Contribution to Tillamook Estuaries Partnership Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan

In 2016, the U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development in collaboration with the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership initiated a study in Tillamook Bay and its watershed. This study was focused on understanding how changes in watersheds, ocean conditions, and weather impact water quality and production of ecosystem goods and services (EGS) in estuarine ecosystems, particularly Tillamook Bay. One application of this research is to identify actions that may sustain improvements in water quality and EGS production in the face of different types of environmental change. The research has three major components: 1) estuarine water quality, 2) watershed water quantity and quality, and 3) ecosystem goods and services.

Impact/Purpose

In 2016, the U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development in collaboration with the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership initiated a study in Tillamook Bay and its watershed. This study was focused on understanding how changes in watersheds, ocean conditions, and weather impact water quality and production of ecosystem goods and services (EGS) in estuarine ecosystems, particularly Tillamook Bay. One application of this research is to identify actions that may sustain improvements in water quality and EGS production in the face of different types of environmental change. This summary describes the research being conducted in Tillamook Estuary and watershed that form this Case Study. This summary contributes to SSWR 4.02B.

Citation

Brown, C., A. Zimmer-Faust, Ted DeWitt, AND D. Marois. Contribution to Tillamook Estuaries Partnership Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2019.

• https://www.tbnep.org/comprehensive-conservation-and-management-plan.php#2019_ccmp_section