Sept. 3 of this year marked the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. On that day 60 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act of 1964 into law, officially creating the ...
LA GRANDE — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have added 1,073 more acres to the Minam River Wildlife Area east of Elgin, bringing the total to 16,646 acres.