Pacific Northwest Regional Water Quality Coordination Project Partners Land Grant Universities Alaska Cooperative Extension Service Contact Fred Sorensen: 907-786-6311 http://www.uaf.edu/ces/water/index.html 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 Michael Cochrane: 360-392-4299 mcochrane@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 Chagrin River watershed east of Cleveland, Ohio flows through 35 villages and townships before entering Lake Erie. Experiencing land-use changes since the post-Revolutionary days when wetland filling, channelizing, and moving streams allowing for agriculture and city growth was a standard practice. Rehabilitation of streams and wetlands is returning these important natural filters to proper functioning condition. Reintroducing stream meanders and replacing vegetation are two strategies used to restore Chagrin River tributaries. Townships and villages, working with the Chagrin River Watershed Partners, have written zoning rules that require developers to adhere to codes that reserve green space and limit impervious surfaces in all new development. In Portland, Oregon, the Bureau of Environmental Services encourages home and business owners to manage stormwater runoff on site rather than allowing it to enter the storm drains. The city has developed walking and biking tours highlighting management strategies that appear as architectural features but in reality are engineered collection systems that slow and filter pollution-laden stormwater. A Growth Management Area east of the city is poised to begin development. Code is in place requiring developers to adhere to Low Impact Development strategies such as installing grassy swales to collect and filter parking lot and road runoff and other Best Management Practices (BMPs) that have proven beneficial in other parts of the city. You are invited to join the broadcast on October 11 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM (PDT) and see the innovative and effective strategies these three areas have implemented and how citizens and local government work together to maintain water quality and comply with Environmental Protection Agency rulings. Call your local Extension office to reserve the satellite facilities and invite your neighbors to attend the workshop. The diversity of geographical and climates portrayed in the video offer a toolbox of BMPs to use in your gardens and city streets. Updated information on the broadcast and viewing sites is found at http://wawater.wsu.edu/ or by calling 509-574-1584.
	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 Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension System. Animal Waste Management Drinking Water and Human Health Environmental Restoration Nutrient and Pesticide Management Pollution Assessment and Prevention Watershed Management Water Conservation and Agricultural Water Management Water Policy and Economics
	CSREES is the Cooperative States Research, Education and Extension Service, a sub-agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, and is the federal partner in this water quality program.

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