From Columbia Land Trust’s Monthly Newsletter – “The Moss”, March 2024 Rare Fungi Discovered Species identified in North America for the first time Cedar Creek Natural Area is a 640-acre forest in Columbia County, Oregon. We conserved this land in 2021 and the high-quality, intact forest with diverse structure is ideal habitat for plants, fungi, andContinue reading
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Rediscovery of Water Howellia (Howellia aquatilis) in Columbia County, Oregon
By Jason Clinch, Three Creeks Consulting LLC, February 26, 2026 “Is this Water Howellia?” Deanna asked as she held up some stringy bits of pondweed she had just pulled from a mucky pool of water in the middle of a cattle pasture. It was an unusually warm late May day and Rick and I had just sat down moments before. I jokingly said to themContinue reading “Rediscovery of Water Howellia (Howellia aquatilis) in Columbia County, Oregon”