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  • The cultural significance of mountain regions : implications for the Calapooya Divide, Oregon

    Creator:
    Starr, Karen J.
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    Altitudinal variations in upland regions of the earth create variable climatic zones and conditions. Plant and animal communities must adapt to these conditions, and when they reach their tolerance limits for environmental conditions at the upper levels of a zone, they cease to exist in the environment. Humans also utilize...
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    : implications for the Calapooya Divide, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Karen Joyce Starr for the degree

  • Learning from Women of Color working within the United States Forest Service

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    Ramos, Jeanna A.
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    The purpose of this study is to analyze women of colors's (WOC) experiences working within the United States Forest Service (USFS) accessing the challenges of recruitment, retention, and promotional efforts. Using testimonios and Anzaldúa's theory of mestiza consciousness, I found three themes that included white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, presumed incompetence,...
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    forest management by emphasizing national forest preservation over the production of commodities such

  • Applicability of Public Participation for the Finnish Forest and Park Service

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    Loikkanen, Teppo T. J.
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    Under what circumstances and in what ways can public participation be utilized in managing Finland's national forests? In the first chapter, a framework for answering this question is set by analyzing Finnish legal, cultural, historical and political background. The frame defines the Finnish Forest and Park Service's (FPS) decision making...
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    exchange is presented. hi the fourth chapter, implications of the Finnish Forest and Park Service's

  • An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

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    McFarland, Janine Ruth
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    During the summer of 1986, an archaeological testing project was completed at seven prehistoric campsites primarily located in the upper Deschutes River Basin of central Oregon. Testing was focused on two low-density "lithic scatters", an archaelogical site type which is especially abundant in this obsidian-rich region but which, to date,...
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    degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in the co-departments of Anthropology, History, and

  • Time to listen : an annotated bibliography of environmental readings, featuring Oregon writers, for middle school and high school students

    Creator:
    Crateau, Carole Ann
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    The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to guide middle school and high school students into critical thinking about environmental issues. Through keen observation of their bioregion and through an integration of interdisciplinary literature which focuses on Oregon writers, students will be challenged to think, write, and discuss current issues...
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    and American Studies in charge of co-field Associate Professor of Forest Resources in charge of co

  • “Avoidable Suffering” : Analyzing Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of Climate Change Impacts

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    Goodman, Rebecca M.
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    Recent scientific studies show that framing climate change as a health issue rather than an environmental issue were more persuasive with American audience members (Maibach et. al., 2010; Maibach et. al. 2014). Also in 2014, a survey on respiratory healthcare providers and found that a large percentage believed that climate...
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    literature and review of the SREX report conclude: “both global and regional studies indicate that it is

  • Governmental policies and the preservation and display of Native American cultural resources in the middle Columbia Basin

    Creator:
    Michael, Elva Olson
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    Prior to advent of Europeans in the Pacific Northwest, the Middle Columbia River Basin was the location of highly developed native cultures. For centuries it was the center of very important native trade networks that extended over western North America and a site of important intertribal rituals relating to renewal...
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    , would have caused a decline in artistic production, no doubt, and implementation of their outstanding

  • Megascopic plant remains from three housepits along the Applegate River, southwest Oregon

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    Cole, Madeline L.
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    In 1982 a protohistoric archaeological site along the Applegate River in southwest Oregon was excavated by Oregon State University Department of Anthropology. Three housepits and a possible menstrual but were uncovered with lithic, faunal, and archaeobotanical elements recovered from house floors and hearths. Seven botanical taxa were represented by carbonized...
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    , Professor of Anthropology in charge of co-field. Redacted for Privacy LaRea Dennis Johnston, Professor of

  • The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

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    Gard, Howard A.
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    The portion of the Oregon coast extending from Cape Blanco south into California has long been recognized as a distinct physiographic region, with probable ramifications for prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns. Several researchers have proposed models outlining a greater reliance upon marine/littoral resources among groups within this region, while more...
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    Interdisciplinary Studies in the co-departments of Anthropology. Fisheries and Wildlife, and Geography presented

  • Fish Tales: Salmon Stories, 1945-1980

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    Finley, Carmel
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    Approximately $1 billion a year is spent on salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Spending has escalated, yet the number of wild runs placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act has increased, creating social and political controversy. For more than 100 years, salmon management in the Pacific Northwest has...
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    production in much of the world, there was an urgent need to increase the food supply. Nations such as