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Creator:: Armstrong, Catriona M. M.
Abstract:: Large-scale ecosystem assessments aim to assist ecosystem management by synthesizing current scientific knowledge on an area, and by providing a foundation for policy discussions and decisions on land management. These assessments go beyond traditional research efforts by moving away from narrow scope, system, and institutional boundaries, and by attempting to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the social context of ecosystem management in Oregon in order to make recommendations for a social

Creator:: Johnson, Karin Kajsa N.
Abstract:: Involving the public in wildlife management is important to achieve effective and acceptable policies. An accurate assessment of public opinion can be complicated by the public's prior knowledge, perceptions, and the method of public input used. This paper evaluates some factors which may have influenced a public involvement project the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Balfour, Richard C. D.
Abstract:: Forest management has been influenced by many social and political changes, and one of the most prominent is the increasing urbanization of neighboring lands. As a result, forests once relatively far removed from urban areas now share boundaries with residential developments, and receive increasing pressure to provide recreation and other...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Interactions Between Near-urban Forest Management and

Creator:: Rasker, Ray
Abstract:: This study is a policy analysis of the incentives, including fee hunting, as a means to promote wildlife habitat development on private agricultural land. The management of habitat for migratory waterfowl in Western Oregon was investigated as a case study. Three separate analysis techniques were employed, presented as independent manuscripts....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Garber-Yonts, Brian E.
Abstract:: Ecosystem management has become an increasingly mainstream paradigm for natural resource management. Nowhere is this more evident than on the public and private forestland of the Pacific Northwest. While ecosystem management has become a widely accepted principle of resource management, substantial questions remain about its implementation. A case in point...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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