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  • Plowzone Archaeology : The Analysis of Site 35JA85, Jackson County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Lebow, Clayton Gale
    Abstract:
    In 1976, cultural resource technicians for the Rogue River National Forest located a prehistoric archaeological site, 35JA85, while performing a survey for the proposed J. Herbert Stone Nursery. The site, situated next to Jackson Creek in the Bear Creek Valley southwestern Oregon, is approximately three miles northwest of Medford, and...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Bayocean Spit, Tillamook, Oregon; early economic development and erosion history

    Creator:
    Terich, Thomas
    Abstract:
    Bayocean sand spit lies along the northern Oregon coast approximately 70 miles south of the Columbia River. Work was begun on the construction of a large recreational resort on the spit in the early 1900's. At the outset, the resort appeared to have a promising future. However, a three-year delay...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    . The Tillamook County Clerk and Surveyor provided historic deed records and maps of the resort. The

  • Conversion or retention of agricultural land? A Marion County, Oregon example

    Creator:
    Tillson, Gregory D.
    Abstract:
    Marion County had a 1976 cash receipt from all farm products amounting to $110,429,000. Much of this farm value was produced on the county's 410,350 acres of class I through IV soils. These soils, regardless of productivity, also have potential for a variety of other non-farm uses. It is this...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    CONVERSION OR RETENTION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND? A MARION COUNTY

  • Conflicts in the multiple use of Wallowa Lake

    Creator:
    Craig, Kenneth Mackenzie
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this thesis is to examine the problem of the increasing competition between recreation and irrigation at Wallowa Lake. Originally Wallowa Lake was an abundant source of fish for the Indians but the advent of irrigation in the area by the early settlers eliminated the blueback salmon (oncorhynchus...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Recreation's Increasing Share of County Income 68 Public Interests vs. Private Interests 71 CONCLUSION 75

  • Agricultural resources and socio-economic affluence of Oregon counties

    Creator:
    Benson, Barry Ralph
    Abstract:
    Limited measures of socio-economic affluence among some Oregon counties reflect deficiency in the availability and development of agricultural resources. Seventeen indicators qualify county census data into comparable relative values. Rank correlation analysis of the relationship between agricultural resources and socio-economic affluence demonstrates a significant correlation coefficient at the 95 percent...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    industrial character, or the nature of the labor force. Per capita county product would not indicate

  • The Tlegetlinten Site (35CU59) and its place in southwest Oregon prehistory

    Creator:
    Tisdale, Lucille
    Abstract:
    Archaeological research in the lower Rogue River Basin between Galice Creek on the middle Rogue River and Gold Beach at the mouth of the Rogue has been minimal. Tlegetlinten (35CU59), a site located at the confluence of the Rogue and Illinois rivers is one of only three sites that have...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • An evaluation of the potential for land use management as an air pollution control measure within the Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Vinton, Larry Richard
    Abstract:
    The rapid population growth and related economic growth of the Willamette Valley has resulted in a significant reduction in air quality over the past several decades. Within the Willamette Valley air ventilation is very poor and therefore the airpo1lutton potential is one of the highest in the United States. There...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    6,000 feet. The lowest pass or gap in this rang Is the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland. Bounding

  • Food deserts in the Willamette : a study of food access in Lane County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Smith, Dianna Marie
    Abstract:
    According to USDA research, Oregon in 2002 had the highest rate of hunger and one of the highest rates of food insecurity in the United States. Although the margin of error involved with these statistics indicates that the state may not actually be at the top of the list, a...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    can use the research results to address any problems or replicate the work elsewhere. Lane County

  • Spatial expressions of farm size changes in the Polk and Linn counties of Oregon

    Creator:
    Van Otten, George A.
    Abstract:
    The spatial organization of farm units in Polk and Linn counties in the mid-Willamette Valley has undergone significant change over the past 30 years. Whereas most study areas operations in the 1930's and 1940's consisted of small family owned farms with contiguous land bases, present mid-Willamette Valley units vary considerably...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    enlarge the areal extent of their land, the competition for rental or lease land is increasing. There is

  • The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

    Creator:
    Gard, Howard A.
    Abstract:
    The portion of the Oregon coast extending from Cape Blanco south into California has long been recognized as a distinct physiographic region, with probable ramifications for prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns. Several researchers have proposed models outlining a greater reliance upon marine/littoral resources among groups within this region, while more...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    or coastal/estuarine resources. The model goes far in explaining what is currently evident in the