Presentations from the May 2, 2005 Scientific Workshop to Inform the Columbia River Nearshore Beneficial Use Project:

Overview of the Erosion and Sand Depletion in the Columbia River Nearshore Littoral Cell

Powerpoint presentation by Giles Lesser, U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of George Kaminsky, Washington Department of Ecology  (pdf 6.25 MB)

Overview of the Columbia River Nearshore Beneficial Use Project

Powerpoint presentation by Steve Greenwood, National Policy Consensus Center, Portland State University  (pdf 404k)

Sediment Migration and Wave and Current Patterns

Powerpoint presentation by Daniel Cox, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, and Tuba Ozkan-Haller, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University  (pdf 8.70 MB)

Dungeness Crab

Powerpoint presentation by Walter Pearson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory   (pdf 2.81 MB)

Benthic Infauna

Powerpoint presentation by Gary Braun, TetraTech EC, Inc.  (pdf 1.43 MB)

Marine Fishes

Powerpoint presentation by William Pearcy, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University  (pdf 962k)

Marine Birds

Powerpoint presentation by Craig Strong, Crescent Coastal Research  (pdf 232k)

Marine Mammals

Powerpoint presentaion by Jan Hodder, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon 
(pdf 1.86 MB)