Seed size, abundance, viability, dormancy, and germination requirements strongly influence plant establishment and therefore are important considerations in restoration of native vegetation. These characteristics provide criteria for selection of suitable species, development of collection and pretreatment methods, and determination of seeding densities. The first set of objectives of this study...
"The City of Newport is proposing to complete a major wastewater treatment facility upgrade. The project includes laying a new primary pipeline from Nye Beach south to and under Yaquina Bay and continuing south to the new wastewater treatment facility in South Newport..." Solicits public comments. Includes a map and...
In a January 26, 2000 letter, the Portland District Army Corps of Engineers (COE) requested Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 informal consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on the proposed issuance of a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit (Permit ID No. 00-32) to allow an instream...
This paper is the product of a 15 month internship with the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From July, 1985 through
September, 1986, I served as an environmental specialist for the
Portland District Regulatory Branch. My responsibilities included
evaluating environmental impacts of work conducted in Oregon's
waterways, through processing of...
American meteorology was synonymous with subjective weather forecasting in the early twentieth century. Controlled by the Weather Bureau and with no academic programs of its own, the few hundred extant meteorologists had no standing in the scientific community. Until the American Meteorological Society was founded in 1919, meteorologists had no...