Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Start Over

Filtering by: Subject Forest management -- Public opinion Committee Member Lach, Denise

Citizen perspectives on hazardous fuel reduction in the Blue Mountains : findings and implications from panel research

Creator:

Toman, Eric Lee

Abstract:

Forests in the Blue Mountains region of eastern Oregon and Washington are facing a large-scale forest health crisis. Poor forest conditions have greatly increased the risk of catastrophic wildfire. Resource managers in the Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla, and Malheur National Forests are utilizing prescribed fire and mechanized thinning treatments to reduce hazardous...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

15. Realistic role for the public in federal forest management 16. Experiences and interactions
Mental and biophysical terrains of biodiversity : conservation of oak woodland on family forest

Creator:

Fischer, Alexandra Paige

Abstract:

This research analyzes how family forest owners conceptualize biodiversity in one high-conservation value area of oak woodland in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon. Oregon white oak (Quercus garyanna) woodland, one of the most biologically diverse ecotypes in the state of Oregon, is in decline. Much of the oak ecotype...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

. "Balancing act": Active management of biodiversity ..................... 73 "Letting the forest win
Down by the creek : understanding landowner perspectives on streamside health and management

Creator:

Wiskind, Adam

Abstract:

Both policy makers and private landowners have come to recognize the importance of streamside areas in the maintenance of water quality and fish habitat. Because non-industrial landowners own 42% of the streamside area in the Coast Range, their management is a significant factor in the streamside health of Western Oregon....

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis