FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Supporting Estacada residents after wildfires SNAP-ED program assistants helped Estacada Community Watch assemble and deliver 400 food boxes. After the wildfires in Estacada last summer, many evacuees returned home to no power or running water, and Read More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Food pantries welcome fresh blueberry donation during COVID pandemic Over 120 flats of mechanically harvested blueberries from the North Willamette Research and Extension Center were delivered to area food banks in July. OSU Extension’s North Willamette Read More
FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Extension responds to wildfire disaster Area burned by the Beachie fire in the Molalla River drainage; part of over 60,000 acres and hundreds of forest and rural residential landowners affected across Clackamas County. Extension Forestry programs Read More
FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Hopkins goes virtual Peter Matzka demonstrating water quality sampling methods on YouTube. With a GoPro camera strapped to his head, a smartphone in his left hand and a tablet in the right, Peter Matzka is Read More
COMMUNITY AND URBAN HORTICULTURE Get the Real Dirt! Garden guidance for YOU! Get the real dirt, on successful gardening techniques, by subscribing to our OSU Extension Service Master Gardener™ ‘Get the Real Dirt’ eNews. Receive guidance to cultivate sustainable and Read More
COMMUNITY AND URBAN HORTICULTURE ‘Grow an Extra Row’ program goes home Every spring and summer season since 2004, Clackamas County Master Gardeners have planted rows and rows of vegetables for their Grow an Extra Row Giving and Learning Garden, located Read More
COMMUNITY AND URBAN HORTICULTURE Popular Garden Webinar Series Garden webinar series shares reliable gardening information. Weed identification class at 2020 Master Gardener Training. Annually, the metro Master Gardener program trains nearly 200 community members – who, on completion of training, Read More
COMMUNITY AND URBAN HORTICULTURE Ask a Master Gardener! Traditionally, OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers have answered gardening questions at the Clackamas County Fair, area Farmers Markets and volunteering at our Clackamas County office Helpline. With the suspension of face-to-face volunteer Read More
FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES New Schink Demonstration Forest Sign welcoming visitors to the new Schink Demonstration Forest. Located on the Molalla River, about a mile south of Feyrer Park, a new 21-acre, outdoor educational facility is ready for school Read More
FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Tree School Clackamas expands during COVID Our 30th annual Tree School was set for March 21, 2020, but after the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were forced to cancel just 10 days prior to the Read More