Malheur

StrongPeople builds culture of health among older adults

Older adults in Oregon face several health challenges, including chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and hypertension. Many older adults have mobility challenges due to muscle weakness, joint pain and low ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

OSU Extension 4-H babysitter training tackles Oregon's child care shortage

Families in Oregon face several challenges when it comes to finding quality child care. Because there is a significant shortage of child care slots, especially for infants and toddlers, many families struggle to find available ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

OSU research and education boost Oregon wheat production

Wheat is one of Oregon’s most valuable crops. In 2022, farmers planted approximately 740,000 acres of winter wheat and other varieties across the state. The crop had a direct value of $431 million, ranking sixth among ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

Support from OSU Open Campus eases student transfers

Research shows that while 80% of community college students intend to earn a bachelor’s degree, only 25% transfer to a four-year college within five years — and just 17% earn a bachelor’s degree within six years of ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

BEPA 2.0 has students stepping up their physical activity

Data show that among school-age children, low physical activity, poor diet, and extended periods of inactivity are associated not only with poor health but also with poor educational outcomes. In 2007, Oregon passed a law ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

Targeted grazing reduces wildfire risk and boosts rangeland health in Malheur County

Invasive grasses — often called “fine fuels” — pose a major wildfire threat and jeopardize the biodiversity of the Northern Great Basin, including Malheur County. These fast-growing grasses outcompete native plants, dry out ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

Malheur Works connects youths to careers in rural Oregon

Malheur County, along Oregon’s eastern border with Idaho, is known for its vast high-desert landscape and agricultural heritage. But it also faces deep economic challenges. With the second-highest child poverty rate in Oregon — ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

OSU Extension helps Oregonians respond to avian influenza outbreaks

When highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was first detected in Oregon in May 2022, commercial poultry farms were forced to cull infected birds, backyard chicken owners worried about their flocks, and 4-H members faced ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

Fitness programs help older adults stay active in Malheur County

Regular physical activity helps older adults maintain strength, mobility and cognitive health while reducing the risk of chronic disease. Still, 27.3% of adults in Malheur County report no leisure-time physical activity, a rate ...

Jan 2025 | Impact Story

Using science to inform policy for a wildfire-adapted Oregon

In response to longer and more severe wildfire seasons, a growing population living in the wildland-urban interface and the extensive impacts of the 2020 Labor Day fires, the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 762 in 2021, ...

Sep 2024 | Impact Story