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  • 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Oregon Forest Practices Act, the primary state law regulating forest management and forest roads, were

  • 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    use by the agency of 45 cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, we have

  • Contracts for woodland owners

    Creator:
    Bowers, S. (Steven Clay) and Oregon State University. Extension Service
    Abstract:
    This publication describes basic principles of contract law as applied to planting; growing; maintaining; harvesting; road construction, maintenance, and repair; and selling logs and timber. Includes definitions of common contract terms and sample contracts.
    Resource Type:
    Technical Report
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    ’ Compensation Laws of the State of Oregon and maintain coverage not less than the amount required by law for

  • Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

    Creator:
    Richards, Linda Marie
    Abstract:
    The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    influenced by the needs of the United States security state.19 Health and human rights claims of both

  • Is there still a Southwest effect?

    Creator:
    bin Salam, Najmus Sakib
    Abstract:
    The US airline industry is going through a period of consolidation through mergers between leading airlines. A number of recent mergers have been approved by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) based on the presence of Southwest Airlines in merger-affected markets. In doing so, the DOJ makes...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of

  • 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    of an underlying law in the country of origin or the US state of origin. Put simply, a violation of

  • The Necessary Limits of Religious Influence on Public Policy

    Creator:
    Kaltenberg, Shawn M.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    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