High Desert Speaker Series

Ellen Bishop

Each year Oregon Natural Desert Association hosts a speaker series featuring intriguing stories, exquisite photography, and fascinating natural history from the high desert and across the West.

Our 2022 High Desert Speaker Series has concluded. We invite you to watch the recordings from this year’s series and stay tuned for more events in 2023.

Reclaiming Conservation  |  Watch the Event Recording

featuring Faith E. Briggs, documentary filmmaker and podcast host working at the intersection of environment, race, history and culture.

 

Small Splendors, Vast Landscapes  |  Watch the Event Recording

featuring Ellen Bishop, author, photographer, naturalist and geologist specializing in terranes of the Pacific Northwest.

Wildlife Migrations in the West  |  Watch the Event Recording

featuring Arthur Middleton, assistant professor of wildlife management and policy at UC Berkeley.

 

All events will be live-streamed on Zoom at 5:30 PM Pacific Time. Registration will open one month prior to each event. If you have questions about this series, please email onda@onda.org. 

Special thanks to First Interstate Bank for sponsoring the 2022 High Desert Speaker Series!

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Elisa Cheng, member since 2013

Elisa Cheng, member since 2013

“ONDA stewardship trips inspire me. I get to learn new things and see new places, and in the process perform important work that improves the wildlife habitat.”

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Aaron Tani, Sage Society Member

Aaron Tani, Sage Society Member

“It feels good to support ONDA on a monthly basis, because I know they never stop supporting our public lands. ONDA works to help make our lands a better place for the future, and I feel like I’m a part of that every month with my support.”

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Sarah Graham, Sage Sustainers Member

Sarah Graham, Sage Sustainers Member

“I contribute to ONDA monthly because it adds up to a larger annual gift than what I’d be able to comfortably afford if I were to do a simple one-time donation annually. I’m able to give more to ONDA this way and have greater impact which is important to me, and my dog Polly.”

Past Event Recaps and Recordings

A Look Back at the
2021 High Desert Speaker Series

Author: Caelin Weiss  |  Published: April 28, 2021  |  Category: Look Back Each spring, ONDA presents the High Desert Speaker Series to share knowledge about intriguing aspects of high desert […]

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Hart Mountain Revealed Recap

During our 2019 High Desert Speaker Series, ONDA’s Hart-Sheldon Coordinator Jeremy Austin presented in both Bend and Portland. Here’s the “CliffsNotes” version of his for Hart Mountain Revealed talk. Where […]

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