


The Importance of Oaks
New Funding Will Allow ECOP to Advance Conservation, Stewardship, Outreach, and Monitoring on Oregon White Oak Landscapes

Welcoming Meg Rutledge
Dr. Megan Rutledge will begin her role in January 2023, bringing extensive conservation leadership experience and ecological expertise

From Forest to Front Yard
A New Backyard Habitat Demonstration Site Offers Native Plant Inspiration

Discover Two Newly Conserved Sites
East Fork Lewis River: Optimist Club Youth Camp Columbia Land Trust helped permanently protect a forested youth camp in the heart of Clark County, in partnership with the Optimist Club of Vancouver. The 46-acre parcel sits along the East Fork Lewis River adjacent to a popular county park, in an area that is a conservation…
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Restoration Along the Elochoman
Returning Nelson Creek to its Historic Path To Restore Wetlands and Improve Fish Habitat

East Cascades Oak Partnership Receives $7.1 Million OWEB Grant
Funding will advance conservation, stewardship, outreach, and monitoring on Oregon white oak landscapes in the East Cascades

The People Behind the Backyard Habitat Certification Program
Helping Urban and Suburban Gardeners Create Natural Habitats for Wildlife

Beavers Build Resilient Watersheds
The Wishpush Working Group envisions an abundant beaver population

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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