The Alvord Desert has been on my Oregon bucket list for the past several years. As a former desert dweller, I have an affinity for open, arid landscapes and heat. Shortly after moving to Oregon, I was ...
Beneath the dry and barren lands of southern Oregon’s Alvord Desert lie many traces of a vast Ice Age lake, along with the lasting marks of an ancient flood that dramatically altered this landscape, ...
Boise State University physics professor Brian Jackson brought a team of scientists to the Alvord Desert in southeast Oregon in June 2024 to study dust devils — small whirling cyclones of dust that ...