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Supports efforts to address the threat that winter stormwater poses to streambank and shorelines from flood-induced erosion, public works and infrastructure from flooding, and aquatic ecosystems from high sediment and pollutant loads in flood waters. The Sustainable Plant Research and Outreach Center partners with Chemeketa Community College to develop innovative and cost-effective techniques that use plants to address these threats while supporting both environmental sustainability and economic development. Funds would support the creation of a plant function database to compile existing and new data on the functional capabilities of plant species to perform environmental services; a water resource management curriculum and certificate program to develop the workforce and design skills needed to implement these efforts; and the Wetlands for Neighborhoods Program to train 50 people to serve as community contacts, motivators, and installation consultants.
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