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At High Desert Partnership, we talk a lot about collaboration, because it works. By working together we've found practical ways to tackle some of our community's hardest challenges—restoring forests and wetlands, mitigating wildfire, creating opportunities for youth, and growing our local economy. And we'll continue working together to take on whatever challenges may lie ahead.
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FEATURED STORIES

  • Collaboration At Work
    Collaboration At Work

    We provide our partners with the resources they need to address the issues facing our community. Learn what our initiatives are doing to create change.

  • When it comes down to it, it's the people of the collaboratives that High Desert Partnership supports that make change happen. It's a dynamic group of people with various backgrounds and gifts. They are from within and outside Harney County and they share a passion for helping Harney County thrive socially, economically and ecologically. Here you'll find stories from the people doing the patient work of collaborating.

  • Get To Know Our Team
    Get To Know Our Team

    Meet the fantastic board and staff members that make High Desert Partnership tick.

  • Peter Walker, an author and faculty member of University of Oregon, wrote Sagebrush Collaboration about Harney County and the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge militia occupation that took place in early 2016. This intensely researched book is a look at why the goals of this militia failed in Harney County. Little did Harney County residents know, but their decades of collaboration had built a strong, resilient community that contributed to them defeating a militant uprising.

  • Keep Up With HDP!
    Keep Up With HDP!

    Our newsletter and calendar are great ways to follow along with our organization and initiatives.

  • Our Roots
    Our Roots

    Ten years ago, High Desert Partnership spearheaded efforts to increase the use of collaboration in our community. Discover our history and how we remain true to our mission.

  • Harney County is known for "full contact citizenship" and this program recognizes those giving to this community and making us stronger every day.

  • Team up with us and see what a huge difference! A little bit of your time can have a huge impact! Take action.

  • Give When You Shop
    Give When You Shop

    Amazon and Giving Assistant enable you to support the work of non-profits when you shop. They donate a small amount of the proceeds from every purchase at no cost to you. Learn how to join and support our work!

  • Jobs Created

    60

  • Partners Participating

    88

  • Funding Generated (Millions)

    $10

  • Initiative Projects Supported

    25

Our Mission

The High Desert Partnership fosters a culture of working together. We are champions of common ground using cooperative problem-solving to address local issues before they can reach crisis.  Learn More. 

News & Notes

February 12, 2020
byLauren Brown

Harney County residents have been aware for a number of years that there are places in the county where groundwater levels have dropped. Some residents are having to dig deeper or drill new wells to access water.

The groundwater problem has been more than a decade in the making. As the results from a multi-year groundwater study become available from the Oregon Water Resources Department and the United States Geological Survey, residents are learning more about the unique geology and the basin water budget and what it might mean for the future of groundwater use in the basin.

January 29, 2020
byBurns Times Herald

On Saturday, Jan. 11, 21 participants and nine volunteers braved the snow and cold to participate in Harney County’s First Christmas Bird Count for Kids (CBC4Kids). Three hardy teams counted birds in assigned neighborhoods of Burns and Hines.

OUR INITIATIVES