Photo from Friends Of Mt. Emily.
An icon of Northeast Oregon has a date with the logger, unless a lot of money can be raised quickly.
What’s at risk is 500 acres of the Mt. Emily Recreation Area near La Grande. A timber company is getting ready to cut down most of the big trees in the Trails Unit, a section that’s hugely popular with hikers, bikers and horseback riders.
Local efforts to save the trees are falling behind and falling short. So the group Friends of Mt. Emily is appealing statewide for help.
