Publications about Northwest

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Rogue River Basin Report Card (Page 1)

Rogue River Basin Report Card

Rogue River Watershed Council, The Carpenter Foundation ·
10 May 2023

The first-ever Rogue River Basin Report Card … More than 7,000 years ago, the volcanic explosion of Mount Mazama in what is now southwestern Oregon led to the formation of Crater Lake. In present day, Boundary Springs bubbles out from the caldera of Crater Lake National Park, and it is here we can find the origin of one of Oregon’s major rivers, the Rogue River.

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Ecological Drought in the Northwest United States (Page 1)

Ecological Drought in the Northwest United States

Brianne Walsh, Simon Costanzo, Bill Dennison ·
21 November 2017

The Department of the Interior Climate Science Centers (CSCs) and their managing organization, the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center at the U.S. Geological Survey, have chosen the emerging climate science field of Ecological Drought as a research focus area. This newsletter highlights the outcomes of two, one-day workshops held in Portland, OR, and Boise, ID, as part of a series of meetings at each of the nation’s eight CSCs.

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