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Healthy Planet Stewardship

Windows on Watersheds

Old-style logging left scars on the landscape, but nearly 40 years ago, research in Oregon changed tree-cutting practices. Now researchers are joining landowners to update the science behind modern forest management.

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Healthy Planet Stewardship

OSU Watersheds Research Cooperative

Networking is key in watershed science.

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Healthy Planet Stewardship

Inside the Hinkle Creek project

Measuring flow rate and and stream height reveals how water moves through the landscape. Researchers are also tracking stream sediment loads using the next generation of computerized water-sampling devices.

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From Oppression to Religious Freedom

It took centuries for religious practices of American Indians to receive full protection under U.S. law.

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Healthy People

Baskets of Concern

Food is only the most obvious way contaminants enter the human body.

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Born To Love Bugs

There are two kinds of entomologists: those who love insects intellectually and those who love them viscerally. Without a doubt, Chris Marshall fits into the second category.