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Improving Safety of the Platform-Train-Interface Through Operational and Technical Mitigation Strategies

Creator:: Anderson, Dylan
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to provide background information and examples of best practices relating to platform-train-interface (PTI) safety. The research and information obtained for this manuscript has been in association with the A-40 project funded by the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) of the National Academies. The purpose...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Dylan Anderson A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment

Carbon flux patterns on U.S. public timberlands under alternative timber harvest policies

Creator:: Shanks, Alyssa V.
Abstract:: This study considers trade-offs between timber harvest and carbon sequestration on National Forest and other public lands by contemporaneously linking a model of public harvest and inventory to a carbon accounting system. The public harvest model treats three harvest scenarios. The first minimizes the cost of meeting harvest requests that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Alyssa V. Shanks A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Spatially-explicit prediction of recoverable harvesting residues

Creator:: Schmidt, Christian F. W.
Abstract:: In order to decide whether or not to develop biomass energy facilities and where to best locate them, developers and investors need accurate assessments of fuel supply. This includes information about the distribution and concentration of fuel throughout the assessment area, the quality of fuel (form, moisture content, contaminant content,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Contemporary forest road management with economic and environmental objectives

Creator:: Thompson, Matthew P.
Abstract:: One of the basic questions facing transportation planners and road managers is how to provide and maintain a road system that provides efficient access to the forest while limiting adverse effects roads can have on water and soil resources. The purpose of this study is to develop decision support models...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Environmental Objectives by Matthew P. Thompson A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

Relationship between allometric variables and biomass in western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)

Creator:: Sabin, Breanna S.
Abstract:: A tenfold expansion of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis spp. occidentalis) into the sagebrush steppe has led to the degradation of the economic and ecological potential of these landscapes. Land managers have enacted numerous methods to reduce distributions and densities of these trees. Assessment of above ground juniper biomass, expressed overall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Breanna S. Sabin A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii) biomass and nutrient removal under varying harvest scenarios involving co-production of timber and feedstock for liquid biofuels

Creator:: Coons, Kristin L.
Abstract:: In this study an improved model of biomass and nutrient estimation of coastal Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii) in the Pacific Northwest has been developed across a wide range of stand management regimes. This study quantifies and defines the type and intensity of biomass harvest and associated removal for actively managed stands...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Biofuels. by Kristin L. Coons A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Forest industry restructuring and emerging forest tenures in Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon

Creator:: Kelly, Erin Clover
Abstract:: Since the 1980s, industrial forest restructuring has resulted in the divestment of industrial timberlands across the U.S. Emerging tenures have benefited from the divestment, including conservation-based tenures that manage for multiple objectives such as restoration, recreation access, and forest and habitat contiguity. Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon, have three proposed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment

Sustainable biomass supply from fuel reduction treatments : a biomass assessment of federally owned land in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Vogler, Kevin C.
Abstract:: Wildfire exclusion over the past century or more has resulted in extensive fuel accumulations throughout much of the West that combined with recent climatic patterns have increased the frequency of relatively uncommon, large, high-severity wildfires. Forest restoration treatments intended to alter landscape-level fire disturbance patterns can be difficult to implement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Kevin C. Vogler A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Economic optimization of forest biomass processing and transport

Creator:: Zamora Cristales, René Arturo
Abstract:: An economic analysis and optimization of forest biomass processing and transportation at the operational level is presented. Renewable sources of energy have captured the interest of public and private institutions to develop cost-effective supply chains to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The production of energy from forest harvest residues constitutes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment

Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

Creator:: Detwiler, Stacey M.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: roads. Over the course of the study period, I took a Forest Road Engineering course at Oregon State

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Improving Safety of the Platform-Train-Interface Through Operational and Technical Mitigation Strategies

Carbon flux patterns on U.S. public timberlands under alternative timber harvest policies

Spatially-explicit prediction of recoverable harvesting residues

Contemporary forest road management with economic and environmental objectives

Relationship between allometric variables and biomass in western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)

Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii) biomass and nutrient removal under varying harvest scenarios involving co-production of timber and feedstock for liquid biofuels

Forest industry restructuring and emerging forest tenures in Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon

Sustainable biomass supply from fuel reduction treatments : a biomass assessment of federally owned land in eastern Oregon

Economic optimization of forest biomass processing and transport

Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

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