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A Review and Recommendations for Assessing Floodplain Vegetation Recovery Following Stage 0 and Beaver Dam Analog Restorations in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Colley, Lara K. M.
Abstract:: Floodplains are a significant and increasingly threatened ecosystem. As restoration projects are implemented more frequently in degraded floodplains, novel methods are emerging with a focus on restoring critical processes in which vegetation plays a key role. The purpose of this paper is two-fold: 1) to develop expectations for vegetation response,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Applying Object-Based Supervised Image Classification in Large-Scale Floodplain Monitoring

Creator:: Vito, Olivia
Abstract:: Large, alluvial rivers are naturally diverse, both in structural complexity and as drivers of landscape dynamics. Floodplains provide a mosaic of habitat types for aquatic, semi-aquatic, and terrestrial organisms and act as the framework for vital chemical processes to occur. In large part, this variety is due to the ability...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Understanding the future of PFAS policy and management : a comparative study between two regions – the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes Region

Creator:: Tran, Danielle N.
Abstract:: In the past fifty years, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have become alarming global pollutants. In 2019, the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ultimately classified them as emerging contaminants and established an action plan to address PFAS and protect public health through developing, identifying, monitoring, and remediating current...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.258 9 harmful effects on the environment and human health (Brendel et

A Comparative Analysis of Literature Search Results for Chinook Restoration Project Evaluation Between 2012 and 2022 Western Pacific Studies in California, Oregon, and Washington

Creator:: Clark, Erica Jennifer
Abstract:: Pacific salmon are an integral part of ecosystems, industry, culture, and food source. Rapid declines and extirpation in many populations and species have caught the interest of environmentalists, scientists, recreational anglers, commercial fishers, general public, and economists. Billions of dollars have been spent to restore, return, improve, sustain dwindling populations...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Potential effects of the invasive grass Ventenata dubia on elk habitat selection within the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range

Creator:: Crum, Keren-happuch R.
Abstract:: The invasive annual grass ventenata (Ventenata dubia) has become an increasing problem within western rangelands. Forage quality of areas infested with ventenata is reduced as its high silica content makes it unpalatable to livestock and wildlife. In the following study, I examined whether significant presence of ventenata affects habitat use...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Drinking Water and PFAS: Learning from Minnesota's 3M PFAS Settlement

Creator:: Bahr, Cody S.
Abstract:: Growing concern regarding the health effects of PFAS exposure through drinking water remains an issue at the forefront of many regulatory hurdles. Current data suggests that PFAS can be the cause of many negative health effects including changes in birth weight, thyroid disease, decreased fertility, and some forms of cancer....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Substances. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40(3): 550-563 doi: 10.1002/etc.4863 PFAS in

Beaver Herbivory Behavior and its Impact on Habitat Restoration at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

Creator:: Marten, Sarah
Abstract:: North American beavers (Castor canadensis) are ecological engineers that improve biodiversity and can improve the health of riparian ecosystems. Beavers are generalist herbivores with some evidence of species preference, utilizing woody material for both food source and dam construction. In the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Charleston, Oregon, a...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: /10.1002/wat2.1323. Barela, Isidro A, Leslie M Burger, Guiming Wang, Kristine O Evans, Qingmin Meng, and

A Case Study of the Elk Creek Landscape Restoration Project

Creator:: Negherbon, Lindsey B.
Abstract:: Land management agencies are faced with decreasing budgets and staff, even as acres in need of restoration treatment are increasing. Rural communities in the West are still suffering from sharp declines in timber harvests since the 1990s and are now contending with wildfires that are increasing in size and severity....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: /doi/full/10.1002/2014GL059576 Doppelt, B., & Shinn, C. (2002). Review of USDA Forest Service

Exploring the Relationship Between Human Disturbance and Wildlife Behavior in Protected Areas

Creator:: St. John, Alyssa
Abstract:: Wildlife behavior is a common research topic in conservation studies; however, the relationship between wildlife behavior and human disturbance, specifically in protected areas, is seldom studied. Previous studies have identified relationships between various different types of behaviors of both humans and wildlife, indicating correlations between avoidance behaviors, habituation, and physiological...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

An Investigation of Stage 0 Restoration in California and Oregon

Creator:: Schneider, Charles W.
Abstract:: Stream restoration efforts have increasingly started to focus on management actions that restore ecological function rather than focusing on species-specific habitat needs. Restoration practitioners in the Pacific Northwest have implemented numerous large-scale floodplain restoration projects to restore stream function at the valley scale. Some of these projects attempt to restore...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rra.1077 Hunt LJH, Fair J, Odland M. 2018. Meadow

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A Review and Recommendations for Assessing Floodplain Vegetation Recovery Following Stage 0 and Beaver Dam Analog Restorations in the Pacific Northwest

Applying Object-Based Supervised Image Classification in Large-Scale Floodplain Monitoring

Understanding the future of PFAS policy and management : a comparative study between two regions – the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes Region

A Comparative Analysis of Literature Search Results for Chinook Restoration Project Evaluation Between 2012 and 2022 Western Pacific Studies in California, Oregon, and Washington

Potential effects of the invasive grass Ventenata dubia on elk habitat selection within the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range

Drinking Water and PFAS: Learning from Minnesota's 3M PFAS Settlement

Beaver Herbivory Behavior and its Impact on Habitat Restoration at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

A Case Study of the Elk Creek Landscape Restoration Project

Exploring the Relationship Between Human Disturbance and Wildlife Behavior in Protected Areas

An Investigation of Stage 0 Restoration in California and Oregon

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