2nd Annual Locavore Event to Honor our Central Oregon Farming Community This will be an evening of artful and delicious surprise, designed to honor our food growers and makers. This event will include original artwork, a silent auction, local wine and beer, and small plates galore showcasing the bounty of local farms and ranches. The…

The Deschutes river needs your help. Bring your kayaks, canoes, SUP’s, borrow from friends, or rent on-site, and gather together with others who care about the river. We will meet at Tumalo Creek Kayak and Canoe to put-in and then paddle through the Old Mill area, assembling as a large group for a community photo…

Join us in California for the 2016 Natural Areas Conference, which will explore strategies and tactics that resource and natural areas managers can employ to prepare for and respond to climate change. View our special Video Invitation from Conference Chair Hugh Safford for preview of coming attractions. The campus of the University of California-Davis will be…

Giant Coast Redwoods up close and up high as researcher Steve Sillett climbs 300+ foot trees and reveals a whole unexpected tree canopy ecosystem of huckleberries, salamanders, ferns and soil.  This film explores why we ardently care about these tallest and most magnificent trees, with amazing photography.  A retired Forest Ranger who participated in the filming will…

When:  Thursday Aug 11, Tuesday Aug 16, Tuesday Aug 23 and Tuesday Aug 30, 5:15 to Dusk Where:  Meet at the old Ray's parking lot, NE corner of Simpson Ave and Century Drive in Bend Worksite:  Varies There's only one thing better than mountain biking in Bend, OR and that's riding in Bend, knowing that you…

Lecture by: Derick O'Neill, City of Boise It's not a matter of if 5-story buildings will dot Bend city streets, but when. In this second of a three-part lecture series focusing on the why's and how's of vertical development, you'll hear from a veteran with first-hand experience building a city UP in a region traditionally known for sprawl.…

Get the facts about Measure 97, a proposal to better fund Oregon’s schools, health care and senior services and Measure 99, a proposal to secure permanent state funding of the Outdoor School Law to send every Oregon fifth or sixth grader to a full week of Outdoor School. Join OLCV, friends, volunteers and community members…

We're pleased to be able to offer this training for the first time in Central Oregon! The goal of the Grow Your School Garden Workshop Series is to strengthen and grow existing garden-based learning programs in Central Oregon through a 2 day educator workshop followed by 2 school garden tours and knowledge sharing sessions to…

Oregon author/photographer Tim Palmer will share a slide show of his stunning images from National Forests in our state and from Alaska to Puerto Rico.  Tim's new oversize book— America's Great National Forests, Wildernesses, and Grasslands— celebrates the irreplaceable values of our public lands that benefit everyone.  “Through my photographs and writings, I seek to encourage a sense…