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  • Implications of the 2008 Lacey Act amendments : insights from the wood products industry

    Creator:
    Tibbets, Ashlee
    Abstract:
    Export-oriented illegal logging has been recognized as a major global problem in environmental, social, and economic terms. It has been argued that export-oriented illegal logging does not benefit the community or government that should be benefited by its own natural resources. The emergence of policy initiatives targeting illegal logging could...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ................................................................................... 23 United States Environmental Legislation

  • Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management

    Creator:
    Grisa, Amanda Marie Schenk
    Abstract:
    The USDA Forest Services' actions have come under greater scrutiny by a public that has become increasingly concerned with the legality of their actions. Often, challenges involve the quality of science used in the decision-making. Congress has mandated that the agency use the "best available science" in its decision making...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , requires the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service to use the

  • The Necessary Limits of Religious Influence on Public Policy

    Creator:
    Kaltenberg, Shawn M.
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    In this thesis, I argue that Christian fundamentalism is a threat to the traditions of religious liberty and the separation of church and state in US liberal democracy. I support this claim by exploring the writings of men who were instrumental in the foundation of the US, concluding that they...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Henry’s bill. Had Henry’s bill been passed into law, it would have provided for state support and

  • Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

    Creator:
    Detwiler, Stacey M.
    Abstract:
    This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Oregon Forest Practices Act, the primary state law regulating forest management and forest roads, were