This report presents a summary of the principal geologic and physiographic features of the upper part of the Snake River Canyon between Oregon and Idaho. The area discussed extends from Farewell Bend near Huntington, Oregon downriver to Granite Creek 6 miles below Hells Canyon Dam, a distance of 94 miles....
The 14-km long Netarts Littoral Cell, located on the northern Oregon coast, experienced episodic erosion as a result of the severe 1997-98 El Nino and 1998-99 La Nina. The erosion events led to the development of a unique partnership bridging scientists, stakeholders, and various planning agencies. To address these erosion...
Published July 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
Intensive cultivation of Walla Walla silt loams (coarse silty,
mixed, mesic, typic Haploxeroll) in eastern Oregon and Washington
during the past 50 years, has decreased internal soil drainage in
the 15 to 40 cm layer. However, no measurements have been made to
determine the causes and corrective management for this...