Kathleen Ackley is the executive director of the Wallowa Land Trust. As more Northwest lake communities are being developed with vacation homes and Airbnbs, she says her organization’s focus is ...

Two Color Campground, along Eagle Creek in the southern Wallowa Mountains, is among many campgrounds on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Travel Oregon awarded $913,000 to 34 tourism projects, ...

Here's what the experts have to say about buying on Oregon's Wallowa Lake. (P.S., the locals say of the water in this glacial lake that it was "snow five minutes ago.") "While Wallowa Lake in Eastern ...

Blowout Arm at Detroit Lake draws campers by the boat loads on hot summer weekends. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) It's no secret. If you want great boating and water skiing, camp where there is great ...

Nez Perce storyteller JR Spencer plays the drum and sings for an audience at the Wallowa Lake Lodge near Joseph, Ore., on July 1, 2023. Dozens of community members had improbably bought the venerable ...

When traveling to the Wallowa Mountain area, you’ll find no shortage of amazing hikes with views of the so-called “Oregon Alps.” The Wallowa Lake East Moraine, which opened to the public only a couple ...