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Proactively manage for risks to public health and safety

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Approach

Proactively manage for risks to public health and safety

Tactics

  • Increase communication with public on the health risk of algae blooms in lakes. Need public to understand warmer temperatures means more algae blooms
  • and this will impact water-based recreation.
  • Evaluate facilities near water edges and shorelines to ensure they are not negatively affecting water quality (e.g. septic systems
  • vault toilets
  • pit toilets).
  • Develop clear communication campaigns using social science research to address increased dispersed uses near waterline.

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.