Black Canyon

Black Canyon

By Lace Thornberg on October 27, 2017 | Posted in:

Most of the hikes in the area ascend Sutton Mountain, but this Black Canyon hike offers a nice change of pace, although you can achieve the Sutton rim by hiking […]

Visitor’s Guide
to the John Day River Basin

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

See for yourself the rugged allure of the John Day River Basin, with its vast expanses of windswept high desert, endless mountains, and picturesque meandering rivers. Within a few hours […]

Sutton Mountain

By tmbr on October 21, 2017 | Posted in:

At 4,700 feet tall, Sutton Mountain towers over the surrounding landscape. With a steep, craggy west side and a rolling, grassy eastern face, the mountain has an alluring Jekyll and […]

Horse Heaven and Cathedral Rock

By Lace Thornberg on October 20, 2017 | Posted in:

Deep canyons, remnant old-growth pine forests, and rolling hills covered with juniper, sagebrush, and bunchgrass define the character of the remarkable public lands included in the Horse Heaven and Cathedral […]

Lower John Day

By Lace Thornberg on October 19, 2017 | Posted in:

Drawn to the exhilarating rapids, remote canyons, and thriving fishery, more than 10,000 people float the 72-mile long Clarno to Cottonwood stretch of the Lower John Day River each year.

John Day River Basin

By tmbr on October 15, 2017 | Posted in:

Our Take on Sec. Zinke’s Secret Monuments Report

By Genessa Goodman-Campbell on September 19, 2017 | Posted in: Deep Dive, In the News

The public finally has access to the Trump administration’s report on the review of 27 national monuments, but only because it was leaked to the press. Astonishingly, Zinke’s memo to […]

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 […]