The workshops and popular field tours provided the education needed to make the right decisions about livestock grazing and irrigation in order to conserve water, increase forage production and increase profits.
Scott Duggan |
Mar 2021 |
Impact story
Credit Alicia Christiansen (Cropped from original)
After learning hands-on about pplanting Douglas-fir seedlings, students took them home to plant with their families, as well as an instruction cards with information about the state tree and Oregon’s forests.
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.
Jacob Powell, an Oregon State University Extension Service crops and livestock expert with wildfire experience, has the knowledge and tools to make farmers aware of and in line with new OHSA requirements.