| The Willamette River Legacy |
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| High Priority Strategic Actions--Cutting Across the Three Rs |
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Governor Kulongoski and Representative David Wu
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Below are ongoing priority actions that will enhance other efforts to repair, restore and enjoy the Willamette River Basin.
Promoting Partnerships and Collaboration
Action: Working through Oregon Solutions and other efforts, promote partnerships and collaborative efforts to identify and resolve problems at the local level
Benefit: Local citizens feel empowered to solve local problems with assistance from appropriate state and federal agencies
Key Partners: National Policy Consensus Center, Willamette Partnership, watershed councils, local governments, federal and state agencies
Monitoring and Maintenance
Action: Implement the Oregon Plan Monitoring Strategy in the Willamette River Basin above Willamette Falls, to measure trends in water quality, fish and wildlife habitat/populations and effectiveness of restoration actions; develop and implement a toxics monitoring program in the basin; develop and implement long term maintenance programs for restoration projects
Benefit: Make more strategic investments in restoration activities, projects more effective over the long-term
Key Partners: OWEB, DEQ, ODFW, ODF, federal agencies, watershed councils, soil and water conservation districts, landowners
Outreach and Education
Action: Provide information to citizens about how they can help protect, restore and enjoy the Willamette River Basin, develop basin wide stewardship ethic
Benefit: Informed citizens make daily choices that reduce adverse impacts on the river
Key Partners: Watershed councils, soil and water conservation districts, Willamette Riverkeeper (River Discovery), Healthy Waters Institute (Salmon Watch, etc.), Institute for Natural Resources (Willamette Explorer Website), SOLV (Team Up for Watershed Health, Service Learning), Oregon Plan agencies, local governments
Technical Assistance
Action: Make more efficient use of existing technical assistance by establishing a one stop shop; add new resources as needed to deliver financial incentive programs on the ground
Benefit: Easier for landowners to seek assistance, participate in financial incentive programs such as CREP, WRP, etc., increased landowner participation in protection and restoration incentive programs, improved watershed function
Key Partners: OWEB, ODA, NRCS, FSA, soil and water conservation districts, local watershed councils
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