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  • Incorporation of salmon derived nutrients into Oregon coastal streams and the role of physical habitat

    Creator:
    Shaff, Courtney D.
    Abstract:
    Stream restoration techniques in western Oregon and Washington include physical habitat restoration and more recently the addition of salmon carcasses to improve food availability for juvenile fish. Although both are common practices, few studies have examined the effects of carcass placement and the interaction of nutrient enrichment with physical habitat...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of Salmon Derived Nutrients into Oregon Coastal Streams and the Role of Physical Habitat Abstract

  • Social Learning and Adaptive Capacity in Collaborative Watershed Partnerships

    Creator:
    Calvert, Daniel T.
    Abstract:
    This dissertation examines learning driven adaptations in salmon recovery efforts and water resources management in Oregon. The case study utilizes a framework highlighting the connections between human and natural systems. Semi-structured interviews are used to analyze interactions between rural riparian landowners and watershed council staffs living and working in Oregon’s...
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    Dissertation
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    …………………………………………………………………….18 7 Steelhead habitat in the Willamette River basin…………………………………………19 8 Chinook salmon habitat

  • The size of the Oregon coastal salmon runs in the mid-1800s

    Creator:
    Meengs, Chad C.
    Abstract:
    Increasing the abundance of salmon in coastal Oregon rivers and streams is a high priority public policy objective. Salmon runs have been reduced from pre-development conditions (typically defined as the 1 850s), but it is unclear by how much. Considerable resources have been allocated to restoring salmon runs, but it...
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    Masters Thesis
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    salmon in coastal Oregon rivers and streams is a high priority public policy objective. Salmon runs have

  • The utility of a decision-support model to assess watershed condition for salmon recovery

    Creator:
    Mintkeski, Tyler G.
    Abstract:
    Many contemporary fisheries and wildlife issues are complex, messy, and divisive. Most share a set of common characteristics including a lack of comprehensive scientific information, a limited understanding of biological processes, a scarcity of agency staff, time, money, and a tendency for differences over policy preferences to end up as...
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    Masters Thesis
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    identify changes in watershed condition in the last 10 years. Oregon Coastal Coho Salmon ESU The Oregon

  • What do Stakeholders Know About Salmon and Steelhead Recovery in the Willamette Basin?

    Creator:
    Fellas, Christy
    Abstract:
    In August 2011, the final Upper Willamette River basin salmon and steelhead recovery plan was adopted by NOAA Fisheries and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The plan highlights a variety of activities that need to be taken by both public and private entities in order to recover these...
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    Capstone Project
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    spawning of salmon and steelhead. While Oregon has a functioning system of watershed councils that