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Creator:: Lauten, David J., Castelein, Kathleen A, Farrar, J. Daniel, Kotaich, Adam A., Gaines, Eleanor P., Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, and Portland State University
Abstract:: From 6 April – 19 September 2011 we monitored the distribution, abundance and productivity of the federally Threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) along the Oregon coast. From north to south, we surveyed and monitored plover activity at Sutton Beach, Siltcoos River estuary, the Dunes Overlook, North Tahkenitch Creek,...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, NatureServe, Parametrix, CH2M HILL, and Transposition Research Board of the National Academies
Abstract:: This report is intended to help transportation and environmental professionals apply ecological principles early in the planning and programming process of highway capacity improvements to inform later environmental reviews and permitting. Ecological principles consider cumulative landscape, water resources, and habitat impacts of planned infrastructure actions, as well as the localized...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Noone, Matthew D., Sader, Steven A., Legaard, Kasey R., and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This research examines the effect of recent landownership changes and new management stewardship mechanisms (e.g., forest certification and working forest conservation easements) on disturbance rates in Maine forests. We quantify forest disturbance rates between 2000 and 2007 and forest cover type composition in 2007, as detected by Landsat Thematic Mapper...
Resource Type:: Article

Creator:: Environmental Law Institute, Institute for Natural Resources, NatureServe, Resources for the Future, and Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Abstract:: The information contained in this report was prepared as part of NCHRP Project 25-25, Task 67, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board. SPECIAL NOTE: This report IS NOT an official publication of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, or The National Academies.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Hibbard, Michael, Lurie, Susan, Institute for Natural Resources, and Institute for Policy Research and Innovation
Abstract:: This report describes the accomplishments in the second and final year of a project to develop a set of measures to monitor the socio-economic effects on the local community of the stream restoration efforts on the upper Middle Fork John Day River. A panel of Grant County residents helped develop...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: On behalf of the Board of Forestry (the Board), the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) approached the Oregon University System’s (OUS) Institute for Natural Resources (INR) to conduct an independent, outside review of the body of science ODF considered as it evaluated forest management plans and developed the Species of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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