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  • Diagnosing barriers to climate change adaptation Oregon state agencies

    Creator:
    Dello, Kathie D.
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    Despite a history of leadership and creative approaches to environmental issues, Oregon has struggled to adequately prepare for the current and future impacts of climate change. Oregon faces barriers and limits to understanding, planning, and implementing climate adaptation that can be examined and quantified. Climate change makes for an additional...
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    Dissertation
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    Oregon. 5 2. Literature Review 2.1 Regulating Pollutants Federal government

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

    Creator:
    Bolick, Zachary L.
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    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...
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    Capstone Project
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    changes over the last three decades. These include a dramatic reduction in workforce, a declining

  • Applied Merit Pay Challenges

    Creator:
    Creighton, Jason
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    From an organizational perspective, economic incentives are often used as a tool to induce behaviors which align the goals of individuals with the organization. As a fundamental concept, varied types of merit pay have been utilized to keep organizational and individual motives in sync. This can be illustrated in contracts...
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    Capstone Project
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        Oregon  State  University   In  partial  fulfillment  of   the  requirements  for

  • Technology and meaning in natural resource management : the story-making role of GIS in the CLAMS project

    Creator:
    Duncan, Sally
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    The working hypothesis for this study is that the introduction of GIS technology into the ancient procedures of map-making has changed the map-making context sufficiently to require a revision of the way we think about, learn from, and use maps, specifically in the public involvement process in natural resource management....
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    Dissertation
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    Landscape Analysis and Modeling Study (CLAMS), a landscape-scale bioregional assessment in western Oregon

  • Local Perceptions of Social-Ecological Change on the McKenzie: Implications for Resilience

    Creator:
    Inman, Tim
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    Local Perceptions of Social-Ecological Change on the McKenzie: Implications for Resilience This study sought to catalog local knowledge of long-term residents of the McKenzie River Valley as it pertains to landscape and community change and provide a general assessment of factors affecting the local social-ecological system’s resilience. Residents interviewed indicated...
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    Capstone Project
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    Essay Submitted to Oregon State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for

  • Exploring the Perspectives and Behaviors of Teachers on Invasive Species

    Creator:
    Root, Skye
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    This study explores the role of classroom use of live organisms as a pathway for the spread of invasive species. The overall guiding research question is “Are behavioral changes necessary to reduce the spread from the classroom pathway?” Using focus groups comprised of key educators, this study seeks to identify...
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    pathway when exploring the spread of AIS. Led by the Oregon Sea Grant College Program, an

  • The poetics of water governance : differential language use in relation to water in El Salvador

    Creator:
    Ogden, Stephanie
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    The language of water policy both suggests and enforces the relationship that the public should have with water. Differences in language use between policy institutions and the public suggest that the understanding of water promoted through policy may be incongruent with the understanding of water held by the public. Semi-structured...
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    Capstone Project
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