We need big bold visions to address climate change and biodiversity loss. The bad news is that these two rapidly accelerating processes power each other.

The lower slopes of MERA, which have once again developed over recent decades into a maturing stand of Ponderosa pine, are there for a reason.

What are Danae’s hopes for GHCC? “That the beating heart keeps beating with new blood coming in—members, board, staff—we need this heart to keep beating. That we move forward with the values we are identifying: love, courage, integrity, and a sense of humor—that we laugh!

The Blue Mountains Trail traverses a long legacy of human use, extending from the Native Americans whose livelihoods and cultural traditions have been sustained from these lands since time immemorial. Western settlement altered these lands in a myriad of ways that we will see for future generations.