2026 Webinar Series Theme - Listening to the LandAll webinars are 7:00pm -8:30pm PDTWednesday, March 18 - A Kalapuya Legacy: Oak Savannas and Prairies on OSU Lands By Dr. Dennis Albert, OSU researcher Learn how our local Oregon White Oaks...

2025 marked the ninth season of the Champinefu Series, which was founded by the Marys Peak Group of the Sierra Club and the Cultural Resources Department of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. The purpose of these talks is to inform the...

Corvallis has a string of parks along both the Willamette and Marys Rivers that the City acquired with great wisdom in a past era by leaders and a public that understood how to look into the future for the greater good. Some of these parks are well-...

The 480 seats at the PRAx for this special program by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde have now all been reserved. Seats MAY become available on the night of the program, based on previously-ticketed no-shows or relinquished tickets. A...

Closed-caption recordings on the first two Champineful Lectures are now available on YouTube. Willamette River: Ancestral Highway - This recording begins with a film by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde on the topic of canoe culture. It...

Marys Peak has been transformed in the past 200 years, is transforming now and will continue to transform in the future. And humans play a major role is in these transformations. Register today for three free webinars starting in 2 weeks (...

The popular Champinefu Lecture Series is returning this fall for its seventh year. Champinefu is the Kalapuya name of the lower Marys River valley in what is now known as Philomath and Corvallis in Benton County. This year the series will include...

The three 2023 Liz and Bob Frenkel Environment and Hiking Spring Series webinars are now available on YouTube with closed caption subtitles. Reviving the Wetlands at Finley National Wildlife Refuge - This webinar will entice both those who have...

Regenerating and Hiking Willamette Valley Wetlands All Webinars on Wednesday Nights at 7:00 pm Pre-registration required Wetlands include forested wetlands, marshes, ponds and wet prairies. Previous to 1840, much of the Willamette Valley was...

Video is now available from the second lecture in the 2022 Champinefu lecture series, held on December 7, 2022. A conversation among indigenous artists doing recent work in Corvallis, Oregon led by David Harrelson, Cultural Resources Department...