Photo by Nick Wiltgen
Friends Calls on Oregon Legislature to Take Stand on Bias Crimes on Public Lands
April 8, 2021
April 8, 2021 Friends of the Columbia Gorge Statement “The conservation community cannot be silent any longer on issues of justice, equality, and access to the outdoors,” says Friends Executive […]
Major Creek canyon, zoned Special Management Area Open Space, is supposed to be off-limits to commercial logging. (photographer: Kevin Gorman)
Proposed Logging in Sensitive Gorge Area Poses Risk of “Dangerous Precedent”
March 25, 2021
By Stan HallDigital Communications Manager March 25, 2021 The Columbia Gorge is facing a new threat and a reminder that the law designed to protect this national scenic treasure works only if […]
Wildflowers at Tom McCall Preserve. (photographer: Becky Brun)
Plan Your Visit to the Columbia Gorge at ReadySetGorge.com
March 19, 2021
March 19, 2021 Guest post by Becky Brun With wildflower season upon us and spring break just ahead, state, federal and nonprofit groups are encouraging people to plan before venturing […]
Major Creek canyon, zoned SMA Open Space, is supposed to be off-limits to commercial logging. (photographer: Kevin Gorman)
Friends Appeals Logging Decisions Made by Federal & State Agencies
March 2, 2021
March 2, 2021 The decisions would allow commercial logging in most restricted area of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, in violation of Scenic Area law and Gorge Management […]
East-facing view from Friends of the Columbia Gorge Land Trust's recently acquired preserve at Catherine Creek. (photographer: Stan Hall)
A Diamond in the Rough at Catherine Creek
January 28, 2021
By Dan BellLand Trust Director January 28, 2021 In more than 20 years of working with land trusts, it has happened to me only a handful of times: getting the opportunity […]
Volunteers on a Friends-led invasive plant removal work party on Eagle Creek Trail, Sept. 2019. (photographer: Mika Barrett)
Eagle Creek Trail Rises From the Ashes
January 8, 2021
By Kevin GormanExecutive Director January 8, 2021 It’s never coming back. That was my first thought as I, and millions of others, watched live footage of the 2017 Eagle Creek fire race […]
2016 oil train derailment, spill, and fire at Mosier, Oregon. (photo: Paloma Ayala)
You Can Help Ensure Protection Against Oil Train Derailments and Spills
December 24, 2020
By Ryan RittenhouseConservation Organizer December 24, 2020 On June 3, 2016, our beloved National Scenic Area was devastated by an oil train derailment and fire right in the heart of the […]
Sunny Gorge view from Ruthton Park in Hood River. (photographer: Warren Morgan)
With Friends, Environmental Law Leader Comes Full Circle
December 23, 2020
By Buck ParkerVice Chair, Friends of the Columbia Gorge Board of Directors December 23, 2020 I grew up in Hood River in the 1950s and ’60s, and while that was decades […]
KATU: Everyday Heroes: Reconnecting Steigerwald Refuge to the Columbia River
December 4, 2020
December 4, 2020 By Stuart Tomlinson, KATU (view original link, including video) PORTLAND, Ore. — Sometimes we find that our Everyday Heroes are part of a larger group of people working to […]
Sunrise, viewed from Cape Horn. (photographer: Daniel Rappaport)
40 Years: Nothing Has Changed; Everything Has Changed.
November 24, 2020
By Kevin GormanExecutive Director November 24, 2020 For 40 years, Friends of the Columbia Gorge has been a human-powered force to protect, conserve and steward the Columbia Gorge. It is the […]
A BNSF Railway unit oil train travels on the Washington side of the eastern Gorge. (photographer: John Wood)
Tribes Partner With Friends to Protect Wildlife Refuge
November 15, 2020
November 15, 2020 In August 2018, Clark County staff notified BNSF Railway that its expansion project between Washougal and Mount Pleasant, Washington, required a Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area […]
Oregon Allows Controversial Fracked Gas Power Plant to Begin Construction
November 5, 2020
November 5, 2020 By Ilana Cohen, Inside Climate News (view original article) Columbia Riverkeeper and Friends of the Columbia Gorge asked a Multnomah County court on Monday to review a “grievously” […]