2022 Conservationist of the Year

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Jeremy Fox on Steens Landscape

Jeremy Fox on Steens Landscape

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John Cunningham, ONDA member and volunteer

John Cunningham, ONDA member and volunteer

Restoration is hard slow work. It takes hold, or it doesn’t, in fits and starts. The immensity of the need can be discouraging, but we must carry on. I am so thankful ONDA carries on.

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Reid Williams, 2021 Conservationist of the Year

Reid Williams, 2021 Conservationist of the Year

How far are you willing to hike for conservation? Reid Williams offered to put in more than 20 miles a day, by himself, walking and monitoring fence lines on Beatys Butte. And that was on top of weekly visits to the ONDA office, where he is always eager to help with extra projects. In acknowledgment of his willingness and helpful spirit, ONDA named him our 2021 Conservationist of the Year.

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Conserve high desert lands, waterways and wildlife by becoming an Oregon Natural Desert Association member.  

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2022 Conservationist of the Year

By on February 10, 2023 | Posted in: Profile

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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A Look Back at the
2021 High Desert Speaker Series

By on April 28, 2021 | Posted in: Look Back

Author: Caelin Weiss  |  Published: April 28, 2021  |  Category: Look Back Each spring, ONDA presents the High Desert Speaker Series to share knowledge about intriguing aspects of high desert […]

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North Fork of the Owyhee River, Oregon

Get to Know the Owyhee River

By on September 10, 2019 | Posted in: Where-to

One of Oregon’s 58 officially designated Wild and Scenic Rivers. Located in southeastern Oregon and reaching across the corner of Idaho to its headwaters in northeastern Nevada, 35 percent of […]

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Three Tiny Creatures
of Oregon’s High Desert

By 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 […]

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Yes we can, by dam!

Yes we can, by dam!

By on October 29, 2018 | Posted in: Look Back, Notes from the Field

An ONDA volunteer recounts her first taste of field work during a South Fork Crooked River riparian restoration trip in October 2018. By Eleanor Burke

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