Jon Miller developed his love of all things coastal during summers spent vacationing at the Jersey Shore. He was fortunate enough to get turned on to a career in coastal engineering during his time as an undergrad at Stevens Institute of Technology. When he was offered an opportunity to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Florida under Bob Dean, he jumped at the opportunity. After completing his PhD (and a brief detour in Australia), Jon was offered the opportunity to return to Stevens. Now a Research Associate Professor, Jon leads Stevens Coastal Engineering Research Group and serves as the NJ Sea Grant Coastal Processes Specialist. In his time at Stevens, Jon has mentored over 75 graduate and undergraduate students, and currently serves as the faculty advisor to both the ASBPA and ASCE COPRI student chapters. Jon serves on the Board of Directors of ASBPA, and has been involved with the Student and New Professional Group (now chapter) since its inception. In his spare time
Yaquina Bay meets the Pacific Ocean in Newport, Oregon, a working waterfront town bustling with tourists, commercial and recreational fishing operations, crabbers and oyster growers, marine research, and more activity that depends on a healthy estuary.
So it is good news that two projects should help the Yaquina Bay estuary thrive. One, led by Oregon’s MidCoast Watersheds Council, is at work restoring habitat on 55 acres of land along Yaquina Bay owned by The Wetlands Conservancy. The other, spearheaded by the Oregon Coastal Management Program (OCMP), will update a nearly 40-year-old land use plan for the estuary to include research, consideration of new threats, such as updated sea-level rise maps, and input from coastal tribal nations. That project is slated to start soon.
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In Oregon, 2 Coastal Projects Could Help Salmon and Communities
Young salmon, such as these coho, rely on the protection of estuaries such as Yaquina Bay to grow. Restoring tidal wetland habitats helps increase the rates at which adult coho and Chinook salmon that return to their birthplaces to spawn.
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Yaquina Bay meets the Pacific Ocean in Newport, Oregon, a working waterfront town bustling with tourists, commercial and recreational fishing operations, crabbers and oyster growers, marine research, and more activity that depends on a healthy estuary.
So it is good news that two projects should help the Yaquina Bay estuary thrive. One, led by Oregon’s MidCoast Watersheds Council, is at work restoring habitat on 55 acres of land along Yaquina Bay owned by The Wetlands Conservancy. The other, spearheaded by the Oregon Coastal Management Program (OCMP), will update a nearly 40-year-old land use plan for the estu
For the second time this year, the federal government has refused to overrule the state of Oregon regarding a state-level decision against the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas project.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through a decision signed by a U.S. Department of Commerce official this week, declined to override a February 2020 decision by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development determining the project hasnât demonstrated it would comply with Oregon Coastal Management Program.
The $10 billion Jordan Cove project would be located in Coos Bay, Oregon, and is being pursued by Canada-based Pembina Pipeline Corp. It would produce up to 7.8 million metric tons per year of LNG for export overseas, particularly to Asia. It includes a 229-mile pipeline in Oregon that would connect it to existing pipelines tapping gas from producing basins in Canada and the Rocky Mountains, including western Coloradoâs Piceance Basin, where the project is