Showing 20 results for tag Natural resources

Oregon Canneries and the Struggle for the American Dream

The Oregon Maritime Museum will present a program on Oregon fish canneries and their impacts on costal communities. The first cannery on the Columbia River was established by brothers William and George Hume and their partner, Andrew Hapgood, in 1866. Less than twenty years later, there were fifty-five canneries along the Columbia. The Pacific salmon fishery was one of the most valuable in the world—in 1883 the canneries packed more than 30 million cans of salmon. Join educator Julia Triezenberg as she discusses the history of Columbia River canneries, their impact on North Oregon coast communities, and the legacy they leave behind.

This event is made possible in part by a grant from Oregon Humanities.

Event | July 12, 2025

Una Gota de Agua Limpia

Jose Abrego Melendez describe como la contaminación de agua afecta a su comunidad en el noreste de Oregon.

Beyond the Margins | February 10, 2025

A Clean Drop of Water

Jose Abrego Melendez writes about how water contamination in Northeast Oregon has affected his community.

Beyond the Margins | February 10, 2025

Becoming Water Wise

Natalie Olsen explores how residents of the Deschutes River Basin are adapting a century-old water management system for a drought-persistent era.

Magazine | December 13, 2024

Channeling the Stories of the Local Watershed

Taking inspiration from an unlikely source, a new production by Sarah Fox spotlights the interconnected narratives of the Columbia River Gorge.

Magazine | December 13, 2024

Editor's Note: Currents

Ben Waterhouse on the complexity of telling stories about water in Oregon

Magazine | December 5, 2024

Losing the Forest for the Trees

Juliet Grable writes about how a massive die-off of white fir has unsettled the mountain community in Southern Oregon where she lives.

Magazine | December 15, 2023

We Will Be Here

Lana Jack writes about the mourning, resilience, and resistance of the Celilo Wy-am.

Magazine | April 19, 2023

Purple Prairie

Josephine Woolington on how tribal members and conservationists are trying, camas patch by camas patch, to create a patchwork of native prairie in the Willamette Valley. An excerpt from Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest

Magazine | January 9, 2023

Sagebrush Solar

Juliet Grable writes about how Lake County is embracing renewable energy.

Magazine | August 19, 2021

The Bottom of the Toolbox

Leaders and activists in Eugene hope a bureaucratic negotiation can help the city meet its climate goals.

Magazine | August 19, 2021

The Bakken Breaks

Jennifer Strange writes about how she and her husband, both avowed environmentalists, found themselves working North Dakota's Bakken oil fields.

Magazine | August 25, 2020

People, Places, Things

Gwen Trice in Maxville, Oregon

Magazine | August 24, 2020

Out of the Woods

Ruby McConnell on meeting a lost boy in a Cascades forest

Magazine | August 30, 2018

The Original Laws

Joe Whittle writes about the sacred ethics of Columbia River tribes and how they provide a guide for restoring ecosystems damaged by European colonization.

Magazine | December 15, 2017

Wonder, Bread

Seeking the sacred in the mundane world. An excerpt from Great Tide Rising: Toward Clarity and Moral Courage in a Time of Planetary Change by Kathleen Dean Moore

Magazine | August 11, 2016

This Way through Oregon

Illustrating the systems that move salmon, waste, traffic, and legislation

Magazine | December 18, 2015

The River Fix

Journalist Valerie Rapp on the complexities of dam removal

Magazine | April 7, 2015

Water Wars

Journalist J. David Santen Jr. on how battles, compromises, and resolutions abound in a state flush with water.

Magazine | August 7, 2012

The State That Timber Built

Tara Rae Miner on what Oregon owes the struggling timber communities that helped shape the state’s identity

Magazine | April 8, 2012