People Who Collaborate

Jason Kesling is the District Manager with Harney County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), a local government agency that helps facilitate funding for landowners so they can implement conservation projects on their private property. "Typically day to day in our office, land owners will come to us with project ideas. We then try to identify what the best funding source is based on the time of year of the project and the project itself. Being professional grant writers, we try to figure out where we can find the money, we help develop the projects and we'll track down contractors to do the work if landowners aren't doing the work themselves." READ MORE.

Locals Cautiously Hopeful About This Year's Snowpack

As we enter mid-winter, ranchers and scientists have reason to be optimistic regarding the water year as current snowpack amounts are higher than normal. As of Jan. 1, snowpack numbers in Harney county are 176 percent of normal according to data provided by the National Resource Conservation Service. READ.

Southeast Oregon Wildfire Resiliency Project Funding In Action Update

One year ago, February 2022, the Harney County Wildfire Collaborative received $5 million from the Oregon Department of Forestry as part of Senate Bill 762 to address fire suppression, prevention and restoration of sagebrush sea landscape in Harney and Malheur Counties. Named the Southeast Oregon Wildfire Resiliency Project (SOWR Project), partners have worked together to implement actions on the ground to build a more wildfire resilient landscape. Some recent great news, Oregon Department of Forestry has allocated an additional $410,713 for Harney County Wildfire Collaborative partners to do additional wildfire resilience treatments. READ.

Photo of aerial weed spraying in the Stinkingwater Mountains region by Brandon McMullen.

Harney County Migratory Bird Festival

Thursday, April 13 - Sunday, April 16.

Find the full event schedule, weekend happenings and more here.

Photo of a rough legged hawk by Dan Streiffert.

Land Water Sky Soul | Harney County

2023 Upcoming Events

Wednesday, February 15 | High Desert Partnership Board Meeting

Tuesday, February 28 | Biz Harney Opportunity Collaborative Meeting

Wednesday, March 15 | High Desert Partnership Board Meeting

Tuesday, March 28 | Biz Harney Opportunity Collaborative Meeting

Tuesday, March 28 | Youth Changing the Community Collaborative Meeting

Thursday, April 13 - Thursday, April 16 | Harney County Migratory Bird Festival

Check out High Desert Partnership's event calendar.

Harney Basin Wetlands Collaborative and

Reviving Malheur Lake

Six Collaboratives Supported By

High Desert Partnership

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