Wednesday, May 27, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Writing prize event to go virtual
I n com pliance with
Oregon Governor Kate
Brown9s current COVID-19
phased reopening schedule,
the High Desert Museum
and the Waterston Desert
Writing Prize will hold the
September 10, 2020 Prize
awards ceremony virtually.
The 2020 Prize winner,
finalists, and the inaugu-
ral winner of the student
desert writing prize will be
honored at a ZOOM event
at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday,
September 10, hosted by the
Waterston Desert Writing
Prize Board and the High
Desert Museum.
That virtual celebration
will include readings, the
awarding of the coveted
Waterston Desert Writing
Prize 4 a $2,500 cash award
as well as a two week art-
ist9s residency at PLAYA,
Summer Lake, Oregon 4
and announcements regard-
ing future plans and the
growth of the Prize.
Environmental writers
Robert Michael Pyle and
Dahr Jamail, to have been
featured in this year9s <A
Desert Conversation= panel
discussion, a staple of Prize
festivities, will be invited
to participate in 2021. The
2020 creative writing work-
shops will also be postponed.
What this means is a big
celebration in 2021. The
Waterston Desert Writing
Prize looks forward to both
celebrating the winner, final-
ists and student winner at the
seventh annual Waterston
Desert Writing Prize awards
ceremonies in June 2021,
and retroactively honor-
ing the 2020 winners and
finalists.
In the meantime, social
media will bring the
September 10 ceremony to
the public live. An invita-
tion to, and details about,
that ZOOM gathering will
be sent out closer to the date.
The 2020 Waterston
Desert Writing Prize win-
n e r, H a n n a h H i n d l e y,
Tucson, Arizona, submit-
ted a proposal titled <Thin
Blue Dream,= a collection of
interconnected stories that
explore the Sonoran Desert9s
disappearing waterways, the
fish that used to call them
home, and the successes
and complications that come
with efforts to help restore
depleted tributaries with city
effluent.
<It9s a strange story of
ghost rivers, dead fish, and
resilience in the heart of
urban spaces in the desert,=
said Hindley.
Currently completing her
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
in Creative Nonfiction at
the University of Arizona,
Hindley is also a wilderness
guide and naturalist.
Finalist Eli Beck, Salt
Lake City, Utah, was rec-
ognized for his submission,
<Rude Awakenings,= an
examination of wilderness
therapy programs in the
Four Corners region of New
Mexico. He will weave in
the fraught natural and polit-
ical history of the landscapes
that these young people find
themselves in, and describe
the <minimal impact= these
teenagers are taught in their
interactions with the land.
Beck says, <My hope in
writing this book is to allow
the unexamined habits of our
culture to appear in full con-
trast against the backdrop of
the desert, and to promote
a message of reconciliation
among our fractured land-
scapes, families and selves.=
Leath
To n i n o ,
Ferrisburgh, Vermont, sub-
mitted <Nooks and Crannies:
Mapping the (Unmappable)
Waterpocket Fold with
Prose Vignettes,= a docu-
mentation of his outdoor
encounters in this iconic
location. For 15 years,
Tonino has been exploring
Utah9s Waterpocket Fold,
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Tonino says, <The ver-
sion of desert literacy that
I hope to advance has less
to do with knowing what a
place is and more to do with
a distinct style of engage-
ment, i.e. how to be with our
not-knowing, with the fact
that we simply can9t reduce
the Fold to one interpretation
or understanding.=
Student contest winner
Al Lehto submitted an essay
about the many hours their
artist mother spent paint-
ing in the Badlands (now a
federally designated wilder-
ness area) just east of Bend,
and the times they would
join her. There, accord-
ing to Lehto, their mother
found solace, escape and
inspiration.
Al wrote, <As I9ve grown
older, my mom9s passion for
the aged trees has been more
natural, and brought me
closer to understanding her
compassion for wildlife and
longing for the great wide
spaces they offer.=
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Forest Service opens
some day-use sites
The Deschutes National
Forest opened most devel-
oped day-use sites and boat
ramps on the national forest.
Those sites remaining
closed have hazard trees or
still have significant snow, the
Forest Service reported.
<I am happy to share that
we are opening many of our
boat launches and trailheads
that provide access to the
landscape and recreation we
all enjoy so much,= said Forest
Supervisor Holly Jewkes last
week. <We appreciate your
understanding as we work to
restore services to these sites.
In the meantime, we will not
be charging day use fees.=
The specific status of each
site on the Deschutes National
Forest can be found at www.
fs.usda.gov/main/deschutes/
home.
Though these sites are
considered open to the pub-
lic, restrooms will not be
regularly cleaned or main-
tained, nor will garbage ser-
vices be provided. The public
should be prepared to recreate
responsibly without these ser-
vices, <pack it in, pack it out,=
and put campfires dead out.
All campgrounds on the
Deschutes National Forest
remain closed. Dispersed
camping is still allowed.
<We are working to open
some campgrounds on the for-
est the first weekend in June.
We will continue to open
more campgrounds as safety
issues are addressed and ser-
vices can be provided,= said
Jewkes.
Responsible recreation
practices include:
" Maintain at least six feet
distancing from others and
respect other people on trails.
" Alert other trail users of
your presence and step aside
to let others pass.
" Pack out your trash and
leave with everything brought
in. Pack it in, pack it out.
" Pack out your used toilet
paper (use a small plastic bag)
and bury human waste at least
eight inches deep.
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