 Biscuit Fire: Photo by National Forest Service |
Jay SextonForest Ecosystems and SocietyCollege 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.
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 Martech group in the College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences allowed us to participate in a day of training exercises designed to ready the ship and crew for an upcoming inspection by the National Science Foundation.
See the picture blog below for a brief perspective of the exciting work happening in Corvallis and around the world.
Beaver being released by Vanessa Petro. Courtesy OSU Terra Website.
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 find Vanessa’s podcast.
From Manitoba Canada to the Sea of Cortez and more than a few places in between our customers were there.
Where do you go? Let us know in the comments.
A search query for “oregonstate.edu” and “mission” yields over 23,000,000 results. It serves to underscore the complexity of defining what we do and who we are. At some level we’re all working toward the same goals, but when we try to define our individual connection to the “central” mission of the University we struggle.
Our story, the Motor Pool story, is really the story of our customers and the amazing things they do. Over the course of the next few weeks Motor Pool staff will be adding content to highlight the unique reasons we explore the physical world and the interconnectedness that can occur as a result.
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