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Upland Habitat Conservation Areas - San Juan County Best Available Science Synthesis, Chapter 4

Creator:: Adamus, Paul R. and Earth Design Consultants, Inc.
Abstract:: This document provides definitions and a general overview of streams and lakes of San Juan County (SJC) and then describes impacts to these water bodies and strategies for determining widths of buffers that protect their functions. It similarly provides definitions and a general overview of SJC upland (terrestrial) habitats, describes...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: State University (Marine Resources Management Program and Water Resources Graduate Program) ii

Trade-off ratio calculations in water resource planning

Creator:: Lynne, Gary D. and Castle, Emery N.
Abstract:: Published January 1975. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: in water resource planning. AUTHORS: GARY LYNNE is Assistant Professor of Food and Resource

A study of commercial fishing operations on the Columbia river

Creator:: Oregon State Planning Board
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF REPORT This report presents results of the Oregon State Planning

Wetlands of Island County, Washington : Profile of Characteristics, Functions, and Health

Creator:: Adamus, Paul R.
Abstract:: This document partially addresses the Wetlands component of Island County’s Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO). It presents the results of a year-long collaborative project to compile, analyze, and summarize existing data pertinent to Island County wetlands. Similar in concept to the “report card” issued periodically for Puget Sound, this compilation attempts...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Profile of Characteristics, Functions, and Health by: Paul R. Adamus, Ph.D. Adamus Resource Assessment

Best Available Science for Wetlands of Island County, Washington : Review of Published Literature : A Report Prepared in Response to Critical Areas Ordinance Updating Requirements for Wetlands

Creator:: Adamus, Paul R.
Abstract:: This document is primarily a review of Best Available Science applicable to Island County wetlands, as needed for categorizing wetlands for regulatory actions and determining widths for buffers (setbacks) that protect the functions of wetlands. The number of technical papers and reports published on these topics is enormous, and none...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Department of Planning and Community Development November 2007 Foreword Island County

Environment, technology, and future generations

Creator:: Bella, David A. and United States. Office of Water Research and Technology
Abstract:: This report deals with environmental strategies. Such strategies involve comprehensive and broad outlooks. In contrast, environmental tactics involve more limited concerns which can be usually addressed in a disciplinary or multi-disciplinary manner. The development of strategies necessitates interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary outlooks. Such outlooks are extremely difficult to achieve because different...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Completion Report for Project C-5195 Grant No . 14-31-0001-420 9 Office of Water Research and Technolog y

Gravel disturbance impacts on salmon habitat and stream health : volume II : technical background report

Creator:: Williamson, Kenneth J., Bella, David A., Beschta, Robert L., Grant, Gordon, Klingeman, Peter C., Li, Hiram W., Nelson, Peter O., Castillo, Gonzalo, Lorz, Tom, Meleason, Mark, Minear, Paula, Moret, Stephanie, Nam, Ilgi, Reiter, Maryanne, and Wieland, Lisa
Abstract:: A report for the Oregon Division of State Lands.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: regulation of gravel mining in California. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 36:395-406

Gravel disturbance impacts on salmon habitat and stream health : volume 1 : summary report

Creator:: Williamson, Kenneth J., Bella, David A., Beschta, Robert L., Grant, Gordon, Klingeman, Peter C., Li, Hiram W., and Nelson, Peter O.
Abstract:: In this report, a response is given to the charge of this study. Volume I: Summary Report includes a synopsis of the technical considerations followed by the main findings and recommendations. The full technical background for these summary statements is given in detail in Volume II: Technical Background Report, and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: optimum management of Oregon's water resources . OWRRI works closely with federal and state agencies in

Wetlands - San Juan County Best Available Science Synthesis, Chapter 2

Creator:: Adamus, Paul R. and Fralich, Richard
Abstract:: This document partially addresses the Wetlands component of San Juan County’s Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO). Drawing from a foundation in best available science, it describes important functions performed by the County's wetlands, effects of various activities on those functions, and strategies for protecting wetland functions from impacting activities, with an...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . 1 and Oregon State University (Marine Resources Management Program and Water Resources Graduate

A model for simulating river and reservoir temperatures with applications for anadromous fish management

Creator:: Currie, J. William., Halter, Albert N., 1927-, and Layton, Robert D.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: and costs by planning agencies remains . 2 An evaluation of a specific water resources project

Response to comments received on the March 1993 Tualatin water quality study report

