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Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) is a nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting, defending and restoring Oregon’s high desert.

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Stewardship Fence Building Timelapse

Stewardship Fence Building Timelapse

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Wind and Birds in Quaking Aspen

Wind and Birds in Quaking Aspen

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Oregon’s first desert wilderness

Oregon’s first desert wilderness

Steens Mountain: Oregon’s first desert wilderness

On October 30, 2000, Congress passed the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act, finishing the work that had taken ONDA and the other members of the Steens-Alvord Coalition decades  

Steens Mountain is a land of startling contrasts: dramatic u-shaped

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Open Positions

Fall Hillis Intern
ONDA is hiring one limited-term, part-time, paid Development and Communications Intern to join our team for 10 weeks this fall in Portland. The intern will gain a broad range of experiences across event coordination, fundraising and communications and will play a key role in the organization and management of ONDA’s annual Portland High Desert Hootenanny. The preferred start date for this position is the week of September 29, 2025 with flexibility into early October for the right candidate. Find the full position description and how to apply at the link below.

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. PDT on Sunday, July 27, 2025.

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Lloyd Irwin

Our Commitment to
Justice, Equity and Inclusion

At Oregon Natural Desert Association, we are creating a more inclusive conservation community by actively welcoming, engaging and collaborating with people of all backgrounds, perspectives, races, genders and ethnicities to […]

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Devin Dahlgren   Website

Our Vision, Mission and Values

Vision We envision a high desert in Oregon where eight million acres of public lands are conserved to ensure that fish and wildlife thrive and wild places exist for all […]

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Jim Davis

Accomplishments

In 1987, a group of community members based in and around Bend, Oregon realized that the high desert lands and waters they loved had no one dedicated to their protection. […]

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Sage Brown   Website

Our Community

Oregon Natural Desert Association is a community of people dedicated to conserving the high desert. It might be the scent of sagebrush, or the desert sun’s warmth. It could be […]

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Our Team

As a staff, we are steadfast in our commitment to protect, defend, and restore Oregon’s high desert alongside our members and supporters. Together with the passion and commitment of a […]

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Publications

ONDA provides interested community members with inspiration to get out and enjoy the desert, and the information and tools necessary to understand what is happening to their public lands.

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