Join area professional conservationists, restoration specialists and environmentalists for this annual event to discuss projects that are improving the health of our local ecosystems.
In Person at PSU Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
Keynote Speakers:
Gabe Sheoships Executive Director of the Friends of Tryon Creek
Friends of Tryon Creek is a 54-year-old 501©(3) organization dedicated to environmental and cultural education, community engagement, workforce pathways, and ecological restoration within the 670-acre urban forest space of SW Portland and Lake Oswego, Oregon, in partnership with Oregon State Parks. Under his leadership, the organization recognizes and values the Indigenous narrative and relationship with the landscape. The organization serves the forest and human community through the framework of an Indigenous worldview. Relationships and connection are central to program focus, empowering youth, families and adults through forest experiences, shared knowledge, and pathways to reconnection. Tryonfriends.org
The inspiration behind this work is to support future generations of environmental stewards to address contemporary issues such as climate change and the decline of Indigenous First Foods, through multiple knowledge bases. With a background in fisheries ecology, Gabe has spent two decades focused on the forests, waterways, and mountains of the Columbia River Basin.
Gabe is a co-founder of the Oregon Land Justice Project, and a board member of Ecotrust.
Gabe is Cayuse, a Citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. He most enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Dr. Leslie P. King
Portland State University Adjunct Instructor
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner
Dr Leslie King is a medical doctor with public health and environmental health expertise. She has lived and worked on all six inhabited continents and sought to demonstrate the connection between the environment and human health in all her professional roles. She currently teaches both medicine and environmental sciences in Portland, OR where she also serves as a Commissioner for the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.