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Latest Resources

Don't move firewood (in English)

Buy it where you burn it during camping season. Firewood is a major pathway for invasive species. Transporting firewood can potentially lead to new infestations of invasive insects and diseases, which can lurk in firewood. See the pest list for Oregon species.

Apr 2024 | Online resource

Fire Bright: A Curriculum for High School Educators

This curriculum package teaches students to help protect their communities from wildfire. They also learn about careers in natural resources.

Kara Baylog, Jennifer Payne, Herb Johnson, Yasmeen Hossain, Christopher Adlam, Ben Ho | Mar 2024 | Extension Catalog publication

Episode 32: Tree School (in English)

In this episode, Scott Leavengood visits the 33rd annual Clackamas Tree School to interview Sarah Cameron and Glenn Ahrens about what the event is and why it's so beneficial.

Scott Leavengood, Sarah Cameron, Glenn Ahrens | Apr 2023 | Podcast episode

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Exploring Water Habitats: Wetlands, Streams, Oceans

By Virginia Bourdeau

This curriculum introduces youth to the science and function of wetlands, streams, and oceans, and how human activities affect climate and environmental function and health.

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Latest News

Oregon Sea Grant research cruises hook students on marine science

Oregon Sea Grant Extension and the Oregon Coast STEM Hub selected students and high-school teachers to join a three-day Oregon State University research cruise.

Tracy Crews | Apr 2024 | Impact story

OSU Extension provides leadership for statewide Outdoor School

The OSU Extension Service Outdoor School Program, created in 2017, crafted the program’s mission and vision, which is grounded in equity, diversity, access and inclusion.

Spirit Brooks | Mar 2024 | Impact story

Environmental Leadership for Youth introduces Indigenous and migrant students to science and college

As of the end of 2023, about 90 Hispanic students and nearly 30 Indigenous students have gone through the program.

Guillermo Giannico | Mar 2024 | Impact story

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Natural science projects

4-H Natural Science Projects help youth become better acquainted with the outdoors by providing opportunities to see and learn about the physical and biological environment. Youth can explore bugs, critters, plants and rocks; ...

4-H Youth Development

OSU Environmental Leadership for Youth (ELY) Short Film - 2018 (in English)

This video is about the OSU Environmental Leadership for Youth (ELY) program that invites a diversity of students from 8th to 12th grades in the Willamette Valley to be inspired by natural areas, watershed science and community engagement.

Feb 2019 | OSU Sea Grant Publication

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May 2

Not all Flame is the Same: Oregon’s Diverse Fire Ecology

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Open garden: Invertebrates and vertebrates

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Rita Bauer
Outdoor School Operations Manager

Contact for Outdoor School questions or support.

Kara Baylog
Forestry and Natural Resources Program Coordinator
Kristopher Elliott
Interim Vice Provost for Extension and Engagement, Interim Director of OSU Extension

Contact me with questions about the Division of Extension and Engagement and OSU Extension Service.

Aaron Groth
Regional Fire Specialist, Coast

Contact me with questions about fire preparedness and response in Coastal Oregon.

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