Nik Wiman came tothe North WillametteResearch andExtension Center inSeptember, 2015 asour Tree OrchardCrops ExtensionSpecialist. This was anew position for NWREC focused on treefruit and nut crops—but, mostly workingwith the hazelnut industry. Besides gettingto know his new industry, meet the grow-ers, and get familiar with the key researchand education needs, Nik has been build-ing his program—both support staff andresearch activities at NWREC.

During this past year, Nik has become theprincipal investigator on a major federalgrant to manage OSU’s Brown MarmoratedStink Bug research program. Nik was thepost-doc researcher hired by that pro-gram for three years prior to coming toNWREC. In July he hired his replacement,David Lowenstein, who Nik now oversees.Also, Nik is in the process of hiring a facul-ty research assistant to support his grow-ing research program in hazelnuts andother tree orchard crops. By next spring,Nik plans to hire an education programassistant to help with that portion of hisprogram including teaching and develop-ing outreach materials.

Also, during the past year, Nik has estab-lished or is in the process of putting infour new research and demonstration

plantings at NWREC. Here’s a summary ofthis work.

Hazelnut Irrigation Project: Last winterwas the time when Nik’s first hazelnutswere planted at NWREC.Two one-acre plotshave been established to evaluate theeffect irrigation on young, newly plantedhazelnut trees. This work is supported bythe Oregon Hazelnut Commission. Oneplot has a drip irrigation system and theother has full coverage microsprinklers. Thepurpose of this project is to provide irriga-tion guidelines to growers so that water isused efficiently and has maximum benefitfor the crop. Christensen Farms, Amity,donated the Jefferson variety hazelnuttrees for this project and Nelson Irrigation,Walla Walla, provided the sprinklers.

Berm Planting: Berms or planting on ele-vated ground is standard practice in crops

like blueberries. Fruit tree growers havebeen using this approach, too, forimproved production on certain sites.This NWREC study is designed to look atberm planting and how effective it mightbe for growing hazelnuts. The study sitewas prepared late last summer and isscheduled for planting this winter. Bewatching for more information.

Prunus Orchard: This field trial, just west ofthe entrance road into NWREC, includespeaches, nectarines and almonds—allmembers of the Prunus genus. It is almostimpossible to grow peaches and nec-tarines in the valley due to diseases. Nik islooking at disease-resistant varieties tohelp manage the disease pressure we havein the valley. Also, Nik is evaluating cold-hardy varieties of almonds that could

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Bed-shaping machine used this past summer prepares berm study site for hazelnuts.

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grow in western Oregon and what yieldof nuts might be possible. Many of thetrees in this trial were donated byNorthwoods Nursery, Molalla.

Cider Apple Orchard: The craft ciderindustry is growing much faster than thecraft beer industry as Americans get ataste for (gluten-free) hard cider.Preferred cider apple varieties have moretannins and malic acid than dessert oreating apples. This project will be evalu-ating the performance of more than 40cider apple varieties—many grafted lastspring and being held for planting this falland winter. CopenHaven Farms, Gaston,donated the rootstock for this project.

Dr. Lloyd Nackleybegan his work withOregon StateUniversity in lateSeptember as our newNursery Productionand ManagementResearch andExtension faculty member at the NorthWillamette Research and ExtensionCenter. Nackley replaces Jim Owen whotook a position with Virginia Tech fiveyears ago. The position has been vacantsince.

Nackley comes to OSU from theUniversity of California at Davis where he

was a post-doc faculty working forExtension the past two years looking atdrought adaptation studies with land-scape plants. Prior to Davis, Nackley was apost-doc in South Africa.

Born and raised in California, Nackleyand his wife have roots in the PacificNorthwest. His Ph.D. is from theUniversity of Washington’s School ofEnvironmental and Forests Sciences in2012 studying biochar.

“We really appreciate the warm welcome”Nackley said. “We are happy to be back inthe northwest and settling down. I amlooking forward to meeting nursery andgreenhouse growers and learning my wayaround—so, please contact me and invite

me out for a tour and to meet you!”

Nackley plans on developing researchand education programs focused on sus-tainable horticulture concepts for thenursery and greenhouse industries basedon innovative materials and processes.Besides work with biochar, he has beenworking with irrigation efficiency andenvironmental monitoring, too.

