We had about 55 people show up in Portland for the inaugural meeting of the Oregon Section of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), also known as ORAWRA.
If you would like to join ORAWRA, send your contact information to our membership chair, David Gilbey ([email protected]), and join the e-mail list.
I attribute the excellent turnout to the 'dynamic duo' we had for speakers: Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) Director Phil Ward and his counterpart at the Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ), Dick Pedersen, gave an excellent tag-team presentation on Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS).
Here is a pdf of their presentation:
OWRD, ODEQ and the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) are the main departments involved in the development of this strategy, with OWRD taking the lead.
Development of the IWRS will be a daunting task, but it is in good hands.
“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow." -- Unknown
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