The Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability (CWESt) represents Oregon's water resources research community on the Pacific Northwest Regional Water Quality Coordination Team. The Center provides a connection to the research faculty and helps sponsor the team's annual research and extension water quality conference (see orange box).	Plan to attend the 2003 Research and Extension Water Quality Conference -- Getting It Done: The Role of TDML Implementation in Watershed Restoration. http://www.swwrc.wsu.edu/conference2003
CWESt 2002-2003 Water Resources Project Topics Stream Temperature Endocrine Disrupters Transboundary Water Conflict Urban Wetlands Water Conflict in the Klamath Basin Stream Flow Sources Nitrates in Groundwater Water Quality	CWESt is one of the 54 state-based water resources research centers funded by the US Geological Survey. As the Center for Oregon, CWESt serves as a hub for water resources activities in the state. For example: CWESt initiates and coordinates interdisciplinary water resource research projects and funds seed grants on critical water issues for the state (see green box). CWESt facilitates water resources education and internship opportunities such as Oregon State University's Graduate Water Resources Minor. CWESt sponsors regional water resources conferences and events on topics such as drinking water, stream restoration, water quality and water conflict.
One of CWESt's strengths is its interdisciplinary approach to complex water resources issues. For example, CWESt recently provided social science expertise to a study of water conflict in Oregon's Klamath Basin. During spring 2001, federal agencies shut-off irrigation withdrawals in order to prevent jeopardizing two endangered fish populations. CWESt's co-director, Denise Lach, contributed her expertise in environmental sociology to a study of the effects of the water shut-off on the basin's people and society, natural environment and economy. The study was conducted jointly by the research and extension communities at Oregon State University and the University of California -- Davis.	University and agency scientist participate in a workshop on urban wetlands.

Pacific Northwest Regional Water Quality Coordination Project Partners Land Grant Universities Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Contact Fred Sorensen: 907-786-6311 http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/ces/ University Publications: http://www.alaska.edu/uaf/ces/publications/ Idaho University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System Contact Bob Mahler: 208-885-7025 http://www.uidaho.edu/wq/wqhome.html University Publications: http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/Catalog/catalog.html Oregon Oregon State University Extension Service Contact Mike Gamroth: 541-737-3316 http://extension.oregonstate.edu/ University Publications: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/ Washington Washington State University WSU Extension Contact Bob Simmons: 360-427-9670 ext. 690 http://wawater.wsu.edu/ University Publications: http://pubs.wsu.edu/ Northwest Indian College Contact Charlotte Clausing: 360-392-4319 cclausing@nwic.edu or http://www.nwic.edu/ Water Resource Research Institutes Water and Environmental Research Center (Alaska) http://www.uaf.edu/water/ Idaho Water Resources Research Institute http://www.boise.uidaho.edu/ Institute for Water and Watersheds (Oregon) http://water.oregonstate.edu/ State of Washington Water Research Center http://www.swwrc.wsu.edu/ Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Region 10 The Pacific Northwest http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/ Office of Research and Development, Corvallis Laboratory http://www.epa.gov/wed/ For more information contact Jan Seago at 206-553-0038 or seago.jan@epa.gov
	The Project Land Grant Universities, Water Research Institutes and EPA Region 10 have formed a partnership to provide research and education to communities about protecting or restoring the quality of water resources. This partnership is being supported in part by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Our Goal and Approach The goal of this Project is to provide leadership for water resources research, education and outreach to help people, industry and governments to prevent and solve current and emerging water quality and quantity problems. The approach to achieving this goal is for the Partners to develop a coordinated regional water quality effort based on, and strengthening, individual state programs. Our Strengths The Project promotes regional collaboration by acknowledging existing programs and successful efforts; assessing program gaps; identifying potential issues for cross-agency and private sector collaboration; and developing a clearinghouse of expertise and programs. In addition, the Project establishes or enhances partnerships with federal, state and local environmental and water resource management agencies, such as by placing a University Liaison within the offices of EPA Region 10.
	Sulphur Creek running into the Yakima River. Photo printed with permission from the Washington Department of Ecology.
	National Water Quality Program Areas The four land grant universities in the Pacific Northwest have aligned our water resource extension and research efforts with eight themes of the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. 1. Animal Waste Management 2. Drinking Water and Human Health 3. Environmental Restoration 4. Nutrient and Pesticide Management 5. Pollution Assessment and Prevention 6. Watershed Management 7. Water Conservation and Agricultural Water Management 8. Water Policy and Economics
	This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U. S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No 2008-51130-4734.

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