Western Washington University Western CEDAR 2018 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (Seattle, Wash.) Apr 4th, 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Policy, science, economics and culture at a crossroads: restoring the Deschutes River estuary Dave Peeler Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team, United States,
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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec Part of the Fresh Water Studies Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, and the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons Peeler, Dave and Patnude, Sue, "Policy, science, economics and culture at a crossroads: restoring the Deschutes River estuary" (2018). Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. 40. https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2018ssec/allsessions/40 This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences and Events at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Restoring the Deschutes River Estuary Policy, Science, Economics and Culture At a Crossroads By Dave Peeler & Sue Patnude Budd Inlet and Deschutes Watershed 1879 drawing pre- dredge & fill Little Hollywood – Susan Parrish Collection Old Vision -- Creation of Capitol Lake • 1949 -- Deschutes Basin appropriation bill passed • 1951 –- Dam completed following decades of controversy • First lake algae appears that summer,