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From Problem to Profit

Transforming juniper from problem to profitability is the vision of OSU forestry student Steve Ashley.

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Stones on Ice

Why should the residents of Seattle, San Francisco, New York City and Boston worry about warming in Greenland, an ice-laden island in the North Atlantic? Because if all the water locked in the massive Greenland Ice Sheet flowed into the oceans, low-lying coastal cities worldwide would be inundated.

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Healthy Planet Student Research

Reserve for Rockfish

In his research on marine reserves, a graduate student taps his experience with both fish and humans.

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Gene Stalker

Scott Baker, an Oregon State University conservation geneticist and cetacean specialist whose work was featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary, “The Cove,” has been named one of four 2011 Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation.

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The Mythbuster

OSU graduate student Jesse Abrams interviewed ranchers, homeowners, business people and local officials to understand changes unfolding in Wallowa County.

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Redrawing the Map

Maps of Oregon’s territorial sea are due for an upgrade.