Online event

Join the Bend Chamber and Senator Jeff Merkley for a legislative update. Senator Merkley will discuss the proposed COVID-19 relief package, a Federal stimulus update and other key legislative proposals planned for 2021. This webinar will be followed by a brief Q&A session with Senator Merkley.

This webinar will provide an introduction to the story of African American and Japanese timber workers in the state of Oregon. We hope you can join  to learn more about Oregon’s multicultural timber industry and the communities that helped build it. Featured speakers: Gwendolyn Trice, Founder & Executive Director of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center…

How and Why to use LIDAR images in combination with your other mapping resources to get a more complete picture of areas you want to explore. Online Presentation by Tony Cannon, Chairman of the Umpqua Watersheds Wilderness Committee. Tony will do a short presentation on what LIDAR is, how to use it, why you should,…

Join the Bend Chamber and Senator Ron Wyden for a legislative update. Senator Wyden will discuss the proposed COVID-19 relief package, a Federal stimulus update and the Wild and Scenic Rivers legislation. Session will be followed by a brief Q&A where Senator Wyden will answer your important questions.

Join ONDA for the second event in the 2021 High Desert Speaker Series, featuring Dr. Elizabeth Safran, Associate Professor of Geological Science at Lewis & Clark. Follow the course of Oregon’s wild rivers as they journey through the lively geology of the high desert, and learn about how the geologic history of eastern Oregon –…

Why are regional collaboratives valuable, what can they accomplish, and what's the recipe for success? This webinar will draw on examples from three collaboratives in Oregon: The Deschutes Trails Coalition, Ochoco Trails, and the newer Rogue Siskiyou Trails Coalition. Speakers: Rika Ayotte, Executive Director, Discover Your Forest Kim McCarrel, Vice President- Public Lands, Oregon Equestrian…

Join the Bend Chamber and their expert panelists as they discuss how our economy has shifted and changed roughly one year since our first COVID-19 shutdown. Panelists: Curtis Dubay: Senior Economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Damon Runberg: Regional Economist for the Oregon Employment Department

Join ONDA for the final event in the 2021 High Desert Speaker Series as they take a virtual journey through the high desert with Ed Jahn, Executive Producer of “Oregon Field Guide,” Oregon Public Broadcasting’s flagship television series dedicated to exploring Oregon’s wonders. Ed’s team has crawled every backroad and landscape in Oregon with an…

In the 1920’s, cosmologists theorized that the Universe originated from a hotter, denser state: this led to what we know today as the Big Bang. By extrapolating backwards to a variety of temperatures and times, we were able to predict a number of consequences of this scenario. But this extrapolation led to problems as well:…