Essential, a film premiere
Save the date for the premiere of our newest short documentary, "Essential." Oregon’s high desert is an arid landscape, defined by the scarcity of water, but that does not mean that this vast landscape is without water. It means that every stream, creek, spring and river matters. Check back on Thursday, December 2 to watch […]
Reclaiming Conservation
Kicking off ONDA's 2022 High Desert Speaker Series is a conversation with filmmaker Faith E. Briggs. For years, Faith would run through the streets of Brooklyn each morning, before turning her attention to run 150 miles through three US National Monuments to assess the stakes of public lands conservation and what is lost if previously […]
Small Splendors, Vast Landscapes
Continuing ONDA's High Desert Speaker Series, Ellen Bishop will present "Small Splendors, Vast Landscapes." Oregon’s deserts offer serene and yet provocative landscapes that invite contemplation. Yet sometimes, in viewing their sweeping vistas, we overlook the details that provide insight to their origins. These micro views of a macro landscape tell stories of epic floods, volcanic […]
Badlands Wilderness Stewardship #2
Oregon Badlands Wilderness Oregon Badlands Wilderness, ORIn partnership with the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management and support from the Bend Sustainability Fund, ONDA is leading regular service days in 2022 to improve the Badlands Wilderness for its human visitors and native wildlife inhabitants. Through projects such as trail maintenance, signage improvement, and illegal vehicle route obscuring, volunteers will […]
Denny Jones Ranch Restoration
Denny Jones Ranch Juntura, ORDenny Jones Ranch is a conservation property, east of Juntura, owned by the Burns Paiute Tribe. ONDA has been working with the Burns Paiute Tribe to achieve their restoration goals for this property since 2015 and is encouraged by the impact of our collective efforts. For this trip, volunteers will spend two days working to […]
Wildlife Migrations in the West
In the finale of ONDA's 2022 High Desert Speaker Series, professor Arthur Middleton will cover the basic ecology of ungulate migrations in the western United States. He'll then profile threats to these migrations, including climate and land-use change, as well as barriers to migration like roads and fences. With a nod to the future, Arthur […]
Badlands Wilderness Stewardship #3
Oregon Badlands Wilderness Oregon Badlands Wilderness, ORIn partnership with the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management and support from the Bend Sustainability Fund, ONDA will lead several days of service in 2022 to improve the Badlands Wilderness for its human visitors and native wildlife inhabitants. Through projects such as trail maintenance, signage improvement, and illegal vehicle route obscuring, volunteers […]
McDermitt Creek Lithium Mine Site Visit
Trout Creek MountainsJoin ONDA to learn about the history and ecology of the McDermitt caldera, the McDermitt Creek watershed and environmental implications of the potential McDermitt Creek lithium mine. A potential massive new mine near the Nevada border and just south of the Oregon Desert Trail would threaten to eliminate, fragment and degrade sagebrush habitat critical to […]
Trout Creek Group Monitoring Trip
McDermitt, NV McDermitt, NVJoin ONDA to help us improve an important migration corridor in the Trout Creek Mountains. This trip will start a fence-line monitoring project to document barbed wire fences in the area that pose risks to wildlife. The purpose of this project is to map the location and condition of fence in the Trout Creek Mountains […]
Malheur NF Springs Fencing
Logan Valley NF-1647, Prairie City, ORPlant riparian trees and shrubs along a newly restored stretch of Camp Creek to provide critical habitat for salmonids.