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A Special Section of DJC.COM 2001 Environmental Survey
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Featured Stories...
Last month, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced a mediated agreement to resolve disputes in the relicensing of PacifiCorp’s North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project. He signed the settlement agreement because it will “protect the North Umpqua River and its prized salmon and steelhead while maintaining a valuable source of low-cost hydroelectric generation that this region badly needs right now.” Click here to read more.
The Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center will provide outdoor, hands-on science- and humanities-based education programs to students, teachers and families. Click here to read more.
Two billion people worldwide have no electricity, all of them living far beyond national power grids. Solar electricity is already the cheapest, quickest way to bring power to any home more than half a mile from conventional utilities. Solar will deliver power to these poorest people the most economically and with the least impact. Click here to read more.
Bamboo, commonly used for buildings, scaffolding, gardens and even decorative baskets in many Asian countries, is now providing an uncommon flooring for offices and homes in America, offering an environmentally friendly option to traditional hardwoods. Click here to read more.
In-water and over-water construction can interfere with habitat critical to juvenile salmonid development. Biological assessments evaluate potential impacts and outline mitigation required in order for construction to proceed. Click here to read more.
There’s more than one way to make a house foundation, Rick Gagliano discovered when he created and patented an approach that particularly appeals to “green builders” who want to protect and preserve a site’s environment. Click here to read more.
The stream rehabilitation for the Longfellow Creek Yancy Street project is an integrated planning and design project on about six acres of city-owned land between Yancy Street and Genesee Street. Click here to read more.
Stream bioengineering was used to relocate, reshape and restore the previously neglected Bear Creek. Restoring the creek took four years of planning between numerous public agencies and private parties. Click here to read more.
wetland lesson in the making In July 1998, Mortenson began construction of a new joint university campus and community college campus in Bothell. Of the 127 acres allotted for new construction, 58 acres were designated for wetland creation and enhancement. This is one of the largest wetland restorations ever undertaken in the Pacific Northwest. Click here to read more. |
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