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History Pub: The Lands Everyone Wanted with Jeff Kitchens
The Three Sisters
For over 200 years the U.S. has been trying to figure out what to do with its “public” lands. From surveys to sales, grazing to natural gas development, national seashores to national parks, the U.S. has had a very complicated history of land use. Our public lands are the cornerstone of the history and story of America’s relationship with its land as well as the women and men who forged that relationship. It is this legacy, combined with the modern needs and uses of society, that a multitude of local, state, and federal agencies carry upon their shoulders today. Join Jeff Kitchens, Bend resident and a not-so-novice historian, as he shares the story of America’s relationship with its public lands.
Jeff Kitchens has been working in public land management for over 25 years. His varied career took him throughout the U.S., including Oregon, Montana, Nevada, and Colorado. He worked in wildland fire management, forestry, wildlife management, lands and surveying, mining, and cultural resources, as well as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers. He worked on national projects for two federal agencies’ headquarters and was a field forester, spending eight hours a day marking timber on snowshoes in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In addition to helping manage public lands, Jeff is also the owner of Innovative Leadership, a private firm focused on developing and supporting intuitive, resilient, decisive, and inclusive leaders.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m., presentation begins at 7:00 p.m.