The end of the European phase of the war lessens somewhat the demands on the military for food in one theater of operations. The successful prosecution of the Pacific phase of the war and the needs of the liberated peoples of the world, plus the civilian requirements of the allied...
Between 43° 17' and 43° 21' north latitude along the south-central coast line of Oregon lie the collecting grounds adjacent to the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. These 10 miles of coast line, between Coos Bay and Cape Arago, provide an assortment of intertidal environments ranging from the protected brackish...
Semi chemical pulping processes, using both acid and neutral sulfite liquors, were ap!)lied to the following six Arkansas Delta hardwoods: black willow, southern cottonwood, American elm, sugarberry, green ash, and bitter pecan. Pulping conditions for yields of 75 to 80 percent were determined and the properties of both the pulps...
Hardwoods, including aspen, comprised 22 percent of the pulpwood. received in the New York and New England States pulp mills in 1944 when war-time conditions favored the use of all available wood. The denser hardwoods alone, however, amounted to only 9 percent of all the pulpwood, and this value is...
Exceptional data are available for the study of the salmon runs of the Columbia River in 1938. Detailed figures on catch were supplied by Oregon and Washington in such form that they could readily be combined with the counts at Bonneville Dam to provide a basis for estimating the escapement....
1. Six major types of commercial gear have been used to take salmon and steelhead on the Columbia River; namely, gill nets, set nets, seines, traps, fish wheels and dip nets. 2. The five important commercial species in the Columbia River are chinook, silver, blueback and chum salmon and steelhead...
A study of the fishery problems raised by the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam on the upper Columbia River was done. Part of the study was to estimate the number of salmon taken in commercial fishery for the purpose of comparing this with the number counted as they passed...
The salmon runs of the Columbia River constitute one of the most important natural resources of the states of Oregon and Washington. Thousands of people are dependent, wholly or in part, upon these resources for their livelihood; and their welfare is dependent upon the maintenance of the salmon runs. It...
The salmon of the Columbia River have supported an intensive fishery for over seventy years but are now showing unmistakable signs of depletion, and various factors are contributing to the rapid progress of this condition. Five species of fish enter into the commercial fishery on the Columbia River itself. These...