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The Pacific Northwest Biophysical Region 



This region includes the Northern California Coast, the Oregon Coast 

 and the Washington Coast areas. These coastal areas are relatively 

 undeveloped except for the Portland and Seattle metropolitan areas. 

 All three areas remain specialized in economic activities related to 

 the ample forest and fisheries resources of this region. This region 

 is expected to show moderate growth rates in the future, with much 

 of this growth occurring in the two metropolitan areas of major 

 Importance. The concentration of both population and economic growth 

 1n the Portland and Seattle areas will place heavy demands on the 

 Columbia River and Puget Sound estuarlne areas, particularly as 

 demand grows for increased port facilities and associated Industry, 

 pulp and paper manufacturing, and the processing of food and kindred 

 products. 



Table IV. 4. 4 summarizes in some detail the major economic indicators 

 of individual OBE estuarine economic areas. The areas are grouped 

 roughly by biophysical regions. 



The analysis of high-water-use industries conducted by the Bureau 

 of the Census provides a framework for analysis of the impact of 

 present and future economic activities on the Nation's estuarine 

 zone. In 1964, the Census of Manufactures showed that the five 

 major water-use industries in the United States, 1n order of magni- 

 tude of gross water intake, were the following: primary metal 



