Spatially Connected

"Sure, the Columbia River divides Washington and Oregon, but what explains the other boundaries of our state? Why are the county lines where they are, and how have they changed over the years?

Using maps from his own personal collection, historian Robert Hamm will show how cartographic processes changed from the 1500′s to the late 1800′s, and how people saw their world."

http://wvlibrary.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/dewey-talks-about-oregon-history-through-maps-thursday-july-7/

Willamette Trails:Present and Future     

May 17, 2011   
Noon to 1 pm   
Portland Building Auditorium   
1120 SW Fifth, 2nd Floor  

Presented by Metro’s “Trail Troika”:   Mel Huie, Regional Trails Coordinator   Robert Spurlock, Trails Planner   Leif Anderson, Real Estate Negotiator  

Metro’s “Trail Troika” will give a presentation on “Trails Planning Along the Willamette River: The Vision and What Has Been Built.” They will describe Metro's current efforts ranging from the Springwater Trail Corridor to filling Greenway Trail gaps in North Portland to projects on the horizon, such as the Sullivan’s Gulch trail linking East Portland to the Willamette.

Cartography and Creativity

Matthew Hampton, senior cartographer/GIS specialist with Metro, will speak on how being creative in your mapmaking workflows can often lead to better results. He will review four projects that had different workflows and different outcomes.

Hampton, whose official title at Metro is senior transportation planner, sits on the board of the North American Cartographic Information Society and earned a Master's degree in Geography from Portland State in 2005.

The colloquium is scheduled for noon in Cramer Hall 413. All are welcome. Refreshments will be provided.

Elk Rock Island: Restoring Oak Woodland

April 19, 2011
Noon to 1 pm
Portland Building Auditorium
1120 SW Fifth Ave.

Presenters:

Mark G. Wilson (PP&R), Claire A. Puchy (BES),  Mary Bushman (BES),  and Marissa Dorais (PP&R) from the City of Portland Parks' City Nature and Environmental Services’  Willamette Watershed & TEES Program Elk Rock Island, a 14 acre Natural Area Park owned and managed by the City Nature Division of Portland Parks & Recreation, is located in the Willamette River just offshore from Milwaukie. The island’s Oregon white oak woodlands and short-grass prairies contain plants uncommon in Portland and provide habitat for wildlife including bald eagles and peregrines that nest nearby.
BES generously provided initial funding and PP&R│BES staffs are working together on long term site restoration and stewardship activities. The genesis of the project was PP&R’s Natural Area Ecosystem Management Plan and Portland’s Watershed Management Plan. The on-going work is a unique intra- bureau effort to achieve common goals of conserving and restoring special status habitats and associated wildlife and plant species.

Videos of River Brownbags are posted at: http://www.portlandonline.com/ohwr/index.cfm?c=52507

City of Portland
Office of Healthy Working Rivers
1120 SW 5th Ave., Rm. 1000
Portland, OR 97204
503.823.0275
www.portlandonline.com/river

Come See Lisa Shannon
Author of “A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman”
Tuesday, April 12th from 1:00-2:00pm
PCC Sylvania Performing Arts Center

Founder of the Run for Congo Women, Portland's own, Lisa Shannon has devoted herself to helping women in the Congo.  An inspiring and engaging speaker, Lisa has been featured on Oprah and in the New York Times.  Lisa's courage and compassion have caused her to become a grassroots political activist working to end the use of "conflict minerals".  Her powerful story will inspire you and shed light upon what is going on in today's Congo.

For Tickets, please go to:

·Chris Seymour at the SE Center Information Booth
·Stephanie Downer on the 1st floor of the Downtown Center
·The Sylvania Multicultural Center
·The Rock Creek Multicultural Center
·Birgit Wedel in the Cascade Library

Copies of “A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman” will be available for purchase and autographs at the event.

This event is sponsored by the Staff Development Office in support of Greg Gerstner, participant in the 2011 Dr. Susanne M. Christopher Leadership Internship Program.

Tickets to the Michael Pollan lecture at Univ of Portland April 16, 7pm go on sale at 7 pm Feb 1 BUT as a student you can get a free ticket.  Patiently follow the links... 
http://www.up.edu/news/default.aspx?tool=newsshow&dept=69