Pendleton Oregon
DOC Operations Division Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
EOCI is the state´s only facility where the internationally-recognized " Prison Blues " line of blue denim clothing is manufactured. The garment factory is one of two prison industries programs operating at the facility. The prison´s commercial laundry cleans clothing and other items for EOCI and Snake River Correctional Institution, in addition to Pendleton´s local high school, the city´s fire department, the Pendleton Convention Center, and Krusteaz Flour Mill. Other inmate work opportunities include: food service, clerical, and facility maintenance. ... [Read More]
Pendleton, Oregon : Home
The Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center (CPCRC) is an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) field unit located in northeastern Oregon, eight miles northeast of Pendleton. It is adjacent to the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center ... [Read More]
Pendleton, Oregon : About Us
Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center in Pendleton, Oregon (CPCRC) is one of the multidisciplinary laboratories of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service ... USDA-ARS scientists at Pendleton primarily serve the dryland farming areas located in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. These lands are covered by soils that are suitable for winter cereal production, and are rich in required crop nutrients, except nitrogen and occasionally sulfur. These soils are very susceptible to water erosion because of long steep slopes and low water infiltration rates. Agriculture related soil erosion in the Pacific Northwest differs from that elsewhere in the nation. Most erosion on the Columbia Plateau occurs during rainfall and/or snowmelt on frozen soil. Since water infiltrates into frozen soil very slowly, much of it runs off, carrying thawed topsoil with it. Prevention and control of wind and water erosion are major considerations in the area served by CPCRC. ... [Read More]
Welcome to CPCRC
The Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center (CPCRC) is an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) field unit located in northeastern Oregon, eight miles northeast of Pendleton. It is adjacent to the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center (CBARC), which is a branch station of Oregon State University (OSU) . A Field Day in mid-June gives visitors an opportunity to meet the staff and discuss research results. However, visitors are welcome at either facility during business hours (7:30 am to 4:00 pm) or by appointment. ... [Read More]
Recent Publications
USDA-ARS scientists at Pendleton primarily serve the dryland farming areas located in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. These lands are covered by soils that are suitable for winter cereal production, and are rich in required crop nutrients, except nitrogen and occasionally sulfur. These soils are very susceptible to water erosion because of long steep slopes and low water infiltration rates. Agriculture related soil erosion in the Pacific Northwest differs from that elsewhere in the nation. Most erosion on the Columbia Plateau occurs during rainfall and/or snowmelt on frozen soil. Since water infiltrates into frozen soil very slowly, much of it runs off, carrying thawed topsoil with it. Prevention and control of wind and water erosion are major considerations in the area served by CPCRC. ... [Read More]
Research
USDA-ARS scientists at Pendleton primarily serve the dryland farming areas located in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. These lands are covered by soils that are suitable for winter cereal production, and are rich in required crop nutrients, except nitrogen and occasionally sulfur. These soils are very susceptible to water erosion because of long steep slopes and low water infiltration rates. Agriculture related soil erosion in the Pacific Northwest differs from that elsewhere in the nation. Most erosion on the Columbia Plateau occurs during rainfall and/or snowmelt on frozen soil. Since water infiltrates into frozen soil very slowly, much of it runs off, carrying thawed topsoil with it. Prevention and control of wind and water erosion are major considerations in the area served by CPCRC. ... [Read More]
National Weather Service - NWS Pendleton
Pendleton (Census 2000 population 16,354) is located in the Umatilla River Valley that cuts through the rolling dry farmland of the eastern Columbia Basin of northeastern Oregon. It was founded on the Umatilla River in 1864 on a site purchased for a span (pair) of horses. A toll bridge across the Umatilla River at the townsite formed an important link in the westward migration via the Oregon Trail. The town was named for a United States Senator from Ohio, George Hunt Pendleton, the Vice Presidential candidate with McClellan against Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Mr. Pendleton favored agriculture and became noted as the "father" of the Civil Service System. ... [Read More]
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