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Wild Desert Calendar Has Been Connecting People Throughout Oregon and Beyond to Our Incredible Wild Desert Places for More Than Ten Years 2017 WILD DESERT OregonCALENDAR Natural Desert Association OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION: WE KEEP OREGON’S DESERT WILD To know Oregon’s desert is to love it. And ONDA’s thousands of hard-working volunteers, dedicated donors and passionate advocates know it well and love it deeply. Over ONDA’s nearly 30-year history, our community’s shared devotion to Oregon’s high desert ensures that these amazing wild places are here to treasure and explore, now and always. An all-volunteer effort, the Wild Desert Calendar has been connecting people throughout Oregon and beyond to our incredible wild desert places for more than ten years. We invite you to visit the places you see in these pages. Then join us in helping conserve Oregon’s stunning rivers, landscapes and wildlife: Visit www.ONDA.org/getinvolved. row 1 (l–r): Rafters float the wild Owyhee River at Iron Point, photo: Nate Wilson; Owyhee supporters rally at a Live Monumental celebration, photo: KEEN Footwear; Fun for the whole family! 2016 Annual General Meeting, photo: Allison Crotty. row 2 (l–r): An ONDA volunteer removes obsolete fencing from Pine Creek Conservation Area, John Day River Basin, photo: Evan Kinkel; Owyhee glow, Owyhee Canyonlands, photo: Tyson Fisher; Hikers explore Horse Heaven, John Day River Basin, photo: Tyson Fisher. row 3 (l–r): Hikers gaze out over Leslie Gulch, Owyhee Canyonlands, photo: Corinne Handelman; ONDA stewardship coordinator gives a download of the day’s planting project, South Fork Crooked River, photo: Gena Goodman-Campbell; ONDA volunteers gear up for a fence pull in Pine Creek Conservation Area, John Day River Basin, photo: Evan Kinkel. row 4 (l–r): Are you #WildForTheOwyhee?, photo: Michael Hughes; An ONDA volunteer counts Greater sage-grouse at dawn, Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, photo: Sage Brown; A thru-hiker embarks on the Oregon Desert Trail, photo: Jim Davis; ONDA volunteers enjoy a campfire, Owyhee Canyonlands, photo: Sage Brown. OREGON’S WILD DESERT: 8 MILLION ACRES TO EXPLORE With few paved roads and fewer crowds, Oregon’s high desert remains an undiscovered marvel of the West. Its dynamic rivers, sheer canyons, craggy peaks and quiet expanses stretch across nearly half the state, providing a vast wonderland for wildlife and for outdoor adventures. Pronghorn antelope often outnumber people, and starry night skies are a way of life. This is the awe-inspiring place that the Oregon Natural Desert Association presents to you in its 2017 Wild Desert Calendar. With these images of existing and proposed wilderness, we invite you to join ONDA’s more than 5,000 members and supporters in celebrating the wonders of Oregon’s high desert. ONDA has worked for nearly 30 years to protect, defend and restore Oregon’s high desert for future w a s h i n g t o n generations. Roughly 8 million acres of potential wilderness exist here, awaiting discovery. When our favorite places are protected, we take comfort in knowing that we can return season after season, year after year, to land changed only by the elements. By partnering with landowners, government agencies, o r e g o n elected officials and individuals like you, ONDA provides a strong voice for the conservation of Oregon’s high desert. THE SPECIAL PLACES WHERE WE WORK owyhee canyonlands steens mountain john day river basin At more than 2 million acres, Oregon’s In 2000, Steens Mountain became Mitchell Owyhee Canyonlands region is the largest Oregon’s first desert wilderness. ONDA j o h n undeveloped, unprotected expanse in the lower played a critical role in making it happen and d a y r i v e r 48 states. Its red-rock canyons, vital rivers and continues to advocate on the iconic mountain’s cr o o k e d r diverse wildlife – including the imperiled Greater behalf today. From challenging “right idea, ive r r e Bend v i Ontario r sage-grouse – are unlike anyplace else in Oregon. wrong place” wind energy development to s e t u central oregon h Permanent protection of the Owyhee is one of watchdogging the carving of unnecessary roads, c s backcountry r de e v ONDA’s top priorities. we will continue work to protect the jewel of o i r r r e iv e s r r g e u i d a h o i e the Oregon desert. o lh v ma l n i d s eser central oregon backcountry t t Burns r a i With rolling sagebrush plains and dramatic greater hart-sheldon region l il ra river canyons, the “gateway” to Oregon’s dry Spanning more