Pueblo and Trout Creek Mountains, Oregon

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The Pueblo and Trout Creek Mountains provide unparalleled habitat diversity. The watersheds here include a variety of habitats: aspen woodlands, grasslands, creeks, wet meadows, and sagebrush-steppe. Many mountain creeks drain to Oregon’s driest spot—the Alvord Basin—providing critical water to a desert landscape that supports plants and animals unique to this portion of the Great Basin. This dramatic conservation area spans nearly 800 square miles and provides climate-resilient habitat connecti…

Burma Rim, Oregon

A 160-acre acquisition to support the conservation of the surrounding 90,000 acres

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This 160-acre parcel is a part of the Burma Rim area which spans 90,397 acres. The parcel is the only private inholding in this larger area and its purchase will support the area being conserved for its wilderness values and wildlife habitat. This will help in efforts to ensure that the area is never developed and advance efforts to give the area the highest level of wilderness protection in the United States. The parcel was purchased as part of a larger ranch in the nearby Silver Lake area in 2…

Mt. Diablo, Oregon

An oasis for wildlife in the Sagebrush Sea

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With the support of donors, the Oregon Desert Land Trust is protecting 880 acres of habitat and supporting the conservation of the surrounding 118,000-acre Diablo Mountain region as a permanent Wilderness Area through federal designation. Located about an hour southeast of Bend, Oregon, the Diablo Mountain Wilderness Area is contiguous with the Summer Lake Wildlife Area and the Sheep Rock and Whiskey Lake Lands. The area varies from salt flats to steep escarpments and is home to threatened big…

Northern Highlands, Guatemala

A large cloud forest system in Central America

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The Northern Highlands is one of the last large, intact and unprotected cloud forests in Central America, located in the highlands of western Guatemala in Quiché Department. The cloud forest, also called a montane rainforest, is a highland tropical forest characterized by frequent low-level cloud cover at the canopy level. Similar to lowland rainforests, the Northern Highlands receives mist, rain, and clouds across approximately 49,000 acres of remaining old growth forest at elevations between 2…