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Evaluation of the intergovernmental relationships between national and state wetland regulatory agencies within wetland regulatory units

Creator:: Taylor, Ryan W
Abstract:: Since the 1890s, American federalism has been perceived as being unique in the world by having two different levels of government operating within the same jurisdiction without influencing one another. Modern scholars call into question the validity of this basic assumption, but few have published quantitative evidence to reject its...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ............................................................ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency USFWS

Effects of timing and duration of flooding on phosphorus release in four restored wetlands around Agency and Upper Klamath Lakes, Oregon

Creator:: Stevens, Carla J.
Abstract:: Upper Klamath Lake (UKL) and Agency Lake in south-central Oregon are hypereutrophic due to phosphorus (P) loading from both geologic and agricultural sources in the watershed. Restoring historic lake-fringe wetlands to provide P sinks around the lakes has been accepted as a favorable means of reducing lake P levels and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Phosphorus Release in Four Restored Wetlands around Agency and Upper Klamath Lakes, Oregon. Abstract

Potential impacts of climate change on vegetation distributions, carbon stocks, and fire regimes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Rogers, Brendan M.
Abstract:: The U.S Pacific Northwest contains a wide variety of ecosystems, all subject to relatively dry summers and wet winters. As has been shown with paleoclimatic and paleoecological data, the region is vulnerable to changes in climate. We assessed the sensitivities of vegetation distributions, carbon stocks, and fire regimes to 21st...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Distributions, Carbon Stocks, and Fire Regimes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Abstract approved

Determinants of public opinion on renewable energy : the case of wave energy development in Oregon

Creator:: Stefanovich Petrova, Maria A.
Abstract:: Renewable energy resources, such as wind, solar, and wave, have a number of advantages compared to traditional fossil fuels. Numerous studies attest to the physical potential for wave energy development in Oregon. In transitioning from conventional fossil fuel to alternative energy provision, citizen understanding of the global energy problems and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: all my friends from Corvallis, the U.S., and internationally. Last but not least, I would like to

The water and energy dynamics of an old-growth seasonal temperate rainforest

Creator:: Link, Timothy E.
Abstract:: In the Pacific Northwest (PNW), concern about the impacts of climate and land cover change on water resources, flood-generating processes, and ecosystem dynamics emphasize the need for a mechanistic understanding of the interactions between forest canopies and hydrological processes. A detailed measurement and modeling program during the 1999 and 2000...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: dynamics emphasize the need for a mechanistic understanding of the interactions between forest canopies

Boundary Dynamics of a Transformative Learning Network : Improving Connection at the Interface of Science and Society

Creator:: Risien, Julie
Abstract:: Transformative learning networks are a specific type of loose network with geographically distributed members and member organizations. They hold particular promise for transformation when both top-down and bottom-up processes have failed to support desired systems-level change. The aim of this dissertation is to build knowledge about the social-interactional processes, roles,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: boundary work in the National Alliance for Broader Impacts. The meso-theory herein claims that two types

Composition, structure, and biomass of cottonwood-dominated gallery forests along a successional gradient, Willamette River, Oregon

Creator:: Fierke, Melissa K.
Abstract:: Recognizing the importance of native black cottonwood-dominated riparian forests is especially important to preserve, protect, and manage for biodiversity in the Willamette River Valley. Species composition, structure, and biomass along a successional gradient from stand initiation to late succession of black cottonwood (Populus balsamfera L. subsp. trichocarpa (T. & G.)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: forest stands 443 to 3710 trees/ha. Large tree (>10 cm diameter at 1.3 meters in height) densities

Enhancing cultural resources management and improving tribal involvement inthe NEPA process through the development of atribal environmental policy act

Creator:: Sloan, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: This dissertation presents an analysis of the historic preservation framework on tribal cultural resources management (CRM). It examines some of the challenges this framework poses to tribal governments working on cultural resources protection efforts within a compliance framework. An examination of five major laws that regulate the practice of CRM...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Environmental Protection Agency FS Forest Service HIA Health Impact Assessment IRM Indigenous Resources

An Ecoregion-Based Reference Condition and Classification Scheme for Determining Nutrient Criteria in Oregon Lakes

Creator:: Brenner, Jacqueline M.
Abstract:: The anthropogenic introduction of nutrients to water bodies has been shown to alter the structure and function of natural aquatic ecosystems, yet national EPA lake and reservoir nutrient criteria remain too broad for effective regional water quality management. This study uses a reference site approach to propose numeric nutrient criteria...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: al. 2013). In the conterminous U.S., a national lake survey was conducted comparing the three

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

Creator:: Taylor, Casey Lynn
Abstract:: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent challenges to the Act’s implementation make reaching conservation goals problematic. Most notably, the very nature of the law—providing protections for species already at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for slowing or stopping unwanted development. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has begun

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Evaluation of the intergovernmental relationships between national and state wetland regulatory agencies within wetland regulatory units

Effects of timing and duration of flooding on phosphorus release in four restored wetlands around Agency and Upper Klamath Lakes, Oregon

Potential impacts of climate change on vegetation distributions, carbon stocks, and fire regimes in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

Determinants of public opinion on renewable energy : the case of wave energy development in Oregon

The water and energy dynamics of an old-growth seasonal temperate rainforest

Boundary Dynamics of a Transformative Learning Network : Improving Connection at the Interface of Science and Society

Composition, structure, and biomass of cottonwood-dominated gallery forests along a successional gradient, Willamette River, Oregon

Enhancing cultural resources management and improving tribal involvement inthe NEPA process through the development of atribal environmental policy act

An Ecoregion-Based Reference Condition and Classification Scheme for Determining Nutrient Criteria in Oregon Lakes

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

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