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[In the Media] Our Focus on Relationships Earns Us a Feature.
The 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 More[In the Media] The Land Trust Conserves 62 Acres on the Long Beach Peninsula
Read 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.
Read MoreBalsamroot Seeds Collected on Our Four Sisters Property Headed For Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
Did you know that it takes an average of 10 years for balsamroot grown from seed to develop its first flower? And that a mature balsamroot plant can be decades old? Plant expert Barbara Robinson shared these remarkable facts when we visited our Four Sisters property for a wildflower-seed collection workshop in May. Barbara’s been…
Read MoreIn Trout Lake Valley, Skullcap Grows to Meet Demand.
Trout Lake Farm began organically growing medicinal herbs in Trout Lake Valley in 1973. Today it grows everything from echinacea to valerian on 280 acres (depending on what herbs are in demand). These days, the farm makes ample room for skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora), a herbaceous perennial in the mint family that’s known to reduce inflammation…
Read MoreBobcat Sighting on the Klickitat
I was walking through a pine and oak forest at Bowman Creek, juggling a chainsaw and fencing tools, inspecting the barbed wire for winter damage. It was early April and the cattle on our neighbor’s property would be let out to graze in two weeks time. The cluster lilies and lomatiums were in full bloom…
Read MoreOn the Wallacut, We’re Welcoming Back the Water.
We’re gearing up for Wallacut River restoration 2014! The Lower Columbia River Estuary is the last river stop in the epic journey of young salmon making their way to the ocean. The more food and shelter they find there, the stronger they’ll be when they hit the ocean, and the better their chances are to…
Read MoreWe Join the Battle Against Indigobush in the Columbia River Gorge
Sometimes invasive species get so out of control, only a large-scale coordinated attack will eliminate them. Such is the case with indigobush (Amorpha fruticosa) in the Columbia River Gorge. Originally planted as an ornamental, this bush has taken over many miles of shoreline in the Gorge—and that’s not good. Indigobush forms dense thickets along rivers…
Read MoreCaring for an Island of Life in Vancouver’s Orchards Neighborhood
Surrounded by a gravel pit, an old airport, and block after block of suburban and industrial development, 10-acre Green Cathedral doesn’t exemplify most people’s idea of wildness. On the other hand, it is a cathedral (of sorts). The former farm is one of the last remnants of green space in this part of Vancouver’s Orchards…
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