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Citizen-agency interactions : an investigation of postfire environments

Creator:

Olsen, Christine Shaw

Abstract:

Wildfire management has grown increasingly complex in recent years, particularly in the West and in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) where a steady population growth has resulted in greater risk to people and property. Recent trends suggest the process of recovering from large fires (>100,000 acres) will become increasingly important to...

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Postfire Environments by Christine Shaw Olsen A DISSERTATION submitted to
Private forests, public policy : oak conservation on family forests in Oregon’s Willamette Valley

Creator:

Fischer, Alexandra Paige

Abstract:

In the United States, many of the thorniest natural resource conflicts occur on private lands. This is especially true in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon where the hallmark habitat type, Oregon white oak woodland and savanna, is imperiled. Almost exclusively found on private land, Oregon white oak is threatened...

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Dissertation

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and difficult to manage on a large scale. Active management by local owners may be a more realistic