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A Spatial Assessment of Conservation Opportunities in the Willamette River Floodplain between Corvallis and Albany, Oregon

Creator:: Baker, Jeffrey M.
Abstract:: The Willamette River floodplain has been highly modified by urbanization, conversion of land to agriculture, construction of dams and revetments, and regulation of flow, all of which have reduced floodplain processes that provide valuable ecosystem services such as fish and wildlife habitat and flood storage. Efforts to protect and restore...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Local-scale assessment and action planning takes place at 5 the county, watershed, or site

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

Creator:: Paullin, Pamela K.
Abstract:: Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Boring to the Core: A dendrochronological investigation into

The use of ecological principles for riparian zone management in four forest planning documents

Creator:: Sinton, Diana Stuart
Abstract:: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the extent to which ecological principles were used in four documents of differing scope and intent, that address management of forest resources and riparian zones in three National Forests of the Pacific Northwest. We use the phrase "ecological principles" in a very...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: spatial scale. The most common forest planning document is the Forest Plan, mandated by NFMA, which

GIS based riparian area management plans : recommendations to local governments of the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce

Creator:: Tolzman, Stephen A.
Abstract:: This paper evaluates Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 5: Natural Resources and Goal 17 Coastal Shorelands, planning programs and makes recommendations for improvement to the Oregon members of the Columbia River Estuary Study Task Force (CREST). CREST is a Council of Governments formed in 1974 which includes the local counties, cities...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: the persistent problem in land use planning of balancing environmental protection and economic

A strategy for monitoring the Payette National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan

Creator:: Thompson, Joyce Elma
Abstract:: Management of national forests evokes controversy about the allocation of limited resources among competing uses. A Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) has been prepared for the Payette National Forest. The Forest Plan describes resource management practices and the levels of resource production at which the Forest would be...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: incorporating monitoring into the budget and workload planning. The Forestwide Monitoring Action Plan will

Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Creator:: Bruno, Mark P.
Abstract:: This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: presented on June 15, 2023. Title: Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at

Integrating GIS and community mapping into secondary science education:a web GIS approach

Creator:: O'Dea, Elizabeth K.
Abstract:: Geographic information systems (GISs) offer a useful tool for educators to teach students about local and global communities in various subjects. GISs are increasingly being used in K-12 education, but that growth is hindered due to many teachers’ limited access to time or resources necessary to adequately learn a GIS...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Integrating GIS and Community Mapping into Secondary Science

Examining the Spatial Distribution of Park Access and Trajectories of Gentrification in Seattle, Washington 1990 - 2010

Creator:: Weems, Candice Michelle
Abstract:: This dissertation examines the spatial distribution of park access by type in relation to trajectories of gentrification in Seattle from 1990 to 2010. The dissertation includes 5 Chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the literature that motivated this research. The second, third and fourth chapters are research papers...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the spatial distribution of different park types and community investment in parks are associated

Art festivals in Oregon : historic and geographic aspects

Creator:: Tollo, Pia Agneta
Abstract:: The arts and festivals of art have today become a vital economic force in some areas of the country and a way of life for some people. The number and sizes of festivals, as well as audience size, has grown tremendously both nationally and in Oregon, since 1950. Even the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: dimensions, hence they carry certain implications for parks and recreation programs, urban planning, as well

Invisibility: Environmental Migration Governance in a Changing Climate

Creator:: Abel, Kali M.
Abstract:: Climate change has the potential to accelerate many forms of human migration and mobility, yet almost all of the key migration outcomes of interest are determined predominantly by governance, or the norms, laws, and institutions involved in the coordination of human society. These outcomes include the decision whether or not...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: .................................................................................. 63 3.4.1 Case Study 1 - Conditional Exclusion: Jackson County wildfire recovery . 64 3.4.2 Case

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A Spatial Assessment of Conservation Opportunities in the Willamette River Floodplain between Corvallis and Albany, Oregon

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

The use of ecological principles for riparian zone management in four forest planning documents

GIS based riparian area management plans : recommendations to local governments of the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce

A strategy for monitoring the Payette National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan

Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Integrating GIS and community mapping into secondary science education:a web GIS approach

Examining the Spatial Distribution of Park Access and Trajectories of Gentrification in Seattle, Washington 1990 - 2010

Art festivals in Oregon : historic and geographic aspects

Invisibility: Environmental Migration Governance in a Changing Climate

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