Join Central Oregon LandWatch, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, National Parks Conservation Association, Native Fish Society, Oregon Wild, Protect Our Winters, and Sierra Club to learn about the national threat to nearly 60 million acres of our wild, roadless public lands—and take action to defend them.

At this talk hosted by the High Desert Museum, you can learn about a collaborative effort to build wildlife passage structures on Highway 20 from staff at Central Oregon LandWatch, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon State University-Cascades.

Environmental journalist and author Ben Goldfarb will join us to share from his latest book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times, the New Yorker, Smithsonian and others.

“Crown Jewels” documents a year-long journey through some of the last ancient forests on US public lands. Through local advocates and grassroots storytelling, the film makes a case for protecting mature and old-growth forests across the federal estate and shows how the audience can help.