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• Nature Conservancy Honors Stellar Volunteers

  PORTLAND, OR
  April 06, 2011 2011 04 06

  Three volunteers receive Ray C. Davis Volunteer of the Year Award Learn More

• Nature Conservancy Confers Eleventh Annual Conservation Leadership Awards

  PORTLAND, OR
  October 20, 2011 2011 10 20

  Event concludes 50th anniversary celebration in Oregon. Learn More

• Coastal Grassland Restoration Work Set to Begin at Big Creek

  Central Oregon Coast
  June 16, 2011 2011 06 16

  Work will benefit the imperiled Oregon silverspot butterfly. Learn More

• The Nature Conservancy Purchases Hells Canyon Inholdings for Forest Service

  ENTERPRISE, OR
  December 18, 2008 2008 12 18

  27 properties destined for public ownership within national forest Learn More

• Nature Conservancy Confers Tenth Annual Conservation Leadership Awards

  PORTLAND, OR
  October 21, 2010 2010 10 21

  Celebration of 50th anniversary in Oregon begins Learn More

• Nature Conservancy Unveils Plans for Willamette Confluence

  SPRINGFIELD, OR
  November 19, 2010 2010 11 19

  Property is an ecological crossroad where water and wildlife come together in tremendous diversity Learn More

Organizations collaborate on forest

The Bulletin

December 09, 2011

Determined to stay out of the courtroom, the U.S. Forest Service has involved a variety of environmental and timber groups — and 40 other agencies to boot — in management decisions covering 145,000 acres of forest west of Bend. Read more

Rock on: Obama initiative may give public more of Table Rocks

Mail Tribune

November 15, 2011

The public will ultimately own a bigger piece of the rock, thanks to a recent decree by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Read more

Fields torched for their own good

The Register-Guard

September 21, 2011

As smoke and flames rose Tuesday across the street from his west Eugene home, a gleeful Bill Biggs grabbed his camera, walked outside and began snapping photographs of the scene. Read more

Purchase of parcels along Imnaha River expands Hells Canyon National Rec Area

The Observer

July 22, 2011

Access to premier steelhead and Chinook waters, trails and public lands prompted the U.S. Forest Service to purchase private property adjacent to the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. Read more

Work days on the Zumwalt

The Observer

June 23, 2011

Twice a year volunteers gather at The Nature Conservancy’s Zumwalt Prairie 20 miles northeast of Enterprise. Read more

Wet and wild

The Register-Guard

June 22, 2011

The American grass bug — a little brown critter about the size of your thumbnail — is not the most exciting insect Celeste Mazzacano has gone out tracking, definitely not up there with your damselflies and dragonflies. Read more

In Oregon's Willamette Valley, the race to save the endangered Fender's blue butterfly

The Oregonian

June 17, 2011

Cheryl Schultz stumped through the shoulder-high grass, searching. Then, after a quick swoop and twist of her net, she caught her target, a tiny blur of fluttering blue. Read more and watch video

Climate Controlled Prairie Experiment Gives Window Onto NW Future

Oregon Public Broadcasting

June 16, 2011

Oregon researchers have set up a kind of time machine to test how a warmer climate might affect the region's grasslands and prairies. Read more

NC transfers Imnaha lands to USFS

Wallowa County Chieftain

June 16, 2011

During Senator Ron Wyden’s town hall meeting in Wallowa on Saturday, June 4, Joseph business owner Rob Lamb thanked the senator for his help securing funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund enabling the United States Forest Service to continue a 6,695-acre land purchase from the Nature Conservancy along the Imnaha River in Wallowa County. Read more

Metro awards $25,000 to efforts at Camassia

West Linn Tidings

June 02, 2011

Thanks to the help of a Metro grant, volunteers at West Linn’s Camassia Natural Area will expand their reach and their rehabilitation efforts at the preserve. Read more

Restoration project will benefit refuge

Polk County Itemizer-Observer

May 11, 2011

A Boeing Vertol helicopter isn't normally the kind of bird one looks for at the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge. Read more

Listening to the forest

Ashland Daily Tidings

May 02, 2011

Instead of listening to the top hits on their iPods, 15 Ashland High School students spent Friday morning tuning in to flying squirrels on a radio in the city's watershed. Read more

Tillamook-area wetlands restoration receives State Land Board Award

Tillamook Headlight-Herald

April 13, 2011

The State Land Board on April 12 recognized the Miami Wetlands Enhancement project in an awards ceremony honoring exemplary efforts to promote responsible stewardship of Oregon's natural resources. Read more

City hopes to land more park property

Sandy Post

April 12, 2011

The city and several partnering organizations are in negotiations to purchase 68 acres adjacent to Sandy River Park. Read more

Going back to nature

The Register-Guard

November 20, 2010

To understand what is envisioned for more than 1,000 acres recently placed in conservation here, consider what Dan Bell was walking on Friday morning. Read more

The rehabilitation of Camp Creek

The Observer

October 21, 2010

The Zumwalt Prairie is North America’s largest remaining grassland of its type and one more asset to Oregon’s diverse landscape. Read more

A momentous acquisition

The Register-Guard

September 17, 2010

The significance of Wednesday’s announcement that the Nature Conservancy will buy 1,270 acres next to the Howard Buford Recreation Area won’t be fully appreciated for generations. Read more

A landmark deal

The Register-Guard

September 15, 2010

Officials announced Tuesday that a deal is expected this fall to protect 1,270 acres of riverfront wildlife habitat southeast of Eugene-Springfield, completing what has been called the biggest land offer to Lane County government in 30 years and a vision for conservation that dates to the time of Gov. Tom McCall. Read more

Zumwalt Prairie undergoes changes as the Nature Conservancy works to protect natural environment

The Oregonian

August 20, 2010

Raptors swarm around Jeff Fields' four-wheel-drive pickup as he bounces down a dusty gravel road on northeastern Oregon's lonesome Zumwalt Prairie. Read more