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2011-

2012

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ure

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s

Pres

ents

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e

Oct

ober

27,

201

1Pa

ul B

anni

ckTh

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wl

and

the

Wo

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ul’s

pres

enta

tion

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audi

ence

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a v

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l an

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itat

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th A

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ica

thro

ugh

the

owls

and

w

oodp

ecke

rs th

at m

ost d

efine

and

enr

ich

thes

e pl

aces

. This

pho

togr

aphi

c fiel

d re

port

cel

ebra

tes

the

way

s th

e liv

es o

f th

ese

two

icon

ic b

irds

are

inte

rtw

ined

w

ith

one

anot

her a

nd th

eir r

ole

as k

eyst

one

and

indi

cato

r spe

cies

for t

heir

en-

viro

nmen

t. A

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nces

are

imm

erse

d in

the

sigh

ts a

nd s

ound

s of

fore

st, g

rass

-la

nd, a

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c, a

nd d

eser

t, a

nd in

the

ent

erta

inin

g an

d in

form

ativ

e de

tails

of P

aul’s

nar

rati

ve. Th

e hi

dden

life

of

the

se b

irds

is o

bvio

us fo

r th

ose

who

kno

w h

ow to

find

it. P

aul k

now

s ho

w to

find

it, a

nd h

ow to

bri

ng it

to

life

for

his

audi

ence

s th

roug

h ph

otos

, sou

nd, a

nd s

tory

.

Nov

embe

r 17

, 201

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ll Su

lliva

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rego

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avo

rite

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rego

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gur

u Bi

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vent

ures

in a

ll pa

rts

of t

he s

tate

, cho

osin

g to

p tr

ips

for

each

mon

th o

f th

e ye

ar. B

ased

on

his

new

boo

k, “

Ore

gon

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rite

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the

show

incl

udes

tip

s on

new

trai

ls, a

s w

ell a

s an

ecdo

tes

abou

t his

tory

, geo

logy

, wild

life,

and

peo

ple

alon

g th

e w

ay.

Janu

ary

26, 2

012

Har

riet F

asen

fest

Ho

me

Eco

no

mic

s &

Ho

useh

old

ing

in t

he

Mo

dern

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rld

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hat

do

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n a

nd

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at W

oul

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ough

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e Ec

onom

ics u

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to b

e a

stan

dard

cour

se o

f stu

dy fo

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y of

us,

ti

mes

hav

e ch

ange

d. V

ery

few

sch

ools

off

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ours

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ork

on th

e su

bjec

t, m

uch

to th

e de

trim

ent o

f our

stu

dent

s an

d ci

vil s

ocie

ty. B

ut w

hat w

ould

suc

h a

body

of

kno

wle

dge

cove

r to

day

and

how

wou

ld w

e m

ake

it r

elev

ant

give

n to

day’

s en

viro

nmen

tal a

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cono

mic

cl

imat

e? J

oin

Har

riet

Fas

enfe

st a

s sh

e off

ers

a ne

w fr

amin

g of

this

old

dis

cipl

ine.

Hom

e Ec

onom

ics

- it a

in’t

for

mat

rons

any

mor

e.

Febr

uary

23,

201

2Sh

aron

Lev

yO

nce

an

d Fu

ture

Gia

nts

M

amm

oths

, cam

els

and

sabe

r-to

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ts o

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wal

ked

the

grou

nd t

hat

has

beco

me

Wils

hire

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leva

rd i

n Lo

s A

ngel

es, a

nd f

orag

ed o

n th

e m

arsh

land

no

w b

urie

d be

neat

h C

hica

go’s

stre

ets.

Then

, jus

t as

the

firs

t hu

man

s re

ache

d th

e A

mer

icas

, the

se I

ce A

ge g

iant

s va

nish

ed f

orev

er. T

oday

gre

at b

east

s lik

e el

epha

nts,

lion

s an

d gr

izzl

y be

ars

are

thre

aten

ed w

orld

wid

e. R

esea

rch

on t

he

dem

ise

of a

ncie

nt m

egaf

auna

off

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vita

l ins

ight

s fo

r m

oder

n co

nser

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Mar

ch 1

5, 2

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us a

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l his

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peak

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ke t

he P

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c N

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t. W

e al

so k

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tim

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ew s

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ay b

e al

l wro

ng. J

oin

Jam

es R

odde

y fr

om th

e O

rego

n D

epar

tmen

t of G

eolo

gy a

nd M

iner

al In

dust

ries

as h

e ex

plor

es N

ativ

e A

mer

ican

lege

nds,

new

geo

logi

c di

scov

erie

s an

d on

e of

the

grea

t sci

enti

fic d

etec

tive

sto

ries

of

the

20th

cen

tury

, all

in o

rder

to u

nder

stan

d w

hat Th

e Bi

g O

ne h

as in

sto

re fo

r al

l of u

s.

