Conservation Plan

Wallowa Land Trust protects the rural nature of the Wallowa Country by working cooperatively with private landowners, Indian tribes, local communities and governmental entities to conserve land. This Conservation Plan establishes and communicates specific goals for how we will achieve our mission and how we plan to preserve the character of the place we call home: Wallowa County.

Wallowa County is characterized by a stunning and diverse geography, including deep basalt-walled canyons, glacially-cut gorges, high mountain lakes, forests and prairie. Like the rest of the rural West, the area faces a number of challenges – a natural-resource based economy struggling to retain living-wage jobs, shifts in population demographics and a changing climate, to name a few.

Whether our neighbors are ranchers, loggers, bankers, teachers, or retirees, how we respond to these challenges will determine the character of our home for decades to come.