter swans and one of the largest “interdunal wetlands” in the Pacific Northwest.
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