![Maria Zamora Re, right, speaks about irrigation techniques during Washington State University’s Spanish-language field day dedicated to irrigation basics and management in tree fruit at the Roza research orchard (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) Maria Zamora Re, right, speaks about irrigation techniques during Washington State University’s Spanish-language field day dedicated to irrigation basics and management in tree fruit at the Roza research orchard (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/lp/picbox/wsuIrrigationFieldDay-10691tj-web.jpg?itok=3qdd41px)
Irrigation specialist Maria Zamora Re has been at Oregon State University for three years but made her first public presentation specifically to the tree fruit industry on May 8 at a Washington State University field day near Prosser.
![JC Boyle Dam on Klamath River JC Boyle Dam on Klamath River](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/aerial_of_jc_boyle_dam_on_klamath_river_0.jpg?itok=m7xdz7t7)
A giant sediment pulse — millions of cubic yards of silt, clay and dead algae — trapped for decades behind the dams is now flowing downstream.
![The Klamath River flows through what was the Copco Lake Reservoir. Juliet Grable / JPR The Klamath River flows through what was the Copco Lake Reservoir. Juliet Grable / JPR](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/lp/picbox/klamath-river_copco-lake-reservoir.png?itok=HEDnk5nd)
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![Oregon State University undergraduate Vincent Vaughn-Uding selects a stink bug to record in the lab in May 2023. The bug's call will be utilized b a new pest control device dubbed the "Pied Piper." Dan Evans / OPB Oregon State University undergraduate Vincent Vaughn-Uding selects a stink bug to record in the lab in May 2023. The bug's call will be utilized b a new pest control device dubbed the "Pied Piper." Dan Evans / OPB](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/lp/picbox/F2YWR5XXKVE5ZDKX2WH75QEAY4.png?itok=nSksnU1n)
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Desiree Tullos, a professor of biological and ecological engineering, and Bryan Tilt, a professor of anthropology, will give the talk at 6 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Old World Deli in Corvallis. It can be viewed in person or online.
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"This study elucidates per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) fingerprints for specific PFAS source types."
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"Last week, as scorching temperatures sent Portlanders searching for a swimming hole, the Willamette River turned a shade of neon green usually associated with the trim on Seattle Seahawks jerseys."
![Map of the Tohoku region and a map of the Cascadia Subduction Zone](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/bolte_et_al_figure_1.jpg?itok=ihpZKSkr)
"Growing threats posed by natural hazards demand that coastal hazard planning, response, and adaptation practices safeguard coastal communities while minimizing uneven impacts on historically underserved groups."
![A sump pumps excess water from a strawberry and hazelnut farm near Salem.](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/beritdinsdaleopinionpic_0.jpg?itok=fUWEbHfD)
"Researchers at Oregon State University Extension Service interviewed 59 farmers and ranchers across the state asking what they need to better weather extreme heat and drought. "
![Headshot of faculty member, Stephen Good](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/good_steve_0.jpg?itok=U2DbPndE)
![Headshot of faculty member, Marja Haagsma](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/marja_prof_pic.jpg?itok=FD0kZxXA)
"The timescales associated with precipitation moving through watersheds reveal processes that are critical to understanding many hydrologic systems."
![Glines Canyon dam removal on Sept. 3, 2014. Credit: Jeff Duda, USGS. Glines Canyon dam removal on Sept. 3, 2014. Credit: Jeff Duda, USGS.](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/lp/picbox/glines_canyon_dam_removal_3sep14_usgs_jeff_duda.jpg?itok=exHODMlj)
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Increasing temperatures, drought, and fuels have led to a higher risk of wildfires around the world. Models are an effective tool that can be used to understand and research wildfire trends.
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![Rain gardens help keep polluntants out of waterways. Photo by Derek Godwin. Rain gardens help keep polluntants out of waterways. Photo by Derek Godwin.](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/lp/picbox/rain_garden-derek_godwin.jpg?itok=BetES6wd)
As water runs down roofs, over driveways and patios and off other impervious surfaces, it might pick up pollutants as it flows directly into streams, wetlands, lakes and groundwater aquifers.
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Oregon State University is finalizing an assessment asking farmers and ranchers across the state what they need to better weather extreme heat and drought.
![Morrow County Commissioner Jim Doherty shows Silvia Hernandez test results that say her well water has nitrate levels that exceed the federal safe drinking water limits by nearly five times on April 15, 2022. Morrow County Commissioner Jim Doherty shows Silvia Hernandez test results that say her well water has nitrate levels that exceed the federal safe drinking water limits by nearly five times on April 15, 2022.](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/lp/picbox/ZY7V5MGSBNA2LHY3A4HQUELB74.jpg?itok=K_uY2_g2)
![Cara Walter](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/carawalter-2018.jpg?itok=eLn6gEkc)
![Dr. Chet Udell](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/chetosu2.jpg?itok=qyMNNFe8)
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![Gerrad Jones](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/gerrad_jones-0002a.jpg?itok=lZ5JkofL)
![Cheng Shi](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/shi_cheng_2.jpg?itok=ts8157Qg)
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![Notice re: 25 Year Club member Frank Chaplen](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/screenshot_2022-02-07_083206.jpg?itok=rO6yEi5a)
![Chad Higgins](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/higgins_bee-2014_7.jpg?itok=Mf7lAiaM)
EcoE student Nina Biondolillo is the highlighted speaker in this video.
