Cameron La Follette is the Executive Director of Oregon Coast Alliance, a coastal conservation organization, and has lead-authored two books on environmental protection. She was also the lead researcher and author of most of the articles for the Summer 2018 issue of Oregon Historical Quarterly entitled “Oregon’s Manila Galleon,” about Oregon’s oldest known shipwreck. She researches and writes on Oregon coastal history for various venues, including Oregon Encyclopedia.
Contribution
By the time of Lewis and Clark’s sojourn at the mouth of the Columbia River in the winter of 1805-1806, sea otter hunts and trading ventures had been at white heat for twenty years