Creator:: Miner, J. Ronald and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: The pages which follow contain the authors responses to a series of comments that were received in response to "A Project to Collect Scientific Data and Provide Evaluation and Recommendations for Alternative Pollution Control Strategies for the Tualatin River Basin, 11 submitted to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: abatement strategies, and allow for the evaluation of variou s scenarios proposed for water management in

Weather Forecasts are for Wimps: Why Water Resource Managers Don't Use Climate Forecasts

Creator:: Rayner, Steve, Lach, Denise, Ingram, Helen, and Houck, Mark
Abstract:: The research described here examined the question of why water resource managing institutions in the United States do or do not use probabilistic forecast information about seasonal and interannual climate variability in their planning. The study sought to describe water resource decision making processes in sufficient detail to enable us...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: managers at the Annual Meeting of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division of the American

Benefits and costs of riparian habitat improvement in the Tualatin River Basin

Creator:: Knoder, Erik and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: The Tualatin River in northwest Oregon has been designated as water quality limited by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Restoration and enhancement of riparian areas to improve water quality is one task to be pursued by management agencies. This paper examines some of the potential costs and benefits of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: children will live, and the decisions that will be mad e on resource management . BENEFITS AND COSTS OF

Estimated costs of reducing nonpoint phosphorus loads from agricultural land in the Tualatin Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Cross, Timothy L., Wood, Mary, and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: About one-third of the land in the Tualatin Basin is used for agricultural production (Miner, Scott, and Wood, 1994). The variety of crops produced includes grains, specialty seeds, vegetables, fruits, berries, and nursery corps. Cattle and hog enterprises are the most prevalent livestock operations in the area (measured by number...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: River Basin Water Resources Management Report Number 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 DESCRIPTION

USDA report on water and related land resources, South Coast Drainage Basin, Oregon : based on a cooperative survey by the State Water Resources Board of Oregon and the United States Department of Agriculture

Creator:: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, United States. Forest Service, United States. Soil Conservation Service, and Oregon. State Water Resources Board
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: .............................................. . NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF WATER AND RELAT-ED LAND RESOURCES

The return of a river: the Willamette River, Oregon

Creator:: Gleeson, George Walter, 1905-
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . Gleeson Advisory Committee on Environmenta l Science and Technology and Water Resources Research

Alternative economic evaluation procedures and water development projects: the multiple objective problem

Creator:: Lynne, Gary D., Castle, Emery N., and Gibbs, Christopher
Abstract:: Alternative Economic Evaluation Procedures and Water Development Projects. The Multiple Objective Problem The relationship among varying social objectives is of paramount importance with regard to evaluation and cost allocation processes in water resource use, development, and management projects. This study examines the philosophical and ethical base underlying proposed procedures for...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: environment. Planning and Project nalysis Acts The Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 provided support for

Shoaling of port of Astoria, Oregon, by sediment from Mt. St. Helens eruption

Creator:: Slotta, Larry S., 1934-, Cobos, Carlos R., Mustain, Roger S., Oregon State University. Department of Civil Engineering, Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute, and United States. Office of Water Research
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , encourages and facilitates water resources research and education involving all aspects of the quality and

Survey of Oregon's water laws

Creator:: Clark, Chapin D.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: WATER LANDS AND BOUNDARIES 1 I . Classification of Waters as Affecting Titl e to Water Lands 1 II

Engineering hydrology : final project report : part of an interdisciplinary study of the hydrology of water yield prediction

Creator:: Klingeman, Peter C., United States. Office of Water Resources Research, and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: Final Project Report: OWRR Project No. A-001-ORE
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: needs in water resources research for the State of Oregon and to promote scientific inquiry in a

Issues surrounding the Biota of the Tualatin River Basin

Creator:: Li, Judith L., Gregory, Stanley V., and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: Tributaries of the Tualatin River cascade down high gradient slopes for relatively short distances, then flow into the low gradient mainstem which meanders for much of its length. The gentle, east-facing slopes of Oregon's Coast Range provide the geomorphic and climatic template for the watershed's patterns of discharge, water quality,...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: resource management. Issues Surrounding the Biota of the Tualatin River Basin by Judith Li and Stanley

1973-1983 supplement to Survey of Oregon's water laws

Creator:: Clark, Chapin D.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: riparian and appropriative doctrines as proprietary systems for th e allocation of water resources . State

