Dawn Boone – Oregon Desert Land Trust

Outreach Coordinator

October 5, 20210Comments

Oregon Desert Land Trust is accepting applications for an Outreach Coordinator. Please review the job description. To apply, email a pdf cover letter and resumé to info@oregondesertlandtrust.org with "Outreach Coordinator Application" in the subject line.…

A Parcel in the Wild

July 2, 20210Comments

Included in the sale of the historic Pitcher Ranch, an island of private land in the southern Oregon desert made its new owners take pause.

A Legacy of Love

July 2, 20210Comments

When ODLT set its sights on a lone parcel along Jack Creek, a Nevada widower’s wishes were finally fulfilled.

Secrets of the Playa

June 2, 20210Comments

Martin “Marty” St. Louis shares secrets of Summer Lake’s shores.

Healing and Loving the Land

April 16, 20210Comments

Jim Anderson reports for The Source Weekly on efforts to acquire private parcels in the Diablo Wilderness Study Area.

What to do with the family homestead

April 14, 20210Comments

Descendants of Leon Shaw recall the history of the family homestead in Brothers, Oregon.

For $46, you can preserve a piece of wilderness

April 7, 20210Comments

The Bend Bulletin shares how conservation groups are teaming up to offer the public a chance to preserve Oregon wilderness.

Crowdsourcing Conservation

April 7, 20210Comments

Central Oregon Daily News highlights a novel way for people to purchase and conserve an acre of Diablo Mountain in southern Oregon’s high desert.

Beatys Butte

January 29, 20210Comments

East of Lakeview, Oregon, Beaty’s Butte offers expansive views of the sagebrush steppe and is home to big horn sheep, pronghorn antelope and wild horses.

South Hart & Jack Creek

January 29, 20210Comments

These protected lands are part of a critical wildlife corridor and connect two key antelope refuges in southern Oregon.

For Love of a River

January 28, 20210Comments

One man’s connection to a stretch of the South Fork Crooked River has aided in the river’s restoration and conservation.

Brothers-Shaw

January 28, 20210Comments

These 320 acres of working lands were homesteaded in the late 1800s and gifted to the Land Trust by the Shaw family. A partnership with neighboring Hatfield Ranch allows limited grazing while researchers study local…