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Doesn’t Everybody Drive a Jet Ski at Work?

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

Author: Jeff Wood, Faculty Research Assistant, CEOAS (College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Science)

Exploring the Deep

Friday, September 21st, 2012

Into The Deep Author: Bob Collier, Marine Geochemistry, CEOAS (College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences) Place: Crater Lake National Park

Into The Great Wide Open

Monday, August 27th, 2012

Into The Great Wide Open  The High Desert of Oregon, Lots of Sagebrush and Volcanoes! Author: Mark T. Ford, Geology and Geophysics, CEOAS (College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences) Place: High Lava Plains of Oregon

Floods and Fish

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Watch the Oregon Field Guide streaming video after the break.

Where the road ends…and the research begins

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Author: Lori Hartline, CEOAS (College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences) Place: Basin & Range area near Pleasant Valley, Nevada.

The “Wildman” Part Two

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

  Use the link below in the Read More section to see Part Two of The “Wildman”.

Oh the places you’ll go

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Eric Dinger Forest Engineering, Resources and Management College of Forestry Listing a place name is a normal step in requesting vehicles through the University Motor Pool. For a sample of some of the cities customers travel to see a previous post Share Your Story. Some customers are lucky if roads even reach the places they […]

If a tree falls in the forest (after a fire)

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Jay Sexton Forest Ecosystems and Society College of Forestry “Here is a link to an OPB Oregon Field Guide spot that ran on Feb 23rd, 2012 – and has me cutting down a snag and, Brett Morrissette & I sampling it in the Biscuit Fire area near Gold Beach.

The other OSU Fleet

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

                We had a great time aboard the new research vessel the Oceanus yesterday. Sunny skies and relatively calm waters combined to give us a rosy view of what we’re sure is hard and rewarding research work. Our hosts Daryl Swensen, David O’Gorman and Toby Martin from the […]

Re-Post: Leave it to the beavers

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Terra provided a great overview of research work being done by master’s student and customer Vanessa Petro. When Vanessa first picked up her research truck we thought she was pulling our leg about using beavers to create salmon habitat. The question naturally came to mind “Who supplies the beavers?” Read more at Terra Online and […]