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The effects of increased supply and emerging technologies in the forest products industry on rural communities in the northwest U.S.

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Crandall, Mindy S.

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The development of a market for currently non-merchantable forest material, such as harvest residues of tops and limbs of trees or small diameter trees, has been suggested as a possible win-win solution that could: (i) provide a financial incentive to help motivate treatments to reduce wildfire risk or restore forest...

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Dissertation

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-sized) forest trees in the Pacific Northwest is typically done with cable or ground-based logging
Cost-efficient management of aquatic invasive species : application to New Zealand mudsnails in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:

Lim, Youngah

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By affecting the ecological, pecuniary and aesthetic productivity of ecosystems, invasive species (IS) increase production and management costs to business, while straining public agencies' budgets with monitoring, enforcement and management efforts. Understanding invasion pathways or vectors, and identifying costs and benefits of alternative management strategies are critical to public and...

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Dissertation

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: Application to New Zealand Mudsnails in the Pacific Northwest AN ABSTRACT OF THE
Net farm income and the role of water development projects

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Anderson, William J.

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The recent 2013 Oregon State Board of Agriculture report identified several ways to improve agricultural income in Oregon. Recommendations to improve water development are at the top of the report's list of objectives. In this study, I analyze the relationship between net cash farm income (NCFI) and a cross-sectional set...

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Masters Thesis

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variables for an eleven western state region and a four-state subset representing the Pacific Northwest