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Assessing the Current State of Transboundary Cooperation in the International Columbia River Basin

Creator:: Timboe, Ingrid A.
Abstract:: The Columbia River Treaty (CRT) is often used as an example of how treaties can work to normalize, regulate, and improve the cooperative management of shared water resources between basin countries. Few would argue that, in its limited mandate to regulate hydropower generation and flood risk management for downstream communities,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Northwest Power & Conservation Council and the Columbia Basin Trust, in particular John Harrison

Identification of economic, social, and policy factors influencing irrigation district participation in water transactions in the Deschutes Basin

Creator:: Whitman, Cally A.
Abstract:: Surface water in the Deschutes Basin of central Oregon has been largely over allocated since the early 1900s. Therefore, rapid population growth and urban demand for water in the upper Basin lead to an increased reliance on groundwater in the last three decades. The Oregon Department of Water Resources (OWRD)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Factors Influencing Irrigation District Participation in Water Transactions in the Deschutes Basin

Planning for Failure? Addressing Outside Stakeholders in Collaborative Basin Planning

Creator:: Henkels, Max P.
Abstract:: In recent decades, watershed managers have increasingly turned to collaborative models of governance for water resource planning in the Western United States. By involving a wide array of stakeholders in decision-making, these place-based partnerships promise many benefits: better understanding of local needs, increased public support, and reduced conflict. Yet, many...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Watershed Council in Southern Oregon; formed by local environmentalists and loggers in response

Characterizing adaptive governance capacity : A case study of the Willamette River Basin

Creator:: Jones, Ingria
Abstract:: The Willamette River Basin supports 70% of Oregon’s population and contains the richest native fish fauna in the state, (Hulse, Gregory, & Baker, 2002). The Basin is facing changes that stress its water management regimes. Is the Basin’s water management regime able to adapt in the face of these changes?...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: impacts, and trust in watershed councils across selected watershed and at the Basin level. The strength

MAN 'aging Water Resources of the Deschutes River Basin

Creator:: Taganova, Jahan
Abstract:: In the last two decades, there has been an increase in substantial body of work on the inclusion of women in the water management and governance field. However, these scholarly inquiries have mostly focused on cases from the Global South, where women are still underrepresented in decision-making positions in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Title: MAN 'aging Water Resources in the Deschutes River Basin Abstract approved

Transboundary Water Institutions in Developing Countries : A Case Study in Afghanistan

Creator:: Malyar, Idrees
Abstract:: This study addresses the questions: 1) What kind of transboundary water management institution is needed for Afghanistan; and 2) what expertise is required for the institution and which stakeholders should be involved? The establishment of a transboundary water resources management institution/unit is an essential step for Afghanistan in order to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: & Sturtewagen, 2010). Figure 2: River Basin Map of Afghanistan (Watershed Atlas, 2007) Groundwater

An analysis of the prerequisites for landowner participation in conservation oriented programs in the Wood River Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Thomas, Kelley A.
Abstract:: Before 2002, almost all of the approximately 40,000 acres of land in the Wood River Valley, Oregon were used for intensive, flood-irrigated summer cattle grazing, as it had been for over 100 years. Conservation activity in the valley was limited to a couple of wealthy landowners. But a year after...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: after the 2001 Klamath Basin “water crisis,” a local non-profit water conservation organization, the

Investigating Management of Transboundary Basins between Sovereign Countries and Non-Sovereign Entities

Creator:: Altingoz, Mehmet S.
Abstract:: There is a significant gap in academia in the field of transboundary water management of the non-sovereign entities. The objective of this master’s thesis is to work towards filling this gap. The first part of this master’s thesis research identifies potential hydro political tension risks of the transboundary basins in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1 In this study, the terms [transboundary] basin, water, catchment, and watershed are used

Reconciling Working Landscapes on State and Federal Lands with Endangered Species Act Requirements: Emerging Governance Surrounding Beaver-Related Watershed Restoration in Oregon

Creator:: Pike-Urlacher, Zach R.
Abstract:: Reconciling working landscapes with Endangered Species Act (ESA) requirements is a vexing challenge playing out in watersheds across the western United States. Beaver-related watershed restoration (BRR) methodologies have the potential to reconcile competing demands for resource extraction and recovery of ESA-listed species by restoring ecosystem functionality more effectively and at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Requirements: Emerging Governance Surrounding Beaver- Related Watershed Restoration in Oregon

Surface water variation and water storage potential in Upper Klamath Basin, 2000-2012

Creator:: Tanner, Andrew M.
Abstract:: With too many demands placed on too little water, the Klamath Basin and itsresidents - human and otherwise - are in dire need. There exists a significant opportunityfor mitigation in the purposeful conversion of seasonal wetlands to permanent wetlandsmanaged to increase baseline water storage levels in the Upper Basin. A...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1 Chapter 1 Introduction The Klamath Basin watershed has been the scene of one of the most

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Assessing the Current State of Transboundary Cooperation in the International Columbia River Basin

Identification of economic, social, and policy factors influencing irrigation district participation in water transactions in the Deschutes Basin

Planning for Failure? Addressing Outside Stakeholders in Collaborative Basin Planning

Characterizing adaptive governance capacity : A case study of the Willamette River Basin

MAN 'aging Water Resources of the Deschutes River Basin

Transboundary Water Institutions in Developing Countries : A Case Study in Afghanistan

An analysis of the prerequisites for landowner participation in conservation oriented programs in the Wood River Valley, Oregon

Investigating Management of Transboundary Basins between Sovereign Countries and Non-Sovereign Entities

Reconciling Working Landscapes on State and Federal Lands with Endangered Species Act Requirements: Emerging Governance Surrounding Beaver-Related Watershed Restoration in Oregon

Surface water variation and water storage potential in Upper Klamath Basin, 2000-2012

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