Resources for managing in heat waves

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When Oregon experiences extremely high temperatures in summer, these resources can help your family, plants and animals weather the heat.

Home and garden tips

Prepare for a heat wave!

Being prepared when a heat wave strikes can make the experience a whole lot more bearable. Here's a list of tips for keeping yourself, your loved ones, your pets and your home cool when the temperature spikes.

Jeanne Brandt | Jun 2021 | Article

Tips for gardening in extreme heat

Keep hydrated. Carry a water bottle – and use it! You need water as much as your plants do.

Kym Pokorny | Jun 25, 2021 | News story

Heat wave in the garden: How to identify and prevent heat stress in plants

When a heatwave hits, plants may show the impact. Learn the signs of heat stress in plants and how to help them weather a heatwave with best practices for watering, mulching, shading, providing humidity and weeding.

Nicole Sanchez | Jun 2021 | Article

How to help bees survive a heat wave

Extreme summer heat can pose a danger to bees. Although bees have ways to keep cool, many gardeners put out shallow trays of water and pebbles to help them. Does that help? Here's what the science says.

Andony Melathopoulos, Gail Langellotto | Jul 2021 | Article

How to care for heat-damaged plants

Go ahead and cut off dead flowers on heat-burned plants, but try to resist the urge to remove partially dead leaves.

Kym Pokorny | Jul 9, 2021 | News story

Canned food safety during the heat wave?

P: We had a chest of store-bought canned meat that we forgot about in our unconditioned/uninsulated metal roof shop during the recent 115º F weather. When I puncture a can to open it still breathes in, not out. No cans are swollen. Is it safe to eat?

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How to manage in a heatwave with wildfire smoke?

P: I have been struggling with the 100°+ temperatures and poor air quality in the Willamette Valley this week. I am wondering how to be better prepared for next summer. Thank you for any tips!

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Crop and livestock care

Drought and Heat Needs Assessment (in English)

Learn what farmers and ranchers are already doing to contend with drought and heat and what types of support they need.

Dr. Berit Dinsdale, María Isabel Zamora Re, Lauren Chase | Project

Managing grapevines during a heat spike

Oregon grape growers face challenges as the frequency and severity of extreme heat events increase due to climate change. Here's how grape growers can protect their crops during a heat wave.

Cody Copp, Alexander Levin | May 2022 | Article

Tips for livestock care in high temperatures

When a heat wave hits, don't forget that livestock need help to cope with the high temperatures too. Here are five things you can do to help livestock stay cool.

Jenifer Cruickshank | Jun 2021 | Article

OSU researcher provides insight for hemp resilience to extreme heat

By paying attention to the news and the water conditions of reservoirs in winter, growers can decide the best course of action for hemp season.

Gordon B. Jones | Feb 2022 | Impact story

Historic heatwave offers lessons for Christmas tree growers

Damage assessments after the historic heat wave of June 2021 in Oregon provided lessons for the state's Christmas tree growers. Those assessments showed how damage varied by type of tree and location of farms.

Judy Kowalski | Oct 2021 | Article

June 2021 heat impacts on trees explained

The June 2021 heat wave caused significant damage to trees in Oregon. Learn some key findings on causes, types of damage, physiological "thermotolerance" of trees, and possible forest management implications.

Glenn Ahrens | Jan 2022 | Article

Bees demonstrate they're nature's HVAC specialists

How do bees keep cool in a heat wave? Scorching temperatures in Oregon in June 2021 provided an opportunity to monitor some beehives to see how bees maintain a safe temperature inside their hives.

Mark Gorman | Aug 2021 | Article

Jul 2022

Stuffed peppers on a grill demo at farmer's market

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