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Factors Influencing Residential Risk Perception in Fire-Prone Landscapes

Creator:: Vandeventer, Alexia
Abstract:: Since the 1990s the U.S. and especially the Western U.S. have experienced more intense and costly fires. To help address this problem government agencies are increasingly looking at homeowners in fire-prone landscapes to mitigate fire risk. Part of this effort involves communicating risk and understanding how residents perceive risk. This...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text::  Quadrennial Fire Review is a joint report issued by the U.S. Forest Service,  Bureau of Indian Affairs

Factors Influencing Residential Risk Perception in Fire-Prone Landscapes

Creator:: Vandeventer, Alexia R. E.
Abstract:: Since the 1990s the U.S. and especially the Western U.S. have experienced more intense and costly fires. To help address this problem government agencies are increasingly looking at homeowners in fire-prone landscapes to mitigate fire risk. Part of this effort involves communicating risk and understanding how residents perceive risk. This...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text::  fire prevention (C. Davis, 2006).   An important part of this shift in focus is the Firewise program

No One Cares What Color The Fire Truck Is: A Case Study of Interagency Cooperation In Fire Management in Central Oregon

Creator:: Gregory, Sarah
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to identify the aspects of successful collaboration within an inter-organizational context. This essay is a case study of a tightly niched network of fire chiefs in central Oregon situated within multiple contiguous boundaries of federal and state agencies, county and municipal governments, industrial forests,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Fire Truck Is: A Case Study of Interagency Cooperation In Fire Management in Central Oregon by

Non-lethal Wolf Management Perceptions Impact on the Willingness to Ranch Alongside the Presence of Wolves in Washington State

Creator:: Symmes, Melissa
Abstract:: The management of the Northern Rocky Mountains (NRM) gray wolf population is a longstanding controversy that has fueled generations of political and cultural turmoil in the American West. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, wolves were eradicated from the West for the threat...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: effectiveness and perceptions associated with the range rider program and the nonlethal management practices

Passing of the Torch: A Multiple Streams Approach Investigation into House Bill 2021 "100% Clean Energy for All"

Creator:: Crispin, Samuel L.
Abstract:: In 2021, Oregon’s legislature passed House Bill 2021 with relative ease. House Bill 2021 is a mandate for the state’s two largest utilities to reduce carbon emissions from electricity generation on a decreasing scale, reaching 100% below baseline levels by 2040. This ambitious piece of legislation, meant to reduce the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of

Developing a Climate Resilience Scorecard for Marin County, California

Creator:: Orr, Ariel N. V.
Abstract:: Marin County, located in the northern San Francisco Bay Area in California, faces significant threats due to climate change, including more frequent wildfires, flooding, and increased temperatures. Adaptation and mitigation efforts are necessary in order to promote resilience amidst these changing conditions. Scorecards and similar evaluation tools have previously been...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , California by Ariel N. V. Orr A CAPSTONE PROJECT submitted to Oregon

Organizational Shifts Within the U.S. Forest Service: A Case Study of Senior Willamette National Forest Employees

Creator:: Bolick, Zachary L.
Abstract:: The U.S. Forest Service has been forced to adapt to numerous changes over the last three decades. These include a dramatic reduction in workforce, a declining budget, and controversial lawsuits. Moreover, recent agency wide studies suggest that within the Forest Service a new resource management paradigm has emerged that differs...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: that my thesis will become part of the permanent scholarly collection of Oregon State University

A Culture of Resilience: Social Capital and Climate Adaptation in Post-Flood Boulder County

Creator:: Shepard, Stephanie
Abstract:: Scientists say that climate change is very likely to cause more frequent and more severe weather events. In order to understand how communities respond to changing weather patterns, an exploration of the connection between extreme weather events and climate change awareness, collective action, and policy is warranted. This case study...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Essay Submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements

Applying a Collaboration Model to Collaboration Corvallis

Creator:: Dugan, Dennis
Abstract:: Oregon State University and the City of Corvallis have recently embarked on a three-year series of meetings and forums (‘Collaboration Corvallis’) designed to increase collaboration between the two organizations and other relevant stakeholders as well as find solutions to worsening problems in the areas of parking, noise and student population...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: as make the final call on moving work group recommendations forward

The Role of the Urban Matters Community of Practice within the National Park Service

Creator:: O’Casey, Elizabeth
Abstract:: There is a growing movement in the U.S., and throughout the world, involving top down government bureaucracies or government agencies within the natural resources field, to develop new and innovative processes and structures for integrating societal viewpoints into agency decision-making. This study examines Urban Matters, a community of practice within...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: uniting a committed group of participants from various organizations and agencies to work

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Factors Influencing Residential Risk Perception in Fire-Prone Landscapes

Factors Influencing Residential Risk Perception in Fire-Prone Landscapes

No One Cares What Color The Fire Truck Is: A Case Study of Interagency Cooperation In Fire Management in Central Oregon

Non-lethal Wolf Management Perceptions Impact on the Willingness to Ranch Alongside the Presence of Wolves in Washington State

Passing of the Torch: A Multiple Streams Approach Investigation into House Bill 2021 "100% Clean Energy for All"

Developing a Climate Resilience Scorecard for Marin County, California

Organizational Shifts Within the U.S. Forest Service: A Case Study of Senior Willamette National Forest Employees

A Culture of Resilience: Social Capital and Climate Adaptation in Post-Flood Boulder County

Applying a Collaboration Model to Collaboration Corvallis

The Role of the Urban Matters Community of Practice within the National Park Service

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