Oregon climate change report

Climate change poses multi-faceted threat to Oregon, report says (Oregonian, January 25, 2017)

The third Oregon climate assessment report (2017)
Oregon State University. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute

Invasive Japanese beetles

Oregon Agriculture Officials Take Aim At Japanese Beetle (OPB, January 26, 2017)

Japanese beetle detection and eradication programs in Oregon, 2012 (2012)
Oregon Department of Agriculture. Plant Division

Election deadlines

Legislation aims to outlaw ‘Whitsett’ maneuver (Herald and News, January 26, 2017)

Election law summary (biennial)
Oregon Elections Division

Oysters and burrowing shrimp

Willapa Desert: Key oyster bed abandoned as inedible shrimp take over (Daily Astorian, 8/5/2016)

Native shellfish & introduced species in Oregon estuaries [PDF] (1999) South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

OSU building in tsunami zone

OSU geologist: Building marine science center in tsunami zone is ‘completely inexplicable’ (Oregonian, 8/5/2016)

OSU Sticks With Plans To Build New Research Center In Tsunami Zone (OPB, 8/5/2016)

Tsunami inundation maps for Newport South, Lincoln County, Oregon [PDF] (2013) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Tsunami evacuation map. Newport-South, Oregon [PDF] (2012) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

A tsunami forecast model for Newport, Oregon [PDF] (2014) United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Memory care in Oregon

Memory care under the microscope in Oregon (Bend Bulletin, 8/8/2016)

Oregon community-based long-term care : assisted living and residential care facilities (serial) Oregon Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research

Top 10 complaints by topic and type of facility (serial) Oregon Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Memory care endorsed units (serial) Oregon Department of Human Services, Seniors and People with Disabilities

Cascadia Subduction Zone

Canada might be able to save us when the massive Cascadia subduction-zone earthquake hits (Oregonian, 8/4/2016)

Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes : a magnitude 9.0 earthquake scenario [PDF] (2013) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Cascadia subduction zone catastrophic earthquake and tsunami operations plan [PDF] (2012) Oregon Emergency Management

Lead paint safety

OSHA probe: Were workers at Portland’s Franklin High School exposed to lead paint? (Oregonian, 8/4/2016)

A quick guide to 1926.2 : Oregon OSHA’s construction industry rule for controlling exposure to lead [PDF] (2011) Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division

Lead-safe guide [PDF] (2007) Oregon Lead-Based Paint Program

Benzene Pollution

Port looks for benzene in old offices (The Daily Astorian, 8/3/16)

Benzene in Oregon’s air [PDF] (2011) Oregon Air Quality Division

Benzene and drinking water [PDF] (2015) Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division

Oregon ATV grants

MERA honored for ATV access : State presents plaque to Union County (The Observer, 8/1/16)

ATV Grant Program [PDF] (2014) Oregon All-Terrain Vehicle Program

Oregon OHV guide (annual) Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department