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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:: this project out with me until the end. I would like to thank my committee members, Aaron Wolf

Creator:: Paulekas, Robyn N.
Abstract:: Social-ecological resilience theory is part of a new paradigm for understanding and managing complex coupled human-ecological systems. The theory aims to inform explorations of a system’s ability to withstand disturbance while maintaining its critical functions. Adaptive co-management has been proposed as a governance mechanism that can enhance resiliency by combining...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Aaron Wolf and Dr. Gregg Walker for serving on my committee and providing me with background necessary

Creator:: Duffy, Laura
Abstract:: The conservation community has long recognized the critical role that agricultural landowners play in efforts to improve fish and wildlife habitat in order to recover threatened and endangered species. In many rural areas dominated by agricultural working landscapes, government agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) struggle to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: magic of the Klamath Basin. To my committee member Aaron Wolf, thank you for your wit, empathetic

Creator:: Smedstad, Jill A.
Abstract:: Adaptive collaborative (co-) management has received increased recognition as a novel approach to environmental governance that combines the dynamic learning features of adaptive management with the linking and network features of collaborative management. This approach is concerned with fostering sustainable livelihoods and ecological sustainability in the face of uncertainty and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the variety of research opportunities with which I have been involved. Thank you to Dr. Aaron Wolf

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