Earth Day 2000: Environmental Accomplishments: Oregon

President Clinton and Vice President Gore:
Protecting Our Environment and Public Health

Over the past seven years, President Clinton and Vice President Gore have significantly strengthened protections for the environment and public health, and won new resources to help states and communities protect their water, land and coasts. Here are some of the ways the state of Oregon has benefited:

Accelerating Toxic Cleanups. Nationwide, the Administration has completed 525 Superfund cleanups since 1993, more than three times the number completed in the previous twelve years. In Oregon, 3 Superfund cleanups have been completed since 1993.

Strengthening Water Quality Protections.

Through a variety of programs, the Administration has provided significant new resources to states and communities to safeguard public health by improving drinking water and to protect rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. These include:

Protecting Local Lands.

The Administration has won significant new resources to help states, communities, and landowners protect farms and other local green spaces that support wildlife, recreation, and water quality.

Protecting Our Coasts and Estuaries.

Grants from the National Coastal Zone ManagPent Program help states develop and implPent plans for the protection and sustainable managPent of coastal resources. The National Estuarine Research Reserve SystP provides grants to states to help protect and restore estuaries, where ocean and fresh water mix. Through these two programs, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has provided $466 million to states since 1993. Oregon has received $12.3 million.

April 2000



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