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Lectures to focus on tribal forestry

The annual Starker Lecture Series at Oregon State University will focus this year on tribal forestry with a film, three lectures and a capstone field trip.

Topics include indigenous forest and subsistence practices, the history and future of tribal forestry in Oregon, and how “first foods” such as fish, berries and big game drive forest management. 

All events are free and open to the public.

The series kicks off at Jan. 24 with a 7 p.m. screening of “Teachings of the Tree People: The Work of Bruce Miller,” at the Whiteside Theater in Corvallis...