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Manage Wildlife Conflicts in Your Home and Garden

Our homes and gardens often overlap with spaces and resources used by wild animals, both native and non-native. A "shared habitat" situation can pose some challenges when the animals' day-to-day activities come into conflict with ...

Dana Sanchez | Mar 2019 | OSU Extension Catalog

Wildlife Habitat: Nurturing a Diverse Mix of Flora and Fauna

Property owners can play key roles in wildlife habitat. Learn how to manage your land to promote a diverse native habitat and support ecological systems. One of a series of Land Steward Rural Resource Guidelines.

Rachel Werling | Jul 2020 | OSU Extension Catalog

Enhance Songbird Habitat on your Forest

We’ll give you some tips on how to maintain the key habitat characteristics for the many songbirds that may be visiting your property and even some recommendations on ways to increase the types of birds that visit.

Lauren Grand | Jun 2020 | Article

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Are crows getting smarter?

Q: Over the last decade or so, we have noticed a change in crow behavior, at least in our neighborhood. When a crow was gleaning by the wayside on our local streets, they used to fly away as a car neared. Then, they ...

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150 - OSU Pollinator Health - Master Melittologists

The OSU Pollinator Health Program and Oregon Bee Project have worked together to develop a first of a kind Extension certificate program, the Master Melittologist program. The program is designed for people passionate about native...

Aug 2020 | Podcast episode

Extension rangeland faculty help mitigate spread of invasive grasses

Research is incorporated into the Harney County Cooperative Weed Management Area, which will restore 20,000 acres that have been invaded by medusahead in western Harney County.

Dustin Johnson | Aug 2020 | Impact story

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Statewide Outdoor School participation jumps 6%, up to nearly 38,000 students

Eighty-one percent of Oregon’s eligible fifth- and sixth-grade students participated in the statewide Oregon State University Extension Service Outdoor School program in the 2018-19 school year

Chris Branam | Dec 20, 2019 | News story

Easy prey: The largest bears in the world use small streams to fatten up on salmon

A new Oregon State University-led study reveals a different picture of how and when brown bears in Alaska eat salmon. 

Chris Branam | Dec 19, 2019 | News story

Dig into hundreds of publications from OSU Extension online catalog

Have a gardening question? Find an answer in one of OSU Extension's publications.

Kym Pokorny | Nov 22, 2019 | News story

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Are crows getting smarter?

Q: Over the last decade or so, we have noticed a change in crow behavior, at least in our neighborhood. When a crow was gleaning by the wayside on our local streets, they used to fly away as a car neared. Then, they ...

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