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Restoring and protecting the lower Columbia River and estuary requires the efforts of many people and groups. The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership recognizes and celebrates the hard work and dedication it takes to protect and restore the river with our Steward of the Year Award. The annual award, instituted in 2001 and presented during our Annual Celebration (coming up this year on September 28)

We are thrilled to announce that the East Fork Lewis Floodplain Reclamation Project has secured $20 million in funding! This project addresses long-standing issues with salmon and steelhead habitat, as well as flooding and erosion threats to homes, county property, and businesses. Not only does it solve these problems, but it also brings economic benefits, sustaining over 300 jobs in the region

The students sat in pairs under a picnic shelter at Vancouver Lake Park, each set poised before a small trout laid out on a piece of newspaper. It was dissection day, but these students got to be outside at a local park instead of inside their classroom. They were full of questions: Why do they have a line across their body? That is their lateral line and helps them sense and “hear” things in the

We 💚 our volunteers! We love them because they show up, rain or shine, to plant native trees and shrubs along salmon-bearing streams and rivers. The 2022-23 planting season has ended and we couldn't be more excited to share what you all accomplished. 466 volunteers planted nearly 15,000 trees and shrubs across six parks and natural areas in Oregon and Washington. “Volunteering with the Estuary

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can see it online. Thank you for joining us at Steigerwald, Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez! Yesterday, Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez toured the newly restored Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge. We want to thank the Congresswoman for her interest in this project. The Steigerwald Reconnection Project generated over 550 jobs

Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-CD3) toured the newly restored Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge on April 5, 2023. We want to thank the Congresswoman for her interest in this project. The Steigerwald Reconnection Project generated over 550 jobs, protected a mobile home community and 124 acres of industrial land from flooding, and restored nearly 1,000 acres of floodplain habitat

For the first time since 2019, we traveled to Washington DC to attend the annual National Estuary Program convening and to meet with Congressional leaders representing our lower Columbia River study area. The meetings with members of Congress provided an opportunity to share the accomplishments of the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership and the Association of National Estuary Programs. The Lower

The Estuary Partnership thanks Alex Apelis for his work as a Field Technician. Alex, a veteran of the US Marine Corps, was paired with the Estuary Partnership through the VetsWork AmeriCorps program of the Mt. Adams Institute. As a Field Technician, Alex worked alongside Indigenous elders, ecologists, and educators to gain valuable skills associated with restoration projects, wetland management

The Columbia River Estuary Conference is returning for the first time since 2018. The 2023 Columbia River Estuary Conference (CREC) is open for registration now. The Conference will be held May 16-18, 2023, at the Liberty Theatre in Astoria, Oregon. The theme of the 2023 CREC is reconnection. After the cancelation of the 2020 CREC and so many other events over the past few years, CREC provides the