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Be clever and describe an adventure destination that includes a picnic and downplay the fact that everyone will have to hike to get there!

Abe Sorom and his sons were the first ones to hit the Sage Hills Trail from the north as the popular trail system opened for the season Tuesday.

With the successful completion of the recent $8.67 million Wenatchee Foothills Campaign, land protected in the foothills west of Wenatchee for people and wildlife has doubled.

The Land Trust has been selected to receive the 2014 Washington Recreation and Park Association Organization Citation of Merit Award!

The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust and the Trust for Public Lands had a big party Friday night to celebrate one of the region's most extraordinary capital campaign successes ever that is transforming our valley and creating momentum for the future.

More than 500 local business folks on Thursday celebrated life and work in the Wenatchee Valley by honoring one of the area’s largest restaurant groups, one of its fastest growing ag product companies, two of its most respected nonprofits and a local couple devoted to promotion of the arts.

They arrived at the base of Saddle Rock on April 20, 2013, by themselves, as couples, in groups of 10 or more. All with one goal in mind: Hike up the hill to their assigned spot as part of the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust’s Hands Across the Foothills event.

The city has agreed to buy lower Castlerock from the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust and maintain it for open space and trails.

The public health risk is minimal, but elevated levels of arsenic and several other metals in old Saddle Rock mining sites will require a $1 million cleanup in 2015.

Preserving and conserving land is a big deal that can be made even bigger when it's connected to the everyday lives of community members - from school children to business owners.

Wilfred Woods talks to Nick Zentner as part of the Central Rocks film series and mentions the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust.

Would you like to learn how to identify some of the ducks, geese, and other water birds that winter along the Columbia River?