Golden tamaracks tint the mountains and red sumac paint the creek banks.
A feeling of change is in the air. Hunting and fishing opportunities include Rocky Mountain elk, mule and white-tail deer, ducks, geese and steelhead. Upland game birds populate the region. Salmon returning to spawn can be seen in the Wallowa, Snake, Minam, Lostine and Umatilla rivers. Newborn calves frolic in the meadows.