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Blue Mountain Land Trust saves Hayshaker Farm through farmland property purchase.
Blue Mountain Land Trust saves Hayshaker Farm through farmland property purchase.

Blue Mountain Land Trust (BMLT) is taking bold action to secure the future of Hayshaker Farm, an 11.53-acre farm and regional food hub on the edge of College Place, WA. With development rapidly encroaching and the current landowner prepared to sell, this property, farmed since the early 1900s, was at risk of being lost to residential development. BMLT stepped up to purchase the property, keeping the land in agriculture and accessible to the farming community. Hayshaker Farm is the second property BMLT owns, the first located in Washington, and a major step to protect local food systems. 

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Blue Mountain Land Trust protects local food and wildlife habitat at Welcome Table Farm.
Blue Mountain Land Trust protects local food and wildlife habitat at Welcome Table Farm.

As farmland disappears across the Pacific Northwest, protecting agricultural land has never been more urgent. Blue Mountain Land Trust (BMLT) is excited to announce the permanent protection of Welcome Table Farm, a 24.62-acre diversified vegetable farm located on the south side of Walla Walla. Through a conservation easement, this protection ensures that the land will remain in agricultural production while safeguarding critical fish and wildlife habitat along Yellowhawk Creek.

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A future we shape together: 2024 Impact Report
A future we shape together: 2024 Impact Report

Blue Mountain Land Trust celebrates a quarter of a century of bringing communities together to protect working farms, ranches, and natural lands of the region. 25 years is a major milestone, an important opportunity to appreciate the hard work and dedication that is the legacy of collective community action.

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A river's revival: Restoring the Umatilla River to its original flow.
A river's revival: Restoring the Umatilla River to its original flow.

Through the dedicated efforts of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), fish populations now have a better chance at recovery in one of the most productive steelhead tributaries in the region. Blue Mountain Land Trust is working to permanently protect CTUIR’s investment in the river restoration project to ensure its longevity, forever.

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Land & Water Stewardship: Bold action for a brighter future.
Land & Water Stewardship: Bold action for a brighter future.

When BMLT completes a conservation easement, we are responsible for regularly monitoring and collecting data to ensure responsible stewardship, leading to greater conservation benefits for the environment and communities. This ongoing land stewardship is what we mean when we say, “We protect the land you love. Forever.”

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Community engagement & DEIJ: Finding common ground outside.
Community engagement & DEIJ: Finding common ground outside.

At the Blue Mountain Land Trust, we focus on building connections to place, strengthening relationships, and providing meaningful experiences outside. Our programs are designed to help build community, common ground, and connection with the land.

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Trail stewardship: Adventure starts here.
Trail stewardship: Adventure starts here.

From the jagged Elkhorns in Eastern Oregon to the river trails outside of Dayton, WA, BMLT Blues Crew volunteers are dedicated to improving trails on public lands. Whether you’re a hiker, skier, biker, or birdwatcher, our volunteers work hard to ensure the trails are primed for every level of outdoor pursuits.

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It's time to take action.
It's time to take action.

Perspectives from regional changemakers.

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Our home, our future.
Our home, our future.

Perspectives from regional changemakers.

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We're in this together: 2023 Impact Report
We're in this together: 2023 Impact Report

We are committed to a future Blue Mountain region where all of its inhabitants can thrive —communities, agriculture, and resilient, diverse ecosystems.

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A river connected.
A river connected.

A visionary partnership for the future of the Touchet River. Blue Mountain Land Trust recently completed a conservation easement to permanently protect an important stretch of the Touchet River outside of Dayton, WA.

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Farm fields, forever.
Farm fields, forever.

Cultivating a conservation legacy at Mud Creek Dixie Ranch.

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Revitalizing land for a resilient future.
Revitalizing land for a resilient future.

Our ongoing land stewardship is what we mean when we say, “We protect the land you love. Forever.”

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DEIJ: A brighter future.
DEIJ: A brighter future.

At Blue Mountain Land Trust, part of our mission is connecting communities to nature. When we say communities, we mean all of our neighbors. We aren’t the experts, but we connect people to outdoor places and the resources they need to get there.

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The environment that connects us together.
The environment that connects us together.

At the Blue Mountain Land Trust, our focus is more than just preserving land. It is about creating community connections, relationships, and experiences with the natural world.

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Where nature and adventure unite.
Where nature and adventure unite.

Through our commitment to trail stewardship on public lands, we secure ecosystems, provide safe and enjoyable experiences for trail users, and promote the long-term viability of recreational activities in the Blue Mountain region for generations to come.

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Critical shifts, collective action.
Critical shifts, collective action.

This past year was full of change, review, and growth at Blue Mountain Land Trust (BMLT).

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Sustaining the Sagebrush Sea
Sustaining the Sagebrush Sea

For the Bennett Family, agriculture and conservation go hand in hand.

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Strengthening climate resilience.
Strengthening climate resilience.

Our ongoing land stewardship is what we mean when we say, “We protect the land you love. Forever.”

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An equitable future.
An equitable future.

In 2021, the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts launched a year-long Learning Journey to support a cohort of 65 land trust staff and board to focus on land reparations to tribal communities and sharing conservation resources to support Indigenous sovereignty.

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The future starts today.
The future starts today.

At the Blue Mountain Land Trust, our focus is more than just preserving land. It is about creating community connections, relationships, and experiences with the natural world.

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Giving Back to places you love
Giving Back to places you love

The BMLT Blues Crew volunteers work hundreds of hours each season to improve and build trails in the Blues Mountain region.

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Courageous Conservation: Seachris Family Farm
Courageous Conservation: Seachris Family Farm

Have you ever worked on a project for 20 years? The Seachris Family has.

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HAPPY TRAILS: HORSESHOE PRAIRIE NORDIC SKI AREA
HAPPY TRAILS: HORSESHOE PRAIRIE NORDIC SKI AREA

Horseshoe Prairie Nordic Ski Area is safer — and more popular — than ever.

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Member Spotlight: Emily Asmus, Welcome Table Farm
Member Spotlight: Emily Asmus, Welcome Table Farm

When Emily and Andy Asmus started Welcome Table Farm in Walla Walla, WA, it represented the physical manifestation of their love of food, community, and leading an integrated life.

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Phipps in Fall
Phipps in Fall

The Blue Mountain Land Trust conservation team spent the past few months getting acquainted with its new property, Phipps Meadow located outside of Prairie City, Oregon.

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Craft Beer that Gives Back
Craft Beer that Gives Back

The community gathered at Quirk Brewing to celebrate the release of ‘Salmon Says’ Pale ale, a collaboration between Quirk, Salmon-Safe, Mainstem Malt, and the Blue Mountain Land Trust.

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Rising Leaders: Leander Swan
Rising Leaders: Leander Swan

Leander Swan, a junior at Whitman College majoring in Environmental Studies and Sociology, joined the conservation team for ten weeks.

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YOUTH EDUCATION
YOUTH EDUCATION

Creating a lifelong love for the natural world.

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