Learn a new skill that will help you enjoy and protect the high desert.
How-To: Go From Desert Appreciator To Desert Advocate
Author: Karly Foster | Published: December 28, 2023 | Category: How-To This article originally appeared in The Source on December 13, 2023. Reflect on a year of enjoying the wonders […]
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Thoughtful Gear Choices for an Oregon Desert Trail Hike
Author: Renee Patrick | Published: September 6, 2023 | Category: Deep Dive Gear is always a hot topic of conversation among long-distance backpackers. Good gear choices for a challenging route […]
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Photographing The Desert
Author: Renee Schiavone | Published: May 12, 2023 | Category: How-To This article originally appeared in The Source on May 12, 2023. Experienced local photographers offer pointers for capturing the […]
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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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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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How-To: Tips for Opening and Closing Barb Wire Gates
Author: TJ Paulsen | Published: January 30, 2023 | Category: How-To Hikers will run into more gates than you might expect across the high desert. TJ Paulsen completed the entire […]
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How-to: Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Oregon’s High Desert
Author: Lace Thornberg | Published: October 6, 2022 | Category: How-To ONDA’s conservation work occurs on the traditional and ceded lands of the Northern Paiute, Wasco, Warm Springs, Bannock, Shoshone, […]
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How-To:
See Desert Wildlife in Spring
Author: Scott R. Bowler | Published: April 5, 2022 | Category: How-To What’s to be seen during the vernal hinge of the year? Spring, of course, means snow melts, lake […]
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Stories from the Oregon Desert Trail
Author: Renee Patrick | Category: Where-to Getting ready to go on a day-long, week-long or month-long adventure on the Oregon Desert Trail? You can learn so much by seeing how […]
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How To: Go from Desert Hiker to Desert Steward
Hello, you! Did you know that the Oregon Desert Trail was made for you? ONDA crafted this route connecting all the most beautiful places in the high desert with this […]
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