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- 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).
The joint state-federal unit was created in 1928 as an agricultural experiment
station. CPCRC was established by Senate Document 59 of the 86th Congress to
solve soil and water management and conservation problems of the Columbia
Plateau and related areas of eastern Oregon and Washington. A parcel of land
was deeded to the federal government in the 1960's for the construction of the
CPCRC facility. The main building was dedicated in 1970. Offices for the ARS
and OSU staffs, a conference room, a computer lab, and laboratories for
chemistry, plant growth evaluation, electronics, and erosion reside within this
facility. A plant pathology laboratory and a weed laboratory are also located
in this building, but are operated by Oregon State University. Other USDA
facilities include a microbiology laboratory, a machine shop, and a storage
warehouse.
Website: "http://pwa.ars.usda.gov/pendleton/cpcrc/"
[Summary provided by the USDA.]
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