Goals for the New Year

Each new year presents new opportunities to pursue our vision for Oregon’s high desert as a place where eight million acres of conserved public lands provide essential habitat for fish and wildlife, and wild places exist for all people to treasure and explore, now and always.

Check out the photos below to see what ONDA’s top priorities for 2021 are:

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Craig Terry, ONDA member and stewardship volunteer

Craig Terry, ONDA member and stewardship volunteer

“The people I have had the privilege to share time with each season keep me volunteering again and again. Who else but those ONDA staff leaders would make fresh coffee at dawn each morning or pack a watermelon all day to serve as a reward under a juniper in a steep canyon?” Craig, who grew up in northwestern Nevada, says ONDA connects him with places he loves and a mission he believes in. “My grandfather and his father put up wire fences for their ranching needs. Taking out barbed wire sort of completes a circle for me.”

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Western Rattlesnake

Western Rattlesnake

Also known as the Great Basin Rattlesnake, these pit vipers have buff-tan coloring and small, oval blotches to blend into their arid surroundings. Small heat-sensing indentations on each side of the snake’s snout detects warm-blooded prey for better striking accuracy in the dark. Source: The Oregon Encyclopedia

Latin name: Crotalus oreganus lutosus

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Wildflower Poetry Reading

Wildflower Poetry Reading

Goal: Owyhee Canyonlands Conserved

Strategy: Capitalize on a critical moment in our landmark Owyhee Canyonlands campaign

Devin Dahlgren   Website

Goal: Sutton Mountain Wild Forever

Strategy: Pursue opportunities to protect Sutton Mountain in the John Day River Basin

Jim Davis   Website

Goal: Safe Migration Corridors

Strategy: Shine a light on the conservation potential of the Greater Hart-Sheldon region

Devlin Holloway

Goal: Wild Desert Waters

Strategy: Advocate for desert rivers that would benefit from Wild and Scenic River designation

Goal: Sagebrush Steppe Integrity

Strategy: Engage in two pivotal BLM planning processes covering eight million acres of land

Greg Burke

Goal: Healthy Watersheds

Strategy: Improve key watersheds through progressive riparian restoration techniques

Eleanor Burke

Goal: Thriving Wildlife

Strategy: Shape polices that help iconic desert wildlife by conserving and restoring their habitat

Devlin Holloway

Goal: A Strong Community

Strategy: Welcome more people into our community of desert advocates

Your support of ONDA allows us to pursue these goals and, as we reach them, to contribute significantly to the national goal of minimizing climate change impact by conserving at least 30% of the land within the U.S. by 2030.

Thank you for your enduring support!

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