LivWild Lab in the Media
If you’d like to learn more about the impact of our lab’s work, check out the published stories below.
by Kyle Odegard, Oregon Reporter, Capital Press. December 18, 2025.
“OSU professor looks to reduce wolf conflicts”
“Ethan Doney, a researcher who leads OSU’s Living With Wildlife Lab, is focused on reducing conflicts between livestock producers and wolves. ‘We at the university can do a better job of facilitating research on this issue. We want to understand and ask questions producers want to know,’ he said.
During a convention session Dec. 4, ranchers worked with the Western Landowners Alliance and OSU researchers to identify top challenges with wolves and potential solutions.
Ranchers said some wolves are unafraid of humans and urban residents don’t understand indirect costs, including lower conception rates and weights.
Wolves also cause ranchers ample stress, such as fears of attacks on family members. In some cases, ranchers dealing with wolves have received death threats.
A sense of hopelessness and despair results from the lack of government intervention and younger generations are more hesitant to enter livestock production, participants said.
Delisting, adequate compensation and communication were viewed as solutions by ranchers.”
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by Colin Bowyer, Communications Manager, College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University. February 26, 2026.
“Interviews with growers in Oregon and California show that complex permitting processes often hinder rapid adaptation to ocean stressors like acidification, hypoxia, and marine heat waves”
“A new qualitative study published in Ecology & Society reveals how shellfish farmers in California and Oregon are adapting to and coping with a fast‑changing climatic and socioeconomic environment, including what helps them stay resilient in the face of growing challenges…
‘Interviewees described regulatory stress as a compounding issue,’ added research assistant Lauren Rice, ‘23, M.S. ‘25. ‘Some permitting and regulatory processes are pervasively restrictive, and these stressors are often much more tangible and apparent in growers’ daily operations. Because permitting and regulatory processes can also get in the way of responding to environmental changes and invasive species, the impacts compound, making this root stressor all the more pressing…’
Shellfish aquaculture is a vital part of coastal food systems. As climate change and regulatory landscapes continue to shift, understanding how growers adapt can help policymakers, researchers, and communities better support sustainable seafood production.”
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