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Creator:: Burnett, Kelly M., Giannico, Guillermo R., Behan, Jeff, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: A systematic review of evidence was conducted concerning the effects of large wood placement on salmonids. In contrast to a general literature review, a narrowly focused question was targeted. The question was formulated before the review commenced and specified the subject, treatment, and outcomes of interest. The primary review question...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: The purpose of this project was to conduct a preliminary examination of the environmental use of plants in Oregon by gauging the breadth of opportunities and challenges faced by growers, users, and researchers who are involved in the general area of the environmental uses of plants. More specifically, the project...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Kagan, James S., Christy, John A., Murray, Michael P., Titus, Jonathan A., Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This classification lists the native plant associations known to occur in Oregon, and includes both successional and climax vegetation types that were an important part of the presettlement landscape of Oregon. It serves as an index to the diversity, distribution and relative rarity of the state's native plant associations, and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Achterman, Gail, Davis-Born, Renee, Gaines, Lisa, Orscheln, Nell, Rice, Bronwen, Yaden, David, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: INR’s mission is to provide Oregonians with ready access to current, science‐based information and methods for better understanding resource management challenges and developing solutions and after the 2004 release of the Governor’s Advisory Group on Global Warming (GAGGW’s) extensive report, The Oregon Strategy for GHG Reductions, INR recognized the need...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, Ecosystem Economics, and Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
Abstract:: This report is laid out as a progressive exploration of how the economics of ES production interacts with finance, broadly construed, in actual credit transactions. The inquiry proceeds in several steps. First, the economics of ecosystem services production is explored to provide critical context for potential financing approaches. This section...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Butler, Greg, Cummings, Ed, Harrison, Jane, Overdevest, Justin, Salas, Javier, Comfort, Emily, Eliis, Tana, MacFarland, Kate, Pfeiffer, Vera, Smedstad, Jill, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This is a report produced as part of a class led by John Bliss, Sally Duncan and James Johnston under a grant from the American Forest Foundation.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Aylward, Bruce, Hartwell, Ray, Lurie, Susan, Duncan, Sally, Institute for Natural Resources, and Ecosystem Economics, LLC
Abstract:: INR’s long-term goal with this and other projects is to help revitalize rural economies and contribute to rural sustainability, while increasing ecosystem restoration and thoughtfully developing ecosystem services markets. To assist in meeting these goals, this project aims to understand and overcome a significant hurdle on the supply side of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, Ewing, Amy, Ecosystem Economics, and Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
Abstract:: Ecosystem services markets represent potential revenue streams for small- and medium-scale rural agricultural and forest producers, many of whom have faced significant economic downturns over the past several decades. Demand for ecosystem services (ES) in the form of investments by public agencies, mitigation funds from regulated entities, and voluntary payments...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Lach, Denise, Sanford, Stephanie, Ham, Clifford L., and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: In order to reduce long-term idling along the Oregon I-5 corridor, the US Environmental Agency entered into a collaborative research and implementation program with Oregon State University, the Oregon Climate Trust, and Shurepower (producers of truckstop electrification equipment) to install Shurepower stations at truck stops in Oregon. This research component...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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