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Expert Declarations On Oregon Coastal Forestry and Agricultural Pollution

March 30, 2014 | Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, Nitrogen, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Salmon, Water Quality

NWEA recently commissioned two expert declarations on how Oregon coastal logging and farming are affecting water quality.  Dr. Chris Frissell’s declaration addresses the effects of logging on water quality, concluding that the best available science demonstrates “the...

NWEA’s Comments on Oregon’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Program

March 28, 2014 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, EPA, Frogs, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Salamanders, Salmon, Water Quality

Working with the Washington Forest Law Center, NWEA submitted extensive comments on the federal government’s proposed disapproval of Oregon’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program.  The comments support the proposed disapproval, focusing primarily on Oregon’s...

NWEA Highlights Oregon’s Failure to Control Agricultural Pollution

May 28, 2013 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, EPA, Lawsuits, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Water Quality

With Oregon staring down a November 15, 2013 date on which two federal agencies must issue a proposed decision on the State’s coastal nonpoint pollution program, NWEA’s more recent letter describes Oregon’s nonpoint program failure to control agricultural pollution....

Oregon Fails to Control Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution from Logging and Agriculture

December 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Agriculture, Comments, CZARA, Lawsuits, Logging, NOAA, Nonpoint Sources, OR CZARA, OR Dairies, OR Temperature, OR_TMDLs, Oregon, Oregon Coast, Temperature, TMDLs, Water Quality

The most persistent source of water pollution in this country comes from nonpoint sources – the logging, farming, and grazing that doesn’t require a Clean Water Act permit to pollute.  While Congress left nonpoint source pollution controls to the states, it passed the...