Introducing our Conservation Agenda

A bold 25-year plan for science-based, community driven stewardship in the Columbia River region

Our Work

Willapa Bay & Long Beach Peninsula
Number of Projects:
9
Acreage:
1615
Fact:
The green sturgeon of Willapa Bay are among the largest cartilaginous fish in the world, reaching seven feet in length and weighing up to 350 pounds.
Updates from the Field
Coastal Birdwatching – September 27th and October 10th, 2025

Columbia Land Trust invites you to join us for an afternoon of birdwatching at the confluence of the Chinook and Columbia Rivers. This property, which we call Chinook River Confluence, includes 198 acres that was conserved by Columbia Land Trust in 2024, with funding from Bonneville Power Administration. This area is of great importance to…

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Clark County
Number of Projects:
12
Acreage:
2260
Fact:
In the 1920s, Clark County was considered the prune capital of the world, which was then the nation’s most popular breakfast fruit. Today Sutter County, California claims the title.
Updates from the Field
View chum salmon as they return to the Columbia River

Columbia Land Trust invites you to join us for a chance to observe spawning chum salmon on the shores of the Columbia River, where they’ve been returning every winter for thousands of years. This conserved site located near the Interstate 205 bridge is one of only a handful of chum spawning salmon grounds left in…

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Klickitat & Little White Salmon
Number of Projects:
15
Acreage:
14370
Fact:
Washington’s only native oak, the Oregon white oak, can live more than 400 years and support more than 200 vertebrate species, including the state-threatened western gray squirrel.
Updates from the Field
Protecting the final link within the Haul Road corridor

Columbia Land Trust has a long conservation legacy in the Klickitat River watershed, which is the longest free-flowing tributary to the Columbia River in Washington State and the site of one of our most impactful restoration projects ever, the removal of the Haul Road. We purchased this property in 2007, after a private logging road…

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Portland Metro Area & Backyard Habitat Certification
Acreage:
358
Number of Projects:
7
Trout Lake Valley
Acreage:
290
Number of Projects:
3
Hood River
Acreage:
471
Number of Projects:
5
The Dalles & Surrounds
Acreage:
553
Number of Projects:
3
Grays River
Acreage:
1687
Number of Projects:
11
Columbia River–The Lower 80
Acreage:
2177
Number of Projects:
12
Columbia River Gorge
Acreage:
332
Number of Projects:
7
Elochoman River
Acreage:
660
Number of Projects:
4
Mount St. Helens
Acreage:
20000
Number of Projects:
4