The Stories We Tell
Oregon is blessed with the John Day country's beautiful landscape, Contributed by Dick Herb
In 1958, I spent a summer, excavating mammal fossils in the Clarno fossil beds with Lon Hancock. Those beds now bear his name, as does the camp where I stayed, Camp Hancock. To have worked alongside a legend, which Lon Hancock has become, I have been blessed. We were uncovering 15 to 20 finds per day: a fist-sized tooth, fossil bones of miniature horses, giant beavers, camels, predatory cats and more.
Events & Field Trips
Oregon Desert Trail Inventory, Leslie Gulch to Lake Owyhee Backpack
May 22, 2012We will be inventorying approximately 30 miles of the proposed Oregon Desert Trail along cross country and old 4wd routes on the eastern most portion of the trail. Two nights of car camping, four nights of backpacking, three full days of exploring this vast landscape.
Details...John Day Float and Wilderness Inventory
June 01, 2012Three days of floating from Clarno to Cottonwood, with two full days of day-hiking in-between. What a great way to inventory the watershed's most dramatic potential Wilderness Areas!
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