Events
Protect Oregon's Wildest Places
Join Central Oregon LandWatch, Oregon Wild, and Sierra Club Oregon Chapter at Worthy Brewing on September 9 to learn what the repeal of the Roadless Rule means for wild places in Oregon, and take action to stop this latest attack on our public lands.
Space is limited, register today.
Coffee Talk with LandWatch
Have a burning land use question, want a update on LandWatch initatives, or just want to hang out? Drop by anytime from 8:30 to 10 am to chat with our staff, board, and your fellow supportors.
Coffee from Backporch Coffee Roasters provided. No need to RSVP and feel free to bring a friend!
Complicated and Beautiful
Join Vámanos Outside, Protect Our Winters, and Central Oregon LandWatch for a night of short films and a Q&A with the filmmakers and athletes Jr Rodriguez and Vanessa Chavarriaga.
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Únete a Vámonos Outside, Protect Our Winters y Central Oregon LandWatch para una noche de cortometrajes y una sesión de preguntas y respuestas con los cineastas y atletas Jr Rodríguez y Vanessa Chavarriaga.
Rights of Nature
The first Indigenous National Park Service Director and Cayuse and Walla Walla tribal citizen Chuck Sams will join LandWatch Executive Director Ben Gordon for a discussion on the Rights of Nature—a movement that redefines how we relate to land, water, and wildlife. Sams will share perspectives shaped by Indigenous law and conservation leadership, inviting us to recognize nature not as property, but as a relative.
A Shift in Thinking
Longtime High Country News contributing editor Michelle Nijhuis, a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in the Age of Extinction, will walk us through 20 influential books — spanning all genres of literature — that can help us shift our thinking away from systems of ecological oppression and toward a more just and verdant future.
Guardians of Life
Photographer, filmmaker, and National Geographic Explorer Kiliii Yüyan will share breathtaking stories of survival, Indigenous resilience, and ecological kinship. Through images and stories spanning the globe from the Arctic to Australia, Yüyan reminds us that when we protect the more-than-human world, we are also protecting ourselves.
Guardians of Life
Photographer, filmmaker, and National Geographic Explorer Kiliii Yüyan will share breathtaking stories of survival, Indigenous resilience, and ecological kinship. Through images and stories spanning the globe from the Arctic to Australia, Yüyan reminds us that when we protect the more-than-human world, we are also protecting ourselves.
Coffee Talk with LandWatch
Drop by Brewed Awakenings in Sunriver anytime from 8:30 to 10 am to ask members of our staff and board your burning land use questions.
Coffee is on us!
Chill with LandWatch
Come Chill with LandWatch in Sisters for a good ol' fashioned ice cream social!
Coffee Talk with LandWatch
Have a burning land use question, want a update on LandWatch initatives, or just want to hang out? Drop by anytime from 8:30 to 10 am to chat with our staff, board, and your fellow supportors.
Coffee from Backporch Coffee Roasters provided. No need to RSVP and feel free to bring a friend!
Spring Mixer
Open to current supporters and interested community members. Meet our team and learn about recent efforts to sustain our rural lands, wild lands and waters, and cities and towns. Enjoy delicious bites and beverages and springtime merriment as you catch up with LandWatch staff and mingle with COLW members.
Coffee Talk with LandWatch
Ride on by for a coffee with us during the nationwide Bike to Work Week and Bike to Work Day! LandWatch will post up near the Tubing Takeout at Drake Park to answer your questions and serve up caffeine.
100 Days In: Defending Our National Forests Under Trump 2.0
Expert panelists from Earthjustice, Crag Law Center and Advocates for the West will join us to review what the first 100 days of the second Trump administration has meant for National Forests in Oregon and across the country and how individuals can engage in pushing back..
Earth Day Fair & Celebration
Stop by our booth at Bend’s annual Earth Day Fair & Celebration hosted by our partners at The Environmental Center.
Backporch Coffee Roasters x LandWatch for Earth Day
On Friday, April 18, Backporch Coffee will donate 20% of retail sales to LandWatch in honor of Earth Day! LandWatch staff will be at Backporch’s Newport Ave location from 8-10am, so be sure to stop by for a cuppa’, say hi to our team, and support our work to preserve what you love about Central Oregon!
Coffee Talk with LandWatch
Have a burning land use question, want a update on LandWatch initatives, or just want to hang out? Drop by anytime from 8:30 to 10 am to chat with our staff, board, and your fellow supportors.
Coffee from Backporch Coffee Roasters provided. No need to RSVP and feel free to bring a friend!
HDM Natural History Pub: Bend to Suttle Lake Wildlife Passage Initiative
At this talk hosted by the High Desert Museum, you can learn about a collaborative effort to build wildlife passage structures on Highway 20 from staff at Central Oregon LandWatch, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon State University-Cascades.
Coffee Talk with LandWatch- Sisters Edition
Have a burning land use question, want a general update on what LandWatch is up to, or just think we are cool and want to hang? Drop by anytime from 8:30 to 10 am to chat with LandWatch staff members.
Coffee provided. No need to RSVP. Feel free to bring a friend!
Sustaining Member Drive
A fabulous extra perk available this week only when you become a Sustaining Member of LandWatch with a monthly or quarterly donation of any amount.
Coffee Talk with LandWatch
Have a burning land use question, want a general update on what LandWatch is up to, or just think we are cool and want to hang? Drop by anytime from 8:30 to 10 am to chat with Lorraine Murray from our Development Team and Lace Thornberg from our Communications Team.
Coffee from Backporch Coffee Roasters provided. No need to RSVP and feel free to bring a friend!
