Event Details Where: Click here to watch the recorded lecture. Lecture Description Debris flows are rapidly moving, water-saturated masses of rock and sediment that occur naturally on volcanoes like Mount Adams and Mount Hood. Small, storm-triggered debris flows occur routinely and commonly go...
SOP 12: Rare Carnivores of the High Cascades
Event Details Where: Click here to watch the recorded lecture. Additional Resources: Check out this podcast on wolverines Lecture Description: Two rare carnivores roam the high-alpine regions of the Washington Cascades. Wolverines were once eliminated entirely from Washington, but eventually began...
SOP 12: The Unusual Mushrooms of Cascadia
Event Details Where: Click here to watch recorded lecture. Additional Resources: Mycomatch.com & mushroomsofcascadia.com Lecture Description: Virtually every habitat found anywhere in the entire Cascadia Region, from southern Alaska to Central California and from the ocean to the west slopes...
SOP 11 – Pikas Under Fire: American Pika Ecology and Behavior in a time of Global Change
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: Climate change is forcing many alpine species to higher elevations, including American pikas (Ochotona princeps), small rabbit-relatives that typically inhabit high-elevation mountain ranges of western North America. However, despite dramatic...
SOP 11: How to Hunt With a Vegan (Extra)
In honor of Season 11, the Sense of Place Team presents a special short film "How to Hunt With a Vegan" featuring Seth Tibbott, founder of Tofurky and November's guest speaker. Interested in learning more about Pikas after Season 11 of Sense of Place? Check out this OPB Documentary!
SOP 11 – The Legacy and Promise of Land Grant Universities and Oregon State University Extension in the Gorge
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: After more than a century in existence, what have we learned from local Extension Services? When Ann Harris interviewed for her position at OSU Extension, she had no idea what a “land grant” university was. She also didn’t know how the Extension...
SOP 11 – Black Pioneers on the Oregon Trail
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: If you are interested in learning more, check out these additional resources: Blacks in Oregon – Oregon Encyclopedia Black in Oregon: 1840-1870 online exhibit – Oregon State Archives Hear in the Gorge episode #4, Oregon Trail Written records,...
SOP 11 – Magical, Menacing, and Magnificent Wildlife: How to Ensure Their Future in the Gorge
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: Update! The following resources were shared during the lecture by Bill Weiler: Oregon Master Naturalists Program Friends of the Columbia River Gorge The Columbia River is home to some incredible wildlife species; some are unknown to many, while...
SOP 11 – Meet Your Neighbor: A Conversation with Gladys Rivera
Watch Lecture Recording Here! ¡Mira l grabación de la conferencia aquí! Lecture Description: Below is a link to a community resource that Gladys shared during the lecture: Youth Empowerment Shelter located in the Dalles, OR What’s it like to grow up in the Gorge? Gladys Rivera considers herself...
SOP 11 – Klickitat County: The Cradle of Plant-Based Diets
Watch Lecture Recording Here! Lecture Description: In 1980, Seth Tibbott founded Turtle Island Foods, now the “Tofurky Company”, on $2,500 savings from his 8-year career as a teacher/naturalist. The company’s first product was a tasty fermented Indonesian soy product called Tempeh. Many people,...
SOP 12: Debris Flows from Mount Adams and Mount Hood
Event Details Where: Click here to watch the recorded lecture. Lecture Description Debris flows are rapidly moving, water-saturated masses of rock and sediment that occur naturally on volcanoes like Mount Adams and Mount Hood. Small, storm-triggered debris flows occur...
SOP 12: Rare Carnivores of the High Cascades
Event Details Where: Click here to watch the recorded lecture. Additional Resources: Check out this podcast on wolverines Lecture Description: Two rare carnivores roam the high-alpine regions of the Washington Cascades. Wolverines were once eliminated entirely from...
SOP 12: The Unusual Mushrooms of Cascadia
Event Details Where: Click here to watch recorded lecture. Additional Resources: Mycomatch.com & mushroomsofcascadia.com Lecture Description: Virtually every habitat found anywhere in the entire Cascadia Region, from southern Alaska to Central California and from...
SOP 11 – Pikas Under Fire: American Pika Ecology and Behavior in a time of Global Change
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: Climate change is forcing many alpine species to higher elevations, including American pikas (Ochotona princeps), small rabbit-relatives that typically inhabit high-elevation mountain ranges of western North America....
SOP 11: How to Hunt With a Vegan (Extra)
In honor of Season 11, the Sense of Place Team presents a special short film "How to Hunt With a Vegan" featuring Seth Tibbott, founder of Tofurky and November's guest speaker. Interested in learning more about Pikas after Season 11 of Sense of Place? Check out this...
SOP 11 – The Legacy and Promise of Land Grant Universities and Oregon State University Extension in the Gorge
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: After more than a century in existence, what have we learned from local Extension Services? When Ann Harris interviewed for her position at OSU Extension, she had no idea what a “land grant” university was. She also...
SOP 11 – Black Pioneers on the Oregon Trail
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: If you are interested in learning more, check out these additional resources: Blacks in Oregon – Oregon Encyclopedia Black in Oregon: 1840-1870 online exhibit – Oregon State Archives Hear in the Gorge episode #4,...
SOP 11 – Magical, Menacing, and Magnificent Wildlife: How to Ensure Their Future in the Gorge
Watch lecture recording here! Lecture Description: Update! The following resources were shared during the lecture by Bill Weiler: Oregon Master Naturalists Program Friends of the Columbia River Gorge The Columbia River is home to some incredible wildlife species; some...
SOP 11 – Meet Your Neighbor: A Conversation with Gladys Rivera
Watch Lecture Recording Here! ¡Mira l grabación de la conferencia aquí! Lecture Description: Below is a link to a community resource that Gladys shared during the lecture: Youth Empowerment Shelter located in the Dalles, OR What’s it like to grow up in the Gorge?...
SOP 11 – Klickitat County: The Cradle of Plant-Based Diets
Watch Lecture Recording Here! Lecture Description: In 1980, Seth Tibbott founded Turtle Island Foods, now the “Tofurky Company”, on $2,500 savings from his 8-year career as a teacher/naturalist. The company’s first product was a tasty fermented Indonesian soy product...