The Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to protect, defend, and restore the wild lands of eastern Oregon. It was founded in 1987.

Campaigns

ONDA's efforts have included protecting habitat for wildlife at

Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on Hart Mountain in southeastern Oregon, which protects more than and more than 300 species of wildlife, including pronghorn, bighorn sheep, mule deer, sage grouse, and Great ...

and on the Owyhee River. Recently the group has focused on the creation, mapping and marking of a wilderness hiking trail from

Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Bend Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, with a population of 99,178 at the time of the 2020 U.S ...

to the Idaho border. This trail, now known as the Oregon Desert Trail, has won accolades from outdoor groups and publications. Beginning at the end of January 2016, ONDA, along with other Oregon-based conservation groups, began efforts to mobilize volunteers who are interested in assisting environmental restoration at the

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located roughly south of the city of Burns in Oregon's Harney Basin. Administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge area is roughly T-shaped with the southe ...

after the militant occupation there ends. ONDA announced that more than 600 people from all over the

Pacific Northwest The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though ...

responded to their calls.

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* {{cite web , url = http://onda.org , title = Oregon Natural Desert Association website , publisher = ONDA , accessdate = 2015-06-04 Clubs and societies in Oregon Environmental organizations based in Oregon Great Basin deserts 1987 establishments in Oregon Organizations established in 1987