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Registration for this event is closed. For more than a decade, Portland General Electric (PGE) and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have been generating emissions-free electricity at the Pelton Round Butte hydropower project in Central Oregon. Did you know the project is also the site of an ambitious effort to reintroduce sustainable runs of (more…)

Registration for this event is closed. Join Dr. Doug Tallamy, entomologist and author of Nature’s Best Hope, for this lively discussion. A recent UN report predicts that as many as 1 million species will disappear from planet earth because of human activities. Many of these are insects and nearly all species at risk rely on (more…)

Don’t miss the final day of this year’s Kids Curate exhibition! The display is the work of fifth graders from Jewell Elementary School in Bend through the yearlong project incorporating science and art that culminates in an exhibit at the Museum. This year students learned how plants and animals use energy from the sun. They (more…)

You think you know beavers? Learn more about the ecosystem engineers on Wednesday, April 28 at 12:00 pm. Join our partners at the OSU Foundation for the virtual event. Get better acquainted with the Oregon state animal during OSU’s Dam Proud Day 2021: a day when Beavers (more…)

Calling all teens! In this first ever Youth Climate Change Summit, meet other teens that are as passionate about the environment and their community as you are.     Do you encourage other people to use less or recycle more? Join teens from around the region at the first Youth Climate Change Summit hosted at (more…)

Don’t miss this spring break with special wildlife programming! We start our summer hours early, open daily from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. We’ll also have hourly wildlife interpretive talks beginning at 10:00 am spring break only. Get beak-to-beak with a magnificent raptor at a Bird of Prey Encounter, learn all about the iconic hooved (more…)

Get ready for a week filled with special spring break programming! We’ll kick off our summer hours early, open daily from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. We’ll also have hourly wildlife interpretive talks beginning at 10:00 am every day. Get beak-to-beak with a magnificent raptor at a Bird of Prey Encounter, learn all about the (more…)

The narrative about Native people in this country is laced with misconceptions, toxic stereotypes and systemic erasure. IllumiNative works to transform how Americans and key institutions think about and engage with Native peoples. Savannah Romero will discuss how IllumiNative is using research, (more…)

Join us for another virtual event in the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Series! The significance of landscapes, places and narratives of all kinds will be examined through the works of contemporary women artists in Smithsonian collections.     Featuring: Rebecca Trautmann, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, National Museum (more…)

Join us for this Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Series virtual event! Highlighting objects related to African American women’s history in the Smithsonian collections, this event focuses on African American women’s activism and contributions in historical perspective. Each speaker will explore an interesting aspect of African American women’s activism (more…)