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The Future of Conservation Must Include Tribal Land Return

By COLT / July 30, 2026
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We’re glad to see The Oregonian digging into the conversation of land justice in Oregon, the different paths it can take, and the real tensions […]

Steps toward Reconciliation: On Oregon’s Central Coast, the Amanda Trail Peace Hike honors the past while strengthening partnerships between Tribal communities, the City of Yachats and View the Future

By Kelcie Smolin Grega / July 20, 2026
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More than 200 people gather inside the Yachats Commons on a foggy New Year’s morning, coastal gray softening sound and blurring the horizon. Some settle […]

Stewardship Beyond the Land: At Disaster Peak Ranch, Oregon Desert Land Trust and Western Rivers Conservancy show that ecosystems thrive when relationships are nurtured

By Kelcie Smolin Grega / July 9, 2026
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For generations, the Zimmerman family stewarded an expansive 2,690-acre ranch along the Oregon-Nevada border now known as Disaster Peak Ranch. Year after year, they ran […]

Protecting a Coastal Family Legacy: How one coastal family chose partnership and conservation to keep more than 775 acres of working land intact

By Kelcie Smolin Grega / July 2, 2026
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On a stretch of Oregon’s Southern Coast where rivers meet the Pacific and pastureland rolls toward dunes and headlands, Wahl Ranch stands as both working […]

Inside the Burn Zone: Land trusts are confronting wildfire as an immediate force shaping lands and communities

By Kelcie Smolin Grega / June 25, 2026
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Across Oregon, land trusts build their work around planning budgets, stewardship schedules, capital projects, and conservation easements mapped months and years in advance. But wildfire, […]

State of the Lands Report 2026: The Seeds We Plant Together

By Kelcie Smolin Grega / June 9, 2026
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Hot off the presses and coming to a maillbox near you, the 2026 State of the Lands report is here. This year’s issue is our […]