We feel local communities should be involved in the caring of their lands. We support policies that support local efforts to be involved. Because of this, we work with landowners to improve forest, stream, and grasslands on public and private lands. We do this by providing you the tools, training, and financial assistance. In working with others, we helped restore nearly 30,000 acres of working lands.
We bring public and private landowners together. Working with Wallowa County & partners, we bring people together through a Community Planning Process – which has become a national model. By working together, we create a shared vision for land stewardship and management. Our community has become stronger and more resilient to change since we started this process. On one project, this work created over $5 million in local benefit.
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We can not create change in rural communities alone. We do this with stratgic alliances and educating policy makers. We share our local knowledge by partnering with universities. And, bring fresh ideas to rural communities. Come join the conversation and get involved in improving rural communities!
We believe education is key to understanding land issues. You can only understand through direct contact with the land. Our programs connect you with the land and teach you critical skills in solving land issues. Young and old both have opportunities to explore and learn about this amazing place we call Wallowa County.
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We bring innovative ideas to economic development around natural resources. When the mills shut down, we had to a find a new way of doing business. We have helped launch several new businesses and work in renewable energy, small diameter logging, and land stewardship. Today, fresh life and vitality is growing in rural communities. Our work has benefited Wallowa County by supporting 54 jobs and by helping create 9 local businesses.
Wallowa County has been hit hard with hundreds losing their jobs when the mills shut down. We are still trying to recover from this. We have responded by creating family-wage jobs. As of today, we are supporting 54 jobs. We continue to find innovative ways to bring family-wage jobs back to Wallowa County.
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Weeds threaten the vitality of working lands. We work across state lines and with partners to stop the threat. Our goal is to work together using various techniques to control weeds. Neighbors helping neighbors to ensure weeds do not spread is a unique, innovative approach. In working with partners, we have treated over 15,000 acres in Oregon and Washington.
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Welcome to Wallowa Resources
Working Together To Improve Our Lands, Community, and Learning
At Wallowa Resources, we believe thriving rural communities need strong economies, a commitment to land stewardship, and top-notch learning opportunities. Our mission is to develop, promote, and implement innovative solutions to help the people of Wallowa County and the Intermountain West sustain and improve their communities and their lands. We accomplish this by working with you in providing products and services that maintain and enhance working lands, create jobs, and educate future leaders. With success, Wallowa County provides a model for rural community revitalization.
We Support Our Community
We work to support the productivity of Wallowa County's working lands – our forest, grasslands, and farmlands. To support our rural working lands, we believe it is essential to be innovative and to work with partners. Additionally, we feel rural communities need learning opportunities for its current and future leaders. We support our community through three divisions to accomplish this.
- Watershed Stewardship – designs and implements forest, range, and stream restoration projects on public and private land, in partnership with local contractors and landowners.
- Wallowa Mountain Institute – provides outdoor and science learning for youth; host community presentations and workshops; provides technical training in land stewardship; and teaches university students about rural and land issues
- Community Solutions, Inc. – promotes entrepreneurship and innovation by assisting prospective or current business owners to start, improve, or expand ventures that create local jobs and income from natural resources.
We started small but have grown quickly. Over the past five years, we have contracted over $750,000 annually to local businesses and landowners for work on their land. We have invested more than $13 million into Wallowa County since our creation and currently support 54 local jobs. Over the next year, we will support 3 new jobs, begin construction on the Integrated Biomass Energy Campus, and develop new partnerships in education. Join us in making a lasting legacy in Wallowa County and rural communities across the West.
Upcoming Events
| Fri May 18 @ 8:30AM - 04:00PM Friday WREN - Aspen & Zumwalt Prairie |
| Sat May 19 Wilderness Advance First Aid Course |
| Sun May 20 Wilderness Advance First Aid Course |
