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The cultural significance of mountain regions : implications for the Calapooya Divide, Oregon

Creator:: Starr, Karen J.
Abstract:: Altitudinal variations in upland regions of the earth create variable climatic zones and conditions. Plant and animal communities must adapt to these conditions, and when they reach their tolerance limits for environmental conditions at the upper levels of a zone, they cease to exist in the environment. Humans also utilize...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1. Project area (Starr and Honey 1981) 5 2. Agricultural occupation of a lateral valley 24 (Burns

Interpretive evolution of the Wilderness Act : the implications of change

Creator:: Klein, Jonathan Winthrop
Abstract:: Compromises required for the passage of the Wilderness Act (1964) created inherent conflicts in the designation and administration of wilderness areas. Subsequent legislation helped to more firmly interpret and define the Act. Attendant policy changes suggest a trend to increase the recreational and economic utility of wilderness. Policy changes also...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: (Bruce Womack personal 25 communication). The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of

Methodological considerations for implementing the U.S. Soil Conservation Service Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) System in Oregon, with special reference to Marion County, Oregon

Creator:: Fastner, Christopher John
Abstract:: Oregon land use specialists believe that the present definitions of farm and forest land in the state planning goals are too broad. This results in poor quality resource lands being as strongly protected as those of top quality. With persistent growth pressure on rural lands, a means to distinguish among...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: " (Burns 1984, p.1-3). Similar conclusions were reached by a Marginal Lands Committee of the Association

Multivariate thematic map visualization of the Oregon 2001 drought

Creator:: Theirl, David M.
Abstract:: The visualization of climate patterns is a major theme in cartography. Short-term dramatic weather events such as hurricanes and tornado outbreaks are mapped and displayed immediately in order to capitalize on the sensational nature of the events, and to quickly and accurately convey the information to emergency workers and the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: provided valuable advice and data. Bruce Fisher at the Portland office of the USGS provided a majority of

Preserving open space and agricultural land through a program of transfer of development rights

Creator:: Carlson, John James
Abstract:: Existing land use controls have not effectively achieved the goals of resource protection and preservation. Prime agricultural and potential open space lands are rapidly being diminished by ever increasing pressures of development. The transfer of development rights presents an opportunity to safeguard these vital lands. The Boulder Valley would benefit...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , Richard L., and Bruce A. Prenguber. "Transfer of Development Rights: An Analysis of a New Land Use Policy

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:: projects on Forest Service lands (e.g. timber harvest, road construction, wildlife burns, mining

The use of motor carrier weigh station reports in commodity flow analysis of the Oregon forest products industry - 1976

Creator:: Howes, Edwin R.
Abstract:: Data on motor carrier commodity weights collected in 1976 at Oregon weigh stations by the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Transportation are not in a form that readily allows for commodity flow analysis. A methodology is presented that reduces existing forest product commodity data into a graphically displayed...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

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:: given to me. My brother Bruce Paullin, and his wife, Sharon White, were an enthusiastic, supportive

Oregon man-forest relationships and the 1971 Forest Practices Act

Creator:: Sullivan, Michael J.
Abstract:: Since the inception of white settlement, Oregon man-forest relationships have progressively matured. The 1971 Forest Practices Act is the culmination to date of increasing societal concern for the protection of the forest environment and the conservation of its resources. The Act has resulted in an increased employment of forest practices...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Passed High Lead Logging Method Developed Reforestation Act Passed Tillamook Burns Oregon Becomes the

Quantitative basin morphology and channel stability with reference to nonpoint sources of pollution in Evans Creek, Oregon

Creator:: Krupin, Paul J.
Abstract:: A Stream Reach Inventory and Channel Stability Evaluation procedure has been used to assess the nature and extent of erosional nonpoint sources of pollution in the Evans Creek basin, a tributary to the Rogue River, in southwestern Oregon. The study is based upon the results of the Oregon Department of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: PP1 Ponderosa Pine Seedlings, saplings or poles- Forests on old burns, cut lands, trees less than 12

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The cultural significance of mountain regions : implications for the Calapooya Divide, Oregon

Interpretive evolution of the Wilderness Act : the implications of change

Methodological considerations for implementing the U.S. Soil Conservation Service Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) System in Oregon, with special reference to Marion County, Oregon

Multivariate thematic map visualization of the Oregon 2001 drought

Preserving open space and agricultural land through a program of transfer of development rights

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

The use of motor carrier weigh station reports in commodity flow analysis of the Oregon forest products industry - 1976

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

Oregon man-forest relationships and the 1971 Forest Practices Act

Quantitative basin morphology and channel stability with reference to nonpoint sources of pollution in Evans Creek, Oregon

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