Oregon has plenty of secret waterfalls. You just have to know where to look. | Travel Oregon

Oregon is a strange and magical place. When the conditions are just right, you can bear witness to experiences strange, beautiful and occasionally terrifying. They require being in the right place at the right time, making them more elusive than, say, visiting a beautiful waterfall. But that elusiveness makes them all the more tantalizing, and can create a far more awesome experience. Read more about each one here: https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/09/1924428f973894/oreg

Nature Break: The Gorge & The Dalles

A natural wetland in southeast Oregon was likely saved from extinction thanks to four years of collaboration and some human-made beaver dams. In the Oregon high desert, about seven miles northeast of the town of Crane, Alder Creek bubbles to the surface surrounded by sagebrush and juniper trees. The creek and wetland create an actual oasis in one of the driest and most remote sections of the state, said Ken Diebel with the Malheur Watershed Council, a chief BLM partner on the project. “It’s real