Nackley and his wife, Emily, recently pur-chased a home in SW Portland wherethey live with their two young sons, Louisand Dean.

Help us welcome Lloyd and his family toNWREC and Willamette Valleyagriculture!

Welcome, Lloyd!

For more information, contact faculty and staff noted.

November 18 (3:00-5:00pm): Techno Viernes; All welcome(Spanish); contact Gilberto Uribe.

November 30 (11:00am-2:00pm): National Women inSustainable Agriculture; registration required. Contact HeidiNoordijk.

December 1 (10:00am-2:30pm): Opportunities inOrganics—processed vegetable grower-buyer event. ContactNick Andrews.

December 6 (8:30-11:00am): Blueberry Nutrition Workshop;contact Heather Andrews.

December 13 (9:00am-Noon): Blueberry Pruning Workshop;contact Heather Andrews.

December 14 (9:00am-1:00pm): Preventing PhytophthoraContamination in Native Plant Nurseries; contact LuisaSantamaria.

December 15 (8:00am-4:30pm): NWREC CLOSED for annualAll-Staff Meeting.

December 16 (3:00-5:00pm): Techno Viernes; All welcome(Spanish); contact Gilberto Uribe.

January 10-12 (7:30am-4:30pm each day): North WillametteHorticultural Society Meeting; Canby Event Center; contactNick Andrews.

January 17 (8:30am-Noon): Organic and Soil HealthWorkshop; contact Nick Andrews.

February 16 (TBD): Produce Handling and Food SafetyWorkshop; contact Heidi Noordijk.

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Calendar of Events

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Prunus research orchard near the entrance into NWREC. Planted in spring of 2016 with white clovercover crop.

Tenure and promotionat an academic institu-tion are a big deal—avery big deal.Congratulations goesto Luisa Santamaria,Extension NurseryPathologist andBilingual Educator at the NorthWillamette Research and ExtensionCenter. Luisa received tenure and promo-tion this past summer at Oregon StateUniversity—our first faculty member toreceive tenure since 2001. The process islong and arduous. Months of preparationare needed. We are very proud of Luisa’saccomplishments!

Luisa’s road to success is aninteresting story. She has herBachelor’s degree from hernative Ecuador, then, came toAmerica for a Master’sdegree at the University ofDelaware. She stayed inDelaware for a Ph.D. degree.Luisa came to Oregon in2009 following a nationalsearch for a brand new posi-tion at OSU that included abilingual education focusworking with the Hispanic

labor force in the nursery industry. OSUhas no other faculty member specificallyassigned to working with the Hispaniccommunity in agriculture.

In addition, Luisa had to obtain her GreenCard (permanent legal immigration sta-tus) within three years after accepting theOSU position. “This was more difficultthan one might think,” said Mike Bondi,Director at NWREC. “I thought it would bepretty straight forward for someone toimmigrate to the U.S. if they had alreadysuccessfully competed in a nationalsearch for a position we were offering.After all, this person had some specificskills that no one else had. Not so. Wejust about had to stand on our heads to

prove that Luisa was worthy of being apermanent resident of our country!”

Luisa did receive her Green Card in lateDecember, 2012—it was quite aChristmas gift.

Throughout Luisa’s years at Oregon State,she is best known as an outstandingteacher that connects in a very specialway with her audience. Her bilingual andbi-cultural skills help her effectively com-municate with her audiences. And, herabilities have led to other opportunitiesworking with the Christmas tree industryand berry industries—both needingsomeone to help educate their work-forces—and, no one else to turn to.

And now, Luisa has been invited to serveon the Oregon Board of Agriculture—a

position she started with herfirst meeting this past sum-mer. “We are very proud ofLuisa’s accomplishments,”said Bondi. “She is an impor-tant part of our team atNWREC, in the OSU’s nurseryand greenhouse programand throughout the univer-sity. We look forward tomany years of accomplish-ments ahead.”

Tenure, Promotion, and New Opportunities

The North Willamette Research andExtension Center has two endowments tosupport faculty stationed at the Center.With funding historically in short supplyfor faculty hiring, endowments play a keyrole in helping recognize local priorities.

