Learn a new skill that will help you enjoy and protect the high desert.
Winter Wildlife Watching
By Scott Bowler What’s there to do in the desert in the winter? Watch wildlife! In many ways, especially at lower elevations, winter’s cold weather can provide some great hiking […]
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The Perfect Gift for Everyone on Your List
Author: Lace Thornberg | Updated: November 16, 2021 | Category: How-To One Gift For Everyone on Your List Looking for a gift that is … beautiful, non-perishable, one size fits […]
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Add Your Voice
Author: Corie Harlan | Published: November 20, 2020 | Updated: May 13, 2021 | Category: How-To The Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act provides Malheur County with vital economic development […]
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Six Alternative Ways to Give
Author: Claire Cekander | Updated: November 22, 2022 | Category: How-To Eastern Oregon is home to extraordinarily intact sagebrush steppe, rushing waters that support abundant wildlife, a night sky studded […]
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How to Identify Native Plants
By Scott Bowler Hey, what’s that cool flower? After leading wildflower discovery and identification trips for 40-plus years, I can tell you that people’s most common reaction upon encountering a […]
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Appreciating Stormy Skies
Maria Mudd Ruth, author of “A Sideways Look at Clouds,” is fascinated by clouds. In this post, she identifies the clouds seen in the stormy skies over Oregon’s high desert. […]
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Five New Year’s Resolutions that Help Oregon’s Desert and You
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s no denying that New Year’s resolutions are a thing. In “8 Reasons We Really Do Need to Make Resolutions,” Dr. Theo Tsaousides concludes that […]
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How To Upcycle Last Year’s Wild Desert Calendar
ONDA’s Wild Desert Calendar is chock full of desert beauty, and, each year around this time, we hear from members who simply can’t bear to just throw last year’s calendar […]
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Opt Outside, Act for Desert Rivers
Escape the Black Friday crowds and #OptOutside to a wild river near you! Sen. Ron Wyden is asking Oregonians to help him develop legislation to protect Oregon’s most special rivers, […]
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Only You Can Prevent Sagebrush Fires
You might think of forests when you think “wildfire,” but, as OPB reported in May, nearly 75 percent of all acres burned in the west over the past two decades […]
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