CurrentResults.com, 2007.

Oregon Live September 6, 2007: Conservation biologists at Oregon State University are tops in their field, earning the No.1 rank among 315 programs in the United States and Canada from the leading professional journal in the field.

Science Daily (ScienceDaily.com) July 31, 2007. The wolves are back, and for the first time in more than 50 years, young aspen trees are growing again in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park.

MSNBC.com July 27, 2007. "This is really exciting, and it’s great news for Yellowstone," said William Ripple of the Oregon State University College of Forestry. "We’ve seen some recovery of willows and cottonwood, but this is the first time we can document significant aspen growth, a tree species in decline all over the West. We’ve waited a long time to see this, but now we’re optimistic that things may be on the right track."