This book is an environmental primer for the people of the Willamette Valley. It sets forth basic principles showing how men's actions cause future consequences in the environment.
Relationships between soil-water stress and plant-moisture
stress were studied with respect to soil classification and cambial
activity in Douglas-fir.
The study sites were forested with Douglas-fir and located in
McDonald Forest and near Marys Peak in the Oregon Coast Range.
Soil-water depletion was followed by the use of gypsum blocks...
The causes of turbidity in impounded and released reservoir
water are studied. Seven Willamette Basin reservoirs are compared
to isolate watershed and reservoir characteristics which produce variations
in turbidity. Of the seven, Hills Creek Reservoir is examined
in detail. Particular features of the basin and impoundment are
studied to isolate...