Tim Hearden Rep. Greg Walden, second from left, listens as U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, far left, prepares to give a TV interview during a water rally near Klamath Falls, Ore., in July. Standing next to Walden is Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif. Retiring representative served eastern Oregon for 22 years, bade farewell to colleagues. Having grown up on a cherry orchard in The Dalles, Ore., U.S. Rep. Greg Walden says he always had great admiration for the farmers and ranchers who feed the world. In working to preserve their way of life during his 22 years in Congress, the Hood River resident found himself in the thick of two major conflicts affecting growers in his expansive eastern Oregon district: the Klamath Basin water wars, and the 2016 armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.