than 3 million acres of t rt se side offers world-class recreation right outside city Oregon and Nevada, the Greater Hart- e d n steens o limits – including fishing, hiking and horseback Sheldon Region is a diverse expanse of mountains, g e mountain r riding. Many of its waterways are also critical wetlands, sagebrush steppe and canyons. It’s also hart-sheldon region o o w y deser h spawning grounds for salmon and steelhead. a haven for wildlife: More than 300 species n t t e go ra e e il r r i ONDA is engaged in collaborative efforts to thrive here, including migrating waterfowl, o v e r protect the Whychus-Deschutes and Hidden pronghorn antelope and, critically, the imperiled owyhee Springs areas of Central Oregon. Greater sage-grouse. ONDA has worked to protect canyonlands and restore this region for decades. Klamath Falls john day river basin Lakeview The John Day River flows absent of dams, oregon desert trail N providing prime habitat for summer The Oregon Desert Trail stretches nearly steelhead and Chinook salmon. The surrounding 800 miles across some of the most scenic, c a l i f o r n i a n e v a d a W E lands offer exceptional wildlife habitat and ecologically significant public lands in Oregon’s recreation. By working with county officials, high desert, including the Oregon Badlands S community leaders and landowners, ONDA helped Wilderness, Hart Mountain National Antelope map detail welcome legislation in Congress in 2015 that Refuge, Steens Mountain Wilderness and the would make Sutton Mountain wilderness. ONDA Owyhee Canyonlands. Whether it’s a day hike or a o r e g o n has also partnered with local landowners and long-distance adventure, the Oregon Desert Trail ranchers on wilderness for the Cathedral Rock, offers recreationists of all stripes an amazing way Horse Heaven and Lower John Day areas. to experience the high desert. oregon natural desert association • www.onda.org Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Greg Vaughn january s u n d a y m o n d a y t u e s d a y w e d n e s d a y t h u r s d a y f r i d a y s a t u r d a y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Quadrantid meteor Perihelion (Earth closest New Year’s Day shower (30/hour) to Sun) 6 am pst ONDA incorporated, 1989 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Burrowing owl. Photo: Stephen Parsons Aldo Leopold born, 1887 …the birds that dipped and dove around us connected the landscape to marshes up and down three continents, 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 from Argentina to Siberia. Malheur is one of the critical feeding sites along the Pacific Flyway, the migratory route of millions of waterfowl and shorebirds. With their flights and their songs, these birds tie continents together. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nancy Langston birthday observed Where Land & Water Meet: A Western Landscape Transformed 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Keep it for your children, your children’s children, and for all who come after you. Theodore Roosevelt 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 december february 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Cows removed from Donner und Blitzen Wild 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 Edward Abbey born, 1927 & Scenic River, 1997 oregon natural desert association • www.onda.org Sutton Mountain proposed wilderness. Photo: Jim Davis february s u n d a y m o n d a y t u e s d a y w e d n e s d a y t h u r s d a y f r i d a y s a t u r d a y 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 Groundhog Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mule deer. Photo: Greg Burke 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 I felt the overwhelming presence of empathy as if the trees somehow cared for me, were praying for me because I was so temporary, fragile; because my metabolism was so fast that I missed the essence of light, St. Valentine’s Day wind, snow, and time. They watched mountains dissolve, felt in their roots what I could only understand as an abstract idea. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Melvin Adams Netting the Sun Howard Zahniser, father of 1964 Wilderness Act, Presidents’ Day born, 1906 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 january march 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 First gray wolf in 37 years 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 enters Oregon, 1999 oregon natural desert association • www.onda.org Beatys Butte view from the Greater Hart-Sheldon Region.
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