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.