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Mental and biophysical terrains of biodiversity : conservation of oak woodland on family forest

Creator:

Fischer, Alexandra Paige

Abstract:

This research analyzes how family forest owners conceptualize biodiversity in one high-conservation value area of oak woodland in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon. Oregon white oak (Quercus garyanna) woodland, one of the most biologically diverse ecotypes in the state of Oregon, is in decline. Much of the oak ecotype...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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state of Oregon, is in decline. Much of the oak ecotype occurs on the lands of family forest owners
Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration

Creator:

Cheng, Antony S.

Abstract:

A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge:...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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Antony S. Cheng A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the