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January 18, 2006 

Elevated levels of Mercury found in sport-caught fish from   Emigrant Reservoir in Jackson County.

June 16, 2004

Elevated levels of PCBs  in resident fish from Portland Harbor.

April 22, 2004

Elevated levels of Mercury in sport-caught fish from Cottage Grove Reservoir in Lane County

April 22, 2004

Elevated levels of Mercury in sport-caught fish from Dorena Reservoir in Lane County

March 6, 2003

Mercer Lake Health Advisory Lifted: issued last October (toxic blue-green algae in Mercer Lake, five miles north of Florence on the Oregon coast).

March 1, 2002

Elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCB's, in crayfish and freshwater clams living in the Columbia River immediately above Bonneville Dam.

November 20, 2001

Agencies issue consolidated advisory for consumers of Willamette River fish.

February 12, 2001

Elevated levels of mercury in sport-caught fish from Cooper Creek Reservoir, Douglas County.

February 12, 2001

Elevated levels of mercury in sport-caught fish from Galesville Reservoir, Douglas County.

February 23, 2000

Elevated Levels of Mercury in Sport-caught Fish from Plat "I" Reservoir, Douglas County.

April 28, 1997

Elevated Levels of Mercury in Sport-caught Fish From the Snake River.

February 25, 1997

Elevated Levels of Mercury in Sport-caught Fish From Dorena Reservoir in Lane County.

February 13, 1997

Elevated Levels of Mercury in Sport-caught Bass and Squawfish from the Willamette River.

November 27, 1996

Elevated Levels of Mercury in Sport-Caught Fish from Owyhee River Upstream from Owyhee Reservoir, Malheur County.

July 9, 1996

Fish Mercury Advisory Revised for East Lake, Newberry Crater, Deschutes County.

May 13, 1996

Columbia River Fish Advisory.

February 10, 1994

Elevated Levels of Mercury Found in Fish Tissue from Owyhee Reservoir.

November 2, 1993

Fish PCB Advisory for Lower Columbia Slough.

May 27, 1993

Cottage Grove Reservoir Mercury Advisory.