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The Owyhee River Journals

Date: April 29, 2026
Time: 17:30 - 21:00
Location: Viking Brewing, around the corner from Oregon Paddle Sports
520 Commercial St, Unit F
Eugene, OR 97405

Join writer Bonnie Olin for a richly-illustrated journey into the canyonlands of the Owyhee River in Nevada, Idaho and Oregon.  This talk, reading, movie and slideshow is based on her book, with the photographs of Mike H. Quigley, created over many years of travel in the canyons together. Q & A and book signing follows.

Time: Doors open at 5:30 pm to order food and socialize. Meeting and talk starts at 6:30.

Questions? info@wkcc.org

Everyone welcome!

The Owyhee River Journals Presentation

Date: October 21, 2025
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Location: 1645 High St., Eugene, OR 97401

The Eugene Garden Club invites their members and the public to attend a presentation on the Owyhee River region in Oregon, Idaho and Nevada by Bonnie Olin. Join Bonnie Olin for a richly illustrated journey into the canyonlands of the Owyhee River in Nevada, Idaho and Oregon.  This talk, reading, movie and slideshow is based on her book, with photographer Mike H. Quigley, created over many years of travel in the canyons together. Open and free to the public.

The Owyhee River Journals

Date: October 17, 2025
Time: 19:00 - 20:30
Location: The Broadway Commons, Peru Rm #306, 1300 Broadway St. NE., Salem, OR 97302

The Salem Chemeketan Outdoor Club invites their members and the public to attend a presentation on the Owyhee River region in Oregon, Idaho and Nevada by Bonnie Olin. Join writer Bonnie Olin for a richly illustrated journey into the canyonlands of the Owyhee River in Nevada, Idaho and Oregon.  This talk, reading, movie and slideshow is based on her book, with photographer Mike H. Quigley, created over many years of travel in the canyons together. Open and free to the public.

The Owyhee River Journals Presentation at the Springs at Greer Gardens

Date: March 6, 2025
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Location: The Springs at Greer Gardens, 1282 Goodpasture Island Rd. Eugene, OR. in the Theater Room

The Springs at Greer Gardens Life Enrichment Program invites you to join author, Bonnie Olin, for her presentation of The Owyhee River Journals. This is a closed event to residents of The Springs and their families.

The Owyhee River Journals sponsored by the Chemeketan Outdoor Club

Date: February 14, 2025
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Broadway Commons, 1300 Broadway Street NE, Salem, OR

NOTICE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS! We’ll update with a new date and time once we have it.

The Salem Chemeketan Outdoor Club invites their members and the public to attend a presentation on the Owyhee River region in Oregon, Idaho and Nevada by Bonnie Olin.

Join writer Bonnie Olin for a richly illustrated journey into the canyonlands of the Owyhee River in Nevada, Idaho and Oregon.  This talk, reading, movie and slideshow is based on her book, with photographer Mike H. Quigley, created over many years of travel in the canyons together. Q & A and book signing follows.

For questions, please contact Susan LaTour of the Salem Chemeketans

The Owyhee River Journals for the Brownsville Women’s Study Group

Date: November 8, 2024
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Location: Brownsville Community Library - 146 Spaulding Way, Brownsville, OR

The Brownsville Women’s Study Group is please to host author Bonnie Olin for a presentation about the Owyhee Canyonlands in Oregon, based on her book, The Owyhee River Journals. This is a members only presentation. Please call Cyndi Anderson should you have questions.

Broad Talk – with Bonnie Olin and The Owyhee River Journals

Date: October 23, 2024
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Location: Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 NW Monroe, Corvallis, OR

Join Willamette Valley Broadband member and writer, Bonnie Olin, for a richly-illustrated, educational journey into the canyonlands of the Owyhee river in Nevada, Idaho and Oregon, during a talk, slideshow, reading and movie based on her book, the Owyhee River Journals.

Sponsored by Willamette Valley Broadband of the Great Old Broads for Wilderness & Mary’s Peak Group of the Sierra Club. Sign up to attend HERE and bring a friend! Sign up is not required, event is free, but it will help us know how many to prepare for.

Explore the Owyhee Canyonlands

Date: May 22, 2024
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Location: WildCraft Cider Works, 232 Lincoln St., Eugene, OR 97401

Experience Oregon’s hidden treasure without leaving Eugene.

Join Environment Oregon, Oregon League of Conservation Voters and Friends of the Owyhee for an evening celebrating the Owyhee Canyonlands with first-hand accounts from the people that know it best — including conservation geologist Sammy Castonguay, hiker and author of numerous hiking guides William L. Sullivan and naturalist and author of the Owyhee River Journals Bonnie Olin — along with advocates working to protect the Owyhee for future generations.

“Into the Canyon” documentary film, followed by a Q & A Panel Discussion

Date: March 21, 2024
Time: 17:45 - 20:30
Location: ART HOUSE @ 492 E. 13th Ave., Eugene OR 97401

The documentary movie, Into the Canyon, is about a 750 mile hiking trip, along the length of the Grand Canyon, made by two friends: Kevin Fedarko (author of The Emerald Mile) and Pete McBride (Filmmaker and Photographer). But it “was more than just an endurance test — it was also a way to draw attention to the unprecedented threats facing one of our most revered landscapes.”

Join me, before the movie, where I will have a table in the lobby with information on Oregon’s Grand Canyon, the Owyhee Canyon, and the efforts to create an Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument. You can also sign a petition supporting these most recent efforts.

Following  the movie, I will be part of a panel to answer any questions you might have about the threats to the Owyhee Canyon and answer any FAQ’s about the creation of an Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument.

Join me and the Great Old Broads for Wilderness at PIELC! to Protect the Owyhee!

Date: March 1, 2024
Time: 08:00 - 17:00
Location: Knight Law Center, U of O, 1515 Agate Street, Eugene, Oregon

I will be tabling at the 2024 Public Interest Environmental Conference (PIELC) along with other members of the Great Old Broads for Wilderness. We will have handouts and information about the newest campaign to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands as a National Monument. The event runs from March 1 – 3 every day. If you’re already on board for protecting the Owyhee, we make it easy for you to sign the petition and/or mail a postcard to your representative for this latest effort. If you are uncertain, and need more information, we have a FAQ sheet that will probably answer your questions. And if it doesn’t, we will! We’d love to see you.

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