Acknowledgments
We thank the following individuals, agencies, and organizations for contributing to the success of this study.
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Lynn Bjork and Carl Bond granted permission to use the fish illustrations on page 9.
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Betty Brickson provided patience, encouragement, and occasional reviews of the report.
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Gail Cordy and Dave Mueller (USGS), Greg Pettit (Oregon Department of Environmental Quality), and Mike Wolf (Oregon Department of Agriculture) provided technical reviews of the report.
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Chris Daley (Oregon Climate Service) contributed Willamette Basin precipitation data.
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Alan Donner (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) estimated peak Willamette River flow for February 1996.
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Steve Ellis (TetraTech, Inc.) and Chuck Henny (USGS, BRD) furnished fish from the Willamette River for tissue analysis.
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Stan Fox (Natural Resources Conservation Service) provided information on Willamette Basin snowfall.
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Susan Hathaway-Marxer and Dave Gray (City of Portland, Parks and Recreation) granted access to city parks to drill wells.
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Chip Hill and Doug Markle (Oregon State University) identified and vouchered fish specimens.
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Kathy Kuivila (USGS, California District) contributed field support and analyses of selected pesticides during April 1993.
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Mount Angel Abbey (Norman Hettwer) provided access to Little Abiqua Creek.
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National Biological Service (now USGS, Biological Resources Division) contributed funds for dioxin and furan analyses.
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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) contributed data from Phases I and II of the Willamette River Basin Water Quality Study.
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Greg Pettit (ODEQ) analyzed ground water for selected pesticides during 1993.
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Paul Seevers (USGS, EROS Data Center) provided land use based on 1992-93 Landsat data.
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Unified Sewerage Agency contributed data from the Tualatin River Basin Water Quality Study.
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Dave Wills (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) provided and operated boat electroshocking equipment.
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Shamsul Alam, Dorie Brownell, Doug Cushman, Ben Davis, Mike DeVolder, Tom Edwards, Phil Gallaway, Ned Gates, Howard Harrison, Tim Jannsen, Martell Kiefer, Julie Laenen, Karl Lee, Dan McClelland, Jennifer Morace, Rick Mulder, Richard Norris, Greg Olsen, Ted Pogue, Dan Polette, Ines Ruiz-Huston, Roy Wellman, and Winston Woo (USGS, Oregon District), Kathryn Crepeau and Kathy Kuivila (USGS, California District), and Jeff Litteral (National Water Quality Laboratory) assisted with collection and compilation of data.
