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Great question for Oregon I believe it is the Mean High Water line. For info on the various tidal datums (high-tide, low-tide shorelines, etc.) see http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/datum_options.html and also http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/state_tidal.jpg

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Continuing the thread that of interesting research the OSU is doing, OSU is currently funded by the Minerals Management Service to identify and map out as many aspects of *potential* conflicts of ocean use space as possible on the outer continental shelf of Oregon, Washington, and California. This is actually beyond the 3 miles out to the Exclusive Economic Zone, and includes many items under current discussion with your guests including: marine reserves, shipping lanes, military training and uses, shipwrecks and other obstructions, recreational boating and sailing, recreational fishing, commercial fishing (we are working in close cooperation with NMFS, ODFW, and PSFMC on this sensitive category), scientific cables, commercial cables, LNG sites and more.

Ours maps will hopefully help MMS to see the where the best places are leasing a block of space for renewable energy sites, so as not to cause conflict. A tall order! At any rate, our study is ongoing until near the end of this year and the lead is Flaxen Conway of OSU and Oregon Sea Grant.

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OSU is doing a lot of interesting work in this area and for Kim Young, she may be interested in the *wave* energy research that is going on. I don't think *tidal* energy is a great possibility for the Oregon coast but garnering energy from individual waves has great potential (see the work of Annette von Jouanne, who I believe was Think Out Loud a while back, and Ted Brekken, http://eecs.oregonstate.edu/wesrf/ ).

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When Paul Klarin joins your show he will likely define for the audience that technically, the Oregon territorial sea is "owned" and managed by the State Land Board (the Governor, Secretary of State, and Treasurer of Oregon), as a public trust for the citizens of Oregon. 

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Hillary Clinton ran a strong but oftentime a strident and divisive campaign. I believe that she is not the only woman in America qualified to run as a VP candidate. I am actually hoping that Obama will choose another woman as a running mate: Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas!

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