
Norway Green, LLC proposed to build a 7,124-square-foot non-farm dwelling on this Gorge farmland. (photo: Clark County Community Development Department)
Friends Succeeds in Protecting Gorge Farmland Through Litigation
May 2, 2023
The Gorge Commission issued an important appeal decision that will protect Gorge farmland for future generations, just as Congress intended when it passed the National Scenic Area Act in 1986.

Wind River Middle School students help improve habitat around Collins Pond by planting around 500 wildflowers that will increase pollinator diversity. (photographer: Rachel Prince)
Field Report: Students Learn Hands-On at Gorge Turtle Habitat
April 14, 2023
Carson, Washington, middle-schoolers receive a day of education and exploration on Gorge public lands.

A hummingbird clearwing moth pollinates a flower. (photo: Friends archive)

A Gorge camas patch in bloom. (photographer: Micheal Drewry)
Centering Conservation Through Tribal Perspectives
April 12, 2023
Friends participates in an initiative with a goal of restoring access and ownership of lands to the Indigenous people who have occupied and stewarded the lands for countless generations.

A downriver view from Mt. Ulka with Mt. Adams to the north. Photo by Debbie Asakawa.
Step by Step, Gorge Towns to Trails Forges New Connections
April 7, 2023
Read an update of the biggest recreation initiative in Friends' history.

Mining trucks illegally haul gravel along Zimmerly's proposed mining haul route in June 2018. (Friends archive)
Take Action: Zimmerly Continues to Threaten the National Scenic Area
February 21, 2023
The public is urged to take action today by March 1 and ask the Clark County Land Use Hearing Examiner to require a full environmental review for this proposed harmful mining project.

Camas is an indigenous first food in the Columbia Gorge. (photographer: Lianna Brown)
Collaboration Yields a Climate Action Plan for the Columbia Gorge
December 22, 2022
Bringing in members of often-overlooked communities, contributed to a Columbia Gorge climate plan that would address local concerns and be broadly supported.

A guided outing at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge for members of APANO (Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon), held in collaboration with Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership. (photographer: Melissa Gonzalez)
Building Partnerships With Guided Outings
November 30, 2022
For Friends’ outdoor programs, which includes our beloved hike program, the pandemic pause gave us time to reflect and analyze our past offerings.

Coho salmon. (photographer: Roger Tabor, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Breaching the Snake River Dams
November 30, 2022
While the dams are far upstream of the Gorge, dwindling Gorge salmon runs, tribal significance and recreation benefits led Friends to support the breaching proposals.

Pacific Northwest Plein Air in the Columbia Gorge works on display at Maryhill Museum of Art. (photographer: Melissa Gonzalez)
Inspiring Conservation Through Plein Air Painting
November 7, 2022
November 7, 2022 By Cate Hotchkiss In late July 2021, Ken Klos of Portland, Oregon, set up his easel and palette of paints and began to capture, with quick brushstrokes, […]

A cleared section of dirt marks the beginnings of a roadway on Oct. 22, 2020, on the site where the Perennial Wind Chaser facility was once proposed, adjacent to the Hermiston Generating Project in Umatilla County. (Photo: Ben Londergan, East Oregonian)
Methane Gas Power Plant Defeated for Good
November 3, 2022
November 3, 2022 By Cate Hotchkiss Had the Perennial Wind Chaser Station, a proposed 415-megawatt fracked gas-fired power plant, been built in western Umatilla County, Oregon, it would have immediately […]

A cleared section of dirt marks the beginnings of a roadway on October 22, 2020, on the site where the Perennial Wind Chaser facility was once proposed, adjacent to the Hermiston Generating Project in Umatilla County. (photographer: Ben Lonergan, East Oregonian)
Oregon Terminates Gas-Fired Power Plant Proposal Near Columbia River
September 27, 2022
September 27, 2022 Friends of the Columbia Gorge & Columbia Riverkeeper Joint News Release Contacts:Stan Hall, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, 503-307-3228Lauren Goldberg, Columbia Riverkeeper, 541-965-0985 Hermiston, Oregon (September 27, […]