Stories and News from ONDA

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 […]

Q&A with ONDA’s
new executive director

By Lace Thornberg on December 6, 2018 | Posted in: Profile

Over the course of two decades in the nonprofit sector, Ryan Houston has developed a reputation as a committed and effective leader in Oregon conservation, well known for strategic vision […]

Meet Lizzy Potter

By Corinne Handelman on December 4, 2018 | Posted in: Profile

A desert advocate in profession and passion An Oregonian by choice and attorney by trade, Lizzy Potter has supported ONDA for about 10 years and feels a deep connection to […]

Three Tiny Creatures
of Oregon’s High Desert

By staff on November 27, 2018 | Posted in: Species Spotlight

Racing pronghorn. Soaring golden eagles. Charging salmon. Oregon’s high desert pulses with the movement of these great creatures, but it’s good to remember that the desert’s iconic animals, birds and […]