Hood River
Where Adventure Meets Stewardship
The Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund has awarded Columbia Land Trust a $25,000 grant to restore salmon habitat along the Columbia River and its major tributaries.
Rooted in the Region
With the help of contractors, local businesses, and volunteers, we're planting upwards of 200,000 trees over the next 14 months.
Channeling Floodwaters
The impacts of our restoration work can take years to manifest. Sometimes, it happens overnight.
[Project Update] Levees out, logs in along the Hood River
With the pipeline removed from the Lower Hood River's Powerdale corridor, the Land Trust is restoring the area's historic floodplain
[In the Media] Our Powerdale Project in the Hood River News
Columbia 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.
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100 Days a Year Fishing? Yep. How the Hood River Made One Man’s Life
Ask Greg Short what he does for a living and he won’t answer with the title of his job (maintenance manager at Heirloom Orchards). Instead he answers with his passion. “I’m a sportfisherman,” Short says. “It’s not a side hobby. It’s a huge part of my life.” Last year, Short spent nearly 100 days fishing.…
Read MoreJubitz Foundation Gives $10K for Hood River Restoration
Good news for the Hood River and all of its neighbors! The Jubitz Foundation is awarding Columbia Land Trust $10,000 to improve the shoreline of the lower Hood River. The demolition of the old Powerdale Dam left a barren, weedy riverbank, but this grant will help us transform that very site into a forest of the…
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