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Hopkins goes virtual

December 15, 2020December 13, 2021Forestry 2021clackamas county, Hopkins Forest, oregon state university

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

Ask a Master Gardener!

December 15, 2020December 13, 2021Community 2021classes, oregon state university, osu master gardener, questions

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

‘What’s Growing On’ at the NWREC Learning Farm?

February 20, 2020December 17, 2020Agriculture 2020Canby High School, Fruits, NWREC Learning FArm, oregon state university, vegetables

AGRICULTURE ‘What’s Growing On’ at the NWREC Learning Farm? Participants tasted and evaluated different vegetable varieties during the summer Vegetable Trials. Fields were full with vegetable and cover crop trials this past winter, spring, summer, and fall at the 2-acre Read More

Got Gardening Questions?

February 20, 2020December 18, 2020Community 2020classes, farmers market, oregon state university, osu master gardener, questions

COMMUNITY AND URBAN HORTICULTURE Got Gardening Questions? Do you have gardening questions? OSU Extension Service Master Gardeners™ are at the ready to answer your gardening conundrums. Email, phone, or drop into the Master Gardener Clinic, weekdays from 9 am-noon and Read More

Forest Carbon Provides Added Benefits

February 17, 2020December 22, 2020Forestry 2020benefits, carbon inventory, climate change, forest carbon, oregon state university

FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Selling Forest Carbon Provides Added Benefits Jon Stewart says his goal is to show small woodland owners that there are ways to actively step forward to address climate change. A walking tour last summer of Raincloud Read More

Keeping your Home and Property Safe from Wildfire

February 17, 2020December 22, 2020Forestry 2020management, oregon, oregon state university, osu, wildfire

FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Keeping Your Home and Property Safe from Wildfire Prescribed burns are an important part of wildfire management. Photo: Jason Pettigrew, Oregon Department of Forestry To address increasing concerns about wildfire, OSU Extension is working with local, Read More

New Approach to Reaching Woodland Owners

February 17, 2020December 22, 2020Forestry 2020oregon, oregon state university, Tree School, Woodland

FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES New Approach to Reaching our Woodland Community Woodland Notes Newsletter. OSU Extension, Clackamas, Marion, and Hood River Counties. In 2018, Extension Forester, Glenn Ahrens, recognized that our communications toolkit needed an upgrade. Faced with increasing challenges Read More

Tree School Provides Comprehensive Education

February 17, 2020December 22, 2020Forestry 2020oregon, oregon state university, Tree School, Woodland

FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Tree School Brings Woodland Owners Together for a Comprehensive Day of Education Oregon’s largest forestry and natural resource education event of the year brought approximately 800 private woodland owners, instructors and exhibitors together March 23 at Read More