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Filtering by: Advisor Stephenson, R. E. Decade 2000-2009

Reclaiming space for small scale agriculture in Lincoln County, Oregon

Creator:

Gossen, Kimberly A.

Abstract:

As recent interest has grown in the connections between how food is produced, distributed and consumed, and the overall health of food systems for people and the environment, a movement toward localizing food systems has emerged. In Lincoln County, Oregon, citizens, restaurateurs and university extension faculty, among others, have started...

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Masters Thesis

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Abstract approved: Joan E. Gross Garry O. Stephenson
Temperature influences on cattle distribution and behavior in the central California foothills

Creator:

Smith, Kelly Ryan

Abstract:

The effect of temperature on cattle behavior and distribution was studied in the foothills of California. To accurately understand changes in livestock behavior and distribution, five seasonal trials, each spanning three to four weeks were conducted beginning spring 2004 and ending spring 2005. The two spring trials and the fall...

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Masters Thesis
Reducing sediment production from forest roads during wet-weather use

Creator:

Toman, Elizabeth Myers

Abstract:

Forest roads produce fine sediment with traffic during wet weather. If the forest road is connected to a stream it can be a source of turbidity and fine sediment that may be detrimental to aquatic organisms especially salmonids. The goal of this work was to investigate turbid runoff during wet-weather...

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Dissertation

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: ________________________________________ _____________________________________ Arne E. Skaugset Marvin R. Pyles Forest roads