See more Outdoors content at IdahoPress.com by clicking hereThe flat, beige-colored bed of the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon will lure you in like the taste of salt on fresh popcorn. The ...

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, ...

There's no place quite like Steens Mountain, a 50-mile fault block mountain that rises to almost 10,000 feet above the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon. It's a place where you can backpack into ...

Using a grid of wind sensors and weather stations, the researchers aimed to capture data as these dusty vortices passed through their measurement array. The challenging fieldwork serves as crucial ...

An Australian company staked a massive lithium claim on the desert playa only to find the land is off limits to mining. Stakes mark a mining claim in the Alvord Desert near Fields, Ore. Reedy Lagoon ...

What causes dust devils & why are scientists studying them to prepare for future exploration on Mars Physics Prof Brian Jackson and a team of planetary scientists are digging into the science of ...