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IN HARNEY COUNTY, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT COLLABORATION—BECAUSE IT WORKS. 

By working together we've found practical ways to tackle some of our community's hardest challenges—restoring forests and wetlands, mitigating wildfire, creating opportunities for youth, and growing our local economy.  Learn About High Desert Partnership. 

Six Collaboratives Working Together for Harney County

Collaboratives
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High Desert Partnership is bringing people TOGETHER to find COMMON GROUND in addressing 
rural challenges and opportunities.

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Partnership News

June 12, 2026
byLauren Brown

Since 2019, the High Desert Partnership’s Harney Basin Wetlands Collaborative and a participant in the collaborative, Ducks Unlimited, have worked together to replace five key water diversion structures in the Harney Basin.

June 4, 2026
byMarla Polenz
June 2, 2026
byLauren Brown

A record low snowpack for the Harney Basin has locals and agency managers worried about the potential for wildfire this summer. In fact, the wildfire season got an early start in April with the Swamp Fire on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

May 7, 2026
byMarla Polenz