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  • Experiencing Restoration-Focused Forestry

    Creator:
    Dwyer, Michael
    Abstract:
    The practice of modern silviculture on U.S. public lands has been stymied by a legacy of litigation and policy changes since the late 20th century. Forestry in the 1980s was focused on physical science strategies and failed to consider the social complexities of multi-use forest management. Emblematic of the challenges...
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    Capstone Project
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    involves personal and interpersonal experiences, direct and indirect contact with an area setting

  • Evaluating Watershed Plans : Assessing Initial Outputs of the Streamflow Restoration Act in Washington State

    Creator:
    Dawson, Elisa A.
    Abstract:
    As of September 2020, three of the outputs mandated under the Streamflow Restoration Act have been completed. However, little has been done to assess the quality of these plans. By using the Characteristics of Plan Quality That Serve as Evaluation Criteria to evaluate the plans completed so far, this research...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    of the differing backgrounds, operating styles, organizational cultures, and personal

  • The effects of land use change, climate change, and conservation on waterbird habitat in the Upper Klamath Basin

    Creator:
    Dennis, Jami R.
    Abstract:
    The Upper Klamath Basin is an ecologically significant watershed that supports millions of migratory waterbirds along the Pacific Flyway in addition to an agricultural economy and a tribal fishery. This literature review and annotated bibliography is the basis for a capstone project to address the history, evolution, impacts, and responses...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    , webpage articles, and reports sourced in the online Story Map. The capstone project Story Map was

  • Assessment and Recommendations for Interpretive Programming around Climate Change at the Glades Wildlife Refuge

    Creator:
    Boyd, Kelsey
    Abstract:
    This paper identifies 51 best practices of interpretive programming in relation to the topic of climate change and applies those practices to interpretive programs delivered by Natural Lands, a Pennsylvania environmental non-profit organization, and specifically at the Glades Wildlife Refuge, one of Natural Lands’ nature preserves. The best practices are...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    disruptions to housing, medical care, personal finances, and post-traumatic stress (Benevolenza and DeRigne

  • Explore Oregon Forests : A Web-Based Educational Tool for Connecting Forestry and Tourism

    Creator:
    Gleason, Daniel A.
    Abstract:
    This thesis focuses on the creation of a new collaborative website to connect key forestry topics to tourists and forest recreationists. It is divided into two main sections; the first explains the purpose and methods for creation of a new web-based educational tool called Explore Oregon Forests. Created through a...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    mobile friendly webpage that can be used to connect to diverse groups of people interested in Oregon

  • California Conservation Banking: Motivations, Values, and Climate Change Considerations

    Creator:
    Molton, Kathryn
    Abstract:
    Conservation banking is a market-based instrument and conservation tool designed to provide compensatory mitigation for impacts to endangered species. These banks provide both ecological and economic benefits, however their ability to continue providing these benefits is threatened by climate change. The motivational factors behind the decisions to establish a conservation...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • Bridge Creek Wilderness : Wilderness Character Baseline Assessment Report

    Creator:
    Deibel, Jenna and Hall, Troy
    Abstract:
    This report assesses how current management actions are adhering to the original mandate set by the Wilderness Act of 1964 by monitoring the five qualities of Wilderness character (untrammeled, natural, undeveloped, opportunities for solitude/unconfined recreation, and other features of value) as they pertain to this specific Wilderness area.
    Resource Type:
    Technical Report
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    environments primarily free from modern human manipulation and impact, (2) personal experiences in natural

  • Exceeding the standards: The benefits of place-based environmental education in schools

    Creator:
    Miller, Rebecca W.
    Abstract:
    There is a growing body of research that describes the benefits of place-based environmental education (EE) within the schools, including improved competencies, better interpersonal skills, decreased gaps in social divides, increased pupil engagement in learning, increased community awareness, and increased environmental stewardship. Though the benefits are many, few schools utilize...
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    Capstone Project
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    problems (MNR webpage, 2020)." International implementation of EE principles varied widely

  • Recovery of High-graded Nothofagus Forests: Building Resilience Through Theory and Practice

    Creator:
    Soto, Daniel P.
    Abstract:
    The increasing human demands on natural resources, in combination with uncertainties about ecosystem dynamics due to global change, has led the scientific community to conclude that new approaches in understanding of ecological systems are needed to tackle environmental issues in an efficient manner. One development that has received more attention...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Ecological Forestry : A Critical Analysis

    Creator:
    Batavia, Chelsea
    Abstract:
    Although science is widely accepted as a fundamental source of information underlying decisions about forest management and conservation, considerably less attention has been paid to the inevitable role that normative values and beliefs play in such decisions. This thesis highlights the normative dimensions of "ecological forestry," a strategy of forest...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis