Friends and Neighbors of the
​Deschutes Canyon Area: What We Do
Tom Iraci, FANs member and professional photographer, created a video that shows some of our work and play, along with the beauty of the Deschutes Canyon Area public lands.  Enjoy!

Guide to Common Native Plants of the
​Deschutes Canyon Area
written by FANs President Marilynne Keyser

FANs bestselling guidebook, Common Native Plants of the Deschutes Canyon Area, is SOLD OUT.  Please check with your local independent bookstore where copies may still be available.  We are working on a second, expanded edition as well as a companion guidebook on invasive weeds. We plan to have both books available in January 2022.  Stay tuned!

This field guide includes the most common native plants on public lands near Crooked River Ranch in Central Oregon.  This guidebook is small (8.25 x 4.5 inches) and durable, so you can take it on your hikes to identify native shrubs, bunchgrasses and wildflowers on the many trails around Lower Whychus Creek, the Middle Deschutes and Lower Crooked Rivers.  Organized by bloom time, this field guide is especially helpful in February through September.

FANs of the Deschutes Canyon Area member price is $10 and non-member price is $12.  Your purchase helps support FANs projects that preserve and restore public lands in the Deschutes Canyon Area.
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CLICK HERE to learn more and order Guide to Common Native Plants of the Deschutes Canyon Area.

​Our Lens on Learning series is available on video:

What's Blooming Now on the Canyon Rim?  May 2020
Presentation by Marilynne Keyser
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What's Blooming Now in the Grasslands?  June 2020
Presentation by Marilynne Keyser

​What's Blooming Now in the Riparian Zone?  August 2020
Presentation by Marilynne Keyser

Common Weeds of the Deschutes Canyon Area  Sept. 2020
Presentation by Marilynne Keyser

Mysteries of the Belted Kingfisher  Oct. 2020
Presentation by Marina Richie

Wildfire Myths & Realities:  How Can We Protect Our Communities in the Era of Climate Change  Jan. 2021
Presentation by George Wuerthner

Beautiful Birds of Central Oregon  Feb. 2021
Presentation by Chuck Gates
Tom Iraci created a video titled "Beauty in the Canyons,"  featuring images from the Deschutes Canyon Area.
Join a FANs Spring Guided Hike!
All guided hikes are free. To help reduce damage to the trail, minimize social impacts on other visitors, and protect wildlife habitat, group size is limited to 8 hikers, and pets are not allowed. Registration  opens one month before each hike.  If the hike is full, sign up on the wait list, and you will be notified if a space becomes available.  If you have to cancel, send us an email at fansofdeschutes@gmail.com.  This will open up the space for another hiker.  Standard Covid precautions will be in effect.  Maintain 6 feet of distance from other participants and bring a face mask to wear if temporary physical spacing requires it.
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Canyon Creek Meadows
Thursday, July 29, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Rating:  Moderate-Difficult, 4.5 miles
Guides:   Cindy Murray
We will hike through a stand of silver snags from a 2003 forest fire, around Jack Lake and into a wildflower meadow and past beaver territory where dozens of large pines have been felled. On the way back, we'll see two waterfalls just off the trail and the heavily eroded core of the extinct volcano Three Fingered Jack with a glacier remnant.
Learn more and sign up for this hike.
Friends and Neighbors of the Deschutes Canyon Area
fansofdeschutes@gmail.com
P.O. Box 2127, Terrebonne, OR  97760
541.771.FANS (3267)