Willamette Valley

Oregon State University (OSU), the University of Oregon (UO), and Portland State University (PSU) are collaborating on a comprehensive, highly...

Water will be to this century what oil was to the last.

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At most...

Changes in agricultural practices are fundamental to the health of the Willamette Basin's economy and ecosystems.

In 1824, the...

In urban areas the human and infrastructure costs of landslides are often mediate and devastating. Their ecological impact is complex. A landslide...

In the 1960s, Oregonians began to recognize that the pattern of residential development in the basin was creating sprawling suburbs and visual...

The land use and land cover patterns that appear circa 1990 are the results of both natural and cultural influences. Since the mid 19th century,...

Several different aquatic indicators can describe the ecological health of a stream and watershed.

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Dams

While many people think of dams in terms of large federal projects, such as Lookout Point (the reservoir with the...