The Horizon
All the latest updates on our work defending rural lands, creating livable cities and towns and preserving wild lands and water throughout Central Oregon
LandWatch Protects a Critical 614-acre Wildlife Corridor
Central Oregon LandWatch succeeded in getting the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals to reject Deschutes County’s approval of an expansion of the Caldera Destination Resort near Sunriver. The County now has to reconsider.
Fight for the Ochocos: Objections arise as new trail system is proposed
Since this article was published, LandWatch submitted an official objection to the Ochoco Summit Trail System proposal.
Summer 2016 Hike Series: Alder Springs
Walk down into the scenic lower Whychus Creek Canyon to Alder Springs and then on to the confluence of the creek with the thundering Deschutes River below a towering wedge of rimrock on this premier Central Oregon hike.
Summer 2016 Hike Series: Lookout Mountain
This will be a beautiful hike with scenic views of Big Summit Prairie and stunning views of the Cascades.
Learn more about Peck's milkvetch - Tumalo's rare plant species
The population on the Bull Flat wildlife area is important not only because it is rare but also because it has been extensively studied over several decades.
The Disappearing West
A new report shows the extreme rate at which we are losing natural areas to development in the American West.
Help Save the Bull Flat Wildlife Area
The Upper Tumalo Reservoir is a beautiful natural area west of the rural community of Tumalo. Here, the sagebrush and juniper spotted high desert landscape gives way to the green foothills of the Cascades.
The Upper Tumalo Reservoir is a beautiful natural area west of the rural community of Tumalo. Here, the sagebrush and juniper spotted high desert landscape gives way to the green foothills of the Cascades.
Letter: Watch out for deer and elk
For generations mule deer have come to Bend and surroundings this time of year to birth their young and to raise them for six months, until they are ready to travel the hundred miles or so to their wintering grounds east of here. Little do they know this is no longer safe for them.
Action Alert: Protect the Ochoco Forest!
The Forest Service has proposed to build more than one hundred miles of motorized trails, covering approximately 165,000 acres in the Ochoco National Forest at a cost of $1.2 million.
Settlement Reached on Tree Farm LUBA Appeal
Building on momentum from community urban growth boundary discussions, Central Oregon LandWatch and The Tree Farm LLC successfully reached a settlement agreement on a proposed development west of Bend.
Snowmobile Clubs Do $200,000 in Damage to Deschutes Trails
PB reported on the destruction of trails west and south of Bend by volunteer snowmobiling clubs.
A Day in the Life of a Whychus Fir
Thirty years ago, when Paul was living at this very ranch, he heard about a proposal to pipe Whychus Creek and clear-cut its banks.
Sign the Petition to Protect Deer & Elk Habitat
We see deer in Bend because we've built in their natural habitat, not because there is an abundance of them. Their numbers are in decline.