We use these facilities and reimburse the Department of Animal Science for use of animals and staff time. Forestland near Corvallis, managed by the College of Forestry, is readily available to us for cooperative research and teaching programs. The facilities of the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center are also frequently used by faculty and students. Cooperative projects between this Branch Station and the Department have been conducted for 35 years. In addition, a number of projects are conducted on private land, federal land, and the Starkey Experimental Range of the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station.
Classes regularly visit the coastal forests and oak woodlands of the Willamette Valley.
We utilize both public and private lands in eastern Oregon for field trips each year, to study the ecology and management of mixed coniferous forests, pine forests, mountain meadow, juniper woodlands, bunchgrass prairie, sagebrush grasslands, and salt desert plant communities. The University owns or controls, in conjunction with the Branch Experiment Stations, acreage in several different ecological provinces within Oregon. The Department regularly uses facilities of the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center located at Burns and Union. At Burns, this includes approximately 16,000 acres of sagebrush rangeland, laboratory and short term living space. At Union, this includes 2,000 acres of forested rangelands, as well as laboratory and living quarters.