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Organizational Shifts Within the U.S. Forest Service: A Case Study of Senior Willamette National Forest Employees

Creator:: Bolick, Zachary L.
Abstract:: The U.S. Forest Service has been forced to adapt to numerous changes over the last three decades. These include a dramatic reduction in workforce, a declining budget, and controversial lawsuits. Moreover, recent agency wide studies suggest that within the Forest Service a new resource management paradigm has emerged that differs...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Within the U.S. Forest Service: A Case Study of Senior Willamette National Forest Employees

Indicators of Social Vulnerability in Fishing Communities along the West Coast Region of the U.S.

Creator:: Miller, Stacey D.
Abstract:: Social vulnerability is often thought of as a culmination of social factors influencing the susceptibility of various groups to harm and govern their ability to respond. In an effort to identify communities that may be susceptible to social impacts from changes to fishery policies or fishing conditions, NOAA Fisheries is...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: in Fishing Communities along the West Coast Region of the U.S. by Stacey

Educating Pacific Northwest Campers on the Risk of Spreading Invasive Forest Pests through Firewood: Developing a Mental Model

Creator:: Runberg, Damon
Abstract:: The spread of invasive species into the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States poses a serious threat to the valuable forest resources of the region. Many insects and diseases that are a threat to these forest resources can be transported inside firewood. When campers transport their firewood across borders...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: daily life. The U.S. Forest Service estimates that there are over 18 million annual visits to National

The Social Construction of the Metallic Mining Industry: The Divergent Cases of the Mining Moratorium Bill (Wisconsin) and the Permit Streamlining Bill (Minnesota)

Creator:: Harewood, Alessandra G and Harewood, Alessandra G.
Abstract:: Hardrock mining is associated with severe environmental and economic costs. Of particular concern is acid mine drainage which has contaminated several thousand kilometers of streams across the United States representing a formidable danger to watershed health. Given the high risks of this activity, ensuring high regulatory standards may be an...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ’ consumption habits. Based on 2008 data from the National Environmental Accounting Database, the U.S. was

An exploratory study of the social factors of small dam removal : Chiloquin Dam at Sprague River Mile 0.87, Oregon

Creator:: Hatch, Jason M.
Abstract:: Several reports related to dams and dam removal have been released this decade by non-governmental organizations including Dam Removal: Science and Decision Making by The Heinz Center which focused on small dams, since most of the dams removed to date as well as those likely to be removed in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) (Federal Emergency Management Agency 2006). The primary purposes for dams listed in the National

Technocracy, Democracy and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy

Creator:: Clark, Will
Abstract:: The complexity of modern environmental problems has increased appeals for including scientific research and findings in natural resource policy decision making. Though scientists, resource managers, interest groups, and the general public support more science-based environmental policy, these preferences have been accompanied by growing calls for decentralization and democratization of policy...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: domestically and internationally. The U.S. government has designed and implemented national land

A Comparison of the Preferred Role of Science and Scientists in the Marine and Terrestrial Policy Process

Creator:: Kloepfer, Daniel H.
Abstract:: The role of science in marine policy, and environmental policy in general, is a debated topic. Currently, there is an increasing desire for transparent and participatory democracy that involves more input from local residents and other non-experts. These demands often conflict with the increasing complexity of problems and the real...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: such complex environments there have been multiple attempts by the National Research Council, the U.S

Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

Creator:: Sharp, Shayla B.
Abstract:: Two topics concerning fisheries management are considered in this thesis. The first concerns the social values that commercial fishing communities associate with commercial fishing. A survey of residents from eleven Oregon Coastal fishing communities was conducted to examine the social values associated with the commercial fishing occupation and fishing heritage....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: responsible for creating fishery management plans (FM1Ps). The FMPs must conform to the National Standards as

An analysis of the prerequisites for landowner participation in conservation oriented programs in the Wood River Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Thomas, Kelley A.
Abstract:: Before 2002, almost all of the approximately 40,000 acres of land in the Wood River Valley, Oregon were used for intensive, flood-irrigated summer cattle grazing, as it had been for over 100 years. Conservation activity in the valley was limited to a couple of wealthy landowners. But a year after...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA

Acceptability of market-based approaches to water management : an analysis of the Deschutes Groundwater Mitigation Program

Creator:: Lieberherr, Eva K.
Abstract:: Growing urbanization, shifting water uses, and a focus on ecosystem health in the Deschutes River Basin in Central Oregon led to experimentation with new voluntary market-based approaches to water management in the last decade. To meet groundwater demands while maintaining instream flows and upholding prior water allocations, the Oregon Water...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (National Research Council 1992; Aylward 2006). In order to offset potential conflict resulting from these

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Organizational Shifts Within the U.S. Forest Service: A Case Study of Senior Willamette National Forest Employees

Indicators of Social Vulnerability in Fishing Communities along the West Coast Region of the U.S.

Educating Pacific Northwest Campers on the Risk of Spreading Invasive Forest Pests through Firewood: Developing a Mental Model

The Social Construction of the Metallic Mining Industry: The Divergent Cases of the Mining Moratorium Bill (Wisconsin) and the Permit Streamlining Bill (Minnesota)

An exploratory study of the social factors of small dam removal : Chiloquin Dam at Sprague River Mile 0.87, Oregon

Technocracy, Democracy and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy

A Comparison of the Preferred Role of Science and Scientists in the Marine and Terrestrial Policy Process

Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

An analysis of the prerequisites for landowner participation in conservation oriented programs in the Wood River Valley, Oregon

Acceptability of market-based approaches to water management : an analysis of the Deschutes Groundwater Mitigation Program

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