News and impact

OSU Extension mobilizes across Western Oregon to support wildfire livestock evacuations

Volunteers, 4-H youths and staff respond quickly to care for displaced animals

Chris Branam | Sep 11, 2020 | News story

OSU Extension brings food preservation tips to Bi-Mart

The Extension-designed posters hang in appropriate aisles – canning, hunting, drying – in the employee-owned chain’s 80 stores in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

Kym Pokorny | Jul 16, 2020 | News story

To manage drought effectively, timing and location of water conservation matter

Even well-designed water policies may fail if applied downstream or after key seasonal windows.

Chris Branam | Jul 15, 2019 | News story

Bronze birch borer threatens Oregon’s beloved birch trees

The first symptoms of an infestation appear in the tree’s canopy.

Kym Pokorny | Jul 14, 2018 | News story