Meet ONDA members, volunteers and partners.
Where Are They Now
Meet Five Former ONDA Law Clerks and Interns Making the World a Better Place It takes a village to protect, defend, and restore Oregon’s sagebrush wildlands. All of ONDA’s work […]
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2022 Tribal Stewards hit the desert
Author: Beth Macinko | Published: July 1, 2022 | Category: Profile The 2022 Tribal Stewards crew is in the desert! For a third summer, a motivated group of Indigenous young […]
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My Desert Adventure: Lake Abert
Author: Medina Glenn | Published: June 16, 2022 | Category: My Desert Adventure We were in an impressionable state of mind, as we drove south on Highway 31 toward Summer […]
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Dark Night Skies in the High Desert
Author: Renee Patrick | Published: March 21, 2022 | Category: Profile Meet ONDA volunteer Rachel Kato and learn more about her contribution to help people understand the importance of the […]
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Meet Mary Powell
Author: Allison Crotty | Published: February 2, 2022 | Category: Profile ONDA’s 2021 Alice Elshoff Award Recipient Mary Powell is a woman of many talents. Need to spruce up an […]
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In Memory of Devon Comstock
Author: Gena Goodman-Campbell | Published: January 31, 2022 | Category: Profile At the end of 2021, we lost a former staff person and longtime member of the ONDA community, Devon […]
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Meet Lily Pifferini-Carter
In 2021, ONDA launched the Hillis Internship, a paid internship program that offers young people a more equitable pathway to become our next conservation leaders. Lily Pifferini-Carter started in October […]
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Streamside Story: John Hartog
Author: Joanna Zhang | Published: September 28, 2021 | Category: Profiles “I guess I would describe myself as an urban dwelling nature lover, an advocate for native ecosystem conservation, and […]
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A Love Story: Mary Powell & Harv Hillis
Author: Lace Thornberg | Published: September 28, 2021 | Category: Profile Many people contribute their time, talent and passion to make desert conservation successful. Today, we introduce you to two […]
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Meet Legacy Donors John Bauman
and Jenny Zimmerman
Author: Corinne Handelman | Published: August 2, 2021 | Category: Profile Exploring creative ways to advance desert conservation For John Bauman and Jenny Zimmerman, retiring to Central Oregon felt like […]
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