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Deschutes National Forest
@DesNatlForest
The 1.6 million-acre Deschutes National Forest is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. It is a stunning landscape of volcanic peaks, forests and rivers.
Bend, Oregon
Joined June 2011
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    #TBT to our first Chief of the Forest Service and one of our guiding principles.
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    🍂🍁Cheers to the first day of autumn!
    A trail winds through vegetation transitioning to fall colors with mountains in the background.
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    "One learns that the earth though made, is yet being made." - |John Muir| #autumn
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    "If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere." —Laura Ingalls Wilder #SaturdayThoughts
    View of snow-topped butte in the distance behind lake with trees reaching the shoreline opening up to a beach with rocks.
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    Happy #FirstDayOfSpring Central Oregon! What are you looking forward to as the days grow warmer?
    Meadow of purple flowers.
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    Happy Birthday to us! 🎈 On July 1, 1908, the Deschutes National Forest was established from parts of the Blue Mountains, Cascade, & Fremont National Forests. Parts of the Forest split off/rejoined in 1911 & 1915 to be the Forest you know & love today! #happybirthdaydeschutes
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    "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness." - John Steinbeck #SaturdayMorning
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    #DYK The "subnivean" zone is an area between the ground's surface & base of the snowpack. It's home to mice, voles & shrews. 🏠Air gets trapped between snowflakes creating insultation 🧊Animals' heat forms an igloo effect 🌡At 8" of snow, temp stabilizes at 32° 🎨: Kristin Link
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    "...at the time, I did not know that stories of life are more often like rivers than books." - |Norman Maclean| #SundayMorning #SundayThoughts
    A river runs through lush green forest with saplings on the shores and taller trees towering behind.
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    "And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves..." -|Virginia Woolf| #Autumn #SaturdayThoughts
    Close up of leaves changing to orange and yellows in foreground with river and forest in background.
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    ✨☃️May your day be merry and bright!
    View of mountain top with snow through the trees on a sunny winter day.
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    There are so many beautiful places to explore #inOregon - state parks, national parks, national forests, BLM land, you name it! Please enjoy nature today & #getoutdoors. 🌈#SaturdayMotivation @BLMOregon @ORStateParks
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    “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” - |Annie Dillard| #SaturdayMorning
    View of Ponderosa pine forest looking out into valley with cinder butte and lakes in the distance.
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    “Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.” ― Robin Wall Kimmerer #SaturdayThoughts
    A sunny day looking out at snow-covered ridgelines and buttes interspersed with trees.