Stories and News from ONDA

Meet Mary McCord

By Corinne Handelman on March 15, 2019 | Posted in: Profile

ONDA Volunteer Extraordinaire Over the past few years, Mary McCord went from being newly introduced to ONDA to becoming a frequent volunteer in Bend. Mary and her husband, Tom, attended […]

Species Spotlight: Burrowing Owl

By LeeAnn Kriegh on March 1, 2019 | Posted in: Species Spotlight

A Funny Little Owl By LeeAnn Kriegh Pronghorn are perhaps the most graceful animal native to the high desert country of Central and Eastern Oregon. Golden Eagles are the most […]

How to Shoot a Desert Video

By Chris Schmoekel on February 25, 2019 | Posted in: How-To

Videos can tell stories, convey ideas and immerse the viewer into an environment in ways that are difficult to achieve with photographs or the written word. And, with many video […]

How to Shoot a Desert Video

By Chris Schmoekel on February 25, 2019 | Posted in: How-To

Did you already read How to Shoot a Desert Video – Part 1 that covers planning for and shooting your video?  If so, check out this post to get some pointers […]

The Creation Story
and the Malheur Cave

By Lace Thornberg on January 31, 2019 | Posted in: Uncategorized

For the Paiute of the Great Basin of the American West, winter is storytelling season. Around the fires of Paiute camps and villages, storytellers passed on tribal visions of the […]

Special Waters

By Julie Weikel on January 2, 2019 | Posted in: Uncategorized

Julie Weikel, a longtime ONDA member, wrote this essay about the wild waters of the Pueblo Mountains to nominate them for protection under the Wild and Scenic River act. Read […]

A Conversation with
Kim Stafford

By Lace Thornberg on January 1, 2019 | Posted in: A Conversation With

Author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, Kim Stafford is Oregon’s Poet Laureate for 2018 to 2020. He follows after Elizabeth Woody, who served as Oregon’s Poet Laureate from […]

Your 2019 Resolutions

By Corinne Handelman on January 1, 2019 | Posted in: Coming Up

Do you set resolutions for yourself to celebrate the new year? In 2019, let ONDA help you bring a bit of Oregon’s high desert into your plans for the year. […]

By Lace Thornberg on December 20, 2018 | Posted in: Look Back

Give yourself a pat on the back! You accomplished so much for Oregon’s desert this year! Flip through this year in review for just a handful of the many great […]

A Gift Appreciated Worldwide

By Lace Thornberg on December 14, 2018 | Posted in: Uncategorized

ONDA’s Wild Desert Calendar Goes Abroad Giving a Wild Desert Calendar as a gift has become something of a tradition among a number of ONDA members. So, where do all […]