Extensive use of wilderness campsites has caused resource deterioration in numerous backcountry locations. Resource managers are responsible for maintaining natural wilderness-like conditions in these areas and providing opportunities for the public to use and enjoy them. This requires that realistic standards for resource impacts be determined and that publicly supported...
As part of a hierarchical approach to classifying watersheds and stream habitats based on geomorphic and geologic criteria, we defined ten classes of fluvial and lacustrine habitats at the scale of valley segments. Valley segments are landscape units which encompass surface waters and the adjacent floodplains and hillslopes with which...
A study investigating the effect of sheep stocking
density and grazing duration on forage intake, grazing
efficiency, dietary selectivity and subsequent forage
accumulation in tall fescue(Festuca arundinacea)-
subclover(Trifolium subtaranium) pastures was conducted
near Corvallis, Oregon during early and late spring in
1988 and 1989. Grazing treatments were 2, 6, and...
