INSPIRING CONNECTIONS WITH NATURE

Online Lectures

Past Lectures

Fire History & Ecology in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Join dynamic and knowledgeable Rich Fairbanks as he shares the history and ecology of fire in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. He will discuss both modern and indigenous management practices informed by his own personal experience and consultation from indigenous people who gave him permission to share. H e also will take us on an historic journey through the Klamathon and Oregon Gulch fires within the Monument and introduce us to the response of plants to fire and how to recognize fire scars. Through his lecture, we will learn enough about fire behavior to understand how fire has shaped the Monument in big ways and the need for more funding to be directed toward the proper protection and stewardship of its resources.

DR. DAVID LEWIS - NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY IN SOUTHERN OREGON, recorded May 2021

In this lecture, esteemed Oregon State University Professor David Lewis covers the following:

  • History of the Tribes from Southern Oregon and their Lifeways

  • Rogue River Wars

  • Forced Removal

  • Treaties

  • Changes to the lands after the forced removal of Native people, and the impacts of farms and grazing by settlers

Most of accounts of this history are not from the points of view of the Native people. This lecture is designed to tell the history from a Native perspective and dispel repeated stereotypes.

Accompanied by Ms. Stasie Maxwell and Dr. David West.

DR. JAD D’ALLURA - Rock’n and Roll’n in the Monument - Geological research, recorded april 2021

"Although the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument was designed to preserve biodiversity, that biodiversity depends on a large number of factors, one of which is the underlying geology. Different rock types and their diverse characteristics determine slope steepness, location of ridges and peaks, type of soil derived from rocks of very different compositions and the plants associated with them, development of macro- and microhabitats, water retention and production, location of natural springs, and the creation of the land bridge between the Siskiyou and Cascade Mountains." This FREE online lecture examines Professor Jad D'Allura's years of research within the Monument to test and map the mostly volcanic (Western and High Cascade) rocks in the Monument, their age and distribution (and very general soil types) highlighting some specific features and vents. You don't have to be a Geology major to appreciate the helpful research conducted across this 114,000 acre monument, but this is an adult oriented presentation.