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Disturbance and dynamics of riparian forests in southwestern Oregon

Creator:

Messier, Michael S.

Abstract:

Fire exclusion has been associated with structural and compositional changes in many upland forests of the western United States, but little is known about the impacts on riparian forests, portions of the landscape protected for habitat and water quality. For this study, I characterized the historic disturbance and tree recruitment...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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fires likely killed most tree seedlings and maintained open savannas or woodlands with shade
Proving Up and Pulling Out: Archaeology and History of Early 20thCentury Homesteading in Southwestern Oregon

Creator:

Lundgren, Stacy J.

Abstract:

The Forest Homestead Act of 1906 precipitated one of the final rushes for free land in American history. A nascent land management agency, the USDA Forest Service, created a systematized process for the review and documentation of purported forest homestead claims. One hundred years later, the forest-homestead examination files of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis