Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

A Spatial Assessment of Conservation Opportunities in the Willamette River Floodplain between Corvallis and Albany, Oregon

Creator:: Baker, Jeffrey M.
Abstract:: The Willamette River floodplain has been highly modified by urbanization, conversion of land to agriculture, construction of dams and revetments, and regulation of flow, all of which have reduced floodplain processes that provide valuable ecosystem services such as fish and wildlife habitat and flood storage. Efforts to protect and restore...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Jeffrey M. Baker A RESEARCH PAPER Submitted to THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES

Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

Creator:: Detwiler, Stacey M.
Abstract:: This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THE THESIS OF Stacey M. Detwiler for the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy

Social, Ecological, and Economic Outcomes Associated with Stewardship Forestry in the Siuslaw Watershed

Creator:: Colón–Almodóvar, Yamilette M.
Abstract:: In 1994, with the approval of the Northwest Forest Plan, the livelihood of individuals in the surrounding communities of the Siuslaw National Forest and Siuslaw Watershed were further impacted by already diminished traditional timber practices. In 2003, the United States Forest Service developed an innovative program, stewardship contracting, aimed at...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Associated with Stewardship Forestry in the Siuslaw Watershed Yamilette M. Colón–Almodóvar College of

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Creator:: Bennett, Drew E.
Abstract:: The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives on nature to include not only intrinsic value but also the utilitarian value it provides to society. Viewing nature through this lens informs our understanding of how particular ecological processes benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Services. Abstract approved: Hannah Gosnell The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives

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
Full Text:: wetlands. Albert, J. S., Destouni, G., Duke-Sylvester, S. M., Magurran, A. E., Oberdorff, T., Reis, R

Reconciling Working Landscapes on State and Federal Lands with Endangered Species Act Requirements: Emerging Governance Surrounding Beaver-Related Watershed Restoration in Oregon

Creator:: Pike-Urlacher, Zach R.
Abstract:: Reconciling working landscapes with Endangered Species Act (ESA) requirements is a vexing challenge playing out in watersheds across the western United States. Beaver-related watershed restoration (BRR) methodologies have the potential to reconcile competing demands for resource extraction and recovery of ESA-listed species by restoring ecosystem functionality more effectively and at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Hannah Gosnell

Ready for Anything: Adaptive Capacity in Western States' Water Plans

Creator:: Cogan, Leah R.
Abstract:: In the western United States, climate change is likely to bring greater uncertainty and extreme events outside the range for which water infrastructure, governance, and allocation mechanisms have been designed. In addition, many water systems already struggle with issues of institutional fragmentation, ineffective governance, and unsustainable management practices. Adaptive capacity,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ’ Water Plans Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Hannah

Reallocating resources, rebuilding community : the Klamath Basin agreements and the emergence of adaptive governance

Creator:: Chaffin, Brian C.
Abstract:: The concept of "adaptive governance" represents a spectrum of hybrid approaches to environmental governance employed to guide management of complex social-ecological systems under conditions of high uncertainty. While the concept of adaptive governance has benefited from over a decade of theoretical development, empirical examples of transitions towards adaptive governance are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Adaptive Governance Abstract approved: Hannah Gosnell The concept of “adaptive governance” represents

Beyond random acts of conservation : an institutional analysis of the Natural Resource Conservation Service's Agricultural Water Enhancement Program

Creator:: Burright, Harmony S. J.
Abstract:: Irrigated agriculture accounts for 90 percent of consumptive use of freshwater in the western US and is considered the largest contributor to nonpoint source water pollution. The diffuse nature of most water quality and quantity challenges necessitates institutions that can more effectively engage agricultural producers in strategic, integrated, watershed-scale approaches...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Hannah Gosnell Irrigated agriculture accounts for 90 percent of consumptive use of freshwater in

The effects of alternative future development scenarios on ecological processes and social-ecological resilience in Central Oregon

Creator:: Duncan, James A.
Abstract:: This research sought to explore the implications of different tenure regimes for both landscape-level ecological processes and the overall resilience of a social-ecological system in Central Oregon. The purchase by an investor of former industrial timberlands known as the Bull Springs tract raised the specter of dispersed residential development on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _______________________________________________ Hannah Gosnell This research sought to explore the implications of different tenure

ScholarsArchive@OSU

A Spatial Assessment of Conservation Opportunities in the Willamette River Floodplain between Corvallis and Albany, Oregon

Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

Social, Ecological, and Economic Outcomes Associated with Stewardship Forestry in the Siuslaw Watershed

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

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

Reconciling Working Landscapes on State and Federal Lands with Endangered Species Act Requirements: Emerging Governance Surrounding Beaver-Related Watershed Restoration in Oregon

Ready for Anything: Adaptive Capacity in Western States' Water Plans

Reallocating resources, rebuilding community : the Klamath Basin agreements and the emergence of adaptive governance

Beyond random acts of conservation : an institutional analysis of the Natural Resource Conservation Service's Agricultural Water Enhancement Program

The effects of alternative future development scenarios on ecological processes and social-ecological resilience in Central Oregon

Limit your search

Academic Affiliation

Advisor

Commencement Year

Committee Member

Creator

Contributor

Date

Decade

Degree Field

Degree Level

Degree Name

File Format

Language

License

Non-Academic Affiliation

Peer Reviewed

Resource Type

Rights Statement

Subject

Search Constraints

Search Results

Limit your search