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Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

Creator:: Detwiler, Stacey M.
Abstract:: This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon Forest Practices Act, the primary state law regulating forest management and forest roads, were

Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management

Creator:: Grisa, Amanda Marie Schenk
Abstract:: The USDA Forest Services' actions have come under greater scrutiny by a public that has become increasingly concerned with the legality of their actions. Often, challenges involve the quality of science used in the decision-making. Congress has mandated that the agency use the "best available science" in its decision making...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: use by the agency of 45 cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, we have

Is there still a Southwest effect?

Creator:: bin Salam, Najmus Sakib
Abstract:: The US airline industry is going through a period of consolidation through mergers between leading airlines. A number of recent mergers have been approved by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) based on the presence of Southwest Airlines in merger-affected markets. In doing so, the DOJ makes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of

Implications of the 2008 Lacey Act amendments : insights from the wood products industry

Creator:: Tibbets, Ashlee
Abstract:: Export-oriented illegal logging has been recognized as a major global problem in environmental, social, and economic terms. It has been argued that export-oriented illegal logging does not benefit the community or government that should be benefited by its own natural resources. The emergence of policy initiatives targeting illegal logging could...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of an underlying law in the country of origin or the US state of origin. Put simply, a violation of

How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

Creator:: Hackenbruck, Satenik
Abstract:: Many economists believe that the slowdown of the productivity growth rates in the U.S. economy in early 1970's was a consequence of the increased level of environmental regulations. The main reason presented in support of this argument is that increased environmental regulations impose an additional burden to the firms, thus...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science

Policy recommendations of the U.S. Commission on ocean policy : Is public input represented?

Creator:: Hamilton, Jessica S.
Abstract:: This study analyzes public participation in nine regional hearings and six public meetings held by the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (USCOP) from September 2001 to April 2003. While several researchers have examined whether certain public involvement methods are considered successful or fair, this study characterizes the participants in a...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Date Created:
Full Text:: Management Program College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon

Evaluation of a U.S. West coast groundfish habitat conservation regulation via analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of trawl fishing efforts

Creator:: Bellman, Marlene A.
Abstract:: Recent emphasis on linkages between essential fish habitat and fish stock productivity has raised concerns about the management of fishing activities such as trawling, which have the potential to impact fish habitat. Knowing specifically where and how intensively trawl effort has occurred over time provides ecologists with the necessary background...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master

Readability of waiver of liability forms used in collegiate intramural and recreational sports programs

Creator:: White, Benjamin J.
Abstract:: Properly written waiver of liability forms can be an effective tool in decreasing injury liability of intramural and recreational sports programs. In order for a waiver to be effective, (i.e., held up in court), participants must not only read and sign the waiver, but they must understand it as well....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

The impact of extended fisheries jurisdiction on global fishery markets : the case of Alaska pollock from the U.S. West Coast

Creator:: Gancho, Paula
Abstract:: The increased US domestic production of surimi from the US Pacific Coast after 1977 is a major consequence of the US's extended fisheries jurisdiction to 200 nautical miles. It is only one consequence, however, whose nature can best be understood by examining the surimi market in the context of what...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: international regime. In 1973, the United Nations convened the third Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS

An evaluation of criteria proposed to reauthorize the cleanup of superfund sites : case studies from EPA's Region X

Creator:: Williamson, Gina Denise
Abstract:: The United States Congress is currently debating a bill to reauthorize the 1980 Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Law. If this bill is not reauthorized by the end of 1995, the program will either continue in its present form or be eliminated altogether.' As currently administered, the Superfund program sets out...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: guide the cleanup of sites according to scientifically based risk and current state and federal law

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Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management

Is there still a Southwest effect?

Implications of the 2008 Lacey Act amendments : insights from the wood products industry

How environmental regulations affect productivity of U.S. and Mexican primary iron & steel and aluminum industries

Policy recommendations of the U.S. Commission on ocean policy : Is public input represented?

Evaluation of a U.S. West coast groundfish habitat conservation regulation via analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of trawl fishing efforts

Readability of waiver of liability forms used in collegiate intramural and recreational sports programs

The impact of extended fisheries jurisdiction on global fishery markets : the case of Alaska pollock from the U.S. West Coast

An evaluation of criteria proposed to reauthorize the cleanup of superfund sites : case studies from EPA's Region X

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