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Cultural identity and resident perceptions of recreational boating and the BLM : a case study from a gateway community

Creator:: Torres, Tami McMillen
Abstract:: Conflict among residents of a gateway community regarding the breadth of perceptions of impacts from commercial whitewater rafting and the need for mitigating policies persists despite an intensive planning process and implementation of policies to mitigate negative effects. With an overarching purpose of exploring the nature of conflict, specific study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The changing roles of environmental interest groups in national policy-making : a marine conservation case study

Creator:: Simler, Brooke S.
Abstract:: Interest groups have participated in the American political system since the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Environmental interest groups, a subsection of the American interest group society, have been especially active in national policies since the proliferation of environmental laws and environmental advocacy in the 1960s and 1970s. When environmental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: political system. Since the signing of the United States' Constitution, interest groups have formed and

Crop choice and conservation : implications of increased biofuel demand

Creator:: Sechrist, B.
Abstract:: Regression analysis was used to examine the effect of a change in agricultural prices on land use and conservation. The planted acreage for each of three crops – corn, soybeans, and spring wheat – was regressed on the expected prices of the three crops, the input prices, and past land...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: three crops, the input prices, and past land use in the United States for the period 1976-2007

A Closer Look into the Development of State Healthy Soils Policies: Network Building, Information Sharing, Policy Diffusion, and Innovation

Creator:: Beck, Sabrina
Abstract:: The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of policy diffusion in the policy development process of state healthy soil policies. Within the last decade state legislation on soil health has increased exponentially. In general, these policies are efforts by state governments to mitigate or adapt to climate...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: portion I discuss the history of healthy soil policies in the United States and the policies that are in

Examining the Spatial Distribution of Park Access and Trajectories of Gentrification in Seattle, Washington 1990 - 2010

Creator:: Weems, Candice Michelle
Abstract:: This dissertation examines the spatial distribution of park access by type in relation to trajectories of gentrification in Seattle from 1990 to 2010. The dissertation includes 5 Chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the literature that motivated this research. The second, third and fourth chapters are research papers...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in

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:: became the first place in the United States to self-impose a carbon tax. After the flooding, efforts to

Networks and Relationships: Differences in State-Level Child Abuse and Neglect Policy Implementation in Multnomah and Klamath Counties, Oregon

Creator:: Wornell, Emily
Abstract:: Using Richard Matland’s ambiguity/conflict model of policy implementation, this research examines the connections that agencies and organizations in one rural county, Klamath, and one urban county, Multnomah, in Oregon utilize to implement a particular state policy. The policy being examined is ORS 418.746-800, which mandates the use of Multidisciplinary Teams...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Networks and Relationships: Differences in State-‐Level Child Abuse and Neglect

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:: . The gray wolf, or Canis lupus, is a native species to the Western United States (U.S. Department of

Low Power Radio : An Antidote for Coastal Visitors Looking but not Seeing!

Creator:: Williams, Erin M.
Abstract:: State parks in Oregon provide important sites for visitor recreation and natural resource education. With the increasing number of visitors to Oregon coastal parks, tide pools and beach areas, there is growing need for site-specific marine education to enhance stewardship, interpretation and safety knowledge. The Oregon Sea Grant Program and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: September, 1998, using the United States Postal Service version 3.2 database, found at their website http

Narratives Surrounding Dam Removal Along the Lower Snake River

Creator:: Wai, Megan
Abstract:: In September 2016, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bonneville Power Administration initiated an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to re-evaluate the long-term strategies for managing the Columbia River System Operations (CRSO). Most notably, these strategies included an option to remove four dams along the Lower Snake...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: restoring salmon populations is necessary to honor the United States’ legal obligations under treaties

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Cultural identity and resident perceptions of recreational boating and the BLM : a case study from a gateway community

The changing roles of environmental interest groups in national policy-making : a marine conservation case study

Crop choice and conservation : implications of increased biofuel demand

A Closer Look into the Development of State Healthy Soils Policies: Network Building, Information Sharing, Policy Diffusion, and Innovation

Examining the Spatial Distribution of Park Access and Trajectories of Gentrification in Seattle, Washington 1990 - 2010

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

Networks and Relationships: Differences in State-Level Child Abuse and Neglect Policy Implementation in Multnomah and Klamath Counties, Oregon

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

Low Power Radio : An Antidote for Coastal Visitors Looking but not Seeing!

Narratives Surrounding Dam Removal Along the Lower Snake River

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