Apr

il 26

, 201

2El

len

Mor

ris B

ishop

Livi

ng

wit

h T

hun

der:

A P

ast,

Pre

sen

t an

d Fu

ture

His

tory

of

Ore

gon

’s V

olc

ano

esO

rego

n’s

volc

anic

her

itag

e sp

ans

mor

e th

an 2

50 m

illio

n ye

ars,

and

incl

udes

th

e lo

nges

t la

va fl

ow o

n th

e pl

anet

, as

wel

l as

one

of

the

larg

est

and

mos

t ex

plos

ive

volc

anic

cal

dera

s in

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th A

mer

ica.

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int—

it’s

not

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er L

ake)

. To

day,

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gon’

s Ca

scad

e vo

lcan

oes

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ntia

l for

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ptio

ns, a

nd p

ose

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r ha

zard

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gon’

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mm

unit

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ed a

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anic

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the

Port

land

bas

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nor

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sou

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st-

ern

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est t

hat e

rupt

ions

bey

ond

the

Casc

ades

will

lie

in o

ur fu

ture

as

wel

l as

our

past

.

May

24,

201

2Jo

hn B

olte

Wil

lam

ette

Wat

er 2

100

pro

ject

: A

nti

cipa

tin

g W

ater

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rcit

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form

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grat

ive

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pon

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th

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cifi

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th w

ill a

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the

ava

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and

use

of w

ater

in t

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illa-

met

te R

iver

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in o

n a

deca

dal t

o ce

nten

nial

tim

esca

le.

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e is

the

dev

elop

er o

f “En

visi

on,”

the

mod

elin

g pa

ckag

e th

at d

evel

ops

“fut

ure

scen

ario

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and

serv

es a

s a

mea

ns t

o as

k “w

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ffer

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polic

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ativ

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gard

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wat

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the

Will

amet

te w

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sys

tem

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ll di

scus

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me

of th

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odel

ing

and

map

ping

asp

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of t

he p

roje

ct a

nd th

e fu

ture

sce

nari

os th

at E

nvis

ion

has

deve

lope

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us fa

r.

All

lec

ture

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e FR

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nd

ope

n t

o t

he

publ

ic

Oct

ober

27,

201

1Pa

ul B

anni

ckTh

e O

wl

and

the

Wo

odp

ecke

r Pa

ul’s

pres

enta

tion

s on

ow

ls a

nd w

oodp

ecke

rs t

ake

audi

ence

s on

a v

isua

l an

d au

dito

ry e

xplo

rati

on o

f hab

itat

s of

Nor

th A

mer

ica

thro

ugh

the

owls

and

w

oodp

ecke

rs th

at m

ost d

efine

and

enr

ich

thes

e pl

aces

. This

pho

togr

aphi

c fiel

d re

port

cel

ebra

tes

the

way

s th

e liv

es o

f th

ese

two

icon

ic b

irds

are

inte

rtw

ined

w

ith

one

anot

her a

nd th

eir r

ole

as k

eyst

one

and

indi

cato

r spe

cies

for t

heir

en-

viro

nmen

t. A

udie

nces

are

imm

erse

d in

the

sigh

ts a

nd s

ound

s of

fore

st, g

rass

-la

nd, a

rcti

c, a

nd d

eser

t, a

nd in

the

ent

erta

inin

g an

d in

form

ativ

e de

tails

of P

aul’s

nar

rati

ve. Th

e hi

dden

life

of

the

se b

irds

is o

bvio

us fo

r th

ose

who

kno

w h

ow to

find

it. P

aul k

now

s ho

w to

find

it, a

nd h

ow to

bri

ng it

to

life

for

his

audi

ence

s th

roug

h ph

otos

, sou

nd, a

nd s

tory

.

Nov

embe

r 17

, 201

1Bi

ll Su

lliva

nO

rego

n F

avo

rite

sO

rego

n hi

king

gur

u Bi

ll Su

lliva

n ta

kes u

s on

a to

ur o

f his

favo

rite

trip

s -- h

ikes

an

d ad

vent

ures

in a

ll pa

rts

of t

he s

tate

, cho

osin

g to

p tr

ips

for

each

mon

th o

f th

e ye

ar. B

ased

on

his

new

boo

k, “

Ore

gon

Favo

rite

s,”

the

show

incl

udes

tip

s on

new

trai

ls, a

s w

ell a

s an

ecdo

tes

abou

t his

tory

, geo

logy

, wild

life,

and

peo

ple

alon

g th

e w

ay.

