H2ONCoast

Though you will generally not see me mention my family much in H2ONC, I have to note that my wife hails from the Southeast of the U.S. (South Carolina, in fact). Her extended and immediate family are spread throughout the region. So I tend to pay careful attention to water-related issues from the area, after [...]

Wintertime climate here on the North Coast swings between wet and slightly less wet. Temperatures are relatively mild, with freezing weather less common than for our neighbors east of the Coast Range. If the oracles at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center are accurate, this winter could be considerably cooler [...]

I apologize to any of you who read H2ONC on a regular basis. It seems that I can post to the blog about once a week, but lately, I’ve been pushing that schedule out a bit. The reason is usually travel and this last week was no exception. In a departure from the norm, however, [...]

 
NOAA/Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership Habitat Restoration Grants - NOAA funding is available through the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership to support estuary restoration activities. Projects must be located in the National Estuary Program boundaries of the Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership or the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership. Preferred [...]

For folks in the salmonid recovery efforts (i.e., those focused on salmon and trout), hatcheries are a very hot topic. A press release by Oregon State University explains the latest blow to the experiment that began over a century ago with the development of hatchery-based fish-rearing. The controversy thus far has centered around [...]