The first endowment was established byvegetable and specialty seed crop grow-ers in 2010. It came at a time when long-time Vegetable Extension Agent, BobMcReynolds, was retiring and growerswanted to help ensure Bob’s positionwould be refilled. The university has apolicy that priority staffing for vacantpositions would be based, in part, on localevidence of support—and, endowmentsshow the way.

The vegetable and seed growers plan wasto raise, at least, $500,000 with the

thought that the interest income fromthese funds (about 4 to 41⁄2% per year)would provide a boost to the facultymember and take some of the burden offhaving to find external grants and con-tracts to fund research or pay salary.Today, the vegetable and specialty seedcrop endowment fund has $288,000 iscontributions and commitments.

With the new faculty member for the veg-etable and specialty seed crops positionnow being recruited (see New Hirings,page 5), there is renewed interest to reachthe endowment’s original goal as the newfaculty member comes into their position.

The second endowment for faculty atNWREC is the Berry Professorship (cur-rently Bernadine Strik’s position) that hasan endowment dating back to 2011. This

endowment was established in advanceof Bernadine’s retirement with the desireto reach their goal of $500,000 wellbefore it was needed to leverage supportfor refilling the position. The berry grow-ers know that having an endowment inplace to support a new faculty memberwill be very attractive to any prospectivecandidate considering coming to OregonState University. The Berry Professorshipendowment currently has $375,000already committed.

If you’d like more information about theseendowments, contact Jack Holpuch at theOSU Foundation. Jack is an AssociateDirector of Development for theFoundation and works on projects in theCollege of Agricultural Sciences. Jackcan be reached at 541-737-9636 or atjack.holpuch@oregonstate.edu.

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NWREC’s annual Harvest Dinner wasanother big success this year. Held theend of September, the event managed tododge the fall rains that came early thisyear starting by Labor Day—and, thenextending throughout nearly every day inOctober.

The Harvest Dinner is NWREC’s pause atthe end of the summer growing seasonand provides a moment to share thebounty of the crops grown at the Centerand a time to thank those who help makeour work possible.

This year’s Dinner attracted 175 attendeesand was fully booked 21⁄2 weeks beforethe event.

According to Mike Bondi, NWREC’sDirector and organizer for the dinner,“Wewere especially pleased to see the strongattendance by our elected officials at thisyear’s event. We appreciate the chance toshare our work with these folks.” TenCounty Commissioners, state representa-tives and senators from around the northWillamette Valley attended.

The 2016 Harvest Dinner featured thework of the OSU’s Food Innovation Center(FIC) located in Portland. The FIC is one ofthe university’s agricultural experimentstations and works with businesses andentrepreneurs to develop new andimproved value-added food products.The Food Innovation Center’s researchchefs developed the menu for the Dinnerand prepared the appetizers, salads, sidedishes and desserts.

Also, back by popular demand, were theOSU cheeses showcased at the HarvestDinner’s appetizer bar and in several of

the dishes. Oregon State University stu-dents in dairy science milk the cows inthe OSU dairy herd and provide the prod-uct to the food science and technologystudents—who, then, create a growingvariety of specialty cheeses. This year’scheese sampler included newly releasedpinot noir and hard apple cider soakedcheddar cheeses. Of course, the wine andcider are produced by the fermentationscience students at OSU too!

Local farmers, Dan Wilson from SudanFarm in Yoder, and Gary Bush, a Christmastree grower from the Highland area inClackamas County, prepared the meatentrées. Wilson, a sheep farmer, providedan amazing spit roasted lamb and Bushbarbequed chicken that was excellent,too.

Bondi shared that Harvest Dinner spon-sors provided generous contributions tomake the annual event possible. Thesedonations covered nearly the entire costof this year’s dinner.

