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Copyright© 2008 by Robert Speik. All Rights Reserved.

The upper track is that of the UTM - NAD27 Coordinant based GPS Tumulus Trail Geology Tour
(The lower track is for one of the seventeen Geocaches that are located in The Badlands WSA and show an alternative (unofficial) entry to this section of The Badlands.)

The track is 4.99 miles which we covered at a moving average of 2.2 MPH. Time stopped discussing the geology was 2:25; time moving was 2:15. This is a very interesting area of The Badlands and one where the skills of map, compass and GPS are very useful. We will offer a FREE Navigation Noodle in The Badlands in October for ONDA, accepting the first eleven people to sign-up! Watch for this Noodle on our web calendar to join the free class with Robert Speik for ONDA.

From our calendar of interesting events:
Saturday, September 20, 2008, Wild Badlands Day with ONDA
Explore the Badlands and discover why this high desert Gem will be protected under the Wilderness Act of 1964. Run 5 Miles with the FootZone, take a Geology Hike and learn to use your GPS, Restore a Trail, find some new Birds, enjoy a free Photography Workshop or Ride the Trails on your own horse. Registration required from onda@onda.org. Or call Bob Speik at 541-385-0445, for more information. Free after-party for participants, from 3 to 6 PM, at Pine Mountain Sports with Silver Moon Beer and Bare Bones Bluegrass!

Read more . . .
Oregon Natural Desert Association - ONDA

 VOLUNTEER WILDERNESS INVENTORIES
Photos of a Wilderness inventory near Juntura, in eastern Oregon
ONDA survey of Owyhee Canyon
Owyhee Canyon Wilderness study area
Oregon's Owyhee River inventory delivered to BLM
About the Owyhee River wilderness inventory with ONDA

 EASTERN OREGON ADVENTURES
Pulling barbed wire fence at the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge with ONDA
Scenes from an ODFW - STEP volunteer 1,000 mile drive around eastern Oregon
Backpacking Big Indian Gorge in The Steens   
NOLS group on an Owyhee River Canyon adventure
Owyhee River desert lands - Jordan Valley Rodeo
Steens Mountain wedding in Eastern Oregon

 THE BADLANDS WILDERNESS HISTORY
Governor Kulongoski endorses Oregon Badlands Wilderness
BLM partners with "Friends of the Badlands" to provide Stewardship for Badlands WSA
Badlands wilderness trail closures
Bend Oregon Badlands WSA hiking map available from BLM
Hunters who use ATVs are hurting Oregon's elk population
BLM's final UDRMP opens Bend's Badlands to Geocaching
BLM's final UDRMP closes Bend's Badlands WSA to motorized vehicle use
Wilderness workshop for USDA Forest Service held by University of Idaho
BLM's UDRMP plans for Badlands deal with exploding public use
Map, compass and GPS navigation training Noodle in The Badlands
Deschutes County Commissioners fail to support Badlands Wilderness!
Deschutes County takes no position on Badlands Wilderness
Deschutes County Commissioner DeWolf supports Badlands Wilderness
OpEd - Dirt road through The Badlands must close
Photos of Road 8 damage sent to Commissioners
Badlands Wilderness with a road?
The Badlands have unique interest for the hiker
BLM guidelines for Geocaching on public lands
Geocaching on Federal Forest Lands
OpEd - Geocaching should not be banned in the Badlands
Fee Demo groundwork may save Geocaching on our public lands
Protest of exclusion of Geocaching in Badlands WSA in BLM's UDRMP
BLM's UDRMP puts Bend's Badlands off limits to Geocaching
Deschutes County Commissioners hearing on Badlands Wilderness support
OHV use restricted in Upper Deschutes Resource Management Plan
Winter hiking in The Badlands WSA just east of Bend
Tread Lightly OHV USFS tip of the month
OHVs to be held to designated trails by USDA Forest Service!
New pole shows Badlands Wilderness favored by voters
BLM posts Reward for information on Juniper rustlers
BLM weighing public input on management plan
Oregon's Badlands hit by old growth Juniper rustlers  Photos
Congressman Greg Walden to visit The Badlands
Badlands Wilderness endorsed by COTA
OpEd - Unregulated OHV use is being reviewed across the western states
OHV use curtailed by new USFS policy decisions
Sierra Club's Juniper Group supports Badlands Wilderness
OHV regulation discussed at BLM meeting in Bend, Oregon
OpEd - Badlands part of BLM's recreation management area
OpEd - We need the Badlands Wilderness
OpEd - Off-roaders have no reason to fear Badlands Wilderness designation
Speak for the Badlands at Town Hall Meeting
Hiking poles are becoming essential gear
Vandals destroy ancient pictographs in the Badlands
Senator Wyden tests support of Badlands Wilderness
Badlands Wilderness endorsed by Bend City Commissioners
The Badlands: proposed for Wilderness status
The Badlands unique geologic forms explained by Chitwood  pdf
The Badlands, a brief history
The Badlands pictographs reported 75 year ago