In the fall and winter of 1999/2000, efforts by federal, state, and local agencies to restore salmon habitat by protecting land adjacent to rivers and streams drew intense responses citizens in the Pacific Northwest. Despite efforts to "involve" citizens in the development of riparian protection policies, many did not believe...
This report and especially the accompanying Detail Files and MapFiles provide relatively detailed information on status, trends, distribution, limiting factors, and conservation needs of all of the Willamette’s wildlife species, listed plants, and vulnerable habitats. Data on habitat suitability for each species is provided by watershed (170 HUC6s), elevation (6...
This report derives from two policy work sessions, one in January 2008 and one in May 2008, which explored policy cornerstones
and action strategies to bring an integrated ecosystem marketplace to fruition in Oregon. The report takes an initial look at ways in which
current state policies and practices either...
The Willamette Basin Conservation Project was created to help people and programs work together toward positive results in Oregon’s Willamette Basin for people, lands, communities, waters and native species.
The Willamette Basin Conservation Project was created to help people and programs work together toward positive results in Oregon’s Willamette Basin for people, lands, communities, waters and native species.
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action toward conservation in the Willamette Basin – Led by Rick Bastasch, DavidPrimozich, and Marcia
There are a variety of different approaches are used in the conservation of oak woodlands and savanna. The Oak Habitat Metric is one of several ecological measures that have been developed to help managers determine where to invest limited resources and how to calculate the ecological impact and improvement associated...
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Michael Pope – Greenbelt Land Trust
DavidPrimozich – Freshwater Trust
Sue Reams – Polk County
The complexity of human/riverine systems has led to an increasing focus on land
use patterns and policy. My goal is to understand the dynamics of a coupled human and
natural system. The central question is how people in the community of Scio, Oregon
perceive flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat....
The group of scientists that make up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found in 2007 that the warming of Earth’s climate is unequivocal and largely due to human activity. Earth’s climate has changed in the past, though the recent magnitude and pace of changes are unprecedented in human existence....