A study of the phyletic relationships among five species of
tragopans and an outgroup, the Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), was
conducted from 1987 to 1991. Biochemical, behavioral, and external
morphologic characteristics were compared. A cladistic approach was
used to compare the behavioral, biochemical, and external morphologic
data collectively, as different...
Public land ownership withdraws property from the tax base of local
property tax districts. Publicly-managed lands occupy approximately 17.5
million acres of forested lands in Oregon (inclusive of federal, state, and county
ownership). To compensate local taxing districts for foregone property tax
collections, Congress enacted a series of federal revenue-sharing...
