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An investigation of the utility of Landsat 2 MSS data to the fire-danger rating area, and forest fuel analysis within Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Creator:: Rabii, Hassan Alizadeh
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Service in comparison with forested land areas of the country has made forest fire prevention, not only

Historical forest succession and disturbance dynamics in Coastal Douglas-fir forests in the southern western Cascades of Oregon

Creator:: Merschel, Andrew G.
Abstract:: Coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var menziesii) forests are extensive west of the crest of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington and are renowned for their productivity, biodiversity, and the ecosystem services they provide. Increasing wildfire activity in recent years including the extensive 2020 Labor Day fires, and a warming...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: are now tasked with restoration of natural successional and disturbance processes including fire to

Initial attack fire suppression, spatial resource allocation, and fire prevention policy in California, the United States, and the Republic of Korea

Creator:: Lee, Yohan
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I combined a scenario-based, standard-response optimization model with a stochastic simulation model to improve the efficiency of the deployment of initial attack firefighting resources on wildland fires in California and the Republic of Korea. The optimization model minimizes the expected number of fires that do not receive...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: Initial Attack Fire Suppression, Spatial Resource Allocation, and Fire Prevention Policy in

The effects of forest fuel reduction on fire severity and long-term carbon storage

Creator:: Mitchell, Stephen Richard
Abstract:: Two forest management objectives being debated in the context of federally managed landscapes in the US Pacific Northwest involve a perceived trade-off between fire restoration and C sequestration. The former strategy would reduce fuel (and therefore C) that has accumulated through a century of fire suppression and exclusion that has...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: group and their effects on C storage for three separate fire regimes………………....135

A Microeconomic Analysis of Wildfire Suppression Programs in the Western United States

Creator:: Rossi, David J.
Abstract:: This dissertation studies the microeconomics of forest fire suppression programs. It starts with an inquiry into the causes of increasing shares of public land management budgets devoted to wildland fire suppression in lieu of hazardous fuel reduction or other pre-fire risk mitigation programs. The first two chapters consider competing economic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: decision making among a group of federal fire managers. Risk Analysis 31(5): 805-818. USFS (United States

Communicating the wildland fire message : an investigation of agency outreach strategies

Creator:: Toman, Eric Lee
Abstract:: Wildfire impacts have increased in recent years. The management response outlined by recent policy initiatives (e.g., the National Fire Plan, Healthy Forests Restoration Act) emphasizes the use of prescribed fire and mechanized thinning to reduce the risk of future fire events. These policies also call for an unprecedented level of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Wildland Fire Message: An Investigation of Agency Outreach Strategies Abstract approved: Bruce A

Harnessing the Potential of Gut Microbiome in the Context of Type 2 Diabetes

Creator:: Gurung, Manoj
Abstract:: Gut microbiota plays an essential role in health and diseases, a fact already established. With the explosive increase in obesity and its main complication, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D), there is an immediate need for novel methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of these conditions. In the last one and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ), there is an immediate need for novel methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of these

A study of the relationship between the firefighter occupational role and dyadic adjustment

Creator:: Fjelstad, Margaret Ann
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: firefighters have or are working on Associate or Bachelor degrees, primarily in fire science,. In some fire

Managing for landscape resilience in the frequent-fire forests of central Oregon

Creator:: Platt, Emily K.
Abstract:: Wildfire in dry, frequent-fire forests is a pressing issue for natural resource managers, communities and politicians in the western United States. Area affected by wildfire has climbed steadily over the last twenty years and is expected to increase in the future. Recognition of the importance of both social and biophysical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the OSU pyromaniacs – a phenomenal group of fire ecology researchers – and to James Johnston and

A formative evaluation of pre-service suicide prevention training in CACREP accredited school counseling programs

Creator:: House, Terrie J.
Abstract:: Suicide is currently the third leading cause of death for adolescents ages 15- 24. While much attention has been given to this topic, no research has examined what specific information is being taught to pre-service school counselors. The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate the pre-service suicide prevention...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Pre-Service Suicide Prevention Training in CACREP Accredited School Counselin2 Programs. Abstract

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An investigation of the utility of Landsat 2 MSS data to the fire-danger rating area, and forest fuel analysis within Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Historical forest succession and disturbance dynamics in Coastal Douglas-fir forests in the southern western Cascades of Oregon

Initial attack fire suppression, spatial resource allocation, and fire prevention policy in California, the United States, and the Republic of Korea

The effects of forest fuel reduction on fire severity and long-term carbon storage

A Microeconomic Analysis of Wildfire Suppression Programs in the Western United States

Communicating the wildland fire message : an investigation of agency outreach strategies

Harnessing the Potential of Gut Microbiome in the Context of Type 2 Diabetes

A study of the relationship between the firefighter occupational role and dyadic adjustment

Managing for landscape resilience in the frequent-fire forests of central Oregon

A formative evaluation of pre-service suicide prevention training in CACREP accredited school counseling programs

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