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  • Essays on the economics of wildlife management

    Creator:
    Rashford, Benjamin S.
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    Wildlife managers are on the front lines of the effort to conserve wildlife and are required to do so cost-effectively. This dissertation consists of three manuscripts that integrate economics and ecology to inform cost-effective wildlife management. The first and second manuscripts focus on identifying cost-effective wildlife management plans. The third...
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    economic optimization model to identify least-cost management strategies for a range of population

  • Irrigated agriculture, energy, and endangered species in the Upper Klamath Basin : Evaluating trade-offs and interconnections

    Creator:
    Boehlert, Brent B.
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    In 2001, an extreme drought tightened water supply in the Upper Klamath Basin (basin) while earlier increases in Endangered Species Act (ESA) water requirements for basin fish species that same year elevated demands. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), which manages irrigation water in parts of the basin located near the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    More Flexible Lake and Flow Requirements....................................... 10 1.1.4 The Role of

  • Land use and land-use change in the Rocky Mountain west

    Creator:
    Broniak, Christine T.
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    Private land-use decisions can have important effects on private and public welfare. Market-based policies to regulate land use have the potential to move the privately-optimal allocation of land closer to what is socially optimal. To implement these policies in the Rocky Mountain states, it is necessary to understand the effects...
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    ……………………………………..……. 52 Aggregate County Transition Model: Relative Range-Pasture Net Returns….. 59 Comparison and

  • Political economy and trade effects of invasive species regulation : the case of noxious weeds

    Creator:
    Min, He
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    Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
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    acres). Each water body is then subdivided into lake, reservoir, bay/gulf and estuary, or perennial

  • Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

    Creator:
    Landry, Clay J.
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    Many parts of the West are experiencing substantial growth pressures that have increased the demand for water. These new demands come at a time when most of the water in the West has been fully appropriated by traditional uses such as agriculture, mining, and industry. Some attempts are being made...
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    Water Rights Issued 66 6-2 Water Right Transfer Applications 67 6-3 Water Right Sales by County 70 6

  • The economic impacts of sagebrush steppe wildfires on an eastern Oregon ranch

    Creator:
    Maher, Anna T.
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    The relative success of restoration practices on cheatgrass infested sagebrush steppe lands in the Great Basin can affect the probability of crossing an ecological threshold and have economic effects on cattle ranches using federal rangelands. Cheatgrass invasion implies an increase in the risk of fire, which in turn increases the...
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    .............................................................................................51 4.1.2 BLM and deeded range by year and planning horizon................................52 4.1.3

  • Essays on the economics of land use regulation

    Creator:
    Lai, Jiayin
    Abstract:
    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper reviews numerous past literatures on how land-use regulation, agricultural subsidies, and use-value assessment method affect land values. The second paper uses a theoretical model to analyze how imposing minimum-lot-size zoning and different designs of minimum-lot-size...
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    by the non-marginal change in zoning policies, such as the elimination of zoning or changes

  • The value of short run in-stream temperature forecasts : an application to salmonids in the Klamath and John Day Rivers

    Creator:
    Huang, Biao
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    Water temperature is an important measure of water quality, as well as a dominant factor affecting aquatic life within the stream environment. Elevated water temperatures can decrease the survival rate of fish in each life stage. Cold water species, such as salmonids, are particularly susceptible to elevated water temperatures. For...
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     to increase their production or decrease their  damages. Long‐term forecasts (seasonal) would allow

  • Essays on land use regulation

    Creator:
    Hascic, Ivan
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper focuses on the environmental impacts of land use and their implications for the design on water quality trading policies. The second and third papers address local land use regulations and their impact on land values...
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    governmental intervention into real estate markets under the justification of growth control or environmental

  • Northwest forest plan effects on county net migration and employment growth : causality of policy variables, timing of response, relevant time periods, rural vs. metro policy effects and effects on industry employment

    Creator:
    Eichman, Henry N.
    Abstract:
    County-level net migration and employment growth rates associated with the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) are examined. The NWFP area encompasses federal land in 53 Oregon, Washington and California counties; 20 counties adjacent to NWFP counties are also included in the sample. The NWFP was enacted in December of 1993, however,...
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    estimates under the ROD of Riparian Areas were 11 % or 2,627,500 acres of land in the range of the Northern