Habitat & Open Space Program
The Trust’s Habitat & Open Space Program encompasses the traditional purposes for many land trusts, and is an important one in the Wallowa. One of the reasons Wallowa County is so compelling to its residents and visitors alike is the mere fact that you can still see and enjoy most of it! Unlike many communities scrambling over the last bits and pieces of untrammeled lands, the challenge here is to protect the integrity of a very special landscape and the economic advantage it provides this valley and its residents.
Of course, much of this open space, with its attendant scenery, also serves
as habitat for a rich variety of fish and wildlife. This, along with opportunities
for solitude, is among many reasons why both residents and visitors are
so passionate about the valley’s future. These natural assets constitute
the basis of a growing economic trend for many rural areas in the inter-mountain
West, and deserve protection.
