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Managing wildlife habitats in forested ecosystems

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service and Edge, W. Daniel
Abstract:: Explains terms and concepts used to discuss ecosystem management (biodiversity, habitat fragmentation, edge effects, interior species, corridors, population dynamics), including a glossary. Describes the importance of private forest lands in the stewardship of forest ecosystems. Provides suggestions for managing private property for wildlife.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: -scale issues of concern to wildlife ecologists. Habitat fragmentation Habitat fragmentation means

Life on the edge: improving riparian function

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service and Godwin, Derek
Abstract:: Discusses what land use practices can impact riparian areas and the techniques landowners, volunteers, and professional resource managers can use to improve and protect riparian function.
Resource Type:: Video

Oregon's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program : likely participation and recommendations for implementation

Creator:: Kingsbury, Leigh
Abstract:: This study used contingent valuation techniques to model the probability of participation in Oregon's CREP as a function of the incentive payment and a vector of socio-economic variables. Possible reasons for non-participation were evaluated and landowner preferences for various program components were assessed. Recommendations for program improvement and implementation were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: various program components were assessed. Recommendations for program improvement and implementation were

Benefits and costs of riparian habitat improvement in the Tualatin River Basin

Creator:: Knoder, Erik and Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Abstract:: The Tualatin River in northwest Oregon has been designated as water quality limited by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Restoration and enhancement of riparian areas to improve water quality is one task to be pursued by management agencies. This paper examines some of the potential costs and benefits of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: benefits, hydroelectric power , wildlife habitat and other uses . Healthy riparian areas are importan t for

The effects of channel modification on characteristics of streams during low flow

Creator:: Atkinson, Brett
Abstract:: Fluorescent dye was used to assess summer low flow hydraulic retention and transient storage (dead zone) associated with fish habitat structures at Camp Creek, Drift Creek, and the East Fork of Lobster Creek within the central Coast Range of Oregon. Utilizing channel units to stratify stream reaches, the effect of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

What role can Idaho water play in salmon recovery efforts?

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Cooperative Extension, University of Idaho. Cooperative Extension Service, Pacific Northwest Cooperative Extension, Peterson, Steven R., Hamilton, Joel R., and Whittlesey, Norman K.
Abstract:: Published January 1994. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: months offish migration. The Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority, however, has called for a

Spatial analysis techniques for ensuring the compatibility of land management activities and aquatic habitat quality in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Bettinger, Pete, 1962-
Abstract:: A land management scheduling model is developed that uses a Tabu search procedure to schedule timber harvests and road management activities, while simultaneously meeting (over time and space) two aquatic goals, and also providing for an even-flow of timber harvest volume. Decision variables include land units and roads, and they...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Watershed councils and woodland owners : the Oregon experience

Creator:: Rickenbach, Mark G., 1968-
Abstract:: Oregon's watershed councils are local, non-regulatory, collaborative forums charged with the recovery of endangered salmon and improving water quality under The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. Private forest landowners, given their prominence is owning riparian areas, are central to success of these efforts. Using a statewide survey of watershed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Response of juvenile steelhead trout to an instream habitat rehabilitation project in Meadow Creek, Oregon

Creator:: Miller, Alan Christopher
Abstract:: Responses of juvenile steelhead trout to changes in stream habitat resulting from an instream habitat rehabilitation project in Meadow Creek, Oregon were measured from 1991 through 1992 and compared to pre-treatment data from 1987 through 1990. Sixty nine pool-forming, and 59 channel-stabilizing log structures were constructed by the U.S. Forest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Response of juvenile steelhead trout to an instream habitat

Recovery of wild salmonids in western Oregon forests: Oregon Forest Practices Act rules and the measures in the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds

Creator:: Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team (Or.)
Abstract:: The forests of Oregon are an important part of the landscape used by wild salmonids. How these forests are managed is important in attaining the goals of the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (Oregon Plan) and Oregon Executive Order 99-01. Agricultural, urban, and other environments are addressed in other...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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Managing wildlife habitats in forested ecosystems

Life on the edge: improving riparian function

Oregon's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program : likely participation and recommendations for implementation

Benefits and costs of riparian habitat improvement in the Tualatin River Basin

The effects of channel modification on characteristics of streams during low flow

What role can Idaho water play in salmon recovery efforts?

Spatial analysis techniques for ensuring the compatibility of land management activities and aquatic habitat quality in eastern Oregon

Watershed councils and woodland owners : the Oregon experience

Response of juvenile steelhead trout to an instream habitat rehabilitation project in Meadow Creek, Oregon

Recovery of wild salmonids in western Oregon forests: Oregon Forest Practices Act rules and the measures in the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds

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