Research News

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What We’ve Learned from Decades of Long-Term Forest Research

Watch the second Starker Lecture by Dr. Fred Swanson

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George W. Peavy and the roots of OSU’s research forest network

George W. Peavy believed students needed forests to learn in, not just classrooms to learn from

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A closer look into the Wildfire and Water Security Research Project

Clean drinking water is a vital resource that every person depends on, but it is increasingly at risk in many Pacific Northwest communities

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Course correction needed quickly to avoid pathway to ‘hothouse Earth’ scenario, scientists say

Scientists say multiple Earth system components appear closer to destabilization than previously believed

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Where fires used to be frequent, old forests now face high risk of devastating blazes

Researchers used state-of-the-art modeling techniques to gain knowledge that can help guide risk mitigation efforts

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McDonald Forest: A Century of Dynamic Landscapes

Join Historian Bill Robbins as he traces the story of Peavy Arboretum and the McDonald Forest

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Quarantine lab renovation enables critical forest pathogen research by new professor

The College of Forestry is restoring its insect pest quarantine research facility after several years out of service

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Celebrating 100 years of stewardship in the McDonald Forest

In 2026, Oregon State University’s College of Forestry will celebrate 100 years of stewardship of the McDonald research forest

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After devastating wildfires, watersheds surprisingly thick with fish and amphibians

Researchers examined 30 watersheds in moist conifer forests on the western slope of the Cascades

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College of Forestry finalizes new management plan for OSU’s McDonald-Dunn Research Forest

The McDonald-Dunn Research Forest is the largest of the university’s statewide network of research and demonstration forests