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CORVALLIS - The 2002 Starker Lectures this fall at Oregon State University will feature prominent experts in history, political science, wildlife conservation and land reclamation.

The lecture series, which focuses on topics in forestry and natural resource management, is sponsored by the OSU College of Forestry. All presentations will be on a Thursday from 4 to 5:20 p.m. in Peavy Hall Room 130 on the OSU campus. They are free and open to the public.

The series begins on Oct. 10 with a presentation by Patricia Limerick titled "Which Way's Up? Working with Progressive Era Policies When the Definition of Progress is Up for Grabs." Limerick is a historian with the University of Colorado, with particular interests in ethnic and environmental history.

On Oct. 31, Elinor Ostrom will present "People and Trees: an Institutional Analysis." Ostrom is a professor of political science at Indiana University and co-director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.

On Nov. 14, Richard Knight will present "Speaking Western: Honest Conversations in the New West." Knight, a professor of wildlife conservation at Colorado State University, does research on the effects of outdoor recreation on wildlife, and how the loss of rural private lands to residential development is changing regional biodiversity.

On Nov. 21, Rorke Bryan will conduct the final lecture of the series. Bryan is an expert in soil erosion, environmental management and land reclamation in dryland regions.

The Starker Lectures are sponsored by the Starker family in memory of T.J. and Bruce Starker, prominent members in the history of the Oregon forest products industry.