Our Community

Our Members

ONDA members have advocated for Oregon desert conservation priorities since 1987. Today, we are an ever-growing community of individuals thousands strong. We come together through a shared love of place to press for the conservation of the region’s lands, waters and wildlife.

In the mid-1980s, a diverse group of people, including teachers, doctors, students, naturalists, and retirees, came together when a federal inventory of Oregon’s desert lands left out many of the places that they knew and loved. To ensure eastern Oregon’s natural wonders were documented and eligible for protection, this group of desert conservation advocates banded together to survey these public lands, ultimately finding upwards of eight million acres in need of conservation action. Out of this effort, Oregon Natural Desert Association was founded to ensure this special landscape had a permanent advocate.

ONDA is proud to have the support of businesses that believe in high desert conservation. These business members contribute to efforts to protect, defend and restore Oregon’s high desert by providing funding, donating products, promoting campaigns, and supporting events. Business involvement grows our community, supports key projects, and is vital to our conservation efforts.

Our Partners

Working with an array of partners is fundamental to ONDA’s approach to securing lasting conservation outcomes that benefit Oregon’s high desert. We partner with community groups, land managers, local, regional and national conservation organizations, recreationalists, Tribal and Indigenous communities, and others to promote conservation solutions.