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Keeping your trees alive is harder than it sounds

Longer, hotter summers and changing climatic conditions means that many of our newly planted native forest seedlings are stressed. Should you water native forest tree seedlings to help them make it through?

Alicia Christiansen | Jul 2024 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

How to help Oregon's native western gray squirrel

Here’s some advice from the OSU Extension Wildlife Stewardship Program about how to maintain and create habitat for declining populations of native western gray squirrels.

Nancy Allen | Jun 2024 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Through thoughtful practices, lawns can be climate-friendly

Love your grass lawn but want to make your landscape more climate-friendly? There are thoughtful ways to keep a lawn as part of your landscape while balancing climate change concerns.

Alec Kowalewski, Brooke Edmunds, Ruying (Wrennie) Wang | Sep 2022 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Volunteer's discovery adds to knowledge of rare Oregon bee species

The small stonecrop mason bee (Hoplitis emarginata) had never been found in Oregon until 2019 when it was discovered by Master Melittologist Judi Maxwell in the Siskiyou Mountains in southern Oregon. Only one person had seen it...

Lincoln Best, Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2021 | Article

Top tips for gardeners to help fight climate change

As Oregon gardeners have noticed, our climate is changing — it's hotter, drier and more severe. Learn how to adapt your home garden to climate change, from consuming less to planting with the environment in mind.

Brooke Edmunds | Sep 2021 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

How drought stress affects landscape trees

Drought creates stress on trees that isn't always obvious until it's too late. It's often difficult to connect the dots between a lack of water and a problem. Here's a look at how drought stress affects trees.

Nicole Sanchez | Jul 2019 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)