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Author: Corie Harlan | Published: November 20, 2020 | Updated: May 13, 2021 | Category: How-To The Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act provides Malheur County with vital economic development […]
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Healthy Escapism
“A Year in Oregon’s High Desert” offers escapism you can feel good about Feeling stressed? A dose of natural beauty could help. Studies have shown that spending time in a […]
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20 Facts about Steens
The Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act was enacted twenty years ago, on October 30, 2000. As the Steens Act “turns 20” in 2020, here is a top twenty […]
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The Halfway Point
By Zavier Borja, Latino Outdoor Engagement Coordinator for Children’s Forest of Central Oregon The Painted Hills of eastern Oregon are one of the seven wonders that we have here in […]
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Sage-grouse are down, but not out
Author: Jeremy Austin | Published: October 13, 2020 | Category: In the News The numbers are in. Oregon’s sage-grouse population essentially remained flat in 2020. Following years of steep declines, […]
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Steens Next 20
by Senior Attorney Mac Lacy Steens Mountain is an extraordinary place. Known to the Northern Paiute as Tse’tse’ede, “the Cold One,” the mountain covers an ecologically distinctive, half-million acre landscape […]
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Steens Act Turns 20
Known by the Northern Paiute as Tse’tse’ede, the Steens is both a historic homeland and an unparalleled treasure in Oregon’s high desert. The largest fault block mountain in North America, […]
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11 Inspiring Films
Join us on Friday, October 2, 2020 for the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, presented by E2 Solar. This year’s festival will be a virtual, streamed-in-HD celebration of the best […]
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Signs of Fall
Autumn is a time of transition in Oregon’s high desert. The cooler days and cooler nights bring a wave of rust-red and brilliant yellow hues into this generally sage-green and […]
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Species Spotlight: Quaking Aspen
Author: LeeAnn Kriegh | Published: September 15, 2020 | Category: Species Spotlight Why Aspen Quake The day I fell in love with Central Oregon, I woke to the sound of […]
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