Conserving natural capital for future generations

Risk Assessment 

Smith Foods, Weston, Oregon
Completed a freshwater bio-assessment that successfully identified the source of ecological effects in a salmon spawning area and migration corridor located in northeastern Oregon. Contaminated groundwater discharge from a food processing facility was the reported cause. A modified approach was used, which combined elements of federal and state requirements for stream bioassessments for macroinvertebrates. The assessment determined impacts to the stream were due to agricultural runoff as opposed to contaminated groundwater discharging from the food processing plant.

Other risk assessments

  • Ganges Harbour contaminated sediment investigation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, BC 
  • Sooke Basin Creosote Study, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, BC
  • Ecotoxicology of Willamette River sediments, Zidell Realty, Portland, OR
  • Bioaccumulation/biomarkers Study, Portland Harbor Superfund Site, OR 
  • Ecological Risk Assessment, Lawrence-David, Inc., Eugene, OR
  • Installation-wide ecological risk assessment, Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL
  • Ecological risk assessment - Naval Air Weapons Station in Point Mugu, CA
  • Ecological risk assessment - Astoria Plywood Brownfields Site, OR
  • Ecological risk assessment policy guidance - Oregon DEQ and USEPA Region 10