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.

For those who were told that logging the lush, verdant corridor of the Wild & Scenic Lostine River surrounded on three sides by the Eagle Cap Wilderness was imperative for wildfire safety, what is this logging achieving?

Northeast Oregon has more miles of undammed and free flowing watersheds than almost anywhere else in the continental United States. And we would wager that each and every one of our Northeast Oregon county commissioners would agree that we live in the most scenic corner of our state.