High Desert Lakes in Peril hosted by the Oregon Paleo Lands Institute

Explore the majestic landscapes of the high desert and Oregon’s Basin and Range--Lake Abert, Warner Lakes and other vanished and vanishing lakes of the High Desert. 541.763.4480 or click the link above fore details.

This trip begins and ends at the High Desert Museum, Bend.

Will these shrinking last vestiges of the great Pleistocene lakes survive as Oregon warms, and snow-pack shrinks? What will be the consequences for desert wildlife, and birds? Bend to Fort Rock (lake) and Summer Lake, overnight at Hunters Hot Springs Resort, Lakeview. Then return to Bend via Warner Lakes and Abert Lake/Abert Rim, US 395 and US 20 (Burns) Leaders:  Ellen Morris Bishop and TBD.

1. October 4: Depart HDM, 8:30 AM. Fort Rock. Summer Lake. Shorelines, Summer Lake, including faulting Basin and Range uplift. Lunch, Paisley.  Abert Lake, . Hikes, Abert lakeshore, and Abert Rim. Basin and Range lavas, faults.  Arrive, Hunter Hot Springs, 6 PM. Dinner provided.

2. October 5: Breakfast, Hunter Hot Springs. Depart, 8:30 AM. Warner Lakes, ecosystems, changes in lake levels, water, wildlife. Adel earthquake swarms. Plush. Sack Lunch. 4 mile hike, Hike, Oregon Sunstone sites. Rock collecting. Return, Hunter Hot Springs, 5 PM.

3. October 6: Breakfast, Hunter Hot Springs, Depart, 8:30 AM. Return to Bend via Hwy 395. Desert ecosystems, dune fields, recent volcanism, Brothers Fault Zone. Arrive, HDM, 4 PM.

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