Rivers provide food and clean water, transportation pathways, energy production, travel corridors for organisms, and cultural and spiritual values for people. Despite their importance, many river systems are highly contaminated with toxics, sediment, nutrients, and metals. It is a global, invisible crisis. With a focus on the Columbia River Basin, students in this program connect to a diversity of communities in watersheds to integrate scientific information, public policy, and local and traditional knowledge towards solutions to this crisis.
WSU Units Involved: CEREO, Engineering, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Sociology and Anthropology
Contact: Jan Boll