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Creator:: Grizzel, Jeffrey D.
Abstract:: Many municipalities throughout western Oregon rely upon forested watersheds as a source for domestic water supply. These watersheds are commonly managed by state or federal agencies or private corporations for timber production. Activities related to forest management within municipal watersheds have the potential to adversely affect water quality. Timber harvesting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Lombard, Pamela
Abstract:: This study was conducted to determine how the size and orientation of large wood placed in streams in combination with peak flows, substrate and channel gradient affect pool volume, surface area and maximum depth in two coastal Oregon streams. Eighteen Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) logs were placed in each of two...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Larson, Keith R.
Abstract:: Sediment yield increases following timber harvest and road construction were predicted for four Pacific Northwest experimental watersheds. Sediment yields were predicted using a handbook developed by the U.S. Forest Service entitled, "An Approach to Water Resources Evaluation of Non-Point Silvicultural Sources" (WRENS). Predicted sediment yield increases varied from 40 to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Dent, Elizabeth F.
Abstract:: Esmond Creek is a tributary to the Siuslaw River located in the Oregon Coast Range. It is 18 km in length and drains a watershed area is 48.9 km². Average channel gradient of the study reach is 0.9%. In 1988 a landslide occurred in the Esmond Creek watershed involving approximately...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: MORPHOLOGY OF ESMOND CREEK IN THE OREGON COAST RMGE INTRODUCTION Channel morphology is a function of the

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