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Rescheduled Presentation: Ancient Grasslands: The Past, Present and Future of Willamette Valley Prairie and Savanna
January 15 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Monday, January 15, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Presenter: Bart Johnson, Professor Emeritus from the University of Oregon
Location: In person, Amazon Community Center, Main Hall, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene, 97405
Oak-pine savanna and prairie have persisted in the Willamette Valley and other parts of the lowland Pacific Northwest for thousands of years. These ecosystems appear wellsuited to projected future climate because of their resilience to heat, drought, and fire. With rapidly increasing risk to forests and people from wildfire, sustaining and restoring vegetation mosaics that include oak-pine savanna could be a key to both regional biodiversity conservation and reducing the risk of catastrophic fires.