Lecture Description: Have you seen Pink Snow? In the spring and summer, melting snowpack may turn pink, this phenomenon is caused by a diverse...
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Lecture: “Volcanic Origins of the Columbia River Gorge: A Tangled Tale of Magma and Water”
Lecture Description Although nearly a dozen large, volcanic landforms dominate the Pacific Northwest skyline, there are thousands of volcanoes in...
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Sarah Fox
Sense of Place Host & Curator
Sarah Fox comes to MAI as the producer of the podcast Hear in the Gorge and as curator/host of the Sense of Place Lecture Series. Her work has appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) in addition to film and audio stories for businesses, non-profits, governmental agencies, and individuals.
Sarah’s audio/video stories have included wide-ranging topics like tribal fishing, Woody Guthrie, avant-garde art, vegan trailblazers, and river restoration.
Contact Sarah at: sop@mtadamsinstitute.org
Latest Season

Lecture: “Living Snow: Mysterious Pink Snow and the Future of Our Alpine Ecosystems”
Lecture Description: Have you seen Pink Snow? In the spring and summer, melting snowpack may turn pink, this phenomenon is caused by a diverse community of microbes (algae, bacteria, and fungi) specifically adapted to live in the snow. These snow...

Lecture: “Volcanic Origins of the Columbia River Gorge: A Tangled Tale of Magma and Water”
Lecture Description Although nearly a dozen large, volcanic landforms dominate the Pacific Northwest skyline, there are thousands of volcanoes in the Cascades arc that have been active in the last 2.6 million years. The processes by which these...

Lecture: “The Iconic Mitchell Point Tunnel Returns!”
Lecture Description In 1915, a groundbreaking (literally!) and iconic tunnel was constructed in the U.S. Piercing basalt cliffs, the tunnel's five arched windows were cut from solid rock and offered sweeping views of the main attraction - the...

Lecture: “A Conversation with Kat Brigham”
Speaker Bio Kat Brigham is the Chair of the Board of Trustees (BOT) for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. This is her second consecutive term serving as Chair. She has worked within the CTUIR’s Cultural Resource Protection...

Lecture: “Nancy Russell’s Legacy at Cape Horn: Inside a National Scenic Area Campaign”
Lecture Description In 1980, the western Columbia Gorge’s iconic vistas were on the brink of destruction. The new I-205 bridge would soon link the vulnerable century farms high above the Columbia River in Skamania County to downtown Portland. Every...

Lecture: “Wildfire in the Gorge: The Good, the Bad, and Lessons from Eagle Creek”
Lecture Description Each summer, the devastating effects of wildfire across the western U.S. dominate news headlines as warmer temperatures, prolonged drought, and lengthier fire seasons contribute to exceptionally high fire risk. In recent...

Lecture: “Bloodsucker, Eel, Asum, Ksuyas, Parasite, Lamprey: Many Names, but What Does it Mean to Us?”
Lecture Description Pacific Lamprey is an ecologically and culturally important species whose population numbers have declined sharply since the large hydro dam construction era in the mid-twentieth century within the Pacific Northwest. Harvest has...
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