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  • Baseline Wilderness Character Monitoring Assessment for the Ochoco National Forest

    Creator:
    Deibel, Jenna K.
    Abstract:
    Wilderness character monitoring (WCM) is an interagency strategy created in 2008 in collaboration between the four federal land management agencies that manage designated wilderness (Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management) and other contributors (Landres et al. 2008a). The reports created from this...
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    Capstone Project
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    wrote a letter to the Journal of Forestry that contained a bold new idea (Schneider-Hector 2009). Over

  • Grassland Restoration and Climate Change: Altar Valley, Arizona Case Study

    Creator:
    Gondor, Anne
    Abstract:
    The Altar Valley is an important working landscape that supports biodiversity and vulnerable species in Pima County, Arizona (Huckelberry 2000). This semi-desert grassland, alluvial valley and 713,807-acre watershed composed of 39 subbasins serves as an aquifer to a portion of southwestern Tucson. This region of Southern Arizona has been identified...
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    Capstone Project
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    watershed composed of 39 subbasins serves as an aquifer to a portion of southwestern Tucson. This region

  • Fish out of Water: Virgin Spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis) in the Santa Clara River, Utah

    Creator:
    Siefken, Sarah N.
    Abstract:
    River ecosystems throughout the arid southwestern U.S. are imperiled. Water management infrastructure, climate change, unsustainable water use, and political conflict harm the region's aquatic and riparian ecosystems. This case study surveys one such desert river, an endemic fish species, and conservation efforts in southwestern Utah. The analysis focuses on the...
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    Capstone Project
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    spinedace illustration: Jon Wagner 2007 a project submitted to O r e g o n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t