February 2019
2019 Stewardship Trip Registration Opens
The moment you've been waiting for. ONDA's line up of stewardship trips for 2019 will open for registration on the morning of February 25. Where will you go to improve the desert - to a deep gorge in the Steens Mountain Wilderness, to the shoulder of Hart Mountain, or into the John Day River Basin? What will you do - plant native species, build beavers dams, roll up barbed wire fence or monitor habitat? Many of our stewardship trips fill quickly,…
Find out more »March 2019
Clarno Willow Harvest – March 1
Join the winter tradition of harvesting willows at the Clarno Nursery for use in restoration projects this spring!
Find out more »Clarno Willow Harvest – March 8
Join the winter tradition of harvesting willows at the Clarno Nursery for use in restoration projects this spring!
Find out more »Wildlands Monitoring Training
Learn how to make field observations and record what you find when conducting annual monitoring of Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in eastern Oregon.
Find out more »Cottonwood Canyon State BDA Install #1
Building exclosure fences to protect riparian plants in Oregon's largest State Park.
Find out more »Hart Mountain Lek Monitoring
Watch the incredible sage-grouse mating dance as a volunteer on Hart Mountain.
Find out more »April 2019
Willow Creek Planting (day-trip)
A great opportunity for Central Oregonians to pop out for the day and help plant willows and cottonwoods on Willow Creek. This project takes place within a conservation easement on private property that provides an important movement route for redband trout between headwaters in Ochoco National Forest and the lowland Crooked River National Grasslands. While the work will involve hammering pikes into the ground to create pilot holes for planting willow and cottonwood sticks, the soil at the work site…
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Protect eastern Oregon streams from the impacts of climate change.
Find out more »2019 Annual General Meeting
Join ONDA staff, Board of Directors and members for our Annual General Meeting on April 19-21 to enjoy the beauty and solace of Oregon's high desert. We'll spend Saturday, April 20 doing vital restoration work on the 35,000-acre Pine Creek Conservation Area near the John Day River. This year the project involves loppering juniper along Cove Creek's riparian zone. Our labors will be rewarded with delicious food and an evening of good music, good company and good beer. We’ll be…
Find out more »Owyhee River Rafting Trip
Join ONDA on a six-day guided float down 55 miles of the Wild and Scenic Owyhee River from Rome to Birch Creek. Includes a stewardship project.
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