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Conservation Note for August

Note from your Conservation Committee:
Please consider attending these Zoom presentations by the Mazama Conservation Committee. Click the online link to register.
Oregon Wild is also putting on a zoom presentation 6-7pm tomorrow, the hour prior to the first Melting Mountains presentation.  This is on sustainable forestry, with Ben Deumling of Zena Forests.  Ben And Zena Forests have been one of Oregon’s best examples of sustainable forestry in these times of climate change.
or just go to Oregonwild.org events.
We hope you can find time for these worthwhile presentations!
Your Conservation Committee

Melting Mountains: More than a Decade Later

Join the Mazama Conservation Committee and Mazama Honorary Member, glaciologist Dr. Andrew Fountain, for a series of presentations on the impact of climate change on alpine environments. Dr. Fountain and the Conservation Committee have gathered colleagues and local experts to share their work with us and bring their climate research to our backyards.

Should I teach My Kids to Ski? The Future of Snow in the Western US

Prof. Anne W. Nolin, Oregon State Univ., College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS) and Head, Mountain Hydroclimatology Research Group
July 15 | 7–8:30 p.m. | Online

Glaciology on a Global Scale

Professor Andrew Fountain, PSU Dept. of Geology & Dept. of Geography
July 22 | 7–8:30 p.m. | Online

Climate Change and Forest Connections in the Pacific NW

Dr. Jessica Halofsky, Director of the USDA NW Climate Hub and the USFS Western Wildlands Environmental Threat Assessment Center & Prof. David Peterson, Univ. of Washington, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
July 29 | 7–8:30 p.m. | Online

Where’s Water? The Past, Present, and Future Of Streamflow in the Cascade Mountains

Gordan Grant, Research Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
August 5 | 7–8:30 p.m. | Online