Events

Join The Environmental Center for a fun and festive celebration of the natural world! Our day of festivities kicks off with a colorful, creative parade filled with children and adults…

The Ten Friends Spring Celebration is Saturday, April 19th from 5:30-9:00 at Aspen Hall in Bend. Stop by for delicious food, local micro brews, wine, silent auction, live music, raffle,…

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Bill Mitchell for a bird walk at one of Central Oregon’s birding hot spots—Camp Polk Meadow Preserve. Tune your ear and focus your binoculars…

The Earth Advantage Remodel Certification program provides a clear pathway for homeowners to upgrade their homes to high performance standards. Accredited EA Remodelers benefit from increased credibility and the ability…

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Derek Loeb for hike to Alder Springs with a focus on geology. We’ll hike down to bubbling Alder Springs and check out examples of…

Our featured speaker for the quarterly Speaker Series of the Sisters Trail Alliance will be geologist Bjarne Holm, C.P.G., R&M Consultants, Inc., speaking on the topic of climate change, both…

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Jane Meissner for a spring hike at Whychus Canyon Preserve. Explore ancient juniper groves and learn about native plants as you hike through the…

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Ashley Lowrey for a hike around a conserved private property in Cloverdale. We’ll hike through old-growth juniper forests taking time to explore natural wetland…

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Bill Mitchell for a bird walk at Camp Polk Meadow Preserve. Enjoy spring bird migrations to the fullest as you watch for songbirds and hummingbirds in the willows, warblers along the restored Whychus Creek, and woodpeckers working the pine groves. Explore this Sisters-area Preserve that is considered a birding…

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Leslie Olson for a historic hike in Skyline Forest. Water and wood played an important role in the formation of Bend. Explore Bend's early logging history by visiting the site of a 1916 lumber mill in Skyline Forest. Then, hike along the Columbia Southern canal to learn how water…