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  • Private forests, public policy : oak conservation on family forests in Oregon’s Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Fischer, Alexandra Paige
    Abstract:
    In the United States, many of the thorniest natural resource conflicts occur on private lands. This is especially true in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon where the hallmark habitat type, Oregon white oak woodland and savanna, is imperiled. Almost exclusively found on private land, Oregon white oak is threatened...
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    Dissertation
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    OF THE DISSERTATION OF Alexandra Paige Fischer for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest

  • Communicating the wildland fire message : an investigation of agency outreach strategies

    Creator:
    Toman, Eric Lee
    Abstract:
    Wildfire impacts have increased in recent years. The management response outlined by recent policy initiatives (e.g., the National Fire Plan, Healthy Forests Restoration Act) emphasizes the use of prescribed fire and mechanized thinning to reduce the risk of future fire events. These policies also call for an unprecedented level of...
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    Dissertation
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    of Philosophy in Forest Resources presented on September 20. 2005. Title: Communicating the

  • Citizen-agency interactions : an investigation of postfire environments

    Creator:
    Olsen, Christine Shaw
    Abstract:
    Wildfire management has grown increasingly complex in recent years, particularly in the West and in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) where a steady population growth has resulted in greater risk to people and property. Recent trends suggest the process of recovering from large fires (>100,000 acres) will become increasingly important to...
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    Dissertation
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    agencies and communities (National Interagency Fire Center 2007). However, many forest management

  • A review of the social component of ecosystem assessments with recommendations for Oregon

    Creator:
    Armstrong, Catriona M. M.
    Abstract:
    Large-scale ecosystem assessments aim to assist ecosystem management by synthesizing current scientific knowledge on an area, and by providing a foundation for policy discussions and decisions on land management. These assessments go beyond traditional research efforts by moving away from narrow scope, system, and institutional boundaries, and by attempting to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , assessments may also be performed within areas delimited by political boundaries, such as a national forest

  • Kinship, environment and the Forest Service : homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

    Creator:
    Prior, Jan M.
    Abstract:
    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In May of 1992 Billee Hoornbeek, then the Siuslaw National Forest Archaeologist, approached me

  • Public knowledge, preferences and involvement in adaptive ecosystem management

    Creator:
    Williams, Robert Lawrence
    Abstract:
    Few studies analyze the relationship between ecological knowledge and public preferences for natural resource management options. The Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area (CCAMA) and McKenzie watershed of western Oregon provides an opportunity to examine the relationship. This research project employs a mixed model approach to explore public knowledge of forest...
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    Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act National Environmental Policy Act National Forest Management Act

  • Historical disturbance regimes as a reference for forest policy

    Creator:
    Thompson, Jonathan R.
    Abstract:
    Using the historical range of forest conditions as a reference for managing landscapes has been proposed as a "coarse-filter" approach to biodiversity conservation. By emulating historical disturbance processes, it is thought that forest management can produce forest composition and structure similar to the conditions that once supported the native biota....
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    Masters Thesis
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    the costs and the degree of departure from conventional forest management. In much of the U.S., land

  • (Re)claiming forestry : a case study of women's empowerment

    Creator:
    Redmore, Lauren E.
    Abstract:
    Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) owners control a significant portion of forestland nationwide. Even though women own or manage NIPF lands, we know very little about how women manage forestland and what barriers women face in forest management. In addition, while there are several forestry organizations available to NIPF owners, few...
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    forestry community (Pinchot Institute for Conservation, 2006). With help from several female forest

  • Forest industry restructuring and emerging forest tenures in Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Kelly, Erin Clover
    Abstract:
    Since the 1980s, industrial forest restructuring has resulted in the divestment of industrial timberlands across the U.S. Emerging tenures have benefited from the divestment, including conservation-based tenures that manage for multiple objectives such as restoration, recreation access, and forest and habitat contiguity. Deschutes and Klamath Counties, Oregon, have three proposed...
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    Dissertation
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    timber-dependent regions of the U.S., industrial forest restructuring has occurred alongside

  • Urban natural parks in Portland : nature, networks, and community health

    Creator:
    Baur, Joshua W. R.
    Abstract:
    Three trends are occurring today in the United States which inspired this research. First, America is growing increasingly urbanized. Today, more Americans are living in cities than in rural environments, and this pattern is predicted to continue for the foreseeable future. Urban living has benefits, but there are also challenges...
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    Dissertation
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    Forest Resources presented on November 28, 2011 Title: Urban Natural Parks in Portland: Nature