Central Oregon’s “Backyard Wilderness”

Central Oregon’s “Backyard Wilderness”

By Lace Thornberg on October 26, 2017 | Posted in:

Our quest to protect the Oregon Badlands Located just 15 miles east of Bend, Oregon Badlands is a 30,000-acre wilderness area filled with fascinating lava flows and ancient juniper trees. […]

Scout Camp Trail

By staff on October 26, 2017 | Posted in:

The Scout Camp loop trail on the Middle Deschutes River is one of the most spectacular hikes you’ll find in Central Oregon. About a third of a mile from the […]

Flatiron Rock

By staff on October 26, 2017 | Posted in:

The Flatiron Rock trail offers a wonderful introduction to the Badlands, winding through inflated lava and old-growth juniper woodlands for about 2.5 miles to one of the most prominent rock […]

Visitor’s Guide
to the Central Oregon Backcountry

By Lace Thornberg on October 24, 2017 | Posted in:

With rolling plains of sagebrush, dramatic river canyons and dense forests of old-growth juniper, the Central Oregon Backcountry provides visitors with a wide-ranging introduction to Oregon’s high desert. This wild […]

Whychus-Deschutes

By Genessa Goodman-Campbell on October 20, 2017 | Posted in:

Within an hour’s drive from Bend and just west of Terrebonne, the rugged canyons of Whychus-Deschutes remain astonishingly wild.

Central Oregon Backcountry

By tmbr on September 30, 2017 | Posted in:

Kirk Richardson: Alice Elshoff Award winner

By Corinne Handelman on May 29, 2017 | Posted in: A Conversation With, Profile

For more than a decade, Kirk Richardson has been a strong voice for protecting Oregon’s high desert. He’s served on the Oregon Natural Desert Association Board of Directors, helped dream […]

Climate change in the sagebrush sea

By Corinne Handelman on April 24, 2017 | Posted in: A Conversation With

Dr. Megan Creutzburg is a researcher at Oregon State University’s Institute for Natural Resources, where she provides technical coordination for the Oregon Sage Grouse Conservation Partnership (SageCon). With climate marches happening […]

Celebrating 30 years of high desert conservation

By Corinne Handelman on March 14, 2017 | Posted in: Look Back

For three decades, ONDA has been a strong, consistent voice for Oregon’s high desert. It all began in 1987 with extraordinary people concerned about an extraordinary place, and today has […]