Before 2002, almost all of the approximately 40,000 acres of land in the Wood
River Valley, Oregon were used for intensive, flood-irrigated summer cattle grazing,
as it had been for over 100 years. Conservation activit ...
Institute for Natural Resources; Lurie, Sue; Duncan, Sally; McCune, Myrica; River Design; Greenbelt Land Trust(2012-08)
The Willamette River has gone through extensive changes since Euro American settlement – changes that have reduced channel connectivity, destroyed important habitat for species and vastly undermined floodwater storage ca ...
Wilder, Robert L.; Oregon State University. Cooperative Extension Service(Corvallis, Or : Resource Development Section, Cooperative Extension Service, Oregon State University, 1970-06)
This dissertation consists of three papers on the use of incentives for
conservation of endangered species on private land. The first paper examines
incentives based on providing landowners with assurances regarding fu ...