Back in the Good Old Days, I’d get a phone call at least once a month all winter from someone all in a dither about stumbling over a scorpion somewhere in the house, woodshed or chicken coop. Oh, how I loved those “Hey, Jim, look what I got!” greetings in the post office, when someone […]
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A Place for Injured Wildlife
A rehab facility east of Bend offers help for birds and more
On a weekend in July, the new wildlife rehabilitation facility, Think Wild, east of Bend, created traffic jams with its open house. The facility once housed another wildlife rehab facility that went belly-up. Think Wild is a new organization, sort of like the Phoenix rising from the ashes. Its board of directors is made up […]
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An Extraordinary Event of Summer
Tortoiseshells and other butterflies are welcome visitors in Central Oregon
Oh, boy, are we having fun! Right now, during these warm first weeks of July, the California tortoiseshell butterfly, one of the more dashing of the nymphalids, is popping out by the hundreds of thousands—if not millions —in the foothills of the Cascades, known as the Skyline Forest. This beautiful butterfly has been flitting around […]
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Source Weekly Update Podcast 5/16/2019
Student Success Act. Naked in Nature. Central Oregon Beer Week. In Podcast Form.
The Source Weekly Update podcast! Hear the short audio version of stories on the Student Success Act, the rules on being naked in nature and festival season is here with Central Oregon Beer Week, from our May 16, 2019 edition. WHERE TO SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Jpo2nd Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2HykqvR Tunein: https://bit.ly/2JmkRww Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2LRpX6c Coming soon… Google […]
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Mat Garriott: Vagabond Silver
Sometimes You Have to Free Fall: A Journey from Manager to Maker
Timeless elegance, like a Tiffany creation handed down from one generation to the next, guides jeweler Mat Garriott’s work. Inspired by old-fashioned techniques, the native Bendite uses vintage hand tools rather than machines to craft his unique pieces, whether custom or commercial. Recovering from the life-changing experience of testicular cancer and exhaustion from chemo about […]
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Get Your Free Camp On
Oregon State Parks offers free sites June 2
Saturday June 2 is State Parks Day and parks across Oregon will be celebrating with free camping, free parking and a whole host of other events you can be a part of. Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department will offer free camping for all tent, RV and horse campsites at over a dozen parks June 2 […]
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Winter, Before It Gets Away
Local photographer Hames Ellerbe shows some winter stoke in these scenes from the Cascades range. Check him out on Instagram @hamesellerbe, or on his website, hamesellerbe.com.
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BREAKING: Deschutes River Trail bridge off the table, at least for now
Oregon Parks director decides against rule change
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 […]
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Drop Some Knowledge for Science — Take part in the Greater Backyard Bird Count
Believe it or not, citizen scientists are on a roll. The National Audubon Society, in its quest to learn more about birds around our homes, has asked John Q. Public to help it understand what’s going on among metropolitan bird populations by taking part in the the Greater Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). Each year, on […]
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Source Spotlight: Paul Dewey
The “kid from Kansas” continues his tireless quest to preserve the local environment
On the night of the presidential election, Paul Dewey admits he was deeply saddened and concerned about how the results would affect the world. The next morning, he responded the same way he has for more than 30 years — by going to work to protect the local environment. Dewey is the executive director of […]