This paper focuses on the role of natural resources information in Oregon legislative
policy-making, based on the two legislative case studies from the 1991 Legislative Session,
surveys conducted of state natural resource agency legislative liaisons, and a review of
current literature addressing policy-making and the role of science in policy-making....
Excavation of a pit feature designated as Feature 59 (F59) from the Cooper’s Ferry site (10IH73) in western Idaho offers a unique opportunity to explore more about the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) and how people used pits in the Far West. In this thesis, an analysis is conducted on the...
Maya Mopan farmers in southern Belize face socio-economic hardships, persisting environmental constraints, and an unfavorable political climate that has prevented land tenure stability on reservation lands. This thesis describes the agricultural practices of a group of Mopan farmers and examines farm-site diversification and its relationship to ecological knowledge, out-migration, agricultural...
The present thesis chemically examined 174 industrial North Staffordshire pottery fragments from an archaeological context, using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA). In an integrated effort to combine an archaeometric approach with archival research and traditional analysis methods, the purpose of the thesis was to link industrial pottery manufacturers recipes to...
A declining population of ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) was
studied at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (TLNWR) from the summer of 1990
through the spring of 1993. Pheasant densities/50 ha at TLNWR in 1989, 1991, and
1992 were considerably lower (16.86, 8.49, and 6.81) than the >62 density seen in...
The purpose of this study is to examine the most significant reasons evangelical
Christian faith is compelling to its adherents. Through the interviews of nineteen
Evangelical Christians, it becomes clear that evangelicals see the Bible and Christian
theology in a literal and factual way. Thus, contrary to some strains of...
Over the past ten years, reports of piracy and other forms of maritime violence have been dramatically on the rise. As these reports increase, so too does international attention toward how to solve this. This thesis examines the development of cooperative maritime security efforts in both Southeast Asia and the...
The Disney Company is an inescapable force in American life that is often detached from the stigma of big business and instead viewed as something particularly valuable, the United States’ foremost storyteller. In addition to the stories that the Disney Company
produces through its animated and live-action productions, there is...
Tribal water rights and instream flows for species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have been a source of tensions in the western United States, particularly when tribes have undetermined water rights to support tribal fisheries listed under the ESA. Understanding the mechanics of past tribal settlements and their...
In their modern context questions of heredity have come to be
closely aligned with theories of evolution because all such theories
require the presence of heritable variation. Thus the need for an
understanding of a source of variation and a mechanism for its inheritance
became very apparent with the general...