Browse resources Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 resources 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 Easy prey: The largest bears in the world use small streams to fatten up on salmon A new Oregon State University-led study reveals a different picture of how and when brown bears in Alaska eat salmon. Chris Branam | Dec 19, 2019 | News story Hidden world of stream biodiversity revealed through water sampling for environmental DNA For the first time, researchers have used a novel genomics-based method to detect the simultaneous presence of hundreds of organisms in a stream. Chris Branam | Jul 23, 2019 | News story Economic analysis provides watershed moment for environmental groups Economists have found that in the United States, watershed groups have had a positive impact on their local water quality. Chris Branam | Oct 11, 2018 | News story