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Where Road Projects Could Improve Oregon's Estuaries and Benefit Local Communities

Report

Oregon

Publication date: September 1, 2018

File format: PDF

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A 2017 analysis identifying where road improvements can achieve multiple benefits in Oregon’s estuaries. Pinpoints locations where projects can improve safety, connectivity, & emergency preparedness.

Subject Tags

  • Estuary
  • Habitat restoration
  • Nature-based solutions
Cover image, Road Impacts on Oregon's Estuaries report
Road Impacts on Oregon's Estuaries Cover image from TNC Oregon's Road Impacts on Oregon's Estuaries report © The Nature Conservancy

Description

Places where roads are built on fill material across estuaries may offer some of the best opportunities to produce significant benefits for estuary function. On state-managed highways, there are just 18 miles that are built on fill across estuaries, while the number for county and local roads is 165 miles. Rivers and tidal waters are severely restricted by these stretches of road. Improving the connectivity of those highway sections could also achieve significant benefits for communities since roads on fill may be more susceptible to liquefaction during earthquakes.

Suggested Citation

Pickering, D., Jones, A., Aldous, A., Schindel, M. (2018). Where road projects could improve estuaries and benefit local communities. The Nature Conservancy.

TNC Authors

  • Debbie Pickering
    Oregon Coast Ecologist
    The Nature Conservancy
    Email: dpickering@tnc.org