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Oregon State University climatologist Chris Daly and his team have positioned their instruments in some oddball places here in central Oregon’s H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. “The World Meteorological Organization would have a fit,” Daly says with a grin. And indeed, the readings he’s obtaining don’t always jibe with those taken by standardized weather stations. That’s just the point, he says.

Invasive crayfish from the east have been spotted for the 1st time west of the Rockies, in a river in Eastern Oregon and a stream in Corvallis.

While surveying a wetland in 2007, Gresham urban ecologist Laura Guderyahn stumbled across what may be last urban population of native Western painted turtles east of the Willamette. Now she and the community are joining forces to make sure this rare group continues to thrive.

New system helps move salmon past Cougar Dam

Fish are being born at exactly the wrong time - three months early – and their lives are in peril because of it.

Noxious weeds spreading (KEZI) In Oregon, noxious weeds are invading public and private properties so quickly that the Oregon Department of Agriculture is declaring it a menace to public welfare. “There have been a number of pretty difficult ones that have moved over in here. You can think of Himalayan blackberry,” said Steve Renquist, OSU Extension Horticulture Agent. In Oregon, noxious weeds are invading public and private properties so quickly that the Oregon Department of Agriculture is declaring it a menace to public welfare. “There have been a number of pretty difficult ones that have moved over in here. You can think of Himalayan blackberry,” said Steve Renquist, OSU Extension Horticulture Agent.

The project team includes more than 30 scientists from UI, Washington State University and Oregon State University.

Will recovery efforts in the Willamette Basin be enough to save a species that scientists fear could become extinct in 40 years? Includes text and video.

“Issues of water scarcity are on the horizon for us,” warned Jeff McDonnell, the head of Oregon State University’s Institute for Water and Watersheds.