Oregon High Desert

This site is available thanks to the research by the Fifth Grade Students of Oregon Episcopal School
May-June 2005. Great going students!
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Updated June 5, 2005
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Thanks to the staff at Hancock Field Station for letting us use some of their printed materials on this site!
Come learn about the high desert of Eastern Oregon. It's a land with dramatic contrasts and is shaped by powerful forces of nature over millions of years.

We, the fifth grade students of OES, invite you to check out the links to your left so that we can share with you our knowledge of the Oregon high desert.

Or you can click on the arrow below to begin a tour.