Community science

Environmental programs

• Oregon Forest Pest Detector: Oregon Forest Pest Detectors volunteer to help prevent the damaging impacts of invasive forest pests by monitoring for and reporting potential infestations. Volunteers are are important in early detection and rapid response of control efforts.
• Master Woodland Manager: The Master Woodland Manager training is a master's level course for landowners who are interested in an intensive forest management training and sharing the knowledge gained through this training with people in their local communities. Graduates of the program have been serving Oregon for 40 years.
• Oregon Naturalist: The Oregon Naturalist Program is for people interested in Oregon’s natural history and natural resources management who want to dedicate their time as volunteers. Take courses online and on-location in Oregon’s beautiful outdoors.
• Oregon Season Tracker: Oregon Season Tracker aims to link natural resource managers, educators, researchers and others through collaborative community science. We seek to understand weather patterns and how plants and other living things in our ecosystem respond and adapt across diverse Oregon landscapes.

Gardening and Pollinator programs

• Oregon Master Beekeeper Program: Are you curious about bees and how to keep them? Are you interested in learning how to become a better beekeeper? Do you want to help others learn about bees? Bee informed with the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program!
• Master Gardener™: A program that educates Oregonians about the art and science of growing and caring for plants. This program also facilitates the training of a highly educated group of volunteers. These volunteers extend sustainable gardening information to their communities through education and outreach programs.
• Master Melittologist Program: Although we estimate there are several hundred species of bees in Oregon, the Master Melittologist Program trains citizen scientists to both collect and curate specimens of native bees and their floral associations, which has led to countless discoveries.

Videos

Fishing Community Resilience: Women, the Unsung Heroes

This oral history video highlights the role of women in Oregon's commercial fishing industry. Often a family enterprise, women fill crucial roles to help the family business flourish.

Jun 2020 | OSU Sea Grant Publication Peer reviewed (Gray level)