Viking Pavilion, Portland State University, 930 SW Hall St, Portland, Oregon
The Wild Arts Festival is a fundraising event for the Portland Audubon with all proceeds going to support education, conservation, and animal rehabilitation programs. The Festival brings together a wonderful mix of artists and authors, all with a love for nature and the Pacific Northwest. Several OSU Press will be featured the Festival Book Fair with signings from noon to 4:00 p.m., including:
- Marina Richie, author of Halcyon Journey: In Search of the Belted Kingfisher
- Bowen Blair, author of A Force For Nature: Nancy Russell's Fight to Save the Columbia Gorge
- Alan Contreras, Vjera Thompson, and Nolan Clements, authors of A History of Oregon Ornithology: From Territorial Days to the Rise of Birding
- Travis Williams, author of Willamette River Greenways
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Halcyon Journey
Winner of the 2024 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History Writing More than one hundred species of kingfishers brighten every continent but Antarctica. Not...
A Force for Nature
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A History of Oregon Ornithology
The study of birds was, in its early years, often driven by passionate amateurs in a localized context. A History of Oregon Ornithology takes readers...
Willamette River Greenways
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