With natural beauty, deep cultural significance and a wide array of plants and wildlife, Oregon’s high desert is an impressive stretch of the Pacific Northwest, situated on the northern edge of the Great Basin.

Much of Oregon’s desert is public land, available to all Americans equally. If you like to hike, bike, raft, fish, hunt, stargaze, go birding, watch wildlife, or enjoy any number of other recreational pursuits, you can find an amazing spot to do that here, and enjoy abundant solitude, too.

Oregon Natural Desert Association invites you to see for yourself how unique and wild Oregon’s dry side is.

Oregon Natural Desert Association encourages people to get to know the desert and to take steps to conserve these public lands. ONDA is a non-profit organization that defends public lands from threats, partners with public and private land managers to preserve natural values, encourages conservation advocacy, and restores lands and waters to support healthy habitat for wildlife.    

ONDA is the only conservation organization dedicated exclusively to preserving Oregon’s high desert. Our active community of conservation advocates hail from all corners of Oregon, with supporters from across the country.

Our dream? We envision a high desert in Oregon where eight million acres of public lands are conserved to ensure that fish and wildlife thrive and wild places exist for all people to treasure and explore, now and always.

Looking to get to know this desert and this community better?

The best way to hear about upcoming events, opportunities to join us on volunteer restoration trips in the desert, or when to take part in time-sensitive advocacy actions is to sign up for our email updates.