Wallowa Land Trust

Community-centered conservation offers an opportunity to reach more people than ever before, by doing land conservation in new, different and more inclusive ways to connect with those in the diverse places that we live.

Annual gatherings in northeast Oregon are working to bring people together, heal historical trauma and reconnect Indigenous people with their ancestral homelands.

"Take a deep breath and smell the goodness in the world." That is what I am telling myself as I stand atop the snowy crest of the East Moraine of Oregon's Wallowa Lake. Surrounded by astonishing views of Wallowa Lake, the Eagle Cap Wilderness and Hells Canyon, it's a bit easier to let the stresses of the world slide away, even if just for a moment.