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Creator:: Thompson, Joyce Elma
Abstract:: Management of national forests evokes controversy about the allocation of limited resources among competing uses. A Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) has been prepared for the Payette National Forest. The Forest Plan describes resource management practices and the levels of resource production at which the Forest would be...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: on others. All uses of the forest cannot be produced in the same area. For instances, wilderness is

Creator:: Mannix, Rosemary
Abstract:: The purpose of this paper is to review and assess the management issues and policies associated with NIPF. The characteristics and landowner objectives of nonindustrial private forests in western Oregon will be reviewed. The conventional view of the NIPF "problem" will be examined and an alternative view will be discussed....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Oregon that left the public domain were usually acquired by the forest industry. In Oregon, three of

Creator:: Erickson, Dana C.
Abstract:: The process of land acquisition for the conservation of plants or wildlife habitat can raise controversial issues, issues often perceived differently by the individuals and groups involved. After the land acquisition process is completed, there is rarely an opportunity to analyze the differing perceptions of the issues and their relative...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: parallel to the ocean from Curry County into Coos County (map in Appendix I). Geologically, the river is

Creator:: Hummon, Cheryl
Abstract:: Biodiversity has become an important focus of ecological and wildlife research. However, the social aspects of biodiversity policy and regulations, specifically the public's perspectives and values about biodiversity, have not been adequately considered. This study examines the range of opinion about biodiversity of six groups that are potentially affected by...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: biodiversity vary from slightly negative to very positive, with groups in order of: farmers, forest owners

Creator:: Thiele, Sandra Anne
Abstract:: Ecological regionalization is a form of spatial classification, where boundaries are drawn around areas relatively homogeneous in landscape characteristics. In the delineation of ecological regions, or ecoregions, the process includes the analysis of ecosystem structure and function. Ecoregions have been developed at national and state scales for research and resource...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: as well as geomorphic types. In a later project, he attempted to merge the US Forest Service's

Creator:: Flitcroft, Rebecca L.
Abstract:: This project explores the impact of land use decisions on dune processes at the Oregon National Guard's Camp Rilea. located on the north coast of Oregon. It used a combined analysis of historical and modern data sources to assess the impact of land use practices. Historical sources including the journals...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: planted at Camp Rilea as part of the dune stabilization process. This has resulted in a forest of even

Creator:: Hille, Erin O.
Abstract:: This study traces the development history of the city of Corvallis, Oregon. Historic reconstruction methods and GIS analysis are used to define and describe spatial aspects of the city's expansion through time. Pre-settlement and early settlement landscape conditions are considered. The city's history is divided into three time periods, 1845-1900,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: time. Traveling south from his camp along the banks of the Luckiamute River in present day Polk County

Creator:: Meprasert, Somrudee
Abstract:: The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami raised concern among marine park managers and hazard mitigation professionals about the significant impact of major coastal hazards on marine park natural resources and ecosystems. The main reason for this concern is the strong linkage of marine parks and their rich assortment of ecosystem services...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: questionnaire design in the Delphi technique……….. 4-1 Heavily eroded beach and damaged beach forest

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