• Oregon Department of Agriculture($2,500)—Platinum Sponsor

• Marion, Polk and Yamhill Extension ServiceDistricts ($2,000)—Diamond Sponsor

• Clackamas Extension Service District($2,000)—Diamond Sponsor

• Oregon Hazelnut Commission($1,000)—Diamond Sponsor

• Oregon Blueberry Industry ($1,000)—Diamond Sponsor

• NW Transplants ($750)—Gold Sponsor

• OSU College of Agricultural Sciences($500)—Silver Sponsor

• OSU Extension Service Administration($500)—Silver Sponsor

• Pratum Coop ($500)—Silver Sponsor

• Clackamas Soil and Water ConservationDistrict ($500)—Silver Sponsor

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The NWREC Harvest Dinner on the North lawn.

OSU cheese sampler table is always a big hit!

NWREC faculty Joe DeFrancesco (left), Wei Yang(center) and Chal Landgren (right) share a lightermoment.

Caprese salad featured several NWREC tomatovarieties.

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By Amanda Vance, Faculty ResearchAssistant, Berry Crops

Table grapes grow well in the WillametteValley and can be a good addition to adiversified small farm or your backyard.Here at NWREC, we have over 40 varietiesof table grapes in our 1⁄3 acre field. Themajority were planted in 2001, while anadditional 10 grape selections from theUniversity of Arkansas (UA) were plantedin 2006 as a replicated trial to help thebreeder, Dr. John Clark, determine theirsuitability to our climate and growingconditions.

Since planting, five of the selections havebecome named cultivars: ‘Faith,’‘Hope,’‘Joy,’‘Gratitude,’ and ‘Sweet Magic,’ someof which perform better in our area thanothers.

Over the past 3 years, NWREC’s BerryProgram research leader, Dr. BernadineStrik and Faculty Research Assistant,Amanda Vance, have been collecting dataon yield and fruit quality of 13 varieties, amix of commonly grown cultivars and theUA selections. The best performing culti-vars are those that have good yields, con-sistent berry size, taste good, and showdisease resistance year after year. Ourfindings will likely lead to the release of anew variety which is particularly adaptedto our climate.

According to Vance,“We have seen bigdifferences in yield, disease resistance, fla-vor, texture, and susceptibility to splitting.Detailed results will be published in thecoming year. Also, we will be updatingthe existing Growing Table Grapes publica-tion (available online at: https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/ec1639) orproducing a new publication on tablegrape cultivars suited to Oregon.”

Table GrapesEvaluated at NWREC

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• Norpac ($500)—Silver Sponsor

• Wilbur Ellis Company ($500)—SilverSponsor

• Willamette Valley Vineyards ($500)—Silver Sponsor

• NW Farm Credit Services ($250)—BronzeSponsor

• The Weather Café® ($250)—BronzeSponsor

• The Nursery Connection ($250)—BronzeSponsor

• J. Frank Schmidt Charitable Trust($250)—Bronze Sponsor

“We just couldn’t do an event of this sizewithout the community support providedby our generous sponsors. Please help usthank these organizations when you havethe chance.”

By November, we launched our fourth faculty search in the past14 months—the most faculty hirings in such a short time atNWREC in memory. In September, 2015, Nik Wiman began hisposition at the Tree Orchard Crops Extension Specialist atNWREC. Wiman’s primary assignment is working with hazelnuts.In September 2016, Lloyd Nackley began his position as our newNursery Production and Management Researcher. By the end ofOctober, we began negotiations with our top candidate for thePesticide Registration Research faculty position that will replaceJoe DeFrancesco’s IR-4 Field Center Director role at NWREC.DeFranceso retired at the end of September, but will continueworking 1⁄2 time for the next year.

The fourth and final hire is the Vegetable and Specialty SeedCrops Extension Specialist position. This position is the formerExtension Agent position that has been vacant since Bob

McReynolds retired 41⁄2 years ago. The new position will com-bine Extension and research responsibilities. A national search isnow underway and closes on November 27.

In addition, Nik Wiman hired David Lowenstein, this past July.Lowenstein is a post-doc researcher for the Brown MarmoratedStink Bug program that Wiman leads in Oregon. Also, Wiman isfinalizing the selection of his preferred candidate for a FacultyResearch Assistant position he is hiring to support his hazelnutresearch program.

NWREC Director, Mike Bondi, says,“It has been a amazing yearwith all of these hirings. But, it’s great to be able to finally havethe capacity to address the needs we know are out there. Ournext problem is finding adequate office and lab space for every-one. Hopefully, we’ll figure that out, too.”

