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This old man is going on 80, and ever since I rolled into Oregon in ’51 on my beautiful 1947 Harley—and in later years literally soared over the sprawling sagebrush and rim rocks, sharing airspace with eagles—I’ve discovered more and more animals, plants and places and people to keep me busy helping to save. I’ve […]
As co-founder of Friends of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Alice Elshoff’s patience with the armed occupation near Burns unraveled on Jan. 9. She had patiently watched the armed takeover of the 188,000-acre preserve, admitting that she didn’t take it seriously at first. On that early Saturday in January, however, all that changed. She fired […]
The term “wilderness” typically conjures up images of a forested landscape buried deep in the mountains of Oregon. Fifteen years ago a new type of Oregon wilderness was born when the Steens Mountain Wilderness was so designated by Congress in 2000, via the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management & Protection Act. Managed by the Bureau of […]
MADDIE—OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION Like many young Bendites, Maddie works a couple jobs to get by. While her main gig is at ONDA with her owner, Conservation Director Dan Morse, she also puts in occasional hours at the Source Weekly, with her other owner, Sales Rep Kimberly Morse. When she’s not at the office, Maddie […]
Last Thursday, the Western Governors’ Association released a report detailing the efforts of 11 states to conserve sage-grouse habitat. It’s part of an attempt to prevent the bird, which makes its home in sage brush-steppe habitat across the West, from being listed under the Endangered Species Act. It’s already been established that the sage-grouse qualifies. […]
Spring has officially sprung in the Cascades and it’s time to stop looking mournfully at those snowshoes and Nordic skis, dust off your hiking boots, and hit the trail. As we give thanks for seasonally appropriate activities, let’s consider for a moment how fortunate we are to live in this majestic place. Should this reflection […]
ONDA Remember reading this story about Sage Clegg, the Bend hiker who was taking on the 750-mile Oregon Desert Trail? She’s now more than a week into her trip (just passed through Paisley). Don’t forget to follow her via her photo blog at onda.org. Clegg is the first to tackle the long-distance trail that was […]
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