![John Selker](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/selker_2017a_5.jpg?itok=83agXlTU)
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![Elsie Weisshaar](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/weisshaar_elsie.jpg?itok=Z3owntTq)
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![Dominique Bachelet](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/bachelet_2017a_0.jpg?itok=bvpy1zPP)
![Desiree Tullos](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/tullos_2017-2a_2.jpg?itok=0GXm9Cqy)
"Scientists tested the toxicity levels of the algae in the river in downtown Portland. The results showed toxins harmful for dogs and below harmful levels for people..."
![Desiree Tullos](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/tullos_2017-2a_1.jpg?itok=EgplnSVN)
![Gerrad Jones](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/gerrad_jones-0002a.jpg?itok=lZ5JkofL)
![John Selker](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/selker_2017a_3.jpg?itok=Aw3W1ag7)
The Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for a unique medical device that helps patients with respiratory complications avoid ventilators.
![Chad Higgins](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/higgins_bee-2014_6.jpg?itok=w1TPsaRn)
![Maggie Graham](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/graham_maggie.jpg?itok=c0M5JrSk)
![John Bolte](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/john_bolte_2018_med_1.jpg?itok=RbytmFCQ)
Research by, among a team of researchers, OPEnS lab student, Max Chu, and BEE/OPEnS faculty John Selker, Cara Walter, and Chet Udell.
![John Bolte](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/john_bolte_2018_med_0.jpg?itok=4Wrr6N60)
![Desiree Tullos Tullos, Desiree](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/tullos_2017-2a_0.jpg?itok=B0DWGDVu)
Recently published article written by BEE's Desiree Tullos and a team of researchers in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.
![Chad Higgins](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/higgins_bee-2014_4.jpg?itok=SBXXuli3)
![Hadi Al-Agele](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/hadi_al-agele.jpg?itok=6WuD3v-F)
![John Selker Selker, John](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/selker_2017a_2.jpg?itok=QfFk5VtG)
![Kyle Proctor](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/proctor_kyle_crop_0.jpg?itok=OSpHyvz7)
Sharing pays off, a new study finds. If farmers in the United States can be convinced to share just 1% of their land with solar panels, they could generate 20% of the country’s electricity with that minor sacrifice...
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![Ganti Murthy](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/murthy_2018_a1_2.jpg?itok=kzm6YsIS)
![Kyle Proctor](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/proctor_kyle_crop.jpg?itok=GT3WKSJN)
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BEE has revamped its graduate seminar (BEE 507) and is rolling it out winter 2021!
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Article written by BEE's Ganti Murthy and Seyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaie of ICF International Inc.
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![Bonan Li Li, Bonan](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/bonan_li.jpg?itok=Jr3Firow)
Article by BEE student Bonan Li and instructor Stephen Good, published in EGU's Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
![Chad Higgins Picture of Chad Higgins](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/higgins_bee-2014_2.jpg?itok=bQTlQXSX)
![John Selker Picture of John Selker](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/selker_2017a_0.jpg?itok=0LaeLMGk)
Research in EGU's Atmospheric Measurement Techniques journal, presented by a team that includes BEE's Chad Higgins and John Selker.
![Firas Al-Oqaili](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/firas_al-oqaili_crop.jpg?itok=SuzBIK5x)
![Catie Finkenbiner](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/catie_finkenbiner_2_0.jpg?itok=PeK4aqh2)
![Stephen Good](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/good_stephen_professional_photo_2016.11.01_2.jpg?itok=urXHIO-v)
![Desiree Tullos Tullos, Desiree](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/tullos_2017-2a.jpg?itok=K_oGmBI0)
![Cara Walter Walter, Cara](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/2018_walter_cara_0.jpg?itok=bdCDZ4eg)
![Kellie Vache Vache, Kellie](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/kellie_vache_001_0.jpg?itok=4kTXtnSP)
![John Bolte John Bolte](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/john_bolte_2018_med.jpg?itok=i4eeT2F4)
![Kellie Vache Kellie Vache](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/kellie_vache_001.jpg?itok=RqXOou_1)
BEE's John Bolte and Kellie Vache's contributions to research, "Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity: Theory, Tools and Applications."
