The Natural History Pub presents: The Sagebrush in Prisons Project 

BEND, Ore. {KTVZ} -- Happening Monday, the Natural History Pub presents – The Sagebrush in Prisons Project.  

Hosted by the High Desert Museum, the sagebrush plant is a keystone species that grows throughout the great basin.  

In fact, prison inmates have been taught how to grow this plant and have grown 3.7 million sagebrush at bureau of land management restoration sites.  

Join doctor Karen Hall, Director of the Ecological Education Program at the Institute for Applied Ecology, to learn how fostering a relationship between plants and humans, can result in the restoration of lands and people.  

This free presentation is open to the public. 

What: The Natural History Pub presents – The Sagebrush in Prisons Project 

When: Monday, September 8, 2025 

Where: McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 NW Bond Street, Bend, OR 97703 

Time: 7:00PM to 8:00PM (doors open at 5:30PM)