Willamette River
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Willamette River

Meyer Memorial Trust | Willamette River, USA

Year

2012

Category

Thiess International River Prize

The Willamette River Initiative was chosen for its effective, collaborative approach that has resulted in marked improvements to the health of the river over the past decade. The project tackled a range of challenges including toxic chemical threat, high water temperatures, a confined channel, dam-altered flows, loss of floodplain forests, population growth and climate change.

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