Greater Hells Canyon Council

At GHCC, we work to connect, protect, and restore the wild lands, waters, native species and habitats of the Greater Hells Canyon Region, ensuring a legacy of healthy ecosystems for future generations. After years of campaigning in Washington, DC and in Hells Canyon country, HCPC and its allies prevailed. On December 31, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Act. Today we continue to honor this legacy. Our work ensures that federal land managers are following bedrock environmental laws and working on behalf of endangered and endemic species across the Greater Hells Canyon Region. We work with our supporters, private landowners and regional partners to promote environmental conservation, including work on beaver coexistence, species monitoring, federal forest planning, federal logging project reviews, and alongside the Nez Perce Tribe on the Camas to Condors project. In 2021 we launched the Blue Mountains Trail, now recognized as one of two Signature Trails in Northeast Oregon.