Katalin Plummer 6 days ago 5 min International Dark Sky Week & Light Pollution A couple of years ago, I got a smart watch for Christmas from my dad. When I was looking at the display options, I had a fleeting thought...
Katalin Plummer Apr 1 5 min Lower Owyhee Canyon: History, Recreation, & Conservation Even if you haven’t been to the Owyhee yourself and have just heard about it, you’ve likely heard of the Lower Owyhee Canyon. Its name...
Katalin Plummer Mar 19 5 min Sagebrush: the Ever-present Plant of the Owyhee If you’ve been outdoors in eastern Oregon, western Idaho, or northern Nevada, you have guaranteed seen sagebrush. Sagebrush is the common...
Sammy Castonguay Feb 17 2 min Owyhee Land Acknowledgement: This is Bannock-Shoshone, and Northern Paiute ancestral land. Respect. "Patulaykaspa" or 'stands beside place' is the Sahaptin language word for Malheur Butte, which is just west of Ontario, Oregon (home-base...
Sammy Castonguay Feb 9 3 min Clean-ups are Cool! Unsightly garbage along the road, in parking lots, or [the worst!] stuck in a sagebrush a hundred miles from town. Make you cringe? Us...
Sammy Castonguay Dec 16, 2020 3 min "Plogging" our way through the Community! Friends of the Owyhee joined forces with the Kiwanis Club of Ontario to pick up litter around town. New Kiwanian and Ontario City Council...
Sammy Castonguay Oct 30, 2020 4 min Owyhee Science Field Camp October 2020 "I've never seen a rainbow so clear!" exclaimed Aiden, Ontario 6th grader on Owyhee Science Field Camp. Quinn, in the red in the distant...
Kelsea Jones Aug 28, 2020 2 min Doing Owyhee Work My first month of work with FOTO has been incredibly inspiring. Let me tell you why.
Sammy Castonguay Aug 14, 2020 3 min We Adopted Succor Creek State Natural Area! … and just in time. As Tim discussed in this local news article, Public Lands in the Owyhee had high use in the beginning of the...
Sammy Castonguay Jul 26, 2020 3 min Did Beaver give the Owyhee its name? Not exactly, but YES! Photo from National Wildlife Federation blog "Beavers, Water and Fire: A new formula for success" by Brianna...
