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  2. High Desert Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum was founded by Donald M. Kerr, a native of Portland, Oregon. [1] [2] Kerr had a passion for natural history that inspired the creation of the museum. [1]In 1974, Kerr established the Western Natural History Institute, and the High Desert Museum was an outgrowth of the institute opening in 1982.

  3. Donald M. Kerr (conservationist) - Wikipedia

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    Donald M. Kerr (1946 – February 4, 2015) was an American wildlife biologist and conservationist.He founded the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. [1] Kerr led the museum for sixteen years, helping it develop and expand to become one of Central Oregon's most popular tourist attractions.

  4. List of museums in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Pacific Northwest Museum of Natural History, Ashland [96] [97] Working Wonders Children's Museum, Bend, closed in 2009 [98] Jensen Arctic Museum, Monmouth, closed in 2013, collection moved to the Museum of Natural and Cultural History (MNCH) at the University of Oregon in Eugene. [99]

  5. List of natural history museums in the United States

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    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia . The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , was founded in 1812.

  6. High Desert (Oregon) - Wikipedia

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    The high desert of Oregon is located in the central and southeastern parts of the state. It covers approximately 24,000 square miles (62,000 km 2), extending approximately 200 miles (320 km) from central Oregon east to the Idaho border and 130 miles (210 km) from central Oregon south to the Nevada border. [1]

  7. Dennis Jenkins - Wikipedia

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    Dennis L. Jenkins is a research archaeologist, field school supervisor for the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology/Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon, and director of the university's Northern Great Basin Field School. One of his excavations led to a new accepted date for earliest human settlement in the Americas.

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  9. Paleontology in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    The subduction zone's volcanic activity also formed the Cascade volcanic arc, which blocked moist air from the Pacific and created the state's High Desert. [3] This is when Oregon's fossil-rich John Day Fossil Beds were first laid down. [25] The earliest fossils in John Day indicate a subtropical terrestrial environment.