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HRVRC sponsors Sense of Place Lecture Series

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HRVRC is pleased to be a supporter of Sense a Place, a lecture series produced by Gorge Owned GO! and we are especially pleased to be the sponsor of  Oregon’s Special History in Conserving its Environment: An Evening with Michael McClosky” on March 4, 2015 at 7pm at the Columbia Center for the Arts. Learn about the roots of Oregon’s conservation movement from one of its earliest activists. Born in Oregon, Michael McCloskey started his career as the Conservation Director for the Sierra Club, where he worked for 40 years both as the CEO and Chairman. In his book, In the Thick of It: My Life in the Sierra Club, McClosky traces Oregon’s conservation movement from the 1880s to 2013. Learn about the key players and the impacts their work had on making Oregon one of the country’s most innovative states for environmental conservation.  Cost is $8 general, $5 for GO! members. More info. . .