Yaquina River Basin fish management plan

Creator:: Borgerson, Lisa A., Stewart, Nelson E., Jones, Kim K., Mamoyac, Steven R., and Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: "The Fish Management Policy of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) directs that management plans will be prepared for each basin or management unit for the purpose of recording ongoing management and guiding future management of fish and shellfish and their habitat...The Yaquina Plan identifies objectives and activities...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: with the problems. Management of the fish and shellfish resources is the purpose of this document. In

Economic optimization of irrigation

Creator:: English, Marshall J., Nelson, A. Gene, Nakamura, Brian C., Nielsen, Kim C., and Nuss, Gary S.
Abstract:: The research effort described in this report explores the whole question of optimization of irrigation system design, planning and operations. Optimum irrigation practices, in theory, may involve some degree of deficit irrigation (deliberate under-irrigation of crops), hence the focus of this research was the use of deficit irrigation under practical...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: fosters ; . encourages and facilitates water resources research and education involving all aspects 'of

Phase 1: Benton County water analysis and demand forecast

Creator:: Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District and Benton County
Abstract:: The Phase 1 report is an overview of the complex water quantity and quality information and issues specific to Benton County. It is a first step toward assessing and planning for future water quantity and quality within Benton County and provides a template for regional water planning. The report details...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: planning and management of Oregon’s vital water resources into the future. Benton County

Current use and potential impacts of whitewater recreation in Oregon

Creator:: Brunson, Mark W., Shelby, Bo, 1948-, Johnson, Rebecca L., 1955-, Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute, and Geological Survey (U.S.)
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , encourages, an d facilitates water resources research and education involving all aspects of the quality

An Ecological Approach to Integrating Conservation and Highway Planning Volume 2

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, NatureServe, Parametrix, CH2M HILL, and Transposition Research Board of the National Academies
Abstract:: This report is intended to help transportation and environmental professionals apply ecological principles early in the planning and programming process of highway capacity improvements to inform later environmental reviews and permitting. Ecological principles consider cumulative landscape, water resources, and habitat impacts of planned infrastructure actions, as well as the localized...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: landscape, water resources, and habitat impacts of planned infrastruc- ture actions, as well as the

Evaluation of alternative pollution control strategies for the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute and Oregon. Dept. of Environmental Quality
Abstract:: This report summarizes the conclusions reached in "A Project to Collect Scientific Data and Provide Evaluation and Recommendations for Alternative Pollution Control Strategies for the Tualatin River Basin." This study was funded by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality as a grant to the Oregon Water Resources Research Institute on...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: management on th e uplands determine amounts, timing, and quality of sediment and water . The

Summary and assessment of toxics data for the Tualatin River

Creator:: Khaodhiar, Sutha, Nelson, Peter O., and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: The Tualatin River is a major water resource for Washington County. In its course, the river drains forest lands, farmlands, and urban areas receiving toxic materials from non-point source runoff: Wastewater treatment plant effluents from municipalities and industries also contribute toxic materials to the river. Many materials discharged into the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: 1995 A Publication of the : ♦ Oregon ` i Water - Resources nnAlbrResearch lb., Institute

Problems and issues of implementing the federal water project recreation act in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Muckleston, Keith W., Bresenhan, Thomas P., and United States. Office of Water Resources Research
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: acts intended to increase non - federal authority in the planning and management of water projects at

Estimating the frequency and quantity of surface runoff within the Tualatin River Basin

Creator:: Taylor, George H., Klingeman, Peter C., Miner, J. Ronald, and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: The Tualatin River Basin along the east side of the Coastal Mountains in Oregon is subject to a complex mixture of land uses. Approximately half the area is devoted to forestry production. The remainder is divided between agriculture and urban uses. In addition to this diversity in land use, there...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: strategies, and allow for the evaluation of variou s scenarios proposed for water management in the Tualatin

Energy exchange studies at the earth's surface. I. Energy budgets of desert, meadow, forest and marsh sites

Creator:: Gay, Lloyd Wesley, 1933-, Oregon State University. Department of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute, and United States. Office of Water Resources Research
Abstract:: Project A-001-ORE(18).
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: authorized under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964, and administered by the Water Resources Research

Analysis of pollution control strategies for the Tualatin River

Creator:: Ervin, David E. and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: In response to Oregon House Bill 3338, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality requested proposals in 1991 to assemble available information on Tualatin River Basin conditions to provide a scientific basis for improving river water quality. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Oregon State University and Portland State University was...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: children will live, and the decisions that will be mad e on resource management . ANALYSIS OF POLLUTION

