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  • A survey of the resources of Union County

    Creator:
    Richards, Wayne Elliott
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    Masters Thesis
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    APPROV Professor of Latural Resources Chairman, Department of natural Resources Chairman of School

  • Opposing worldviews : Cuicatec values of cultural and natural resources in a western paradigm

    Creator:
    Hearn, Kyle P.
    Abstract:
    Both conflicts and new identities result when indigenous' traditional values of landscape and resource management are superimposed with federal governments' management of archaeological and forest resources in federally designated protected areas. This thesis examines the relationship and discourse between two Cuicatec towns in Oaxaca, Mexico and three Mexican government agencies...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Mechanisms for Community Level Resource Management of Cultural Resources

  • Ecotourism, poverty, and conservation in Prek Toal, Cambodia

    Creator:
    Conway, Kathryn
    Abstract:
    In Prek Toal, a poor subsistence fishing village on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, the conservation organization Osmose is using ecotourism revenues to finance poverty intervention programs and promote conservation in a threatened ecosystem. This thesis examines local perceptions of tourism as a measure of Osmose’s success. Limited awareness of tourism...
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    opportunities for direct participation in Osmose’s top-down program. Corrupt resource management and a

  • Negotiating purpose : Oregon's gleaning organizations and their roles in relieving hunger and poverty

    Creator:
    Drage, Kimberly T.
    Abstract:
    For over 25 years organized groups of low-income families in Oregon have been gathering food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing this food among organization members. The purpose of this research study is to explore the potential for these organizations (gleaning groups) to contribute not only to food...
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    Masters Thesis
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    important resources for food recovery efforts through gleaning organizations, which are not yet being

  • The beginnings of a Russian natural history : the life and work of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 - 1755)

    Creator:
    Koroloff, Rachel
    Abstract:
    Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 – 1755) was a successful early Russian naturalist whose professional and social destinies were linked to eighteenth-century Russia's nascent but growing naturalist tradition. During his own time Krasheninnikov bridged the gap that existed in Russia between a distinctly European scientific practice and a tradition of Russian...
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    Masters Thesis
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    bountiful and rational exploitation of the country’s natural resources” that drove the Tsar’s efforts to

  • Conservation programs from the farmer's perspective : where is the greener grass?

    Creator:
    Gibson, Jennifer S.
    Abstract:
    On the national level, landowners demand for conservation programs like EQIP and WRP has far outstripped federal funding in 2001. Yet within Oregon's Willamette Valley, both EQIP and CREP have had a rough time gaining momentum. Much of the past research on rural landowners' conservation participation has relied on surveys...
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    Masters Thesis
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    technical resources of agriculture related agencies (e.g., Natural Resource Conservation Service and soil

  • Making ends meet : hunger survival strategies in two rural Oregon communities

    Creator:
    Abel, Talya Shuler
    Abstract:
    Food insecurity and hunger have become persistent problems resulting from an increase in impoverished segments of populations worldwide. For those not affected, the problem seems unnoticeable – it is happening somewhere else far away from them. However, in the United States, the number of people living below the poverty level...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    service industries, thereby compensating for a continuing decline in other natural resource industries

  • The wild flesh of Gary Snyder's "natural language"

    Creator:
    Hanson, Michael (Michael Edward)
    Abstract:
    This paper explores the language theories of Gary Snyder, an important modern environmental author whose early work was associated with the Beat movement of the early 1950's. I am particularly interested in Snyder's thoughts on how language relates to nature. I focus primarily on Snyder's prose in attempts to understand...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael Hanson for the degree of

  • Public perceptions of wave energy on the Oregon coast

    Creator:
    Hunter, Daniel A.
    Abstract:
    Oregon’s coastal communities grew from the booming logging and fishing industries of the 19th century, but in recent decades have faced not only major declines in both timber and fish resources but also an increasing reliance on tourists and retirees and the resultant glut of seasonal service-sector jobs. As a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ...........................................................................19 Natural Resource Dependency...................................................................22

  • Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele
    Abstract:
    This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , most of the nation’s natural resources are rural. Rural communities are seen as stable, and pastoral