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Fixing The Willamette's Toxic Algae Problem Could Start At Ross Island

By Erin Ross (OPB)
Portland, Ore. Aug. 17, 2018 1:15 a.m.

Toxic algal blooms have plagued the lower Willamette in recent years. Most of them started in one place: the lagoon at Ross Island, near downtown Portland.

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