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Informal Education on an Estuary Nature Trail : A Study of Visitor Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior

Creator:: Osterman-Sussman, Irene
Abstract:: The Mark 0. Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) public education opportunities include interpretive programs offered along the Estuary Nature Trail. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of three informal education programs, interpretive signs, a self-guided trail brochure, and guided naturalist walks, in imparting information on the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Irene Osterman-Sussman A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment

Ecological survey and interpretation of the Willamette Floodplain Research Natural Area, W.L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon

Creator:: Streatfeild, Rosemary Welch
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to: (1) evaluate land use and vegetation history of the Willamette Floodplain Research Natural Area; (2) characterize present day vegetation; (3) evaluate the relation of vegetation to environment, and (4) establish a baseline dataset for future trend analysis in order that response of different...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Trends in wilderness use and their social and ecological implications

Creator:: Hall, Troy E.
Abstract:: Three studies were performed in Oregon wildernesses. The first used wilderness permit and trailhead registration data to evaluate trends in use of Three Sisters, Mt. Jefferson, and Eagle Cap Wildernesses from 1976 to 1994. Recreational visitor days were found to have declined, but the number of visits increased dramatically, because...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Determination of the value to planners of incorporating ecotourist needs data in the interpretive planning process

Creator:: Masberg, Barbara Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to answer the following question: What was the perceived value to planners of incorporating information from ecotourists about their perceived needs in the standard system presently being used to plan interpretation? The Ecotourist Needs Assessment (ETNA) process was proposed as an external needs assessment....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Data in the Interpretive Planning Process by Barbara Ann Masberg A THESIS submitted to Oregon

Results and review of a riparian survey method used in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Rasmussen, Christine G.
Abstract:: In the late 1970s, approximately 400 miles of streams were inventoried by the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management for in-stream and riparian condition. During the summer of 1994, the riparian portion of the survey was repeated on 17 of the original streams miles, contained within 11 stream...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Monitoring sand dune processes at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area : can pre-vegetated conditions be restored?

Creator:: Mitteager, Wendy Ann
Abstract:: The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is managed by the Siuslaw Forest division of the United States Forest Service (USFS). This area has gradually been overcome by vegetation since the 1950's, originating with the exotic European Beach Grass (Ammophila arenaria). The invasion of this exotic vegetation has resulted in a...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Processes at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area: Can Pre-Vegetated Conditions be Restored

Terrestrial amphibian abundance and species richness in headwater riparian buffer strips, Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Vesely, David G. (David Gordon), 1954-
Abstract:: I examined the abundance and habitat associations of terrestrial amphibian species and the species richness of terrestrial amphibian communities in riparian buffer strips, clearcuts, and unmanaged riparian forests. The study was conducted in the western hemlock (Tsuga heteropliylla) vegetation zone of the northern and central Oregon Coast Range. Data were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration

Creator:: Cheng, Antony S.
Abstract:: A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon

Plant associations of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area : Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon

Creator:: Christy, John A., Kagan, James S., and Wiedemann, Alfred M.
Abstract:: This book is a guide to the plant associations of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. It includes general descriptions of the physical and biological setting of the Recreation Area: its climate, geology, landscape; soils, wildlife, and ecological processes. Analysis of quantitative field data identified 52 plant associations occurring in...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . PLANT ASSOCIATIONS OFTHE OREGON DUNES NATIONAL RECREATION AREA SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST, OREGON

Lower Alsea River watershed analysis

Creator:: United States. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States. Bureau of Land Management. Marys Peak Resource Area, Siuslaw National Forest, United States. Forest Service, Tai, Doris, Bacho, John P., Verbics, Belle, and Delaini, Jack
Abstract:: The Lower Alsea River Watershed Analysis contains information which characterizes the processes and trends for resources of concern, and provides a context relating the function of this lower portion of the watershed to the Alsea River Basin as a whole. Critical problem areas both inside and outside federal lands are...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: management area level, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Alsea River Basin Fish Management

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Informal Education on an Estuary Nature Trail : A Study of Visitor Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior

Ecological survey and interpretation of the Willamette Floodplain Research Natural Area, W.L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon

Trends in wilderness use and their social and ecological implications

Determination of the value to planners of incorporating ecotourist needs data in the interpretive planning process

Results and review of a riparian survey method used in eastern Oregon

Monitoring sand dune processes at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area : can pre-vegetated conditions be restored?

Terrestrial amphibian abundance and species richness in headwater riparian buffer strips, Oregon Coast Range

Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration

Plant associations of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area : Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon

Lower Alsea River watershed analysis

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