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Low Impact Development (LID) is a term used to designate a suite of development practices that reduce stormwater runoff through conservation and use of existing natural site features integrated with distributed, small-scale stormwater technologies that mimic natural hydrologic processes. One example is found in my posting on the Hoquarton Bioswales below. Bioswales, like riparian [...]

Hoquarton Slough is a lovely but much neglected piece of the Tillamook Bay Estuary. It runs into the heart of downtown Tillamook and until the 1931 construction of Highway 101, it was the major entryway to the city. Killamook Indians gave the area its name (meaning landing) and from 1951-1911 the city grew along it. [...]

For me, Tidepool has become a very useful source of daily news on the Pacific Northwest (or as the editors call it: “Cascadia”).  While the blog side is fairly edgy, the news includes straight ahead, mainstream sources from across the region–but focused on themes of economy, community, environment, commentary, world and science.  Tidepool can [...]

Quoting entirely from Sea Grant Communications Director Joe Cone’s email in my in-box this morning:
Oregon Sea Grant director Dr. Robert E. Malouf has announced he will retire Feb. 1 after 16 years leading the marine research, outreach, and education program based at Oregon State University (OSU).