Russ McMillan
Kris Kristovich
Meadow not only in scale, but also in benefits. We hope it
National Grasslands. While not every Preserve can sustain
will redirect the creek through the open meadows, restore
public access and trails, where appropriate and well-designed,
native plant communities, and revitalize wetlands. The
trails can serve as portals for the community to discover
result: a healthier creek for returning salmon and steel-
and appreciate the places we’re working so hard to protect
head and better streamside conditions for songbirds, bats,
and steward. This focused approach will help us integrate
and beavers. Once completed we hope to move further
educational and recreational access with Land Trust Preserves
upstream to continue our restoration work.
potentially serving as the backbone of a fifteen-mile hiking trail
The Land Trust also intends to strengthen the community’s
linking Sisters to the Deschutes River.
connection with our conservation work and build a lasting
This long-term vision for Whychus Creek builds on the Land
conservation ethic to permanently steward these lands.
Trust’s 18 years of successful conservation projects with far-
Over the next ten years we plan to increase the educational
reaching community benefits. It’s ambitious, and certainly
and recreational opportunities along Whychus Creek. We’ve
won’t be the only project we work on, but the time is has come
tested this approach at Whychus Canyon Preserve, where
to finish our work on Whychus Creek. Join us. Help make
our new hiking trails provide the only public access to
Whychus Creek the regional jewel it should be.
Whychus Creek between Sisters and the Crooked River
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