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  • The "great hope" : bioenergy in eastern Oregon and its implications for dry forest restoration

    Creator:
    Nuss, Meagan Louise
    Abstract:
    Oregon has been moving forward with biomass energy development. Large-scale biomass power and cogeneration (producing heat and electricity) have been the focus of the last twenty-five years, while small-scale thermal bioenergy installations (producing heat) have dramatically increased during the last decade. In eastern Oregon, bioenergy is closely linked to restoration...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Meagan Louise Nuss for the degree of Master of Science in Forest

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

    Creator:
    Atkinson, Meagan
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    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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    Capstone Project
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    ) ______________________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE CAPSTONE PROJECT OF Meagan Atkinson for the degree of

  • Farm to All Tables: Understanding how Advocacy Coalitions Influence SNP-related Policies for Farmers' Markets

    Creator:
    Consedine, Meagan
    Abstract:
    This MPP essay examines how states expand access to nutritious food for low-income families, focusing specifically on policies related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and farmers’ markets. Coalitions made up of nonprofits focused on hunger, farmers, and health collaborate to impact relevant policies in their respective states. The...
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    Capstone Project
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    SNAP-related Policies for Farmers’ Markets by Meagan Consedine MPP Essay

  • Development and application of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) kelt identification techniques

    Creator:
    Evans, Allen F.
    Abstract:
    The migrations upstream of pre-spawned adult steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and downstream of post-spawned steelhead (referred to as "kelts") can geographically and temporally overlap in the Snake River, leading to management challenges for populations listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This thesis describes the development and application of a method...
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    Masters Thesis
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    status in salmonid species (Schreck 1972, Scott et at. 1980, Baynes and Scott 1985, Fitzpatrick et al

  • Examining Wave Attenuation Rates and Subsurface Pore Pressures Across Three Marsh Restoration Sill Structures on a Sandy Bed

    Creator:
    Converse, Jordan D.
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    With rising sea levels and more frequent exposure to extreme storms, coastlines worldwide are vulnerable to increased erosion and loss of natural marsh lands. In an effort to lessen these impacts, there is a growing practice of adapting hard or “gray” coastline protection techniques to more nature-based features that promote...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Meagan. E. Wengrove With rising sea levels and more frequent exposure to extreme storms

  • Estimating Drag and Roughness along a Near-Vertical Ice-Ocean Boundary on a Grounded Iceberg

    Creator:
    Cohen, Nadia
    Abstract:
    Ice–ocean interactions have profound consequences for the ocean and climate, influencing the rate of sea level rise. Submarine melt is commonly parameterized using a three-equation formulation for the heat, salt, and momentum conservation equations coupled to a buoyant plume model, together called plume-melt theory. However, recent direct observations of terminus...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Meagan E. Wengrove Ice

  • Observations and Modeling of Shear Reduction and Sediment Flux within Vegetated Canopies on Managed Coastal Dunes

    Creator:
    Dickey, John
    Abstract:
    Wind flow on vegetated coastal foredunes adapts to the local canopy drag, resulting in spatial gradients in bed shear stresses which contribute to the formation of localized bedforms (e.g., nebkha, shadow dunes). Numerous morphological properties of the plants, including canopy height and density, affect the wind flow dynamics and therefore...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: Meagan Wengrove Wind flow on vegetated coastal foredunes adapts to the local canopy drag

  • Beach Dune Subsurface Hydrodynamics and the Formation of Dune Scarps

    Creator:
    Bond, Hailey G.
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    The formation of beach scarps is a challenging morphodynamic phenomenon that the coastal community has yet to capture in coastal change models. Understanding scarp formation is crucial to accurately predicting coastal erosion and vulnerability during extreme events, as models without parameters for scarp formation and development severely underpredict total erosion...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Meagan E. Wengrove The formation of beach scarps is a challenging morphodynamic

  • Munition Mobility in Mixed Grain (Sand and Cobble) Environments

    Creator:
    Paskoski, Jessica
    Abstract:
    Nearly 24% of Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) containing military munitions are in the nearshore coastal zone with approximately 30% of those sites containing heterogeneous sediment compositions of gravel-sand. Previous exploration in munition mobility was performed on beaches of sandy or muddy bottoms leaving the influence of heterogeneous sediment properties...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Munition Mobility in Mixed Grain (Sand and Cobble) Environments Abstract approved: Meagan E. Wengrove

  • The effects of intraspecific plant competition and insect herbivory of ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) populations

    Creator:
    Fitzpatrick, Greg S.
    Abstract:
    I conducted field studies to determine the effect of insect herbivory and intraspecific plant competition on ragwort Senecio jacobaea. The objectives were to determine the patterns and causes in the distribution of the ragwort flea beetle Longitarsus jacobaeae foraging among varying densities of ragwort, to measure the behavioral and numerical...
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    Masters Thesis
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    herbivory of ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) populations AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Greg S. Fitzpatrick for