![Ganti Murthy Murthy, Ganti](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/murthy_2018_a1.jpg?itok=bs_QMk7V)
![Frank Chaplen Chaplen, Frank](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/chaplen_frank.jpg?itok=TxucSCiO)
![Ganti Murthy Murthy, Ganti](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/murthy_2018_a1_0.jpg?itok=m2MWCQdu)
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On January 13, John Selker was honored by Universidad de Concepcion with the Centennial Medial for "...working to improve the opportunities of Chilean agriculture, especially (in regards to) the development of peasant family agriculture."
![Agrivoltaics Agrivoltaics land use](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/graham_maggie_central_point_oregon_collecting_insect_and_floral_samples_for_thesis_research.jpg?itok=cj8DzQrd)
The Advocate top picks of 2019's scientific research from Oregon State University. They included work by both Chad Higgins and Dominique Bachelet.
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OSU master’s degree student Maggie Graham (WRS student advised by Dr. Chad Higgins in BEE) has been studying the effectiveness of purposefully planting pollinator habitat in and around solar arrays.
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Stability as evaluated by functional resistance and resilience is critical to the effective operation of environmental biotechnologies.
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On Monday, November 18, several climate change scientists, including BEE instructor Dr. Dominique Bachelet, urged lawmakers to take action on the climate crisis.
![Starker Arts Park picture of Starker Arts Park wetlands](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/lp/picbox/eess_pic.jpg?itok=mT4TcH2S)
Thank you to all of the EESS volunteers who turned out last Saturday and participated with Starker Arts Park wetland planting project. So many people turned out that they were able to plant 1,000+ individual plants within an hour.
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Bastin et al.’s estimate (Reports, 5 July 2019, p. 76) that tree planting for climate change mitigation could sequester 205 gigatons of carbon is approximately five times too large.
National Science Foundation's latest video features research on "Installing Solar Panels on Agricultural Lands Maximizes their Efficiency." This project is being led by BEE's Drs. Elnaz Adeh (WRGP graduate who was advised in BEE), Stephen Good...
![Soil filtration units created by senior students. Senior Design Soil Filtration Units](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/img_9045.jpg?itok=t4r1b3uH)
John Selker and Ganti Murthy's Senior Design project with Undergraduate program, Ecological Engineering, is referenced in this article about practical and economic ways of cleaning stormwater runoff, particularly zinc pollution.
![Desiree Tullos Desiree Tullos](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/tullos_2017-2_0.jpg?itok=uZo3yzF8)
Biological & Ecological Engineering Professor Desiree Tullos work is referenced in this NPR article on climate-driven flooding concerns in small town areas.
![Solar Panel and Sheep Picture of Solar Panel and Sheep](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/annotation_2019-08-08_094405.jpg?itok=fOqt0EFC)
![Sam Swanson, Water Resource Engineering Alumni Water Resource Engineering Alumni Sam Swanson](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/ss_alumni.png?itok=707jE1ki)
Water Resource Engineering Alumni Sam Swanson (2018) is featured this month in the College of Agricultural Sciences, "Faces of AgSci." Sam's major advisor was Desiree Tullos (Biological & Ecological Engineering).
![Chad Higgins Picture of Chad Higgins](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/higgins_bee-2014_1.jpg?itok=djc8344_)
![Logan Adams Picture of Logan Adams](https://bee.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/styles/75x75-scale-crop/public/field/image/capture.png?itok=vYjrc29C)
Check out Logan Adams' success story in the Honor's College program as a Biological & Ecological Engineering student and connecting with his advisor, Dr. Stephen Good!
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Check out our latest Biological & Ecological Engineering newsletter - 2019 was a great year for BEE!
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John Bolte, Biological & Ecological Engineering Director, and a team of OSU researchers study the effects of beach erosion in Tillamook County.
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BEE Professor, Desiree Tullos, discusses methods for improving flood-risk governance in the United States. In the wake of multiple hurricanes and the Oroville Dam disaster, this issue is becoming more important than ever.
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Dale Kirk was a pioneering researcher and one of the most sought-after professors on campus from the mid-1940’s to mid-1980’s. Among his many engineering accomplishments, he developed a mechanical strawberry harvester and a grass seed field-...
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BEE Distinguished Professor, John Selker, has made cutting-edge advancements in the collection of weather data from Africa. Read about his work in iAfrikan.
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Through your generous support, we hope to send two EcoE seniors representing their Senior Design teams to Cameroon to implement their ideas, plus two students to the ACS NORM 2018 conference in Richland, Washington.
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Dominique Bachelet has been been named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “for important contributions to the field of climate change science."
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Manuel Lopez is a student employee in the OPEnS Lab, and an undergraduate in EECS. See this short video to learn more about Manuel and how working in the OPENs Lab is helping him reach his goals.
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The cutting-edge research and projects of Distinguished Professor John Selker is reaching students and communities across the globe.
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BEE professor, Chad Higgins, is part of a tri-state collaboration that aims to tackle energy, water, and food issues across the Pacific Northwest.
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BEE Professor, Dr. Chad Higgins, an inductee to the Groton High School Distinguished Graduate Hall of Fame was inducted on June 1 in Groton, New York.