Native Oaks Ridge Protected!

The oak savannas were used by Indigenous communities for the harvest of important foods such as acorns and camas. The name Native Oaks Ridge honors that history.

So Just What is a Land Trust Anyway?

As we gear up for Get Outdoors Day alongside 12 other land trusts across Oregon, we are starting to hear a question repeated over and over. What’s a land trust?

Coyote Creek Meadows Protected

With your generous support, 38 acres of wetlands and camas-filled meadows are now permanently protected for conservation.

It’s the trees

Thanks to you, an oak woodland and working forest is protected.

Oregon chub makes a comeback

Because of members like you, an Oregon native makes a comeback It was the early 1990s. Like many of our native fishes, the Oregon chub

Railroad Island Now Protected!

The McKenzie River Trust has purchased and protected a 63-acre island in the Willamette River south of Harrisburg. The

Ties to the Land

Families are invited to a free seminar on conservation easements and estate planning offered by MRT and OSU Extension.

Wear Your care for oregons special places

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