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This is a list of official departments, divisions, commissions, boards, programs, and agencies of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, including regional commissions and boards to which it is officially a party. Where a listing is that of a subdivision of another agency, the parent agency is indicated in parentheses.
In 1987, the present-day Water Resources Department was created to enable a more comprehensive and coordinated approach to water policy. [2] In April 2015, the city of Cascade Locks and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife using water for a salmon hatchery, applied with the Oregon Water Resources Department to permanently trade their ...
Jacksonville was founded following discovery of gold deposits in 1851–1852. The first hanging in Southern Oregon took place in Jacksonville in the spring of 1852. [7] With the creation of Jackson County, it became the county seat, a role which was transferred to nearby Medford in 1927.
Twenty rural Oregon lawmakers have asked a federal judge to modify a ruling that has impacted drinking water, wildlife and dried-up wells near Green Peter and Lookout Point reservoirs.. A letter ...
The Portland Water Bureau is the municipal water department for the city of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its service district includes 225 miles within the Portland metropolitan area. [ 3 ] The bureau manages a water supply that comes mainly from the Bull Run River in the foothills of the Cascade Range east of the city and secondarily ...
A photo from Clean Water Services' Rock Creek treatment facility. In 1969, Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality placed a temporary halt to new construction in Washington County. [3] On February 3, 1970, ten cities and sixteen sanitary districts combined to form the Unified Sewerage Agency (USA). [3]
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB), a state agency of Oregon in the United States, provides grants to restore watershed health and improve local streams, rivers, wetlands and natural areas in Oregon. [2] Board membership includes commissioners of Oregon's Natural Resources Board and members of the public.
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