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Using logs, OSU Extension teaches kids how to grow mushrooms for food

It was the first time that Mandy Hatfield, a nutrition educator, and Alicia Christiansen, a forester, had worked together on a project.

Chris Branam | Feb 28, 2023 | News story

4-H Investigators at Home provides summer enrichment for students and families

Students receive a monthly box designed for third- through fifth-grade students with activities, instructions and all the needed materials to explore hands-on STEAM activities.

Chris Branam | Aug 18, 2022 | News story

Family night, featuring food, music and vaccines, caps Juntos Afuera camp

The summer camp introduced Latino students to outdoor recreational activities and taught them about Latin American cultures.

Kym Pokorny | Sep 1, 2021 | News story

New resource infuses Indigenous studies concepts into outdoor education

The free course is designed to surface some of the common assumptions and misinformation about Indigenous people and cultures, particularly as they relate to outdoor school in Oregon.

Chris Branam | Nov 19, 2020 | News story

4-H youth explore nature and learn a healthy activity in new hiking club

Youths in the fourth through sixth grades gained a better understanding of how to enjoy hiking safely, while at the same time they experienced a lifelong activity that promotes a healthy and active lifestyle

Chris Branam | Nov 18, 2020 | News story

Lights, camera, forest: Bringing Hopkins to the public through social media

OSU Extension educator uses social media to conduct lessons from the Hopkins Demonstration Forest.

Chris Branam | Jun 5, 2020 | News story

OSU Extension Outdoor School provides resources for families during stay-at-home order

Extension Outdoor School added a webpage – “Educational Resources for Stay Home, Save Lives,” — to its website where parents, guardians and teachers can find links to resources to support outdoor learning experiences while schools are out of session.

Chris Branam | Apr 15, 2020 | News story

Carnegie Foundation again bestows coveted 'Community Engagement' designation on OSU

Oregon State University has been awarded its second Carnegie Community Engagement Classification.

Chris Branam | Jan 31, 2020 | News story

Statewide Outdoor School participation jumps 6%, up to nearly 38,000 students

Eighty-one percent of Oregon’s eligible fifth- and sixth-grade students participated in the statewide Oregon State University Extension Service Outdoor School program in the 2018-19 school year

Chris Branam | Dec 20, 2019 | News story

Historic Molalla Log House finds new home at Hopkins Demonstration Forest

The house, which has stood for centuries in the foothills of the Cascades, is getting a new life – and the public will be learning about its rebirth thanks to the Oregon State University Extension Service.

Kimberly Jacobsen Nelson | Oct 1, 2019 | News story