When I heard about the Owyhee River from my husband, Ken Giles, I wanted to go there. The geology of the place in Southeast Oregon sounded fascinating and the river seemed friendly — few rapids, sandy ...

Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands might be defined by its remoteness, but what truly sets this eastern Oregon wilderness apart is its otherworldly beauty and surprising diversity of recreational ...

Last year, conservationists made a big push to convince President Obama to create a national monument in a vast area in Southeast Oregon known as the Owyhee. It's a vast, rugged sagebrush steppe ...

Oregon’s House Interim Committee on Rural Communities, Land Use and Water held a hearing Monday on potential conservation measures for a remote high desert and canyon land area known as the Owyhee in ...

The geology books say that every mile you go downstream from Rome on the Owyhee River, the rocks around you get 100,000 years older. What our group was hoping, though, was that every mile would add ...

A new long distance trail captures the solitude, geology, beauty of Oregon's High Desert. The Oregon Desert Trail (ODT) introduced by the Oregon Natural Desert Association invites hikers to experience ...

Boise, Idaho? For nearly two centuries, a vast expanse in the corner of present-day southwestern Idaho and portions of neighboring states was considered a sagebrush wasteland of little interest. But ...

When you think of Oregon, you may think of lush forests and mountains. But this state park protects a different part of the state: the high desert and a lake.