The ocean wave conditions at the mouth of the Columbia River have
long proven a hazard to ship navigation. Over 62 major shipwrecks
have occurred at, or in the vicinity of the river entrance. The wave
pattern is extremely complex, varying seasonally with prevailing winds
and river discharge, as well...
The Corvallis area study is made to help evaluate the local need
for additional system capacity ten years in the future. The product of
the study is an areally detailed projection of electrical demand.
The demand is derived in two steps: the location, nature, and
intensity of specific land uses...
Increasing demands for water related services of the Columbia River and
its tributaries create conflicts between users During the 1970's the
conflict has centered around three major water uses - irrigation, hydroelectric
power generation, and fisheries. This study analyzes some of
the tradeoffs between upstream depletion of water for irrigation...
This study examined one refinery product, residual fuel oil, and
analyzed changes that have occurred in its production and consumption
in the United States through time, with the objective of explaining why
the quantities and qualities of residual fuel produced, imported, and
used in different times and places have varied....
Tree diameter, understory plant cover, seedling density, elevation, aspect, and slope steepness are recorded for 51 forest stands dominated by Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr. along the eastern portion of the central Oregon Cascades. Species dominance based on prominence values for
trees and percent cover for shrubs and herbs are correlated...
This study examines the spatial characteristics
of the seafood processing industry on the Oregon Coast.
Three study areas are discussed: the Astoria area, the Newport
area, and the Coos Bay area. The industry is categorized
by four types of seafood processors. Types and
uses of processing and nonprocessing space are...
The objectives of this research paper are (1) to establish if a
relationship exists between those water-related services - domestic
water and waste disposal - already present in the North Albany are a
prior to 1966 and housing growth that occurred during the period
1966-1975, (2) to assess the impact...
Limited measures of socio-economic affluence
among some Oregon counties reflect deficiency in the
availability and development of agricultural resources.
Seventeen indicators qualify county census data into
comparable relative values. Rank correlation analysis
of the relationship between agricultural resources and
socio-economic affluence demonstrates a significant
correlation coefficient at the 95 percent...
With our present pressing need to clean up our
Nation'a waterways there has developed a shift from water
resource development to water quality management. This
shift was manifested in 1972 when Congress created Areawide
Water Quality Management in Section 208 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act Amendments. Section 208...
This paper is an analysis of the resource use
conflict of the Columbia River salmon fishery. The report
discusses the physical setting of the Columbia River, the
biology of anadromous salmon, the history of the resource
use, hazards to the salmon, fishing techniques, and salmon
usage today with its conflicts,...