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Big River, Resilience & Renewal in the Columbia Basin | Portland Book Launch
Big River, Resilience & Renewal in the Columbia Basin | Portland Book Launch

Tue, Jun 18

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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Big River, Resilience & Renewal in the Columbia Basin | Portland Book Launch

Experience the living Columbia River through visual photographic storytelling and personal connection. Big River: Resilience and Renewal in the Columbia Basin is a brand new book and visual storytelling campaign launching June 2024 exploring the Columbia River system and its expansive watershed.

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Time & Location

Jun 18, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214, USA

About The Event

  • Presenting Organizations: Braided River, Save Our wild Salmon, Columbia Riverkeeper
  • Registration: Registration is required: https://omsi.edu/events/big-river-resilience-and-renewal-in-the-columbia-basin/
  • Fee: $0-10 sliding scale
  • Information on the Event: Big River: Resilience and Renewal in the Columbia Basin is a new book and visual storytelling campaign exploring the Columbia River system and its expansive watershed, from sea to source. The project seeks to explore the river’s complexities and illuminate its beauty geologically, ecologically, and culturally. It also explores the current challenges and the people and communities seeking solutions and sustainability. Featured speakers will be: Photographer David Moskowitz and Eileen Delehanty Pearkes. The book includes the work of award-winning wildlife and outdoor photographer David Moskowitz, landscape and history author Eileen Delehanty Pearkes, former Seattle Civic Poet and Washington Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna, and contributions from members of the various communities and cultures whose lives are touched by this river, such as Indigenous tribes across the watershed who have called for new management strategies to establish better outcomes now and secure the river for future generations. The future is uncertain, but Big River hopes to serve as both an educational and inspirational resource to support the ongoing efforts of conservation organizations to push for sound management of this important body of water.   More at bigrivercolumbia.com.
  • Contact: Erika Lundahl, erikal@mountaineersbooks.org, Elena Loper, braidedriverevents@gmail.com

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