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  • The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

    Creator:
    Taylor, Casey Lynn
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    The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent challenges to the Act’s implementation make reaching conservation goals problematic. Most notably, the very nature of the law—providing protections for species already at...
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    Dissertation
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    stakeholders across three sage grouse states—Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming—as well as planning documents

  • Defining agricultural sustainability in the Marys River region of Oregon

    Creator:
    Stanton, Michael
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    This ethnographic study explores the social aspects of agricultural land-use in the Marys River region. The study seeks to understand how farmers define sustainability and how their views on agricultural issues help to define a sense of place and identity in the Marys River region, within the context of the...
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    Dissertation
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    ........................................................................ 227 Appendix C: Benton County Soils

  • Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele
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    This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
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    Masters Thesis
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    long-standing group of community leaders, two important community groups were excluded from the

  • The Accessible Foodscape: Vulnerable Populations, Policy, and Navigating Complex Strategies

    Creator:
    Caplan, Shannon
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    The act of accessing food is embedded within various systems of power. This dissertation problematizes our understanding of food access for vulnerable populations by making explicit ways that social constructions, including power, affect food access for vulnerable populations. This is accomplished across three manuscripts. The first manuscript presents textual analysis...
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    new measurement of food vulnerability that can be readily calculated at sub-County geographic

  • Visualization in environmental science

    Creator:
    Winters, Kirsten M.
    Abstract:
    The VISualization of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems (VISTAS) software development project began with the proposition that visualization would increase the ability of scientists to explore and communicate their data, especially complex datasets that span multiple spatial and temporal scales. A case study of VISTAS articulates how and why scientists intend...
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    Dissertation
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    also helps people draw conclusions. Ultimately, scientists are planning to design and create their

  • Groundwater arsenic concentrations and cancer incidence rates : a regional comparison in Oregon

    Creator:
    Fleming, Harmony S.
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    Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a global issue with national and local implications. Chronic exposure to arsenic in drinking water has been linked to both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health outcomes. The primary exposure route of inorganic arsenic is ingestion from drinking water due to natural contamination in groundwater from dissolution...
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    Analysis ……………………. 24 4. OSCaR Percent of Cancer Cases with Geocoding Match by County ………….. 25

  • Continuity & Change: Commercial Fishing & Community Resilience on the Oregon Coast

    Creator:
    Flathers, Courtney
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    Commercial fishing is deeply embedded in the economy and culture of many coastal communities. Recent ecological, economic, and regulatory changes impacting fisheries are likely to have important consequences for this industry and the communities it supports. The objective of this study is to improve understanding of coastal community resilience through...
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    Capstone Project
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    and policymaking arenas to make more informed choices that fully account for the broad range of

  • Characterizing and Assessing the Researcher-Stakeholder Engagement Process for Water Sustainability : The Willamette Water 2100 Project

    Creator:
    Ferguson, Laura B.
    Abstract:
    Natural resource management and policy is ideally informed by the best available science. Natural resource researchers ideally participate in broader impacts activities to extend the reach of their best available research. However, there are many cultural, institutional, and practical barriers to participating in broader impact activities and to incorporating science...
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    Masters Thesis
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    change adaptation into planning and practices (Halofsky et al., 2011). There is thus a need for

  • Communities, Collaboration, and Climate Change Adaptation : Case Studies from Coastal Maine and Oregon

    Creator:
    Kelly, Miriah Russo
    Abstract:
    Twenty five years' worth of science indicates that the world can expect a number of climate change impacts. Increasingly, local municipalities, businesses and communities of people are becoming more concerned about what to do, yet they are looking for ways to best work together under these conditions. Communities must adapt...
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    Dissertation
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    are anticipating and planning for place specific climate change impacts. State, county and local

  • Cosmovisions and Farming : An Investigation of Conventional and Alternative Farmers' Environmental Values along the Willamette River

    Creator:
    French, Melissa M.
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    Understanding which factors motivate farmers to adopt certain practices is an important part of helping to solve many agri-environmental issues. This study uses 19 interviews with farmers along Oregon’s Willamette River, a statewide producer survey, and select interviews with organizations and agencies active in the farming community to examine the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -long process of agricultural globalization and liberalization (Lang and Heasman 2004; McMichael 2009