The rise of water level in Malheur Lake in Southeastern
Oregon has become a major issue of concern in Harney County,
where the lake is located, and on a state-wide level. The
concern is due to the extensive damage caused by flood water
to agricultural land, highways and roads, a...
Published May 1987. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
This study examines the relationships among variables influencing
solar access in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan Area. The
analysis is based on a random sample of approximately 400 single-family
homes in 21 local jurisdictions outside the city limits of Portland.
Relationships between percentage of available sunlight and selected
variables were examined by...
This case study of the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer, deals with the evolution of water quality protection. A number of institutional efforts on multijurisdictional levels
have established a piecemeal approach for this aquifer's protection. Federal legislation includes designation as a 'Sole Source' aquifer under sec. 1424(e) of SDWA, and 1...
A process to distinguish between primary and
secondary resource lands is currently a concern of state and local
land-use agencies in Oregon. Two approaches for identifying
Secondary Resource Lands have been developed. The Land
Conservation and Development (LCDC) staff, in conjunction with the
County Planning Directors Association, have developed one...
Based in part on previous work by this researcher, variables assumed to play a minor part in the process/ response system examined by the OSU Alsea Bay Hazard Study Team (1985-87)--river input and subsequent variations in hydrology--were more completely analyzed for their range of effects on the stability of Alsea...
Soils of Santa Cruz Island, California were mapped
at the subgroup taxonomic level using a Geographic Information
System (GIS) and field survey. Lithologic substrate,
vegetative cover, slope gradient and slope aspect comprised
the GIS data layers; these correspond to the soil-forming
factors that were hypothesized to exert the greatest influence...
A layered model of the study circulation in the South Pacific Ocean is constructed along the lines of Luyten, Pedlosky and Stommel, and driven by the mean annual wind stress distributions computed by Hellerman and Rosenatein. The results of the model agree quite well with published maps of topography of...
Published May 1987. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog