Long Tom Watershed Council notes some water quality improvements

Water quality impairments caused by pesticides, water temperature, and E. coli are coming from all sectors of the watershed—urban residential, rural residential, agricultural, industrial. “Everywhere is part of the problem,” said Amanda Reinholtz.

Presenter: The Long Tom Watershed Council shared an overview of water quality projects with the Oregon Community Rights Network June 18. Here’s Aquatic Program Manager Jed Kaul:

[00:00:11] Jed Kaul: I’m Jed Kaul. I’m a fish biologist i’ve worked at the Long Tom Watershed Council for 16 years now, mostly focused on aquatic habitat restoration projects, working with lots of landowners to develop a wide variety of projects.

[00:00:26] I’m just going to start with like an overview of the watershed and of the Long Tom Watershed Council. There are two separate geographies, kind of…

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