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.
Una Gota de Agua Limpia
Jose Abrego Melendez describe como la contaminación de agua afecta a su comunidad en el noreste de Oregon.
A Clean Drop of Water
Jose Abrego Melendez writes about how water contamination in Northeast Oregon has affected his community.
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.
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.
Editor's Note: Currents
Ben Waterhouse on the complexity of telling stories about water in Oregon
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.
We Will Be Here
Lana Jack writes about the mourning, resilience, and resistance of the Celilo Wy-am.
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
Sagebrush Solar
Juliet Grable writes about how Lake County is embracing renewable energy.
The Bottom of the Toolbox
Leaders and activists in Eugene hope a bureaucratic negotiation can help the city meet its climate goals.
The Bakken Breaks
Jennifer Strange writes about how she and her husband, both avowed environmentalists, found themselves working North Dakota's Bakken oil fields.
People, Places, Things
Gwen Trice in Maxville, Oregon
Out of the Woods
Ruby McConnell on meeting a lost boy in a Cascades forest
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.
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
This Way through Oregon
Illustrating the systems that move salmon, waste, traffic, and legislation
The River Fix
Journalist Valerie Rapp on the complexities of dam removal
Water Wars
Journalist J. David Santen Jr. on how battles, compromises, and resolutions abound in a state flush with water.
The State That Timber Built
Tara Rae Miner on what Oregon owes the struggling timber communities that helped shape the state’s identity