Join us for Balloons Over Bend, July 27-29, 2018! Friday, July 27 The Old Mill District. Balloons are set up in Riverbend Park in the middle of the crowd and inflated for all to see. Rise and shine to see hot air balloons take flight. We need your help! .

Friends of the Central Cascades Wilderness. Jefferson, Washington, Three Sisters, Diamond, Thielsen. You can help by becoming a sponsor with a generous donation, or by becoming a volunteer. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter. About once a month we will email you news about our events, meetings and items of interest related to the Wilderness. Click here to subscribe to our Email Newsletter. To learn more how you can volunteer, and what it takes, click on the Get Involved.

September 26, Riverbend Park, Bend, OR. Spending time outside has so many benefits and children need 60 minutes of activity to grow up to a healthy weight. Central Oregon offers so much to do, with so many opportunities close to home! Improve he.

La Pine Day trips in Central Oregon. La Pine The Heart of Newberry Country. Visitor Programs in Newberry Country. Recreation in La Pine State Park. La Pine Coop Garden Tour. Big Obsidian Flow Newberry Crater. Summer Activities in Newberry Country.

This blog is centered in Bend, Oregon and focuses on nature and history in the area and beyond. I moved to the high desert a couple of years ago and thought I left some of my favorite friends behind. One of my favorite birds where I lived before was the cedar waxing. I felt lucky when I saw one. They seem to wear a disguise on their faces. Black masks bordered with white frame their eyes. They raise a small crest of feathers on the tops of their heads as part of .

Tuesday, October 6, 2015. A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.