Congratulations to Judith Barrington for winning the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction with her book "Virginia's Apple: Collected Memoirs"!!! 🎉🎉🎉
What an amazing night at @literary-arts.org Oregon Book Awards! Check out all of this year's winners with @orartswatch.org: beav.es/fJF.
PROTEST CITY
Image and activism in Portland's fight against ICE
RIAN DUNDON
INTERVIEW AND PHOTOGRAPHS www.truthinphotography.org/protest-city...
So excited to be releasing this out into the world! Spectacular line up of contributors sharing their experiences and perspectives on cultural burning in a variety of places in the US and Canada.
A popular path along Mulkey Creek in Corvallis recently became flooded after beavers built a dam in the area. That prompted several groups to look for a solution that would allow the beavers to remain busy in the area but keep the path open for public use.
Wow. There is an amazing schedule of speakers this year for Holocaust Memorial Week!
OSU Press is honored to have published "Listening to Survivors: Four Decades of Holocaust Memorial Week at Oregon State University" which recognizes the stories and legacy of this program at OSU. 🧡
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Save the date! April 30, 2026 12:00 pm PT.
Landkeeping: In Conversation Online Event with Jared Aldern and Theresa Gregor. Registration is now open!
Promotional images for the book "The Riverhouse Stories" by Andrea Carlisle.
Promotional images for the book "The Riverhouse Stories" by Andrea Carlisle.
Promotional images for the book "The Riverhouse Stories" by Andrea Carlisle.
New from OSU Press this May is the fortieth anniversary edition of "The Riverhouse Stories: How Pubah S. Queen and Lazy La Rue Save the World" by Andrea Carlisle.
Order today. Publication date: May 12, 2026
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#LesbianLoveStory #LesbianFairytale #ReadLocal #OregonClassicFiction
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Bill McKibben reports on what Trump’s reorganization of the Forest Service means for rural America: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/G5KAKJ
Call for chapter abstracts for an edited Two-Spirit and Trans Indigenous Studies Reader.
Abstracts due June 30, 2026. See full call at tinyurl.com/2STransIndig...
What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”
We're hiring! Currently seeking an Acquisitions Editor. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/job/Penn-State...
"It was the stories of those who escaped brutality in their homelands that compelled Mehren to write 'I Lived To Tell The World.' As she says, the book found her: 'I was so impressed with the clear-eyed nature of their experiences, the way they described their experiences.'”
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Promotional image highlighting the book Landkeeping and the blog post by the authors available on the OSU Press website.
New OSU Press blog post features Jared D. Aldern (@jdaldern.bsky.social) and Theresa Lynn Gregor, the editors of "Landkeeping: Restoring Indigenous Fire Stewardship and Ecological Partnerships."
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#IndigenousFireStewardship #CulturalBurning #TEK #CulturalRevitalization
And of course I’d be remiss if I didn’t shout out the role of beavers, who are laying the groundwork for salmon recovery in Spencer Creek & other Klamath basin streams by creating rearing ponds for the next generations of coho & steelhead.
Tired: dams made of concrete
Inspired: dams made of willow
OSU Press is excited to be attending the 2026 American Society for Environmental History (@aseh.bsky.social) meeting in Kansas City.
Visit us at the meeting and tell us bout your latest book project, browse our new titles, and pick up cool stickers! 📚🦫🐐
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#ASEH2026 #OSUPress #ReadUP
Last year, researchers documented the first adult Chinook salmon in a tributary of the Upper Klamath since dam removal. This spring, they've discovered newly hatched salmon, lifting hopes of a cultural renewal for Klamath Tribes members.
Beverly Beaver, wearing a jaunty orange scarf, shows off a table full of OSU Press books.
Beavers and goats and stickers oh my! We're at ASEH in Kansas City with some great new books, including Bill Willingham's new study of mining in Eastern Oregon. Stop by, say hi to Beverly, grab grab some books, and tell me all about your project.
I could probably talk about wetlands and beavers for hours, so I naturally had such a fun time talking to @emilyfairfax.bsky.social and @jesseandrews.bsky.social about Pixar’s newest film, Hoppers. Big thanks and kudos to both of them!
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A bookshelf displaying books about the Pacific Northwest, prominently featuring Brian Doyle's classic novel Mink River.
On my way to Kansas City for the ASEH conference and the PDX Powell's is gratifyingly busy. Can confirm, Mink River is a great pick for anyone looking for a plane read!
On March 24th at 6 PM, we're welcoming author Stewart Janes for a talk about his new book Birds of Crater Lake National Park: A Natural History and Guide, published by OSU Press!
"A delicious read," indeed! Thank you, Fran Gardner and @orartswatch.org for highlighting Alice Day Pratt's "A Homesteader's Portfolio." 📚
Congratulations to authors Bruce A. Bugbee, Robert J. Kiesling, and John B. Wright!
"Saving the Big Sky" wins 2026 Western Writers of America Spur Award – Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction.
See all of the 2026 winners and finalist at beav.es/NcC.
#SpurAward #Montana #Conservation #LandUse
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Earth Island Journal is seeking pitches for an upcoming special edition on education and the environment.
Know of an incubation of environmental innovation? Censoring content that's threatening the climate movement? Surprising impact of global heating on learning? Message us!
We’re excited to announce our spring webinar series—Wood, Water, Land.
Join us to consider how human interactions with wood, water, and land transformed and continue to impact the American West.
It launches in April, just in time for Earth Month 🌎🌱
RSVP: dornsife.usc.edu/icw/upcoming/
“You Are The Land,” a new illustrated book written and illustrated by Steph Littlebird, shares the joy of a child exploring her relationship with her family, her community and the land.
Oregon State University, home of the Beavers, has never met a dam pun they don't love. Our annual fundraising event is even called Dam Proud Day. Come to Corvallis, you'll fit right in. 🦫
Promotional photos of the book Birds of Crater Lake National Park.
Promotional photos of the book Birds of Crater Lake National Park.
Promotional photos of the book Birds of Crater Lake National Park.
Happy Publication Day to Stewart Janes!
"Birds of Crater Lake National Park: A Natural History and Guide" is now available from your favorite booksellers and directly from OSU Press!
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#CraterLake #SouthernOregon #OregonBirds #OregonEcology #NaturalHistory
Feliks Banel, host of Cascade of History, chats with author Barbara Mahoney about her book "Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune." Now available in a paperback edition!
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#OregonBiography #EuropeanHistory #AmericanJournalist
