Forestry and Natural Resources

Out there for Oregon’s forests. Here for Oregonians.

OSU Extension is a trusted partner for all Oregonians, providing knowledge, innovation, and expertise to help communities, economies, and ecosystems thrive.

Learn more about the positive impacts that we are proud of!

OSU Extension Clackamas 2023 Community Report

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Tree School Clackamas

Tree School Clackamas is held every March

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Join us for a forest management series, a one-day forest health field tour, or one of our many other educational offerings.

May 15

Inside the Life of Woodpeckers: Talk & Trail Walk

9:30 am - 12:00 pm Oregon City, OR

May 26

Webinar: Watersheds and fish passage

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT Online

May 28

Fire on the horizon: planning for post-fire recovery before wildfire strikes

8:30 am - 2:30 pm Beavercreek, OR

Jul 11

Tree School Field Day 2026

8:00 am - 4:15 pm Oregon City, OR

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Become an Oregon Season Tracker

Oregon Season Tracker links volunteers, natural resource managers, educators, and researchers to the science they use.

Contributing to the understanding of weather, climate and their effects on our local environment by reporting precipitation and seasonal plant changes. Observe from your own home, farm, woodland, ranch, or school.

Volunteers are people like you, who share an interest in nature and the outdoors. Join the hundreds of Oregon Season Tracker citizen science volunteers’ already gathering information in over half of Oregon’s counties.

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Find Your People

Our community-based groups, such as the Women Owning Woodlands Network and Master Woodland Manager Program, get together to learn with – and from – other landowners who value Oregon’s forests and communities.

Women Owning Woodlands Network

The Women Owning Woodlands Network is a diverse, enthusiastic group of women who come together to learn about forest management and natural resources, and exchange personal knowledge in a unique peer-to-peer learning environment.

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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.

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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.

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Protect What You Care About

Explore our offerings tailored to help you keep your property safe from wildfire or insect and disease outbreaks, and to build a legacy for future generations.

Fire Program

The Fire Program uses outreach, education, and engagement to foster fire-adapted communities and resilient landscapes to wildfire. Six wildland fire specialists help seek regionally relevant solutions through place-based partnerships.

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Ties to the Land

Ties to the Land focuses on succession planning, the human side of estate planning. It focuses on strategies to maintain family ties to the land from one generation to the next. It builds awareness of how to address the key challenges facing family businesses.

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Dig Into Our Educational Resources

Our catalog includes dozens of free publications, videos, webinars, and podcasts, covering a wide variety of topics, such as forest health, forest management planning, and estate and succession planning.