Science Pub

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On March 22nd, the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council welcomes Jon Perry, artist, writer and founder of the website StatedClearly.com, to Cottage Grove for our March 2016 Science Pub presentation. His talk entitled The Evolution of Feathers will illustrate the anatomy, growth and evolution of feathers.

Stated Clearly is an animation group taking complex, scientific concepts such as genetics and evolution, and simplifying them for the general public. In production of these animations, Jon and his team work alongside top researchers including biochemist Nicholas Hud from NASA's Center for Chemical Evolution, geneticist Beatrice Han, and whale Paleontologist Philip D. Gingerich. Jon has recently been working with bird anatomy experts Ken Dial and Richard Prum on a series of live presentations about the evolution of flight.

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council hosts a free monthly public meeting series called the Coast Fork Science Pub on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 5-7pm at the Axe & Fiddle, 657 E. Main Street in Cottage Grove. The event begins with informal socializing, trivia, prizes and updates about the watershed and watershed council during the first hour. Then our formal science pub presentation begins at 6pm. Participants are encouraged to support the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council by ordering food & drinks from 5-7:30pm, as 10% of the sales from evening sales will benefit the Watershed Council. The event is free and the public of all ages are welcome.