At the end of May, a GHCC volunteer and I travelled down the lower Imnaha River canyon to help a threatened plant species, Macfarlane’s four-o-clock.

At recent event to restore native plants in the Grande Ronde Valley, students from Oak Haven School created “seed balls” of native plants and then threw them out to sprout in the spring rains.

“Whoa!” exclaimed the kids in unison. GHCC Restoration Director Brian Kelly had just told them that dwarf mistletoe can launch its seeds at over 60 miles per hour.