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Friends of the Owyhee
Description: Friends of the Owyhee is a non-profit friends group that helps promote conservation advocacy, stewardship, and recreation in the Owyhee region.
Stewardship
The Owyhee is an ecoregion that extends between southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northern Nevada. This high desert ecosystem is famous for its plentiful sagebrush, sweltering summers, and breathtaking views. It’s home to a number of unique species in critical condition, such as the sage-grouse and the pygmy rabbit. The Owyhee provides not only varied recreation opportunities—hiking, camping, and rafting, just to name a few—but it also hosts the Owyhee Watershed, the main source of water for the
The Owyhee is the last great expanse of land in the western United States of America that remains largely untouched. Much of the Owyhee is quite remote, lacking cell service and paved roads. Natural conditions prevail out here, and if you’re not prepared for them, the great Owyhee can chew you up and spit you out. It’s certainly a challenge, but it’s more than worthwhile. The views and the pure connection with nature that you access out here in the Owyhee are unparalleled.
Home - Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands
Friends of the Owyhee