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  • 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...
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    -economic affluence variable for each county, so they will be directly comparable. Each county in Oregon

  • Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation - Invasive Plant Species Management Plan

    Creator:
    Patterson, Mark Andre
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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Invasive species are one of the most significant threats to native ecosystems in the nation (Mooney, 2001). As defined by Federal Executive Order 13112, a species is considered invasive if it is not native to the ecosystem under consideration, and its establishment causes or is likely to cause...
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    within the county goes beyond the economic and environmental obligation the department has as public

  • Federal Timber Payments and County Government Expenditures in Oregon

    Creator:
    Adams, Vince
    Abstract:
    The federal government owns 60 percent of Oregon’s forests and, since 1908, has shared proceeds from federal forest timber harvests with counties. These revenues have provided a relatively stable source of funds for the provision of services by county governments in Oregon. Shared revenues from US Forest Service (USFS) lands...
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    : Federal Timber Payments and County Government Expenditures in Oregon. Abstract approved: Bruce Weber

  • Effects of Urban and Suburban Forest Fragmentation in Fairfield County, CT: A Survey of Invasive, Introduced, and Native Plants

    Creator:
    George, Elaine M.
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    The study collected data using ARCGIS Field Maps from a field survey of plants at six (6) sites in Fairfield County, CT. The sites included three (3) urban and three (3) suburban locations. A primary goal of this study was to determine whether there are differences in the extent of...
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    =Municipal, 3=County, 4=State, 5=Federal Land Use Category: 1=Private, 2=Agricultural, 3=Public/Open Space

  • Eugene Residents Risk Perceptions of Water Scarcity

    Creator:
    Leitermann, Lily
    Abstract:
    Potential water scarcity and drought conditions are predicted in and around Eugene, Oregon due to decreased snowpack and subsequent decreased snowmelt in the Western Cascade Mountains. This phenomenon was triggered by a long-term trend of warmer winters scientifically linked to global climate change patterns (Dalton et al. 2013). Numerous stakeholders,...
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    ramifications. Natural resource managers in this region should consider increasing public outreach and

  • Analysis of the Oregon Stakeholder Drug Take Back Public Policy Process to ReducePharmaceutical Pollution in Oregon’s Water Resources

    Creator:
    Hubbard, Monica L.
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    The goal of this analysis is to use the social construction framework to determine 1) whether the Oregon Drug Take Back Program stakeholder group can design a public policy that will ultimately reduce water contamination from the improper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals from the general public, and 2) use the...
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    Oregon Stakeholder Drug Take Back Public Policy Process to Reduce Pharmaceutical Pollution in Oregon’s

  • Attitudes toward Water Allocation Policy in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

    Creator:
    Atkinson, Meagan
    Abstract:
    Oregon possesses a diversity of natural resources from the dense rain-soaked forests of the Coastal and Cascade ranges to the deep, fertile soils of the Willamette Valley to the arid and semi-arid Snake River Basin. In the Willamette Valley, water resources sustain agriculture, municipalities, hydropower, fish and wildlife, flood control,...
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    depend upon it. Water is Oregon's most precious natural resource. (Oregon Water Resources Department

  • Municipal Water Impacts on Steelhead Trout in the Gales Creek Watershed

    Creator:
    Smith, Haley B.
    Abstract:
    This capstone project is presented for the completion of Oregon State University’s (OSU) Master of Natural Resources Program. Water resource reliability in the Pacific Northwest is becoming less dependable, but population and municipal water demand is increasing. The Gales Creek Watershed and its tributary Clear Creek encompass 48,481 acres in...
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    throughout my capstone project and completion of my Master of Natural resources degree from Oregon State

  • Exploring the persistence of Oregon white oak in the Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Juhl, Eli
    Abstract:
    Over the last 150 years, Oregon white oak habitat in the Willamette Valley has been converted to support grass crops, orchards and vineyards, cities, and conifer forests, nearly extirpating it from the Willamette Valley. Yet Oregon white oak offers many ecosystem services to the Willamette Valley and its residents. Recent...
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    values that people associate with the natural world (FAO, 2023). The openness of Oregon oak landscapes

  • Oregon's Emerging Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) Industry: A Literature Review and Three Case Studies of Sugaring Operations

    Creator:
    Scheb, John M.
    Abstract:
    This capstone report provides an overview of the emergence of the bigleaf maple sugaring industry in Oregon. This report consists of a literature review and three case studies. The literature review compiles information relevant to bigleaf maple sugaring within the wider context of maple sugaring in North America. The three...
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    people and bigleaf maple trees as a forest food resource. Much of western Oregon consists of forest