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  • Conflicts in the multiple use of Wallowa Lake

    Creator:
    Craig, Kenneth Mackenzie
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this thesis is to examine the problem of the increasing competition between recreation and irrigation at Wallowa Lake. Originally Wallowa Lake was an abundant source of fish for the Indians but the advent of irrigation in the area by the early settlers eliminated the blueback salmon (oncorhynchus...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Recreation's Increasing Share of County Income 68 Public Interests vs. Private Interests 71 CONCLUSION 75

  • An analysis of urban-suburban vs. rural voting on two land use issues in Clackamas County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Martin, Robert Craig
    Abstract:
    When land use issues are voted upon directly by the people, or by the legislators who represent them, the outcome often reveals a discrepancy based on population density. Urban-suburban areas tend to support regulation, while rural areas tend to oppose it. The residents of Clackamas County have voted on two...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    - ure in the absence of an express grant to the county governing body, or the voters of the county to

  • The use of riparian open space as an alternative to structural flood control measures in the United States

    Creator:
    Olson, Thomas
    Abstract:
    Annual flood damages continue to rise in the United States in spite of massive investments in flood control structures since 1936. These increased losses can be attributed, in part, to the inherent Limitations in scope and nature of traditional "structural" approaches to flood control. Acquisition of flood plain lands is...
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    Capstone Project
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    County, Maryland ................. 1.9 Indian Bend Wash, Arizona .................. 20 Snohomish River

  • Selected environmental concerns for small hydroelectric development in Oregon

    Creator:
    Kelly, Judy A.
    Abstract:
    Small hydroelectric development, the construction or reconstruction of small scale hydropower systems, has become a much discussed alternative for the future supply of U.S. energy. In the Pacific Northwest, the greatest potential for small hydro application is in the development of new dam sites. Although much is known about the...
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    Capstone Project
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    National Register of Historic Places, or by contracting regional or county planning offices. Aesthetics

  • River restoration: active vs. passive restoration efforts, Alder Creek example

    Creator:
    Keating, Stephen
    Abstract:
    The practice of river and stream restoration has increased with heightened environmental concerns and awareness. Many of these projects use structural modifications in an attempt to mimic natural landscapes. These structural modifications represent an active approach to river and stream restoration. Active restoration projects are well funded and extensively constructed....
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Historical Society, Helena, Montana. Platts, William S. and Nelson, Rodger Loren, 1985. "Stream Habitat and

  • Changes in floodplain occupance Portland, Oregon 1957-1986

    Creator:
    Chaney, Richard Earl
    Abstract:
    Portland, Oregon Is in the northern end of the Willamette River Basin and Valley. The Willamette River caries the runoff discharge from approximately 12,000 square miles of basin area, and flows northward where it bisects the Portland metropolitan area and enters the confluence with the Columbia River. However, high discharge...
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    Capstone Project
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    properties In the City, distinguished by their outstanding architectural, historical, or cultural values

  • Patterns of water resource decision-making: minimum stream flows in the Willamette Basin

    Creator:
    Griffith, Glenn Edwin
    Abstract:
    Oregon's minimum stream flow program is intended to protect certain instream flow values by maintaining sufficient stream flows to support aquatic life and to minimize pollution. The increasing demand for consumptive uses of water, as well as certain deficiencies in the laws, policies, and administration of the program, bring into...
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    Capstone Project
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    instream flow values and uses. These include the rnainten- ance or enhancement of aquatic and riparian

  • Management conflicts and changing water use priorities at Fern Ridge Lake, Oregon

    Creator:
    Yingling, Jean Warrington
    Abstract:
    In recent years, low lake levels at Fern Ridge, Oregon have become a major concern for recreationists in the southern Willamette Valley. A filled reservoir is necessary for the most popular water sport at Fern Ridge: sailing. The Army Corps of Engineers manages Fern Ridge as part of the Willamette...
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    Capstone Project
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    Park were developed cooperatively by the Corps and Lane County and are currently leased and operated

  • An assessment of Oregon's interagency ground water quality monitoring program

    Creator:
    Goon, Timothy D.
    Abstract:
    Disposal of solid wastes in sanitary landfills presents poten­tial problems of ground water contamination. The most conman contaminants are leachate and dissolved gas. Oregon has implemented a ground water quality monitoring program at selected landfills. Objectives are to protect the state1 s ground water resource and complement regulatory and enforcement...
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    Capstone Project
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    the DEQ regional office serving the county in which the site is, or is proposed to be, located. On

  • Competition for water : federal-state conflicts in the Klamath Basin, Oregon

    Creator:
    Cordill, M. Kim
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Federal Government (Or. Historical Records Survey, 1941, p. 5). Despite this promotion and development