A smiling woman wearing a black baseball cap and yellow hoodie on a beach in Central Oregon.

Natural History Pub-Bringing Otters Back To Oregon

By High Desert Museum

Date October 5, 2026
Time 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Join Chanel Hason, Director of Outreach and Community Relations with the Elakha Alliance, as she explores why sea otters have been absent from Oregon waters for more than a century and what it would take to restore this iconic species to its native range. Discover how science, conservation, Indigenous leadership, and community engagement are coming together to help reconnect Oregon’s coast with one of its most important marine mammals. Presentation 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Doors open at 5:30 pm.