It took a small but intrepid group of farmers to show that Oregon could be a center for grape growing and wine production. Now another small group is trying to prove the case for olive oil production. Enter Javier Fernandez-Salvador. The OSU...
Wolves on an Alaskan island caused a deer population to plummet and switched to primarily eating sea otters in just a few years, a finding scientists at Oregon State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game believe is the first...
In order for production to begin we must first sell 3,000 license plate vouchers. When we are close to reaching our sales goal, a physical voucher will be sent to you in the mail. To redeem your voucher, simply bring it to any Oregon DMV...
Vole activity was off the charts in western Oregon from 2018-2021, according to Nick Andrews, Oregon State University Extension Service organic vegetable crop specialist. Crops disappeared, pastures were ruined and young blueberries and orchard...
To Joy Waite-Cusic, water, romaine lettuce and onions illustrate the different worlds researchers encounter when they study produce safety.
There are many different whale species in the waters off the coast of Oregon, although the...
Congratulations to Dr. Dana Sanchez for receiving the 2023 Frances Dancy Hooks Award!
The Frances Dancy Hooks Award was first awarded in 1994 when Frances Dancy Hooks, a longtime civil rights activist, and her husband Reverend...
During the bleak days of winter, bees and other pollinators look to gardeners for the nourishment that keeps them going until the more abundant seasons of the year arrive.
Everywhere they look, Pacific Northwest scientists find teeny-tiny plastic pollution. Broken down particles are in our water, falling out of the air, in salmon, shellfish and in our own bodies. Scientists, environmental advocates and Democratic...
Salem, OR – The Letitia Carson Legacy Project presents the Letitia Carson Digital History Collection, an online database to support the continued study of Letitia Carson. This new resource is made...
Lane Selman thinks winter vegetables are under-appreciated and she wants to change that! The Oregon State University professor and creator of the Culinary Breeding Network joined us to share her tasty tips. For recipes using our local area’s...
Consumers are willing to pay more for familiar, versus unfamiliar, varieties of cheese if there is a sticker on the cheese indicating it won an award or if sensory information about the cheese – such as a description of its taste or food...
Using hook and line to ply the waters of Miller Lake all summer, Jordan Ortega caught brown trout with an unlikely purpose in mind, and it panned out in spades. Ortega would inspect the bellies of these browns and, sure enough, find little...
When people learn that Cade Jobe is studying ...
Following a comprehensive internal search with extensive stakeholder engagement, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences has named Dr. Alexander (Alec) Levin as the director of the Southern...
Q: I am currently sheet-mulching the last of my traditional lawn and am looking to till and seed it during the spring. I’ve been considering micro clover or Envirolawn. Can you tell me the pros and cons of each and which will work best in my...
Earlier this year, KLCC reported on a killer whale carcass spotted off the Oregon Coast. While the carcass was never recovered, an Oregon State University researcher has made some determinations from its genetic residue.