Online Learning Resources

Farm Business Relief & Recovery

Aggregated & indexed WSU SW WA COVID-19 resources for Farms (including food safety resources, farm resiliency strategies, distance purchasing strategies/resources, and more):  https://extension.wsu.edu/clark/agriculture/anr-swwa-covid19-resources-news/

Gorge Grown: https://gorgegrown.com/communityresources/ (under Farmers and Producers) – there are several resources for maintaining the business and access relief programs.

Food Resources

Gorge Grown: Who’s Your Farmer, Farmer’s Markets, https://gorgegrown.com/communityresources/

Vegetable gardening classes and information: https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/course/master-gardener-series-vegetable-gardening, and https://www.bhg.com/news/free-online-gardening-courses/

Master Gardener classes, on-line, for $45: https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/course/master-gardener-short-course-series

A variety of classes available at: https://www.skillshare.com/browse/gardening

OSU Hood River County Central Gorge Master Gardeners: http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/cgmga/. Find current events and online learning opportunities.

Forestry / Firewise

Oregon State University’s Tree School is now online! Live webinars every Tuesday afternoon cover a wide range of forestry topics: BEAV.ES/TreeSchoolOnline

From the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), featuring researcher Jack Cohen on defensible space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL_syp1ZScM&feature=youtu.be Dr. Jack Cohen, Fire Science Researcher with the USDA Forest Service, explains current research about how homes ignite during wildfires, and the actions that homeowners can take to help their home survive the impacts of flames and embers.

How to safely burn backyard debris: https://www.facebook.com/WashDNR/videos/236579734440825/

Invasive Weed Management 

Skamania County’s Noxious Weed program has a ton of great on-line resources here: https://www.skamaniacounty.org/departments-offices/noxious-weed-program/brochures-and-publications

Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board’s ‘Identify a Weed’ tool: https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/identify-a-noxious-weed

Livestock / Pasture

WSU Extension has a number of good resources related to animals and agriculture: https://extension.wsu.edu/animalag/resources/

The Art of Range podcast provides education through conversation with some of the brightest minds in rangeland management. Interviewing researchers, ranchers, and resource professionals to bring you extended discussion on topics that are of interest to all. A new episode will be released every two weeks, with several episodes on a general topic area. This project is funded by a grant from the Western Center for Risk Management Education. https://artofrange.com/

Student Learning

Find great environmental education resources and videos covering everything from soils to water to gardening, brought to you by Pierce Conservation District: https://piercecd.org/522/Environmental-Education-at-Home

Local ecology education non-profit, Gorge Ecology Outdoors, has some great learning links in their ‘Kid Zone’ : http://www.gorgeecology.org/index.php/kid-zone/