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Creator:: Crowe, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann), 1963-, Kovalchik, Bernard L., Kerr, Marie Jeannette James, 1968-, Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: The structure and components of riparian areas influence the rate, amount, and timing of water, nutrients, organic debris, and inorganic materials that enter streams and rivers. The energy of floodwaters and their ultimate volume, timing and erosive power is influenced by the soils, vegetation and geomorphology of fluvial surfaces within...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , Bernard L. Kovalchik and Marie Kerr 2004 RIPARIAN AND WETLAND VEGETATION OF

Creator:: Achterman, Gail L., Ewing, Amy, Kleibacker, Megan, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This report summarizes the presentations and discussions at the Regional Gravel Initiative Workshop. The Workshop was designed and conducted by the Institute for Natural Resources (INR) and Oregon Sea Grant (Sea Grant) on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) and...
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: ), and Chuck Wheeler (NMFS). The report was prepared by Gail L. Achterman of the Institute for

Creator:: Grossmann, Emilie B., Kagan, James S., Ohmann, Janet L., May, Heather, Gregory, Matthew Jay, Tobalske, Claudine, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This chapter is divided into three main sections. The first section discusses land cover map development. It begins by providing background information on the regional division of labor and the regional land cover legend. It then focuses on our land cover mapping methods, including a description of data sources, the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: and 7 Authors: Emilie B. Grossmann1* James S. Kagan2* Janet L. Ohmann3* Heather May1

Creator:: Christy, John A., Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This guide provides keys, descriptions, and stand tables for 122 native freshwater plant associations (14 forest and woodland, 28 shrub, 78 herbaceous, 2 nonvascular) in northwestern Oregon, based on analysis of data from 1,992 plots distributed throughout the study area. Descriptions are provided for eight other plant associations for which...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , Jennifer Lippert, Warren Pavlat, Evelyn Everett, L. Rankin, Kim McMahan, Marie Palumbo, Saxton, 1991); Mt

Creator:: Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: Once lost, a species can never be recovered, and there is no way of knowing how useful it may have been. We do know that human beings and many of their industries depend on plant and animal products. About 50% of all pharmaceuticals have a natural component as an active...
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
Full Text:: - PINPON / PURTRI CEGL000259 G3S3 EC Smith 1994: 108; Volland 1976: 70. Abies concolor - Pinus ponderosa

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: The project focuses on nonequilibrium ecosystem dynamics, a body of scientific research that characterizes and interprets ecosystem change. INR summarizes knowledge from this field, describes ways in which the current management framework may be inconsistent with scientific findings, and helps identify options for future management. This paper is designed to...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: ORNHIC maintains extensive databases of Oregon biodiversity, concentrating on rare and endangered plants, animals and ecosystems. The program is managed by OSU, but has been a cooperative project, with significant support from The Department of State Lands, The Nature Conservancy in Oregon, USFWS, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
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Creator:: OSU Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Natural Resources, and Oregon Wood Innovation Center
Abstract:: The Oregon University System, working in partnership with the Oregon Economic & Community Development Department, commissioned a bio-fuels industry readiness survey for Oregon. This report serves as one component of the readiness survey. The report has three primary sections: • An overview of the current forest products industry in Oregon...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: N B I O F U E L S A N D B I O M A S S Woody Biomass in Oregon - Current Uses, Barriers and

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources and Oregon State University Libraries
Abstract:: The Department of Administrative Services (DAS) and Oregon State University (OSU) are collaborating to develop an orthoimagery portal application to allow for the distribution of digital aerial imagery for the State of Oregon. The near-term objective of this project is to develop an Imagery Portal that serves the 2005 half-meter...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: Smith, the Statewide GIS Coordinator for the Oregon Geospatial Enterprise Office. In addition to DAS

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