The view south from Spencer Butte in Lane County, Oregon.

Preparing for Sea Level Rise in Estuaries Along the Oregon Coast

For many decades, farmers built low walls or dikes across coastal wetlands in Oregon to extend their farmland. Now, efforts to restore wetlands and prepare for sea level rise require information about where these dikes are and who is responsible for them.
Story Credit
Adapted from NOAA Digital Coast, "Using Lidar to Plan for Sea Level Rise in Oregon."
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Jsayre64, own work. CC-BY-SA-3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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23 April 2024 - 9:53am