{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-merkley-bonamici-hoyle-announce-500000-for-osu-to-protect-oregon-dunes-from-sea-level-rise", "Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici, Hoyle Announce $500,000 for OSU to Protect Oregon Dunes from Sea Level Rise", "2023-10-18", "2023", "2023-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "OR", "Ron Wyden", "W000779", "www.wyden.senate.gov", "wyden", "https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well as U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Val Hoyle today announced that Oregon State University has secured a $500,000 federal grant to assess the impact of backshore dune environments to sea level rise in the Pacific Northwest.\n\nBackshore dune environments are the part of the seashore between the beach and the coastline covered by water only during storms of exceptional severity.\n\n\u201cCoastal communities in Oregon and nationwide are staring down the threat of sea level rise caused by climate change,\u201d Wyden said. \u201cI\u2019m glad OSU\u2019s world-renowned researchers have secured this federal investment to determine how an incredibly important part of our coastal ecosystems like dunes, can be valuable tools in the fight for a sustainable future.\u201d\n\n\u201cOregon coastal communities and their economies rely on the health and vitality of their ecosystems,\u201d said Merkley. \u201cThis critical research \u2013 being done right here by OSU researchers \u2013 will prepare coastal communities to be resilient and overcome the challenges of climate chaos, including sea level rise and coastal erosion.\u201d\n\n\u201cNatural structures like backshore dunes have tremendous potential to help mitigate climate change,\u201d said Bonamici. \u201cI\u2019m grateful for Oregon State University\u2019s work to study these protective structures along the Oregon coast. This funding will make a difference in the fight against climate change and sea level rise.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that OSU received this research grant to help Oregon\u2019s coastal communities adapt our dunes and beaches to climate change. I\u2019m committed to getting federal funding to Oregon\u2019s Fourth Congressional District to help the resiliency of our communities,\u201d said Hoyle.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:43:12Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-merkley-bonamici-hoyle-announce-500000-for-osu-to-protect-oregon-dunes-from-sea-level-rise"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6827629879117012, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}