Floodplain regulations and residential land values in Oregon

Creator:: Muckleston, Keith W., Turner, Michael F., and Brainerd, Richard T.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: W . Muckleston, Michael F . Turner, and Richmond T. Brainerd Water Resources Research Institut e

Hydrologic factors and environmental impacts of mass soil movements in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Ketcheson, Gary Leslie and Froehlich, Henry A.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , Office of Water Research and Technology, as authorized unde r the Water Resources Research Act of 1964

Socio-cultural impacts of water resource development in the Santiam River Basin

Creator:: Hogg, Thomas C. and Smith, Courtland L.
Abstract:: The work upon which this report is based was supported by funds provided by the United States Department of the Interior, Office of Water Resources Research, as authorized under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: resources of the valley division ar e negligible . 4 . Water Resource The rivers and creeks of the

Applicability of microcomputers for managing water use in small river basins

Creator:: Koch, Roy and Geological Survey (U.S.)
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: microcomputer-based series of programs, consisting of a Water Rights an d Water Use Data Management system and

Decomposition of four species of leaf material in three replicate streams with different nitrate input

Creator:: Triska, F. J. and Sedell, James R.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: reasons : (1) The streams were wel l studied both biologically and in terms of water chemistry ; (2) the

Overland flow treatment of swine manure lagoon effluent

Creator:: Boda, Joseph Owen and Willrich, Ted L.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Water Research and Technolog y U . S . Department of Interio r Water Resources Research Institut e

Landscape change in the Tualatin Basin following Euro-American settlement

Creator:: Shively, David D. and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: The Tualatin Basin landscape has undergone extensive change since the initiation of Euro-American settlement, with important consequences for basin hydrology and water quality. Changes that include the isolation of the Tualatin River from its floodplain areas, losses of important wetlands and riparian areas, and urbanization associated with population growth in...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . Platts. 1986. Morphological features of smal l streams: Significance and function . Water Resources

Oregon territorial sea management study : executive summary

Creator:: Good, James W., Hildreth, Richard G., Rose, Robert E., Skillman, Skillman, Oregon State University. Marine Resource Management Program, University of Oregon. Ocean and Law Center, and Oregon. Dept. of Land Conservation and Development
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Resources Manage- ment Act (S.B. 630), has provided further impetus for state planning and management of the

Investigation of motorboat-induced streambank erosion on the Lower Deschutes River

Creator:: Klingeman, Peter C., Matin, Habibollah, Huang, Cheng-Chang, and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: the State of Oregon . The Institute fosters, encourages, and facilitates water resources research and

The Willamette River greenway : cultural and environmental interplay

Creator:: Honey, William D.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , Office o f Water Research and Technology, as authorized under the Wate r Resources Research Act of 1964

Mass balance analysis of suspended solids in the Tualatin River

Creator:: Vedanayagam, Samuel, Nelson, Peter O., and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to develop a mass-balance model for total suspended solids in the Tualatin River in order to better understand the clarity-turbidity problem in the river. Major sources and sinks of suspended solids in the river were identified, and seasonal effects were explored. The study also...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: 1995 A Publication of the : ♦ Oregon 4.'E Water Resources 'Nllr' Research %r Institute TUALATIN

Oregon water research news ; Vol. 2 No. 1 (January 1992)

Creator:: Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Water Resources Management Strategies Toward a Consensus Cooperation and Consensus Building: The

Water Resources Research Institute. Program report fiscal year 1990

Creator:: Warkentin, Benno P. and Oregon State University. Oregon Water Resources Research Institute
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ); * Planning and management for water-related resources (implementation of state-of-art technologies and

Water Resources Research Institute. Fiscal year 1986 program report

Creator:: Klingeman, Peter C. and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , alternative sources, valuation); * Planning and management for water-related resources (implementation of

Water Resources Research Institute. Fiscal year 1985 program report

Creator:: Klingeman, Peter C. and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: those favoring protection of natural resources. Better watershed management and water conservation are

Oregon Water Resources Research Institute. Annual program report fiscal year 1991

Creator:: Warkentin, Benno P. and Oregon State University. Oregon Water Resources Research Institute
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , alternative sources, valuation); * Planning and management for water-related resources (implementation of

Management planning for woodland owners : why and how

Creator:: Grotta, Amy T., Bondi, Michael C., Landgren, Chal G., and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Discusses the benefits of having a management plan for your property. Describes how to prepare a management plan, including describing the property, setting goals, identifying resources, making recommendations, and keeping records. Includes additional sources for information.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: visions of corporate boardrooms and gray suits. As a woodland owner, your management planning does not

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