2025 Legislative Session Preview
State Senator Anthony Broadman and Central Oregon LandWatch staff provide an update on the 2025 Legislative session and LandWatch’s priority bills and issues.
Coffee Talk with LandWatch
Have a burning land use question, want a general update on what LandWatch is up to, or just think we are cool and want to hang?
Lorraine Murray and Kelsie Greer from our Development Team are hosting the first of what we hope to be regular community office hours for current members or anyone interested. Drop by anytime from 8:30 to 10 am to chat. Coffee from Backporch Coffee Roasters provided.
Act Local
How de we ensure a livable future for all? Act Local!
Community leaders in government, housing, transportation and more will join us to talk about ways we can make this place we call home more equitable and climate-resilient and, ultimately, livable.
Farming the High Desert
Gaze out over Central Oregon agriculture horizon with local farmers and ranchers Megan Kellner-Rode, Cate Havstad-Casad, and Sky Sharp join LandWatch’s Rural Lands Program Director Rory Isbell. You'll learn how Oregon’s land use system is key to preserving agricultural lands and water and come to see local agriculture in a new light.
A Mule Deer's Life
Take a look at life from a mule deer's perspective at this talk by Jon Nelson, Curator of Wildlife at the High Desert Museum, and Jeremy Austin, Wild Lands and Water Program Director at Central Oregon LandWatch.
Bend Together
Hosted by the Bend Central District Initiative Visionary Board and the Bend Central District Business Association, BEND TOGETHER will be a late afternoon filled with engaging connection.
Crossings
Environmental journalist and author Ben Goldfarb will join us to share from his latest book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times, the New Yorker, Smithsonian and others.
Riverside Revelry
What could be better than a late summer evening along the banks of the Deschutes River?
Join LandWatch members and friends for a celebration of recent accomplishments and a peek into what’s on the horizon.
Crown Jewels 🌲 The Mission To Save America's Oldest Trees
“Crown Jewels” documents a year-long journey through some of the last ancient forests on US public lands. Through local advocates and grassroots storytelling, the film makes a case for protecting mature and old-growth forests across the federal estate and shows how the audience can help.
Tree-Mendous Victory Party 🌲
Tree people, unite!
Come celebrate a momentous legal victory that preserved large and mature trees across 7 million acres of Oregon's and Washington’s eastside forests! Enjoy live reggae from Rubbah Tree and tree-themed activations throughout the space.
Hosted by Worthy Brewing, featuring activities from Central Oregon LandWatch, Crag Law Center, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Greater Hells Canyon Council, Oregon Wild, Sierra Club Juniper Group, and WildEarth Guardians.
Juneteenth
Hosted by The Father’s Group, the 4th Annual Juneteenth Central Oregon celebration will take place June 15 -16, 2024.
Rooted in education, entertainment, and fostering a vibrant and safe environment for the community, this year’s theme, “Jubilee,” marks a joyous celebration of the emancipation of African Americans. Joined by the African and Caribbean Community, this two-day event will provide an immersive experience filled with authentic African, Caribbean, and African American cuisine, art, music, and education. Embrace the cultural tapestry through enlightening educational activities, captivating entertainment, and a shared culinary journey that celebrates the diverse heritage of these communities.
Stop by the Central Oregon LandWatch booth to say hello, support our efforts and take part in fun activities!
Learn more about the celebration: www.juneteenthcentralor.com
Spring Mixer
As a nonprofit organization, Central Oregon LandWatch is sustained by the generosity of our members.
At our Spring Mixer - a special event just for current LandWatch members - we’ll share an update on our recent accomplishments and priority efforts and appreciate our donors for the support that makes all the results possible.
Enjoy tacos and a variety of sparkling beverages as you mingle with fellow LandWatch members and ask our staff all your burning questions.
*Livestream* Building a Better Bend 2024 Lecture Series | Part 1: "Homelessness is a Housing Problem"
LandWatch is once again proud to sponsor the Building a Better Bend Lecture Series. Over the coming months, the 2024 series will take a deep dive into the future of housing in Central Oregon.
The first installment, “Homelessness is a Housing Problem,” aims to challenge assumptions that homelessness is a personal problem instead of a structural one.
UPDATE: In-person attendance has sold out thanks to strong community interest, but you can still tune in to the live stream at 7 pm via the link below.
Earth Day Fair & Parade
Hosted by The Environmental Center, the Earth Day Fair & Parade is a family-friendly annual event.
The day starts with a lively and inclusive parade through downtown Bend, where folks are encouraged to wear costumes to showcase their favorite thing about planet Earth. During the Earth Day Fair, food vendors, booths, and performers offer something earth-friendly for everyone.
Stop by the Central Oregon LandWatch booth to say hello, support our efforts and take part in fun activities!
Beyond the beyond: Preparing Bend for a wild future
Part 3 of Building A Better Bend’s Land Use Series. How will our lives and our city be changed by a warming climate, population growth, less water, and hotter summers? And how can we effectively plan to keep and maintain our region's beauty and quality of life?
Safe Streets for All People
We’re proud to be collaborating with our partners at Bend Bikes, City of Bend, Bend MPO, and The LPS Family Fund to bring you Safe Streets for All People – a two-day workshop exploring ways to better incorporate walking, biking, and rolling in Bend’s transportation systems.
Abundant Oregon: Celebrating 50 Years
Join us as we celebrate 50 years of Oregon’s revolutionary land use planning system, and discover how it empowers us to face the current challenges of our time – from addressing the climate crisis to wildfire safety, water security, wildlife habitat, and more.
Featuring live music from Joel Chadd and his band, goods and bites from regional producers, local makers, artists, vendors, and community organizations.
Everyone is welcome - just be sure to register by clicking here