Deschutes National Forest
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Deschutes National Forest
@DesNatlForest
The 1.6 million-acre Deschutes National Forest is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. It is a stunning landscape of volcanic peaks, forests and rivers.
- "If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere." —Laura Ingalls Wilder #SaturdayThoughts
- Happy Birthday to us! 🎈 On July 1, 1908, the Deschutes National Forest was established from parts of the Blue Mountains, Cascade, & Fremont National Forests. Parts of the Forest split off/rejoined in 1911 & 1915 to be the Forest you know & love today! #happybirthdaydeschutes
- "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness." - John Steinbeck #SaturdayMorning
- #DYK The "subnivean" zone is an area between the ground's surface & base of the snowpack. It's home to mice, voles & shrews. 🏠Air gets trapped between snowflakes creating insultation 🧊Animals' heat forms an igloo effect 🌡At 8" of snow, temp stabilizes at 32° 🎨: Kristin Link
- "...at the time, I did not know that stories of life are more often like rivers than books." - |Norman Maclean| #SundayMorning #SundayThoughts
- "And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves..." -|Virginia Woolf| #Autumn #SaturdayThoughts
- There are so many beautiful places to explore #inOregon - state parks, national parks, national forests, BLM land, you name it! Please enjoy nature today & #getoutdoors. 🌈#SaturdayMotivation @BLMOregon @ORStateParks
- “Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.” ― Robin Wall Kimmerer #SaturdayThoughts
