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Western Stewardship Summit:
Restoring Community and the Land
September 24-26
Sunriver, Oregon
Registration and draft agenda now available!
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Recent News
- Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Makes International Connections in UK
- HFHC garners international attention in Edinburgh, Scotland as a participant in the Forest Connect network.
- Foresters call on Congress to establish landscape restoration program
- SNW President Martin Goebel testifies before Congress in support of the Forest Landscape Restoration Act.
- Op-Ed: Thinking long term on salmon recovery
- Rather than simply treating annual salmon disasters by repeatedly returning to the federal till, we should consider spending what's necessary to fix the underlying problems.
Stories of People, Places, Prosperity
- Wallowa Resources
- Formed in 1996, this non-profit has opened up the dialogue in the Wallowa County community about land owners' responsibility for Chinook salmon habitat.
- Forest Concepts, LLC
- Forest Concepts promotes forest health and the local economy by using the by-products of forest restoration in constructing products that benefit watersheds.
- Made in the Methow Co-op Store and Community Kitchen
- Twisp, Washington residents opened a co-op and community kitchen to produce and sell local Methow Valley foods and goods as a way to boost their local economy.