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Using PLACE mapping to improve public participation in Tillamook County, Oregon riparian action planning

Creator:: Primozich, David
Abstract:: In the fall and winter of 1999/2000, efforts by federal, state, and local agencies to restore salmon habitat by protecting land adjacent to rivers and streams drew intense responses citizens in the Pacific Northwest. Despite efforts to "involve" citizens in the development of riparian protection policies, many did not believe...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Using PLACE Mapping to Improve Public Participation in Tillamook County, Oregon Riparian Action Planning

The role of policy and collaboration in decommissioning exempt water wells in Washington state

Creator:: Moran, Kathryn A.
Abstract:: The rapid proliferation of exempt wells since the settlement of the West has left the State of Washington with little knowledge of the existing number of exempt wells within its boundaries. Exempt wells are primarily a rural phenomena that when abandoned leave aquifers vulnerable to contaminants and create a general...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to serve on my committee and his useful insight from his work on exempt water wells within Benton

Perspectives from the Ranching Culture in the 1990's : Addressing Mythological and Environmental Concerns

Creator:: Steward, Judith A.
Abstract:: Ideals of freedom, independence, and land ownership helped form and perpetuate the mythology of ranching in the United States. However, stereotypes emerged as a result of distortion from the media and the move away from the land. Social philosophies changed regarding the environment, land use, and the health and safety...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: developing stereotypes. In this survey, 42 ranchers in Lake County, Oregon and Modoc County, California

Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

Creator:: Leaver, Jennifer Jensen
Abstract:: In the United States during the last 30 years there has been a shift from extractive natural resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past century, a growing national support for environmental protection has influenced a lengthening list of national and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of planning for increased tourism and population growth. In my thesis I utilize cultural survival

Nature and culture in two Pacific Northwest timber-dependent communities

Creator:: Six, Amanda
Abstract:: Timber-dependent, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest face dramatic economic, political, and cultural change. New philosophies of forest management, primarily formulated in urban communities, require new approaches to the use and extraction of resources. What are the roles of rural communities that wish to adapt and sustain themselves? Two rural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: community of Selkirk in northern Pend Oreille County, Washington. My style of research in this area was

Relationships, communication, and power in Willamette Valley watershed councils : toward building resilient collaborative pathways

Creator:: Myhre, Andrea L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research is to investigate how stakeholders involved in collaborative watershed groups in Oregon work with each other to form ideas and take action. Most collaboration efforts include encouraging a high level of trust with a great value placed on relationships and partners, being open and flexible,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thankful for having a very patient and generous committee and advising professor who helped make this

Food systems in the Marys River region and reinhabitation

Creator:: Burke, Erik P.
Abstract:: Reinhabitation is an approach to building local cultures and economies within industrial society. The food system is a vital starting point. What are the principles of reinhabitory food systems? What are the possibilities for a locally adapted food system in the Marys River region of western Oregon? I describe past...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: whom I gratefully thank. My committee members provided crucial guidance and assistance. My major

An anthropological response to the call for cultural midwives based on three case studies of communities

Creator:: Pickering, Kristin Leigh Morgan
Abstract:: The ecological crisis, recognized by scientists as well as an increasing number of lay people urges a response from a variety of disciplines. The consideration of sustainability requires the help of a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, which can contribute an ability to identify cultural patterns that impede cultural change...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Evaluation of the intergovernmental relationships between national and state wetland regulatory agencies within wetland regulatory units

Creator:: Taylor, Ryan W
Abstract:: Since the 1890s, American federalism has been perceived as being unique in the world by having two different levels of government operating within the same jurisdiction without influencing one another. Modern scholars call into question the validity of this basic assumption, but few have published quantitative evidence to reject its...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: each of the members of this graduate committee. Thanks to Dr. 's Brent Steel, Jim Good, Denise Lach

Advocacy travel, creating social and ideological change : a comparison of travelers to Cuba and Chiapas

Creator:: Donckers, Jana L.
Abstract:: As a result of academic research into the effects of mass travel, an industry of alternative tourism has emerged. Application of this research has resulted in myriad forms of tourism, two of these being ecotourism and educational travel. Ecotourism represents a response to what is the destructive nature of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Political Science Department and Dr. Marjorie Sandor of the English Department for serving on my committee

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Using PLACE mapping to improve public participation in Tillamook County, Oregon riparian action planning

The role of policy and collaboration in decommissioning exempt water wells in Washington state

Perspectives from the Ranching Culture in the 1990's : Addressing Mythological and Environmental Concerns

Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

Nature and culture in two Pacific Northwest timber-dependent communities

Relationships, communication, and power in Willamette Valley watershed councils : toward building resilient collaborative pathways

Food systems in the Marys River region and reinhabitation

An anthropological response to the call for cultural midwives based on three case studies of communities

Evaluation of the intergovernmental relationships between national and state wetland regulatory agencies within wetland regulatory units

Advocacy travel, creating social and ideological change : a comparison of travelers to Cuba and Chiapas

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