NEDC has five student project groups for the 2020-2021 academic year, led by an awesome crew of volunteer Project Coordinators: Food & Agriculture Project Coordinators: Josie Moberg, Pegga Mosavi The Food & Agriculture Group is working on two main projects … Read More
What are some of your best childhood memories? I grew up alongside Fox Creek in suburban Somerset, New Jersey till I was about six years old. One of the clearest and fondest memories from that time is of my parents … Read More
NEDC has been partnering with Neighbors for Clean Air, the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School, and Reed College in a collaboration to reduce air toxics, especially diesel particulate emissions, in the Portland metro area. We are … Read More
Lower Johnson Creek Habitat Enhancement A recent NEDC Clean Water Act enforcement action against Ross Island Sand & Gravel helped fund a major restoration project this summer in Johnson Creek, a tributary of the Willamette River that flows into the … Read More
NEDC, along with our partners Native Fish Society and WildEarth Guardians, have secured a critically important victory for the Willamette River’s threatened salmon and steelhead populations. In August, Chief Judge Hernandez of the District of Oregon found that the U.S. … Read More
Stormwater runoff from industrial sites is a major contributor to water pollution in the Pacific Northwest. When precipitation comes into contact with industrial pollutants, these pollutants—if not properly managed—can be carried through stormwater runoff into the region’s waters. NEDC has … Read More
By Matt Campa NEDC has been partnering with Portland-based consultant Yee Won Chong to conduct a comprehensive organizational review and identify opportunities for furthering equity and inclusion within our own organization as well as in the work we do. This … Read More
By Anna Tadio In 2018, NEDC began working to designate various lakes and rivers in Oregon as Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs). This designation protects waters with exceptionally high water quality from degradation. When bodies of water are designated as ORWs, … Read More