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Volunteer of the Year: A lifelong love for Oregon's high desert
More than 50 years ago, Dick Herb took a summer job in the high desert. Now he's the Oregon Natural Desert Association 2013 Volunteer of the Year.
Events & Field Trips
Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Monitoring Trip
May 30, 2013Difficulty Rating: 2 out of 5 May 30 (Thursday PM) to June 2 (Sunday AM) Imagine a place with an unending horizon filled with pronghorn antelope grazing amidst gently rolling sagebrush hills. That's the southern part of the Owyhee Canyonlands. This vast landscape sees the human visitor only on occasion: Be one of the lucky few and gather valuable photographic information about two established Wilderness Study Areas.
Details...South Fork Crooked River Fence Pull and Build
May 30, 2013Difficulty rating: 3 out of 5. May 30 (PM) to June 2 (AM). A joint project with the BLM to help keep cattle out of the South Fork of the Crooked River. We will spend two days removing and then rebuilding a fence alongside and up the slope from the bank of this beautiful and remote river.
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