Mission: Ensure healthy
natural resources,
environment, and economy
for Oregonians now and in
the future through inspection
and certification, regulation,
and promotion of agriculture
and food (ODA Strategic Plan)
Vision: Serve the changing needs of
Oregon's diverse agricultural and food
sectors to maintain and enhance a
healthy natural resource base and
strong economy in rural and urban
communities across the state (ODA
Strategic Plan)
Key Objectives
Key Objective 3: Embrace a culture of
collaboration (ODA Strategic Plan)
Complete an inventory and review of
partnerships to evaluate opportunities
for improvement and expansion
Complete an inventory and review of
partnerships to evaluate opportunities
for improvement and expansion
Key Objective 7: Stive for Clear, Concise, and
Inclusive Communication (ODA Strategic Plan)
Increased compliance
Increases support
Increased awareness
Requires CAFOs to meet both state water
quality standards as well as the federal Clean
Water Act (UO Review)
ORS. 468.140: authorizes ODA to enforce a civil
penalty up to $500 a day for failure to comply
with or a violation of a CAFO permit
ODEQ
Report to Department of State Lands regarding mitigation action (196.635)
Mission: Be a leader in restoring,
maintaining, and enhancing the quality
of Oregon's air, land and water
Authorized by the EPA to implement
federal environmental programs in Oregon
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Court Case: Center for Biological Diversity vs
US EPA
Claim: “EPA has failed to finalize rulemaking, identify
OR’s impaired marine water zones as required by law
Courts have power to “compel agency action unlawfully
withheld or unreasonably delayed,” i.e., to force the DEQ
to take more stringent mitigation efforts
319 Provides grants for nonpoint source
projects in which states are able to match
40% of the budget (UO Review)
Designates No Discharge Zones (NDZs) when
state or EPA determine an issue or to create a
drinking water intake (UO Review)
Water Quality Programs
Collect water quality data and
maintain water monitoring portal
Oregon Ocean Monitoring Group
Developing TMDLs
Take actions necessary for the state to comply with the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act. May force ODA to perform "any
federal regulations or guidelines issues pursuant to the Act,
relating to the control and prevention of water pollution from
livestock and other animal-based agriculture operations (ORS.
468B.035)
ORS 196.408.2: State agencies with
responsibility for oil spill and hazardous
material response, damage assessment and
compensation in marine environment shall, to
the maximum extent practicable, coordinate
Oregon's plans, programs, policies and
techniques with those of adjacent states
Provides support staff to
coordinating council
(196.572.b8)
Identify actions and initiatives
to address vulnerabilities
(196.573.b)
Report to Department of State Lands regarding mitigation action (196.635)
Mission: protect and enhance Oregon's
fish and wildlife and their habitats for use
and enjoyment by present and future
generations
Policies
State Food
Fish
Management
Policy
Wildlife Policy
Oregon
Conservation
Strategy
Oregon
Nearshore
Strategy
This document is a strategic guide in terms of how
ODFW time and effort should be spent specifically
on issues within the three mile coastal zone
Nearshore Recommendation 10: “Promote use of
climate change information in management
decision making and policy development in
statewide, regional, and global arenas…”
Incorporate climate change and climate
resilience into long term decision making
processes
Partnership required: state and federal
management agencies, university scientists,
NGOS, and industry representatives.
