Restoration Ecology

Ecology issues penalties for Q4 2011

9 Feb 2012

The Washington Department of Ecology issued $117,372 in penalties of $1,000 or more during the fourth quarter of 2011. The funds collected are deposited in special accounts that pay for environmental restoration and enhancement projects, research and development, permitting and regulatory programs, and education and assistance. ...

UC Berkeley grad student’s research spurred by Gulf oil spill

8 Feb 2012

Soon after the April 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil platform killed 11 workers and spilled 5 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, UC Berkeley graduate student Thomas Azwell packed his bags and headed to Louisiana. Azwell teamed up with researchers in the Gulf to develop marsh restoration technology that could impact remediation efforts nationwide.

Downtown parks reopened following Occupy protests

2 Feb 2012

Folks will once again be able to walk through Chapman and Lownsdale squares after they were fenced off for restoration following the Occupy Portland protests.