June 2020
Ask a Pair of Experts: Environmental Policy
Join us to "talk shop" with ONDA's in-house experts on environmental policy, Program Director Mark Salvo and Senior Attorney Mac Lacy. We'll reflect on the history of ONDA's legal work, share thoughts on how Covid-19 might impact conservation policy, and take your questions! This is an interactive digital event, which you can live-stream from the comfort of your home. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to join us: Meet Mac Lacy Mac became ONDA’s staff attorney in 2001,…
Find out more »Remarkable Desert Rivers
Why do you value wild rivers? Join us for a short video screening and a thoughtful dialogue between Chad Brown of Soul River, Inc. and ONDA's Gena Goodman-Campbell as they share personal reflections on the value of remarkable desert rivers. Then, Gena will introduce us to some lesser-known streams, rivers and lakes that are worth conserving in a unique opportunity to protect more waterways across Oregon's high desert! This is a digital event, which you can live-stream from the comfort…
Find out more »July 2020
Steens Mountain Wilderness Trail Work along Big Indian Gorge
Backpack into Big Indian Gorge on this trail work trip.
Find out more »Hay Creek BDA Construction #1
Want to use a hydraulic post pounder? Or cut and weave willows? Come on out to Hay Creek.
Find out more »August 2020
Hay Creek BDA Construction #2
Building beaver dam analogues is a fun excuse to splash in the water and mud all in the name of restoration.
Find out more »Hay Creek BDA Construction #3
Building beaver dam analogues is a fun excuse to splash in the water and mud all in the name of restoration.
Find out more »Logan Valley Restoration for Keen Employees
Team up with the Burns Paiute Tribe to improve wildlife habitat in Logan Valley, located just south of the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.
Find out more »September 2020
South Fork WSA Fence Build #2
Backpacking to a remote location and building fence to protect riparian habitat.
Find out more »Badlands Wilderness Stewardship #5
In partnership with the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management, ONDA leads regular service days to improve the Badlands Wilderness for its human visitors and native wildlife inhabitants. Through projects such as trail maintenance, signage improvement, illegal vehicle route obscuring, fence removal and retrofitting to improve safe passage for wildlife, volunteers will give back to one of Central Oregon’s most cherished landscapes and receive an introduction to ONDA's broader stewardship and conservation efforts. These single-day experiences are designed…
Find out more »South Fork WSA Fence Build #3
On the third and final trip to this location for the 2020 season, we will backpack out to a piece of privately owned land within the South Fork Crooked River Wilderness Study Area (WSA) to build a challenging, but important, fence around 80 acres on the river. This fence will accomplish many things. It will allow for better-managed grazing within the WSA, directly exclude cattle from nearly a mile of river, and enable ONDA to plant willows and cottonwoods along…
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