by Rich Wandschneider | Sep 5, 2023 | East Moraine Community Forest, Nez Perce Fisheries, Nez Perce Homeland, Shannon Wheeler, sockeye salmon, Wallowa, Wallowa Lake, Wallowa Land Trust, Wallowa Resources
On Saturday, I made the hike up the west-side trail on the East Moraine of Wallowa Lake. This is a piece of land that the Wallowa Land Trust has worked very hard over many years to keep away from developers. Slowly—over the years, and with the support of the County...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 11, 2014 | fire cycles, Forest fire, Hurricane Creek, Nez Perce, Stephen Pyne, Wallowa Resources
We’re engulfed in smoke in the Wallowa Valley, more smoke than I can remember in my forty plus years living here. I think there have been bigger fires—Freezeout and the Canal Fire come to mind, but there seem to be fires on all sides of us now: fires in the Imnaha...