From the front page to the outback, a look at issues that affect Oregon’s high desert.
Native American Heritage Month
Author: Lace Thornberg | Published: November 22, 2021 | Category: In the News November is Native American Heritage Month In Oregon and throughout the Americas, Indigenous communities’ connection to the […]
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New National Monument Proposed for Sutton Mountain
On November 3, 2021, Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden introduced the Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Wildfire Resiliency Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act in Congress today. This legislation […]
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Reimagine Your Public Lands
Author: Lace Thornberg | Published: July 14, 2021 | Updated: September 17, 2021 | Category: In the News National Public Lands Day is celebrated annually on the fourth Saturday in […]
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Climate change. Drought. Wildfire.
Author: Jeremy Austin | Published: July 13, 2021 | Category: In the News Each morning, as Google populates my inbox with news stories from across the Sagebrush Sea, one word […]
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America the Beautiful
Reaction to the Biden administration’s 30 by 30 report In May 2021, the Biden administration published “Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful,” a highly anticipated report on the president’s commitment to […]
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The New Secretary of the Interior
All in for Haaland By now you’ve probably heard that the U.S. Senate confirmed former Congresswoman Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior. The bipartisan vote on March 15, 2021 […]
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Recognizing Native American Heritage Month
Author: Corinne Handelman | Published: November 25, 2020 | Category: In the News Desert conservationists, did you know … That Oregon’s high desert lands and waters are the traditional lands […]
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20 Facts about Steens
The Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act was enacted twenty years ago, on October 30, 2000. As the Steens Act “turns 20” in 2020, here is a top twenty […]
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Sage-grouse are down, but not out
Author: Jeremy Austin | Published: October 13, 2020 | Category: In the News The numbers are in. Oregon’s sage-grouse population essentially remained flat in 2020. Following years of steep declines, […]
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Sutton Mountain Dazzles, Inspires in Equal Measure
Author: Matt Wastradowski | Published: August 20, 2020 | Updated: November 3, 2021 | Categories: Where-to; In the News You may have heard about the new proposal to establish a […]
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