Dam Good Connections – Sacramento

Beaver spirit is coming to Sacramento.

We are thrilled to bring you this opportunity to meet with two impressive professional faculty members, Sean Nelson and David Baker, to discuss and learn about the world’s largest dam removal and salmon restoration project.

Continuing to build on their successful article, Rewilding the Klamath, Baker and Nelson will bring stories that have never been shared before and behind-the-scenes pictures.

In addition, this is an exciting opportunity to meet, reconnect with and foster new personal and professional networks with Oregon Staters in your city and region!

Dam Good Connections — Sacramento
May 19, 2025
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Alaro Craft Brewery
2004 Capitol Ave
Sacramento, CA 95811

Price
Non-OSUAA members: $10
OSUAA members: $8
Current students and children 11 and under: Free

Limited space is available. Save your spot before registration closes on May 12.

About the speakers:

David Baker:
David Baker has served in various communications roles at OSU including as the Director of Oregon State Productions. His OSU-produced films include The Wonder and the Worry and Saving Atlantis. He also teaches film studies in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at OSU.

Sean Nelson:
Sean Nealon is a science writer and editor and media relations manager at Oregon State University. His work at OSU has taken him all over the state, from Astoria to Ontario to remote roads following the Klamath River. Prior to arriving at OSU in 2017, Sean worked in communications for the University of California, Riverside and as a newspaper reporter in Southern California and New York for nearly 10 years. He is originally from Buffalo, New York. He enjoys biking, playing pickleball, camping, watching baseball, exploring Oregon and visiting breweries.

Dates, times and other details for in-person events are subject to change.

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