Natural resource issues can be contentious – and Oregon’s marine reserves are no exception. Understanding diverse perspectives and how they change with marine reserves implementation is one way to gain insights into the effects of marine reserves. Read More
Over the past several years the ODFW Marine Reserves Program has been conducting visitor surveys to gain a better understanding of who is visiting the marine reserves and why. These baseline data can be compared with future studies to see if changes in the visitor population occurs in connection with the marine reserves. Read More
How do you measure tradeoffs when comparing positive outcomes for one group of people versus the negative outcomes to another? Creating a new wilderness area, designating a wild and scenic river, or creating marine reserves all provide conservation benefits. However, there are tradeoffs. Read More
With the help of our many partners in academia, the fishing industry, coastal communities and non-government organizations 2015 proved to be a busy year. Check out some of the Program highlights over the past year! Read More