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Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

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Bennett, Drew E.

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The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives on nature to include not only intrinsic value but also the utilitarian value it provides to society. Viewing nature through this lens informs our understanding of how particular ecological processes benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the...

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Dissertation

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: State of Watershed Payments 2012. Forest Trends. Washington, DC. Brauman, K, G Daily, T Duarte, and
Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

Creator:

Detwiler, Stacey M.

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This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...

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Masters Thesis

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Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads Abstract approved
Beyond random acts of conservation : an institutional analysis of the Natural Resource Conservation Service's Agricultural Water Enhancement Program

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Burright, Harmony S. J.

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Irrigated agriculture accounts for 90 percent of consumptive use of freshwater in the western US and is considered the largest contributor to nonpoint source water pollution. The diffuse nature of most water quality and quantity challenges necessitates institutions that can more effectively engage agricultural producers in strategic, integrated, watershed-scale approaches...

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Masters Thesis

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regional, state and local levels identify priority resource concerns, promote conservation management