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, ...

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 ...

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 ...