The spring/summer 2018 issue of Confluence, a newsletter about Oregon Sea Grant's research, outreach and educational programs, is now available for download. The post Now available

[Ed Note: With the conclusion of the academic year here at Oregon State University, we say goodbye to Student Archivist Ethan Heusser, who has written extensively on the Special Collections and Archives Research Center’s rare book collections at our sister blog, Rare@OSU. Today and over the next three weeks, we will s

Experts with Oregon Sea Grant and the Oregon State University Extension Service will demystify the process of buying fresh seafood during free, guided dockside tours in Newport and Warrenton that connect seafood lovers with commercial fishermen. The post

There are a couple of signs with this last cat round up, that my upcoming break is clearly needed. When I picked up the nine cats,  I carefully laid out each's paperwork on the counter at the clinic, putting the records in groups to give to various owners, caretakers.  Then I walked off and left the paperwork on the coun

I'm trying to take some time to think about what it means to be a father today. Whatever your relationship is with that aspect of humanity—I hope you'll also take some time to think about it in the context of current events. New York Times:

Nothing but........cat fixing. I'm still at it, but not long before my time off.  I seriously need the time off and am very much looking forward to it.  There's tomorrow's cat load to be fixed and then one more a week from tomorrow.  And then?   Bwa ha ha.  I'm off. In the garage right now, wait three females.   T

Don't even...... More kittens, from same complex the other four kittens came from.  They haven't caught this pair's mom yet. These two, both boys, are older.  I had taken them kitten traps yesterday after taking the other four to Heartland. They are so scared but not hissy spitters like some of the other four were.  A

[Ed Note: This weekend is commencement weekend at Oregon State University, and to mark the occasion we thought we would look back at Graduation Day 1933 at Oregon State Agricultural College, a commencement exercise distinguished by Linus Pauling’s receipt of an honorary doctorate from his undergraduate alma mater.] Th

Ten more local cats have been fixed, six of them kittens. A Lebanon apartment complex is trapping cats on their property.   The adults will return, and they're fine with that, as long as they are fixed.  This is extremely progressive and practical and kind of them. So the first six were fixed yesterday.   Big Boots w

Drop traps are all the rage now in TNR cat trapping. I wonder if people know, a woman named Laura first developed the drop trap for cat trapping. She ran Hubcats, in Boston back then.   I don't know where she is now. I'd like to say a thank you to her.  People will never know it was her who first made this fantastic c