Hirings at NWREC Mark an Amazing Year!

NWREC Advisory Council member, Matt Unger,visiting with new Associate Dean in the Collegeof Agricultural Sciences, Joyce Loper.

North Willamette Research and ExtensionCenter’s 160-acre experimental farm ishome to approximately 50 field, green-house, and laboratory research anddemonstration projects each year man-

aged by our faculty and staff. Some proj-ects work with annual or one-year crop-ping systems. Others are longer-termprojects with perennial crops. Historically,we have between 40-60 acres or more of

NWREC’s land each year that is not cur-rently in a project. Sometimes, this land isbeing fallowed or rested between proj-ects. In other cases, it may need to be outof production for several years dependingon the most recent treatments or activity.

Over the past five years, we have been look-ing for more and more ways to utilize landat NWREC not being needed for research inthe coming year. We like the idea of havingmore activities at NWREC and bringing dif-ferent kinds of research, projects, and farm-ing activities to the Center. We believethese community collaborations are benefi-cial for our faculty and staff at NWREC andprovide opportunities to create linksbetween our people and local farmers, con-sultants, industry and agency professionalsthat might not otherwise be possible.

Here’s an example of connections we nowhave that help further the research andeducation mission of the NorthWillamette Research and ExtensionCenter. In each case, the land at NWREC isleased and the income generated isincome to support NWREC’s budget andresearch center activities.

• City of Portland, Bureau of Environ-mental Services—native tree and shrubpropagation area; on-going project overpast 15 years.

• Big B Farm—commercial vegetableproduction on certified organic and con-ventional ground; on-going project overthe past 5 years.

• West Coast Beet Seed Company—sugar beet seed flower initiation studiesconducted with conventional and geneti-cally modified lines; on-going project overpast three years.

• Collins Agricultural Consultants—neonicotinoid absorption study in orna-mental flower pollen and nectar; two yearstudy now concluding.

• USDA Agricultural Research Service—ryegrass variety evaluation for diseaseresistance; current one year study.

• USDA Agricultural Research Service—biochar application and absorption evalu-ation; current two year study.

• USDA Agricultural Research Service—blueberry irrigation project; current multi-year study.

Collins Agricultural Consulting from Oregon City recently completed their neonicotinoid study atNWREC. A tour group of high school students examine one of the plots in a tented bee exclusion area.

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Land Leases Provide New Connections

We’ve known this was coming. And, on September 30, JoeDeFrancesco, our Field Center Director for the IR-4 Program(Pesticide Registration Research), retired following his 30-yearcareer at Oregon State University. And, his shoes will be hard to fill.

Joe has been involved in the IR-4 program in Oregon since itsbeginning when he was working as a research assistance with Bob McReynolds—retired Vegetable Extension Agent at NWREC. In the 1990s they began working withfarmers to identify minor crop pesticide registration needs for the vegetable growers.Since most agricultural crops in Oregon are considered “specialty crops” and grownon relatively few acres, there are often only limited pesticide tools available to copewith weed, disease and insect problems. The IR-4 program was created nationally tohelp with these crop registration needs.

Joe expanded his work from vegetable crops to berries—plus just about everythingelse grown in Oregon—working with cranberry growers on the coast, ornamentalnursery and greenhouse producers throughout the Valley, pear and sweet cherrygrowers in Hood River, hop farmers—and, even, wasabi growers!

“It’s been a great career for me,” said Joe. “I’ve enjoyed my work and the people I’veworked with throughout agriculture in this state.”

Joe will continue working 1/2 time for the coming year. According to Mike Bondi,NWREC Director,“We are very fortunate that Joe will continue to work with us as webring his replacement on. Joe’s experience, knowledge, and connections throughoutagriculture in Oregon will be a huge help to the new person.” Bondi hopes to havethe new IR-4 Field Center Director in place in January.

De Francesco Retires

Over the past five years, the NorthWillamette Research and ExtensionCenter has seen a number of criticalupgrades to our facilities to better sup-port our faculty and staff and better servethe community. Some of this work hastruly been a backlog of deferred mainte-nance and other items have been neededimprovements, efficiency upgrades, andneeded outreach.

