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Increase resiliency and protect recreation facilities, historic, cultural sites and points of diversion to peak flows; Improve public safety

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Approach

Increase resiliency and protect recreation facilities, historic, cultural sites and points of diversion to peak flows. Improve public safety.

Tactics

  • Restore watershed function by reconnecting stream channels to floodplains
  • dispersing flow and reducing the intensity of flood events on campgrounds and other facilities
  • Move or structurally modify points of diversion where they are vulnerable.
  • Relocate recreation facilities.
  • Identify potential areas for early warning systems to notify visitors of dangers.

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Strategy

Citation

Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J. (201X). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in south central Oregon. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-xxx. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. In press., Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L., eds. (2017). Climate change and Rocky Mountain ecosystems. Advances in Global Change Research, Volume 63. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.,

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