2018 Annual Meeting and Tour, The Dalles OR, October 2018

PNW-SRM MEETINGS

2018 Annual Meeting and Tour, The Dalles OR, October 2018

Updated: July 28, 2018

This year’s tour will focus on the Columbia River Gorge. Join us for an up close look at several of the many things that make the Gorge one of Washington State’s Seven Wonders.

Meeting Headquarters: Shilo Inns The Dalles, 3223 Bret Clodfelter Way, The Dalles, OR 97058. (541) 298-5502. SRM’s rooms are blocked until September 26, $79 plus tax double or single.

Date	Activity	Location	Time
Wednesday, October 10	Board of Directors' Meeting	Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum	2 - 5 p.m.
	Museum Exhibits open to the public (optional). Weekly pass, $6.50 per person, (PNW-SRM group rate, veterans free)		9 - 5 p.m.
	Social		5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
	The Oregon Trail: Regional and Personal Perspectives: a journey back in time to the mid-1800’s during westward expansion when pioneers made a 2,000-mile trek on difficult terrain, enduring illness and encounters with Native Americans. Bob Ehrhart, Historian and Range Scientist		7:15 - 8:15 p.m.
Thursday, October 11	Load bus for The Dalles Dam. PHOTO i.d. REQUIRED. Carrie Gordon, Retired USFS, on-board Geology Guide to the Gorge. Past Forest Geologist on the Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland	Shilo Inns The Dalles	7:45 a.m.
	General dam operations; power generation; renewable energy; fish passage, concerns, recovery; barging; flood control; current issues--Corps of Engineers staff	The Dalles Dam	8 - 10:40 a.m.
	Tribal Fishing Rights and Native American Issues along the Columbia, J.P. Patt, former chairman, Warm Springs Tribal Council and former executive director, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission	Celilo Park	11 a.m. - noon
	Sack Lunch	Celilo Park	Noon - 1 p.m.
	Soil health, cover crops, grazing, alternative crop rotations, innovative farming and conservation practices, Noah Williams, operator, and Garrett Duyck, Soil Health Coordinator Central Oregon NRCS.	Williams Ranch	1:20 - 2:30 p.m.
	Wind generated renewable energy: siting, construction, daily operations, integration in the power grid, green energy and climate change, and impact on rangeland resources and wildlife. Robert Marheine, PGE terrestrial biologist focusing on implementing mitigation requirements	PGE Biglow Canyon Wind Farm	3 - 4:45 p.m.
	Banquet, Awards, Silent Auction	Shilo Inns	6 - 9:15 p.m.
	Geology of the Columbia Gorge, Scott Burns, Portland State University Professor Emeritus and co-author of Cataclysms on the Columbia		8 - 9 p.m.
	Silent Auction Closes		9:00 p.m.
	Adjourn		9:15 p.m.
Friday, October 12	Annual Meeting	Shilo Inns	8 - 9:45 a.m.
	Carpool for The Dalles Mt. Project at Columbia Hills Historical State Park		10 a.m.
	Optional post-tour admission to Columbia Hills Historical State Park petroglyphs requires a Discovery Pass, ($10/vehicle)		10 a.m.
	The Dalles Mountain Project, Grazing and Prairie Restoration on State Park Land, Tip Hudson, WSU Extension Range Specialist	Dalles Mountain Road	10:15 a.m.
	Carpool to Maryhill Museum Estate, Optional post-tour Maryhill Museum of Art admission (group rate), $10	Maryhill Museum of Art	11:45 a.m.
	Leased Grazing on Maryhill's Annual Grasslands: grazing systems, wind turbine program, range seeding efforts, invasive weeds, wildfire, history of the Hill family and museum. Marty Hudson, Maryhill Ranch Committee Chair and Klickitat County Weed Control Coordinator and Dale Thiele, rancher lessee		Noon
	Sack Lunch		Noon
	Adjourn		1:15 p.m.

Printable Schedule and Tour Map

Registration includes snacks at Wednesday evening’s social, Thursday’s bus tour, lunch on Thursday and Friday, and Thursday’s banquet dinner.

Please register by October 3 to avoid a late fee and to facilitate advanced security checks at The Dalles Dam

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Refund Policy

Because PNW-SRM incurs expense on your behalf after you register, whether or not you actually participate in the Annual Meeting, the following refund policy is in effect: