Oregon Badlands Wilderness: Located just 15 miles east of Bend, the Badlands is a 30,000 acre area containing fascinating lava flows and ancient junipers.  This area was named for its harsh terrain and fantastic rock formations.  Within this landscape, one can find incredible displays of desert wildflowers, dry river canyons, castle-like rock formations, and Native American pictographs... MORE

Middle Deschutes and Lower Whychus Creek:

The Deschutes Canyon and Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Areas encompass two of Central Oregon’s most scenic and pristine waterways: Lower Whychus Creek and the Wild and Scenic Deschutes River. This area provides crucial habitat for fish, such as threatened bull trout, as well as winter range for mule deer... MORE

South Fork Crooked River: Located 60 miles east of Bend, this 28,422 acre area encompasses a diverse and beautiful landscape of rugged river canyons and rolling hills of juniper, sagebrush and native grasses...MORE

Hampton Butte/Cougar Well: Vast open sagebrush flats give way to majestic buttes and canyons in the Hampton Butte and Cougar Well WSAs.  This undeveloped wild area straddles the Deschutes-Crook County line along Highway 20, approximately 60 miles southeast of Bend... MORE

Gerry Mountain: Out of the rolling hills and shallow basins in this WSA rises Gerry Mountain.  From its 1,100 foot summit, one can enjoy broad vistas of the surrounding desert landscape...MORE

North Fork Crooked River: The most stunning feature of this area is a deep canyon that was cut by the Wild and Scenic Fork of the Crooked River.  Encompassing both Rocky Mountain forest and sagebrush habitats, a North Fork Wilderness would add a new ecosystem to the Wilderness Preservation System... MORE

Yreka Butte:  Yreka Butte is an area that ONDA volunteers and staff have found to contain significant wilderness characteristics...MORE

CLICK HERE to view a map of all the potential wilderness areas in Central Oregon's High Desert