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Oregon Desert Trail

A vision in progress from the Badlands to the Owyhee Canyonlands

Brian JenningsMarch 9, 2016August 24, 2023

The Oregon Desert Trail is a journey following a rugged, remote and in many places incomplete 800-mile trail through the southeast Oregon desert. Renee Patrick, with 10,000 miles of trail experience behind her, is the Oregon Desert Trail Coordinator for the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA). Patrick’s first major hike was the Appalachian Trail in […]

Special Issues & Guides

Meet the Shop Dog: Maddie

Oregon Natural Desert Association

Erin RookJuly 29, 2015September 5, 2023

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 […]

Outside

Need a Little Alone Time?

The “new” Oregon Desert Trail offers an 800-mile trek through solitude

Phil BusseMarch 4, 2015September 2, 2024

The difference between the Pacific Crest Trail and the Oregon Desert Trail, explains Shane Von Schlemp who has walked both, is a lot of “space-out time.” He goes on to explain that the famous PCT is well-marked—and increasingly well-trodden—while ODT is, at best, a faint trail that meanders through some of Oregon’s most hard-scrabbled and […]

Outside

Wide Open Spaces

Advocates make the case for greater wilderness protections

Erin RookSeptember 10, 2014December 8, 2024

The rugged expanses of the American West have long supported local economies through rural industries such as cattle grazing, logging, mining and other energy ventures. But recent research suggests that these wild lands may be more profitable in their natural state than tapped for the consumable resources they can provide. That’s good news for advocates […]

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