In central Oregon, the selected landscape covers State, private, and Federal lands on the eastside of the Cascades, including the Deschutes National Forest & Crooked River National Grassland.

The hike. For the sake of timing, I elected to take the out and back option to the upper falls. You can start this hike at the trailhead about 50 feet east of the Brice Creek Road bridge on NF-22.

Spring isn't spring for me, without a visit to the Crooked River National Grassland in central Oregon. Oregon's only natiobal grassland is part of the Ochoco National Forest.

The live-fire portions of the course took place Monday and Wednesday on the Crooked River National Grassland along Highway 26 near Grizzly Mountain, northwest of Prineville.

The 100-foot Upper Kentucky Falls is a quick half mile hike from the parking area. Two others falls are side by side 1.7 miles farther downhill. Lower Kentucky Falls drops 100 feet, while North ...