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Kelsey is COLT's Communications Manager.

Doing Things in a Good Way: An Interview with Lindsay McClary

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / September 7, 2022
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In mid-August, COLT staff sat down with Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board’s newest At-Large Board Member, Lindsay McClary, for an interview to get to know more about her and her work.

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A woman and child gather roots.

Reconnecting to the Land, Culture, and Each Other

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / September 5, 2022
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In the Wallowa Valley, an annual traditional gathering is working to bring people together, heal historical trauma, and reconnect Indigenous people with their ancestral homelands. 

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Three firefighters practice traditional burning

Reclaiming Fire

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / August 5, 2022
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Indigenous fire practitioners, their families, and more than 10 community groups gathered at Andrew Reasoner Wildlife Preserve outside of Eugene for a cultural burn training—an important fire management technique and traditional ecological practice used since time immemorial by Indigenous people in this region.

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Sunset over the mountains

Protecting the Sagebrush Sea

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / July 26, 2022
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Oregon Desert Land Trust secured 17,000 acres nestled among and between the Pueblo and Trout Creek mountains last year—offering unparalleled potential to build a connected, climate-resilient landscape linking more than one million acres of wildlife habitat.

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Art on the Land: Jessica Billey and the Fender’s Blue Butterfly

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / December 11, 2021
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Printmaker Jessica Billey highlights a very small, yet most well-known resident of Lupine Meadows for Art on the Land.

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Art on the Land: Celeste Whitewolf’s baskets inspired by an urban wetland

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / December 10, 2021
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Weaver Celeste Whitewolf found inspiration for her three baskets at Hart Wetlands, an urban wetland stewarded by the Wetlands Conservancy

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