Join local birders every Wednesday for birding trips in Central Oregon. Meet at 7:00 AM at Nancy P’s at 1054 Milwaukee in Bend. The group car pools, sharing expenses for gas, and taking turns driving. Plans may vary due to weather or rare birds spotted prior to the meeting. To keep up to date on…

There’s a new gal in town—come meet our newly arrived Beyond Coal campaign field organizer, Victoria Leistman, at her kickoff meeting!  Did you know that 67% of Oregon’s electric power comes from coal plants located in other western states?  Knowing that coal plants throw tons and tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that will…

Central Oregon Seed Exchange Join the High Desert Food and Farm Alliance for a hands school garden tour, presentation, and group discussion with our farmer panel. Bring your seed questions! Saving seeds is important to our community and to our future. Come learn how you can save seeds from your own backyard. $10 fee includes…

Pine Mountain Sports Presents COTA Movie Night @ McMenamins, 9/18/14 Thursday, Sep 18, 2014 COTA MOVIE NIGHT @ McMENAMINS JANAPAR: Love on a Bike Old. St Francis School Theater – Bend, OR 9:00 p.m. | $5 per person, cash only | 21 & over 23-year-old Tom Allen sets off on the ultimate adventure: cycling around…

For the Runners among us.  Pine Mountain Sports and FootZone bring you an inspired documentary about a race that eats people. Ten finishers in 25 years. "It's a nearly impossible scavenger hunt of a 100+ mile backwoods running race that was inspired by a famous prison escape." Doors open at 8:30P and films begin at 9P Door prizes…

The Oregon Natural Desert Association, along with our Presenting Sponsor Patagonia, partners and supporters, is thrilled to bring the 2014 Wilderness Weekend to Bend, Oregon from September 19-20. Over the course of three days, we’ll celebrate the wonders of Wilderness, the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act and our incredible wild deserts. Oregon Natural Desert Association’s…