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Prediction of Initial Mixing for Municipal Ocean Discharges

Creator:: Teeter, Allan M. and Baumgartner, D. J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this report is to present procedures by which applicants and reviewers can calculate initial dilution and describe the zone of initial dilution surrounding the discharge site. These calculations would be required under regulations proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on April 25, 1978 (1) implementing section...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND

Improving the environmental and social practices of coastal tourism operators

Creator:: Currey, Shari Ann
Abstract:: From May 1999 through April 2000, I interned with the Alaska Wilderness Recreation and Tourism Association (AWRTA), a non-profit organization that balances responsible tourism development with resource protection and community enhancement. I was assigned to a seven-member task force charged with evaluating the success of AWRTA's "Ecotourism Guidelines2" and was...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: members representing a variety of tourism operators, resource management agencies and environmental NGO's

Stakeholder evaluation of market based approaches towards managing the adverse impacts of commercial fishing on the marine environment

Creator:: Swart, Brycen
Abstract:: Over fishing, by-catch of non-target fish species, marine mammals, seabirds, and damage to benthic habitats remain serious problems in fisheries management. Management methods based on traditional command and control (CAC) approaches may meet with initial successes yet additional progress is often marginal, requiring managers to implement additional regulations to achieve...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Fishing 19 Current Management of the Environmental Impacts of Fishing on the West Coast 24

Analyzing and Understanding the Latvian Environmental Movement

Creator:: Berzins, Mikelis I.
Abstract:: Several distinctive environmental movements of the past century have had major influence on public policies in the United States. More generally, social movements that push environmental issues into the limelight have the potential for significantly altering public perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs, thus driving big policy changes. This thesis examines the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: environmental movements of the past century have had major influence on public policies in the United States

The Oregon Explorer Experience: An Internship with a Statewide Geospatial Atlas

Creator:: Barns, Tyler M.
Abstract:: The Professional Science Master’s program requires all graduates to complete an internship and prepare a descriptive report in lieu of a master’s thesis. In 2009 I concluded a three-month full-time internship with the Institute for Natural Resources (INR). Oregon Explorer (OE) is a collaborative effort between INR and Oregon State...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE FINAL REPORT OF Tyler Barns for the degree of Master of Environmental Sciences in the

Towards an approach based on resilience for assessing the potential impacts of sea level rise

Creator:: Scalise, Armando Hector
Abstract:: In this paper, I will analyze the nature of these problems and examine how recent approaches to SLRA have dealt with them. In addition, a framework for assessing the potential impacts of sea level rise is proposed, drawing upon the ecological concept of resilience (Holling 1978, 1984).
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Date Created:
Full Text:: IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE by Armando Hector Scalise Submitted to Marine Resources Management Program

Collaboration on the Columbia River: How the Narrative of Environmental Justice and Management Affects Renegotiation

Creator:: Luongo, Dante J.
Abstract:: The Columbia River Treaty (CRT), signed in 1964, is known widely as a successful transboundary river treaty between the United States and Canada. It was designed with a basic dual functional purpose, to increase flood prevention in the lower basin and to maximize hydroelectric power output between the two nations....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: River: How the Narrative of Environmental Justice and Management Affects Renegotiation By

Coastal protected areas in Mexico : a management assessment

Creator:: Chavarria, Elena
Abstract:: The primary objective of this study is to assess the Mexican experience in managing coastal natural areas. The assessment is based on the categories, uses, objectives, and political elements of Mexican protected coastal areas and governmental efforts to develop and manage these areas. Specific problems within each protected coastal area...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: 19Tourism 20 Lack of Research 21 Political Climate and Management Agency Issues 22 POSSIBILITIES FOR

Low latitude island beach processes

Creator:: Munbodh, Munesh
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Date Created:
Full Text:: Report submitted to Marine Resource Management Program School of Oceanography Oregon State University

A geospatial data catalog and metadata management tools for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Western Ecology Division

Creator:: Bradford, David L.
Abstract:: The EPA’s Western Ecology Division (WED) had been accumulating geographic information system (GIS) data files for up to 20 years. There was no index or catalog for these files; locating data became more difficult over time. More that 4 Tb of data existed on numerous disk volumes in hundreds of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . (2003). Geographic Information Science and Systems for Environmental Management. Annual Review of

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Prediction of Initial Mixing for Municipal Ocean Discharges

Improving the environmental and social practices of coastal tourism operators

Stakeholder evaluation of market based approaches towards managing the adverse impacts of commercial fishing on the marine environment

Analyzing and Understanding the Latvian Environmental Movement

The Oregon Explorer Experience: An Internship with a Statewide Geospatial Atlas

Towards an approach based on resilience for assessing the potential impacts of sea level rise

Collaboration on the Columbia River: How the Narrative of Environmental Justice and Management Affects Renegotiation

Coastal protected areas in Mexico : a management assessment

Low latitude island beach processes

A geospatial data catalog and metadata management tools for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Western Ecology Division

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