Wildlife Viewing Make sure to bring your camera. It is impossible to spend a day in Eastern Oregon without seeing wildlife. Watch from a horse-drawn wagon as elk are fed, or see salmon returning to spawn in any of five rivers.
Wildlife are everywhere in Eastern Oregon.
Often, you don't even have to leave the road to see a herd of antelope or deer grazing in a field. Area offices of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are excellent sources of information about the locations to view Eastern Oregon's wildlife. More than 250 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. In winter, view Rocky Mountain elk from a horse-drawn wagon. Strawberry Mountain Scenic Route Encircles part of the majestic Strawberry Mountain range.