Public Lands
Events
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Deschutes River Corridor Weed Pulls
Join the Deschutes National Forest and Coalition for the Deschutes to pull invasive weeds along the Deschutes River. You'll mostly be pulling knapweed and possibly some other invasives such as cheatgrass. With a small group of people spending two or three hours on the job, significant areas can be cleared and kept free of knapweed. And it's fun…
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Protecting big trees in central Oregon & what happened with the logging at Phil’s Trail
FeaturedDeschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin Worthy Garden Club, scientists, and conservation partners for a lively discussion about protecting big trees on the Deschutes National Forest and beyond. You'll explore the values of these forests,…
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Waterston Desert Writing Prize Award Ceremony
FeaturedDeschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin us for an evening of literary excellence. Kevin Fedarko, author of The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride In History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon, will speak…
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2023 Wild Desert Calendar Release Party
FeaturedDeschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesYou're invited to join ONDA for an evening of striking high desert photography at the 2023 Wild Desert Calendar Release Party. Come to Immersion Brewing on November 4th to meet…
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Our Common Ground: America’s Public Lands as a Political and Conservation Success Story
FeaturedDeschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin professor and author John Leshy at the Tower Theater in Bend for ONDA's event in the High Desert Speaker Series as he discusses his new book, Our Common Ground: A History of America’s Public Lands. Professor Leshy will offer some lessons that history suggests for future public land policy, such as how, as he…
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Beers, Books, and Belted Kingfishers
FeaturedDeschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesA Benefit for Greater Hells Canyon Council Join Bend's Marina Richie, author of the award-winning book Halcyon Journey, In Search of the Belted Kingfisher, for a lively photo and story-filled evening of natural history, myth, memoir, and conservation. She will have books to sign and sell before and after her presentation. Marina is on the…
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COTA Trail Love
FeaturedEmbark 2843 NW Lolo Dr., Bend, OR, United StatesTrail Love is a community event that COTA hosts to gather folks to come out for a day of collective trail work. The riding season has just started and the moisture in the soil allows for great trail work conditions. Our goal is to get 100+ volunteers who are passionate about trails get a ton…
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Open Spaces and Open Houses? The Tradeoffs in Oregon’s Land Use System
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 61980 Skyline Ranch Road, Bend, OR, United StatesOregon’s land use system is 50 years old. It is both celebrated for its prevention of urban sprawl and derided for driving up housing costs. Join City Club as they…
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33rd Annual Wildflower Show and Pollinator Festival
Sunriver Nature Center & Oregon Observatory 57245 River Rd, Sunriver, OR, United StatesThis amazing festival showcases the diversity of flowering plants found throughout Central Oregon as well as vendors and partners who work with flowers or native pollinators. This is a great…
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Weed Warriors at Whychus Canyon Preserve
Whychus Canyon Preserve Sisters, OR, United StatesJoin the Weed Warriors to battle invasive weeds at our protected lands! Weed Warriors is a volunteer group that meets several times a month to remove invasive weeds like mullein, spotted knapweed, teasel, and Canada thistle from the Land Trust protected lands. Non-native vegetation is a major threat to functioning natural areas. Pulling them by…