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2018 Annual General Meeting
ONDA's Annual General Meeting is always a great time to catch up with your "ONDA volunteer family", dance to fun music and spend a day doing meaningful restoration work.
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Notes From The Field
For our final installment of our 2018 High Desert Speaker Series, join ONDA stewardship staff Ben Gordon and Michael O'Casey and photographer Sage Brown for a live edition of “Notes From The Field,” featuring images and stories about the places, people, and impact of restoration across Oregon’s high desert. Have you ever wanted to explore a new landscape while giving back? ONDA’s stewardship program does just that! Learn more about the community that is built through these trips to Oregon’s…
Find out more »Owyhee River Float Trip April 24-30
Join ONDA on a six day guided float down 65 miles of the Owyhee River from Rome to Birch Creek.
Find out more »Oregon Desert Trail Presentation
Do you need inspiration for that next backpacking, biking, rafting or horseback riding trip? The 750 mile Oregon Desert Trail traverses some stunning natural features in the high desert like the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Steens Mountain, and the Owyhee Canyonlands through a mixture of cross country travel, trail and two-track roads. Trail Coordinator Renee Patrick was the 10th hiker to complete the route, and will cover the basics of hitting the trail and share some stories from her…
Find out more »Oregon Desert Trail Adventures
Do you need inspiration for that next backpacking trip? Join the Oregon Natural Desert Association for an introduction to one of the newest long distance trails in the country: the Oregon Desert Trail. This 750 mile route traverses some stunning natural features in the high desert like the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Steens Mountain, and the Owyhee Canyonlands. Trail Coordinator Renee Patrick will cover the basics of hitting the trail and share some new resources that will help in…
Find out more »South Fork Crooked Riparian Planting
A great weekend planting several thousand trees along the South Fork Crooked River.
Find out more »Spring Wildflowers and Magnificent Mountain Views on Gray Butte
The Gray Butte Trail winds through the juniper forest and sagebrush slopes of Gray Butte. Hikers will be rewarded with sights of spring wildflowers such as phlox, lupine and balsamroot. And, if the wildflowers are not enough, the views of the Crooked River National Grasslands below and the snow-capped Cascades will be spectacular. Perhaps you will even get a glimpse of Mt. Hood! Charmane Powers, a botanist on the Deschutes National Forest since 1990, will lead this FREE hike. Difficulty:…
Find out more »Volunteer Opportunity: Desert Naturalist Hike Series
Represent ONDA as a co-leader on a day hike for our Desert Naturalist Hike Series. Share your experiences and encourage hikers to get involved with ONDA, coordinate day-of logistics, and follow up with hikers. Dates and times TBD in May and June. This will be about a 10-hour commitment.
Find out more »Cottonwood Canyon Guided Hike
Get out of Portland and into the desert! This hike along the lower John Day River will be guided by knowledgeable volunteers who will discuss high desert ecology and ONDA's conservation mission.
Find out more »Volunteer Opportunity: Desert Naturalist Hike Series
Represent ONDA as a co-leader on a day hike for our Desert Naturalist Hike Series. Share your experiences and encourage hikers to get involved with ONDA, coordinate day-of logistics, and follow up with hikers. Dates and times TBD in May and June. This will be about a 10-hour commitment.
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