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Federal soil conservation policy of the United States : priorities, values, and opportunities

Creator:: Pape, Timothy
Abstract:: The objective of this dissertation is to examine federally administered soil conservation policy within the United States and the broadly defined Columbia River Basin in the US Northwest. I accomplish this in five chapters. In the first chapter I provide background information for the study. In the second chapter I...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: Federal Soil Conservation Policy of the United States: Priorities, Values, and Opportunities

Participation of farm operators in public land conservation programs in the Cypress Creek Basin of Crockett County, Tennessee

Creator:: Emison, John Avery
Abstract:: This research deals with the problem of soil erosion in Cypress Creek basin in West Tennessee and farmer participation in public conservation programs. The study area is marginal to the Tennessee Valley, a region identified in the 1930's as having a serious agricultural soil erosion problem. The four voluntary programs...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Creator:: Bennett, Drew E.
Abstract:: The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives on nature to include not only intrinsic value but also the utilitarian value it provides to society. Viewing nature through this lens informs our understanding of how particular ecological processes benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the United States are

Role of the health educator in guidance services

Creator:: Petersen, Harold Ernest
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Service gdu- cation Programs offered by colleges and universities in the United States was secured from

Influences of tillage system, climate, and soils on the demand for topsoil in northcentral Oregon wheat production

Creator:: Hanrahan, Michael S.
Abstract:: Soil erosion research in the fields of agronomy, soils science and mechanics, agricultural engineering, hydrology, climatology, and other scientific disciplines has economic dimensions. In general, measurable and, at times, significant economic effects are associated with the effects of erosion in the other disciplines. Interactions between climate, soils, hydrology, and tillage...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , or Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems, a program of the Soil Conservation Service

A history of Indian education in the United States

Creator:: Morris, Harold White
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A history of Indian education in the United States A

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

Creator:: Taylor, Casey Lynn
Abstract:: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent challenges to the Act’s implementation make reaching conservation goals problematic. Most notably, the very nature of the law—providing protections for species already at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent

Education and the United States Supreme Court

Creator:: Spurlock, Clark
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: history . He aays: ••• the United States is a federal state, because it is a complex or composite

Using soil data to enhance modeling of forest responses to climate change

Creator:: Peterman, Wendy L.
Abstract:: The over-arching theme of this work is that soil data affect the performance and realism of vegetation models with particular focus on their ability to predict or explain disturbances such as fire or disease. We tested the sensitivity of the Excel version of the 3-PG model to soil properties and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) are created at the 1:20,000 to 1:24,000 minimum scale. Soil map

Traditional ecological knowledge to develop and maintain fire regimes in northwestern California, Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion : management and restoration of culturally significant habitats

Creator:: Lake, Frank K.
Abstract:: The use of Native American fire regimes evolved in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion over millennia. A mixture of Native American and Euro-American socio-cultural management has developed from adaptations to climate, topography, ecological processes, and land use practices. This research incorporates Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to partially examine the role of tribal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Significant Habitats by Frank K. Lake A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State

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Federal soil conservation policy of the United States : priorities, values, and opportunities

Participation of farm operators in public land conservation programs in the Cypress Creek Basin of Crockett County, Tennessee

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Role of the health educator in guidance services

Influences of tillage system, climate, and soils on the demand for topsoil in northcentral Oregon wheat production

A history of Indian education in the United States

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

Education and the United States Supreme Court

Using soil data to enhance modeling of forest responses to climate change

Traditional ecological knowledge to develop and maintain fire regimes in northwestern California, Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion : management and restoration of culturally significant habitats

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