The official start of the summer season upon us, and the days are open for all types of summer adventures. Just in case you don’t already have your summer stuffed full of activities, we’ve rounded up a whole bunch of activities happening around the area—perfect for anyone wanting to get out in the sun this […]
Located about 150 feet from the Deschutes River in La Pine State Park, it rises higher to the sky than all other big ponderosa trees on the nearby landscape. Many of its branches are bigger than the other, younger ponderosa trees that populate the Deschutes National Forest. It’s known as a Pacific ponderosa (Pinus ponderosa), […]
Jeremy Bowler is a man who has every finger in a different pie. When he’s not at work, you might find him trail running, skiing, cycling or climbing. He spends his working hours as the Student Affairs Lead for College Excel, a local college support program for students at Central Oregon Community College and Oregon […]
Of the growing number of outdoor educational opportunities for kids in Central Oregon, one program is something of a rite of passage for a Central Oregon spring. The Kokanee Karnival, held at Bend’s Shevlin Park, welcomes hundreds of 4th and 5th grade students from schools in Bend, La Pine and Redmond each year. As well […]
Exhausted from all that mountain biking/hiking/rock climbing you’ve been doing in Central Oregon? Time to kick back, climb into a rubber donut, soak in those 300(ish) days of sunshine and float 90(ish) minutes through downtown Bend. It’s the perfect excuse to experience our brilliant river without the fear of getting knocked off by a rogue […]
Perhaps you’re new to Bend and wonder why in the winter, you see barren canals that travel north and east of town. Then come April 15, the same canals are brimming with cold, clear water. Central Oregon was traditionally an agricultural community, and the canals bring water to farms and ranches. The water comes from […]
Surfers ride the waves in a snow storm at the Bend Whitewater Park on the Deschutes River in Bend, Oregon on March 23, 2018.
The dream of a pedestrian bridge crossing the Deschutes River along Bend’s southern boundary may have slipped downstream—at least for the foreseeable future. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Director Lisa Sumption announced this morning that she will not pursue a rule amendment on the Upper Deschutes State Scenic Waterway. State parks rules currently dictate that […]
It’s a sure sign of warm weather in Bend: The sight of floaters, kayakers and other boaters passing through Bend Park and Recreation’s Whitewater Park. According to the Park district, the Whitewater Park is back open as of March 18, after a winter of work intended to improve performance in the channels. “The winter modifications […]
It was 2013 when Kim Brannock of Bend first witnessed thousands of dying fish in a side channel of the upper Deschutes River near Lava Island. As co-founder of the Coalition for the Deschutes, she was sickened by the sight, only to find out it had been occurring for decades with seasonal irrigation water flows […]
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