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Grazing Effects on Fuels and Plant Community Characteristics across Three Community Types in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Steppe

Creator:: Thomas, Tyler W.
Abstract:: Livestock grazing is the prominent land use in Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis [Beetle & A. Young] S.L. Welsh) steppe and has been present since the late 1800’s. There have been calls to remove livestock grazing from rangelands as historic grazing practices resulted in the degradation of some...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Salmon Management in Southeast Alaska: An Examination of Multi-Dimensional Management

Creator:: Chrittenden, Whitney L.
Abstract:: Pacific salmon are culturally and economically important species to Southeast Alaska, where there is a history of large wild runs and supplemental production from hatchery programs. Salmon management in Alaska is divided amongst various governmental agencies. Non-governmental organizations also play a pivotal role in salmon management. To fulfill the requirements...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Habitat Associations and Diet Composition of Western Purple Martins in Western Oregon

Creator:: Sherman, Lorelle M.
Abstract:: The western purple martin (Progne subis arboricola) is a species of conservation concern throughout the Pacific Northwest. In western Oregon, the purple martin nests in three major ecosystem types: inland open-water, coastal, and upland forest. The availability of suitable breeding habitat is a major limiting factor for western purple martin...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Technical Report. 99-1-01. IUCN, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2013); available at

Initial Designs for Improving Conversations for People Using Speech Synthesizers

Creator:: Nguyen, Duy M.
Abstract:: This thesis aims to determine the impact that Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices have on social interactions, and then improves the AAC user experience through a user focus design process. AAC devices enable people who cannot speak to communicate with others. Unfortunately, they are tedious to use and make...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: technical problems I had throughout this project. Amber Fultz, Morgan Stosic, Rafael Robles, Meghan

Investigating Calving Areas for Rocky Mountain Elk on the Plumas National Forest: Implications for Land Management

Creator:: Marshall, Abigail C.
Abstract:: Sustainable elk (Cervus canadensis) habitat management on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands involves a complex relationship between management practices and ecological processes. A relatively novel Rocky Mountain elk population (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) on the Plumas National Forest (PNF) in northeastern California became established in the early 2000s, but there is...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: meadows is highest when adjacent to forest cover and excluded from roads. Thomas et al. (1979, p. 121

Banks, Gardens and Bees: Enhancing Community Resilience in West Africa

Creator:: Polasky, Sophia
Abstract:: International development programs are often implemented with the goal of building community resilience, but without a clear articulation of how this goal will be met, or any consideration of if or why the effort was successful after it has concluded. This thesis considers three different activities implemented by the U....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: large- scale aid program through which the US Government provided significant financial and technical

The Use of Effectiveness Monitoring and Reporting for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration Within the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program 2010-2018

Creator:: Kitayama, Eileen K.
Abstract:: The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) is a collection of large-scale restoration projects across the United States that are striving to improve many economic, social, and ecological sustainability issues, including the condition of fish and wildlife habitat. Effectiveness monitoring is a specific type of monitoring that is critically important...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: technical and political challenges inherent to monitoring, including funding, tensions over the level of

Vulnerability and adaptation of Pacific Northwest shellfisheries to ocean acidification

Creator:: Katz, Brian G.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of shellfish stakeholders in the Pacific Northwest who are adapting to ocean acidification (OA). This study developed a geovisualization tool of existing environmental data for assessing species-specific risk profiles to OA (based on their exposure and sensitivity),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ......................................................................121 LIST OF APPENDIX FIGURES Figure Page D-1. Example map used to introduce

Modeling hop kilning with respect to energy consumption and drying kinetics

Creator:: Thomas, Matthew W.
Abstract:: Currently, little work has been performed studying energy consumption in hop kilning. This thesis explores drying with an alternative drying schedule that extends the initially elevated drying temperature currently used by growers and examines its impact on drying time and energy use. Extending the time of the initially elevated drying...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ................................................................................................................................121 6.3 Contributions to General Knowledge

An Evaluation of Collaborative Salmon Fishery Management in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Creator:: Sheridan, Thomas M.
Abstract:: Collaborative decision-making is often promoted as a means to achieve socially acceptable and enduring solutions to natural resource management issues, and one that holds promise for resolving “wicked” problems. However, success rates for implementation of collaborative recommendations are unknown. This paper explores challenges to collaborative salmon fishery management in Prince...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: technical arguments regarding the issue of hatchery production, and separate wild and hatchery fish where

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Grazing Effects on Fuels and Plant Community Characteristics across Three Community Types in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Steppe

Salmon Management in Southeast Alaska: An Examination of Multi-Dimensional Management

Habitat Associations and Diet Composition of Western Purple Martins in Western Oregon

Initial Designs for Improving Conversations for People Using Speech Synthesizers

Investigating Calving Areas for Rocky Mountain Elk on the Plumas National Forest: Implications for Land Management

Banks, Gardens and Bees: Enhancing Community Resilience in West Africa

The Use of Effectiveness Monitoring and Reporting for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration Within the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program 2010-2018

Vulnerability and adaptation of Pacific Northwest shellfisheries to ocean acidification

Modeling hop kilning with respect to energy consumption and drying kinetics

An Evaluation of Collaborative Salmon Fishery Management in Prince William Sound, Alaska

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