The Malheur, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman national forests, collectively known as the Blue Mountains, have been operating on a forest management plan developed in the 1990s. Two different attempts to revise that plan have failed, the latest one in 2018. Now, the U.S. Forest Service is restarting the process.
The Wallowa-Whitman and Umatilla national forests are trying to prevent tainted water from two mines near Granite from flowing into Clear Creek, which has migratory and spawning habitat for salmon
The Wallowa-Whitman and Umatilla national forests are trying to prevent tainted water from two mines near Granite from flowing into Clear Creek, which has migratory and spawning habitat for salmon