# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Past is the Key to the Future: Oregon's Fossil Rodents and the Impacts of Environmental Change
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Humans' impact on the environment is reshaping climates and landscapes. To understand these changes and guess at our future, we must look back to the deep past. 

Paleontologist Samantha Hopkins explores how changes recorded in Oregon's rich fossil record help us understand the ecological impacts of environmental change. 

This event is included with regular admission and is first-come, first-served. It's free for MNCH members and UO ID card holders. Show your Oregon Trail or other EBT card for an admission discount.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/eugene/the-past-is-the-key-to-the-future-oregons-fossil-rodents-and-the-impacts-of-environmental-change/200029564970008
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 58

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Eugene
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1680 East 15th Ave., Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97403
- **lat**: 44.04307
- **long**: -123.06798
- **full address**: 1680 East 15th Ave., Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97403

## Event gallery

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  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/e1f96e6f82a614b896efe61abf85f9e3a62bbe77141967edf9ba1b3a68d4dc21-rimg-w1200-h675-dc303017-gmir?v=1770353379

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Past is the Key to the Future: Oregon's Fossil Rodents and the Impacts of Environmental Change being held?
  - **A:** The Past is the Key to the Future: Oregon's Fossil Rodents and the Impacts of Environmental Change takes place on Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 1680 East 15th Ave., Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97403.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Past is the Key to the Future: Oregon's Fossil Rodents and the Impacts of Environmental Change?
  - **A:** The Past is the Key to the Future: Oregon's Fossil Rodents and the Impacts of Environmental Change is organized by The Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

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