We’ve used a variety of ways to fund thiswork. In some cases, we are paying offloans. Grants, faculty cost-shares, and inter-nal budget support from NWREC have beenused, too. And, the community has provid-ed support through our Friends of NWRECprogram over the past several years that hasadded discretionary funds used for specialprojects—otherwise not possible.

Listed here are the major projects of the past5 years. While this is a pretty impressive list,we still have plenty to do ensuring thatNWREC is a world class research and educa-tion facility. The items marked bold andwith an asterisk (*) indicate projects that ourFriends funding helped make possible.

2012:

•Replaced stairs (rotting wood to con-crete) on Main office building on eastside and south side of building($9,200; 15% from OSU and balancefrom NWREC budget*).

• Wood deck repairs on Main officebuilding ($960; NWREC budget*).

• South Well irrigation pump rehab/maintenance ($1,600; NWREC budget)

• Develop new overflow parking areaalong east edge of exit driveway($2,800; NWREC budget*)

• Drainage grate for walk-in cooler atberry processing area ($1,900; facultyprogram support)

• Replace entire roof on NWREC’s Mainoffice building ($130,000; College ofAgricultural Sciences funding plus$80,000 loan to NWREC for 10 years)

• Refurbishing entry, parking andbuilding signs ($650; NWRECbudget*)

• Harvest Dinner (partial support$3,500; NWREC budget*)

• Printing and mailing Down on the Farmnewsletter ($3,000; NWREC budget*)

2013:

• Solar Field (one acre array provides allpower needs of Center; approximately$1,000,0000 installation funded throughprivate vendor with site prep and land-scaping cost to NWREC of $10,500; NWRECbudget*)

• Harvest Dinner (partial support $3,500;NWREC budget*)

• Printing and mailing Down on the Farmnewsletter ($3,000; NWREC budget*)

2014:

• Harvest Dinner (partial support $2,500;NWREC budget*)

• Printing and mailing Down on the Farmnewsletter ($3,000; NWREC budget*)

2015:

• Purchased new tractor—first GPS capa-ble unit ($88,000; equipment trade-insplus loan to NWREC from College ofAgricultural Sciences for 10 years financ-ing $70,000)

• Lawn commercial mower ($9,100;NWREC budget*)

• Exterior painting for Main office building($5,800; NWREC budget*)

• Harvest Dinner (partial support $1,000;NWREC budget*)

• Printing and mailing Down on the Farmnewsletter ($3,000; NWREC budget*)

2016:

• Installation of new IR-4 Freezer Room($13,000; most funding from faculty pro-gram with electrical upgrades of $2,000to NWREC budget*)

• Rebuild north well pump, deep clean,total rehab ($24,000; partial funding fromOSU—most from NWREC budget)

• Replace south well pump, deep clean,total rehab ($24,000; partial funding fromOSU—most from NWREC budget)

• Construction of Small Farms Pack House($8,000; funding from Extension SmallFarms donors)

• Printing and mailing Down on the Farmnewsletter ($3,000; NWREC budget*)

Making NWREC a Better Place

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NWREC Friends are financial contributors in the community who believe what we do isimportant and want to help the North Willamette Research and Extension Center growour programs and outreach. Friends include individuals, organizations, and businesses.Friends contributions have been used to help accomplish priorities not usually possiblewithin existing budget sources.

Established in 2011, the Friends of the North Willamette Research and ExtensionCenter contributions have been used to fund a wide variety of expenses—see articleabove. Our plans for 2017 include remodeling lab and storage areas, upgrading ourNorth well house, painting and cleaning downstairs meeting room, and main officebuilding landscaping.

Please consider joining the Friends of NWREC for 2017.Fill out the form on the back and mail to:

North Willamette Research & Extension Center, 15210 NE Miley Rd, Aurora, OR 97002Make checks payable to: OSU Foundation–NWREC

Membership forms are located on our NWREC website at oregonstate.edu/dept/NWREC.Memberships in the Friends begin at $25/year. Larger contributions are welcome, too.

All contributions are made to the OSU Foundation and are directed to NWREC.All contributions are tax deductible. By working together, we can do great things.

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