Ruth Shelly  Seven Capes Development Coordinator For 20 years, Seven Capes Bird Alliance (formerly Audubon Society of Lincoln City) has been committed to the birds, other wildlife, and their habitats along the central Oregon coast. Learn about the education, conservation, and community science programs of this locally grown organization and its increasing impact. Find out … Continue reading Introducing Seven Capes Bird Alliance →

Peg Herring Peg is an emerita professor of science communication at Oregon State University. Her work focuses on the public understanding of science, particularly the science behind our public lands and waters. For 20 years, Herring edited OSU’s research magazine, Oregon’s Progress. She has published seven books, including the award-winning Ellie and Ricky series exploring Oregon’s ecosystems. … Continue reading Our forest of fire and rain: an illustrated exploration into an intemperate rainforest →

Joyce Sherman  What made thousands of people decide to spend months walking across the country from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley (or other western destinations)? What made them decide on a destination? How were they equipped to live along the trail? What did they find when they arrived at their destination?

Dr. Natalie Schaefer, Executive Director  Anna Rodgers, Associate Director Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center is a living laboratory that serves to protect, preserve, and enhance the natural ecosystems and cultural history of Oregon’s central coast spruce habitat and its wildlife through the arts, education, and stewardship. But where is it, and what do they … Continue reading Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center →

M.L. (Peg) Herring Peg is an emerita professor of science communication at Oregon State University. Her work focuses on the public understanding of science, particularly the science behind our public lands and waters. For 20 years, Herring edited OSU’s research magazine, Oregon’s Progress. She has published seven books, including the award-winning Ellie and Ricky series exploring Oregon’s … Continue reading Our forest of fire and rain: an illustrated exploration into an intemperate rainforest →

Dr. Lesley Ogden Samaritan Health Services will discuss the proposal to affiliate with Multicare Health System, a highly respected, mission-driven organization based out of Tacoma, Washington. The affiliation, which is expected to be finalized in the spring or summer of 2026 — pending state and federal regulatory                  … Continue reading Building a Healthier, Stronger Future →

Franki Trujillo-Dalbey, PhD, and Oscar Juarez, MA Franki and Oscar uncover the hidden history of Mexicans and Mesoamericans in Oregon and Lincoln County,  beginning with the arrival of the Spaniards off the coastline, and ending with challenges experienced by this group in the present time. Whether you are a lifelong Lincoln County resident or a … Continue reading “We ARE home,” History of Mexicans in Lincoln County →

Sifan Kahale The Portland Amateur Astronomers club purchased 10 acres of land in the high desert of eastern Oregon for their dark sky observing site. It's classified as a Bortle 2 area (very dark skies).  Come and enjoy Sifan Kahale as she tells us about the wonderful beauty of these dark skies.  She will share … Continue reading Skylark: Rose City Astronomers Dark Sky Observing Site →

Jeannine Jordan My mother was born and raised on a wheat farm in western Kansas, coming of age during the infamous “Dirty Thirties”—a time now remembered as the Dust Bowl era. I, too, am a native of western Kansas, having grown up in the late 1950s amid flourishing wheat and sugar beet fields that had … Continue reading Raised where the wind remembers (The Dust Bowl) →

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