The "Framework for Determining the Suitability of Undeveloped
Land for Use as Cropland" is a decision-making format to assist private
and governmental agency decision makers in categorizing undeveloped
lands, which have been identified as having potential for conversion
to cropland, as to their suitability for use as cropland. The
Framework...
Industrial expansion in a small city can have
a wide range of effects upon the immediate community and
surrounding labor force area. One example of this is the
impact that Tektronix, a worldwide electronics firm, could
have on the City of Lebanon, Oregon, where a plant, initially
employing about 500...
Existing land use controls have not effectively achieved
the goals of resource protection and preservation. Prime agricultural
and potential open space lands are rapidly being diminished by
ever increasing pressures of development. The transfer of development
rights presents an opportunity to safeguard these vital lands.
The Boulder Valley would benefit...
Hart Mountain is a basaltic fault block mountain
in the semi-desert region of the northern Basin and Range
province in south-central Oregon. Geomorphic processes
associated with lingering snowpatches have formed nivation
hollows, which are small scale depressions in the hillsides.
The lingering snow in the hollows prohibits shrub
growth. Bedrock...
The Philpott site (35CS1) is located on the north bank of the
Coquille River near Bandon, Oregon. Test excavations at the site were
conducted in 1978 by Oregon State University under the direction of
Richard E. Ross.
One artifact assemblage and one distinct component were defined
during the analysis of...
Annual flood damages continue to rise in the United
States in spite of massive investments in flood control structures
since 1936. These increased losses can be attributed, in part,
to the inherent Limitations in scope and nature of traditional
"structural" approaches to flood control. Acquisition of flood
plain lands is...
The Willamette River Greenway Program was created by an act of the Oregon Legislature in 1968 and modified by a second act in 1973.
The purpose of the program was to protect the natural environment of the river from approximately the foot of the Cascade Range near Eugene, north to...
A log step develops when large woody debris extends across the active
channel, creating a change in the water surface elevation as the stream
spills over the log step. By forming a series of vertical falls, log
steps reduce the amount of potential energy available for conversion to
kinetic energy...
Efforts to directly control the amount and timing of residential
growth in Aumsville, Oregon, were unsuccessful in receiving approval
from the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) at a series
of public hearings in 1978. A review of the issues raised at the hearings
suggests LCDC supports the right of...