Janu

ary

26, 2

012

Har

riet F

asen

fest

Ho

me

Eco

no

mic

s &

Ho

useh

old

ing

in t

he

Mo

dern

Wo

rld

-- W

hat

do

es it

Mea

n a

nd

Wh

at W

oul

d it

Lo

ok

Like

?Th

ough

Hom

e Ec

onom

ics u

sed

to b

e a

stan

dard

cour

se o

f stu

dy fo

r man

y of

us,

ti

mes

hav

e ch

ange

d. V

ery

few

sch

ools

off

er c

ours

e w

ork

on th

e su

bjec

t, m

uch

to th

e de

trim

ent o

f our

stu

dent

s an

d ci

vil s

ocie

ty. B

ut w

hat w

ould

suc

h a

body

of

kno

wle

dge

cove

r to

day

and

how

wou

ld w

e m

ake

it r

elev

ant

give

n to

day’

s en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd e

cono

mic

cl

imat

e? J

oin

Har

riet

Fas

enfe

st a

s sh

e off

ers

a ne

w fr

amin

g of

this

old

dis

cipl

ine.

Hom

e Ec

onom

ics

- it a

in’t

for

mat

rons

any

mor

e.

Febr

uary

23,

201

2Sh

aron

Lev

yO

nce

an

d Fu

ture

Gia

nts

M

amm

oths

, cam

els

and

sabe

r-to

othe

d ca

ts o

nce

wal

ked

the

grou

nd t

hat

has

beco

me

Wils

hire

Bou

leva

rd i

n Lo

s A

ngel

es, a

nd f

orag

ed o

n th

e m

arsh

land

no

w b

urie

d be

neat

h C

hica

go’s

stre

ets.

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, jus

t as

the

firs

t hu

man

s re

ache

d th

e A

mer

icas

, the

se I

ce A

ge g

iant

s va

nish

ed f

orev

er. T

oday

gre

at b

east

s lik

e el

epha

nts,

lion

s an

d gr

izzl

y be

ars

are

thre

aten

ed w

orld

wid

e. R

esea

rch

on t

he

dem

ise

of a

ncie

nt m

egaf

auna

off

ers

vita

l ins

ight

s fo

r m

oder

n co

nser

vati

on.

Mar

ch 1

5, 2

012

Jam

es R

odde

yEa

rth

qua

kes

in O

rego

n: W

hat

can

Nat

ive

Am

eric

an m

yth

s an

d n

ew s

cien

tifi

c di

sco

veri

es t

ell

us a

bout

“Th

e Bi

g O

ne?

”N

ativ

e A

mer

ican

ora

l his

tori

es s

peak

of

a gr

eat

shak

ing

follo

wed

by

a m

as-

sive

floo

d th

at h

as s

truc

k ou

r co

ast

in t

imes

pas

t. J

apan

ese

wri

tten

rec

ords

do

cum

ent a

n “o

rpha

n ts

unam

i” th

at ra

vage

d th

eir

coas

t 309

yea

rs a

go. T

oday

w

e kn

ow t

hese

acc

ount

s re

fer

to t

he la

st g

reat

Cas

cadi

a ea

rthq

uake

to

stri

ke t

he P

acifi

c N

orth

wes

t. W

e al

so k

now

one

of

thes

e m

ega-

quak

es a

nd a

mas

sive

tsu

nam

i cou

ld h

it O

rego

n at

any

tim

e. N

ew s

cien

tific

di

scov

erie

s ar

e al

so s

how

ing

us th

at w

hat w

e th

ough

t abo

ut th

ese

gian

t ear

thqu

akes

and

the

risk

they

pos

e m

ay b

e al

l wro

ng. J

oin

Jam

es R

odde

y fr

om th

e O

rego

n D

epar

tmen

t of G

eolo

gy a

nd M

iner

al In

dust

ries

as h

e ex

plor

es N

ativ

e A

mer

ican

lege

nds,

new

geo

logi

c di

scov

erie

s an

d on

e of

the

grea

t sci

enti

fic d

etec

tive

sto

ries

of

the

20th

cen

tury

, all

in o

rder

to u

nder

stan

d w

hat Th

e Bi

g O

ne h

as in

sto

re fo

r al

l of u

s.

Apr

il 26

, 201

2El

len

Mor

ris B

ishop

Livi

ng

wit

h T

hun

der:

A P

ast,

Pre

sen

t an

d Fu

ture

His

tory

of

Ore

gon

’s V

olc

ano

esO

rego

n’s

volc

anic

her

itag

e sp

ans

mor

e th

an 2

50 m

illio

n ye

ars,

and

incl

udes

th

e lo

nges

t la

va fl

ow o

n th

e pl

anet

, as

wel

l as

one

of

the

larg

est

and

mos

t ex

plos

ive

volc

anic

cal

dera

s in

Nor

th A

mer

ica.

(H

int—

it’s

not

Crat

er L

ake)

. To

day,

Ore

gon’

s Ca

scad

e vo

lcan

oes

hold

the

pote

ntia

l for

eru

ptio

ns, a

nd p

ose

othe

r ha

zard

s to

Ore

gon’

s co

mm

unit

ies.

New

ly d

eter

min

ed a

nd s

urpr

isin

gly

rece

nt a

ges

for

volc

anic

s in

the

Port

land

bas

in, a

nd in

nor

thea

st O

rego

n as

wel

l as

volc

anis

m in

sou

thea

st-

ern

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