Fish, Wildlife,
and Habitat
Subcommittee
of the Oregon
Global
Warming
Commission
Oregon
Climate
Adaptation
Framework
Oregon
Shellfish Task
Force
Oregon
Coordinating
Council on
Ocean
Acidification
and Hypoxia
International
Alliance to
Combat Ocean
Acidification
Research and Monitoring
Fisheries harvest and species abundance
for stock assessments, conservation, and
impacts analysis
Coordinates oceanographic information
Inventory chemical, physcial, and
bioloical data to inform management
and adaption to OAH
Oregon Ocean Acidification Monitoring
Group
Pacific Coast Collaborative
West Coast OAH Monitoring Inventory
Marine Reserves Program
ORS 196.540: adopting rules to
establish, study, monitor, evaluate
and enforce: (a) A marine reserve and
two marine protected areas at Cape
Falcon; (b) A marine reserve and three
marine protected areas at Cascade
Head; and (c) A marine reserve, two
marine protected areas and a seabird
protection area at Cape
ORS 196.540: Implement recommendations from OPAC
Monitoring, sampling, research,
and management of commercial
and recreational marine fisheries
Sustainable ocean use and
conservation research,
management, and policy
Impacts analysis for human
development projects and
activities
Partnered with EPA to
take on acidification in
estuaries harming clam
and crab fisheries
DLCD
Houses OR Coastal Management Program
Administers Coastal Goals
Statewide Planning
Goal 19
Ocean Resources Goal
Mission: To work in partnership with local
governments, state and federal agencies, and
other stakeholders to foster livable, resilient
communities by ensuring that coastal and ocean
resources are managed, conserved and
developed consistent with OR's coastal program
authorities
Mission: To help communities and citizens plan for, protect,
and improve the built and natural systems that provide a
high quality of life. In partnership with citizens and local
governments, we foster sustainable and vibrant
communities and protect our natural resources legacy
Policy Development
Coordinated through Territorial Sea Plan
Established through Oregon Ocean
Resources Management Program (ORS
196.475)
OPAC
Provides staffing for:
OPAC
ORS 196.420.6: Ensure that OPAC will work closely with
coastal local governments to incorporate in its activities
coastal local government and resident concerns, coastal
economic stability and expertise of coastal residents
ORS 196.438: Consists of:
Non-voting designee
(ORS 196.438)
DEQ
ODFW
DLCD
ODPR
ODA
OSU
Governing body
member from
coastal counties
coastal city
officials
Representation from coastal fisheries, marine
navigation, coastal conservation, Oregon Indian
Tribes, Coastiwde organization, Statewide
conservation, two representatives of the public
ORS 196.455: may invite federal agencies with
responsibility for the study and management of ocean
resources or regulation of ocean activities to designate
a liaison to the council to attend council meetings,
respond to council requests for technical and policy
information and review draft plan materials prepared
by the council.
LCDC
Other agencies
working on Goal 19
Coordinates with
ODFW
ODA
ODF
ODPR
ODSL
ORS 196.408.3: State agencies which have
jurisdiction over water areas, teh seabed and
resources adjacent to offshore rocks and islands
may coordinate with adjacent states and federal
agencies to develop programs and regulations to
manage uses and activiites of ocean areas adjacent
to coastal cliffs and offshore rocks and islands
managed within the National Wildlife Refuge
System.
Oregon Coastal Water
Quality (Non-point
pollution control program)
DEQ
ODA
GNRO
Collaborates with many state agencies
and provides leadership on initiatives
that require coordination
Liason between Governor and tribes, local
governments, federal agencies, Congress, etc. on
natural/environmental issues
ORS 196.408: State agencies
shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, coordinate
development of coastal and
ocean information systems
with those in adjacent states
Legislation
SB 260: Appropriates moneys from General fund to:
ODFW
Oregon Ocean Science Trust
HB 2020: Establishes Carbon Policy Office within
Oregon Department of Administrative Services
and directs Director of Carbon Policy Office to
adopt Oregon Climate Action Program rule
SB 1039: Declares state policy on OAH. Establishes
Oregon Coordinating Council on Ocean
Acidification and Hypoxia
Members
ODFW
ODA
DEQ
DLCD
OSU
OPAC
Tribes
Oregon Ocean Science Trust
West Coast OAH Science
Panel, 2016 Report
Created by MOU with California State
Natural Resources Agency and GNRO
(MOU, 2013)
Oregon OAH Council Report, 2018
Keep legislators and policy makers up to date
on the science, impacts of and solutions for OAH
(Action 4.2.a)
Develop high-level policy guidance for the
state’s government agencies on prioritizing OAH
in agency workload (Action 5.1.1)
4) Raise awareness of OAH science, impacts, and
solutions. Identify and advance opportunities to
raise awareness of and communicate OAH
science, impacts, and mitigation solutions.