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Volunteering As Climate Action

Author: Gena Goodman-Campbell  |  Published: April 14, 2023  | Category: How-To This article originally appeared in The Source on April 14, 2023. Help reverse the overwhelming impacts of climate change […]

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Championing Public Lands in Washington, D.C.

Author: Karly Foster  |  Published: April 6, 2023  |  Category: Look Back A week in the nation’s capitol spent advocating for public lands and conservation in Oregon’s high desert, told […]

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Priority Sage-Grouse Habitat in the Greater Hart-Sheldon

Located on the Oregon-Nevada border, the Greater Hart-Sheldon is one of the six most important habitats remaining for greater sage-grouse in the American West. This charismatic ambassador of the Sagebrush […]

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Core Pygmy Rabbit Habitat in the Greater Hart-Sheldon

The Greater Hart-Sheldon is more than 3 million acres of sagebrush steppe anchored by Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southeastern Oregon and Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northern Nevada. […]

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Species Spotlight: Lichen

Author: Scott Bowler  |  Published: March 13, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight  Oh man, I’m liking those lichen! Lichen are both ubiquitous and highly diverse, yet little known and understood, […]

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A Dozen Desert Wonders

Author: Scott Bowler  |  Published: February 21, 2023 |  Category: Where-to This article originally appeared in The Source on January 11, 2023. Oregon’s high desert – that vast expanse of sagebrush […]

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The Balance of Life at McDermitt Creek

Author: Anne White  |  Published: February 16, 2023  |  Category: Look Back In June 2022, ONDA hosted a site visit to McDermitt Creek in southeastern Oregon to introduce desert advocates […]

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Species Spotlight: Big Sagebrush

Author: Rachel Renne  |  Published: February 13, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight  This article originally appeared in The Source on February 8, 2023. In May 2021, I hiked the entire […]

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2022 Conservationist of the Year

Meet Mary McCord, ONDA’s 2022 Conservationist of the Year If you attended an ONDA event this year, chances are that Mary McCord was working behind the scenes to make sure […]

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How-To: Experience the Best of Oregon’s High Desert – practical advice from ODT hikers

Author: Renee Patrick |  Published: February 3, 2023 |  Category: How-to Taking on a challenging remote hike like the Oregon Desert Trail can be intimidating, but hikers from all experience […]

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