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Willamette
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ACOE: US Army Corps of Engineers
DEQ: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality...
The valley floor of the Willamette River Basin is one of the most important agriculture areas in Oregon due to the fertile soils and long...
Revetments
Communities along the Willamette River have attempted to control the movement of the river since the floods of 1860 and 1861. Large stone...
Several different aquatic indicators can describe the ecological health of a stream and watershed.
Habitat Quantity and Quality
Stream organisms...
On the basis of anecdotal science and geological records, Oregon has a long history of seismic events. For example, anecdotal and...
Dams
While many people think of dams in terms of large federal projects, such as Lookout Point (the reservoir with the largest maximum storage...
At most times and in most places, surface water is abundant in the basin: in 1990, about 19,500 million gallons per day, equivalent to about 30,000...
A collective effort by all residents of the Basin can improve conditions for wildlife despite increasing human population. Conservation can take many...
Floodplains and riparian forests are some of the most dynamic zones of any landscape, and they contain some of the highest levels of biological...
By 1850, the Native American population had been greatly reduced by disease and forced removal, and the first major wave of EuroAmerican settlement...
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