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Hedonic price analysis to reveal value of water in irrigation : an application to northern Malheur County, Oregon

Creator:: Faux, John
Abstract:: Increasing water demand for growing municipalities, for water-based recreation and for fishery and wildlife habitat has intensified pressure on the existing resource. Reallocation of water from existing uses to other, higher-valued uses is receiving greater attention due to constraints on development of new water supplies. A key to reallocation is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Examining the voluntary adoption of agricultural conservation practices in northern Malheur County, Oregon

Creator:: Foley, Kelly M.
Abstract:: This study sought to better understand the voluntary adoption of water quality improving practices by agricultural producers in Northern Malheur County, Oregon. The Reasoned Action Approach/Theory of Planned Behavior was used as a theoretical framework to identify barriers and incentives to adoption. Study findings suggest that producers primarily consider practical...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: adoption of agricultural practices for water quality improvement in Northern Malheur County, Oregon by

Farm and community-level impacts of irrigation water supply reductions : a case study of Malheur County, Oregon

Creator:: Wyse, Barbara J.
Abstract:: Agricultural water supplies are becoming increasingly uncertain in the western United States due to rising demand from competing water users, environmental restrictions on surface water withdrawals due to water quality and endangered species concerns, and, potentially, climate-induced hydrological changes. Since many rural areas in the West depend economically upon irrigated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Community-Level Impacts of Irrigation Water Supply Reductions: A Case Study of Malheur County, Oregon

Development of a legend and key for ecological resource analysis in the 15-mile administrative unit, Malheur County, Oregon

Creator:: Martin, Niels L.
Abstract:: The project of which this research was a part is designed to provide an improved system of ecological resource analysis. Specific objectives of this study were: (1) classification of plant communities on the fringes of the sagebrush steppes and the salt desert of southeastern Oregon, (2) development of symbolic and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: analysis in the 15-mile administrative unit, Malheur county, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF NIELS

Linking GIS and a surface irrigation model to evaluate regional effects of furrow irrigation strategies

Creator:: Faux, Russell N.
Abstract:: The shallow aquifer in Northeast Malheur County, Oregon is polluted with Nitrates at concentrations exceeding federal drinking water standards. Efforts to solve the groundwater problems in this area have focused on developing farm management practices that will increase groundwater quality while maintaining agricultural production. Furrow irrigation is the dominant practice...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Malheur County, Oregon. SRFR is a physically based model that simulates water flow and distribution in

Optimal expansion of a water resource system and issues of water allocation and utilization : Umatilla River Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Lin, Biing-Hwan
Abstract:: In the past decade considerable research in several disciplines has been oriented toward the design of optimal capacity expansion plans for water resource systems. The emphasis of most of these efforts has been directed toward minimization total cost outlays in project planning. This focus somewhat limits the full applicability of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

Creator:: Landry, Clay J.
Abstract:: Many parts of the West are experiencing substantial growth pressures that have increased the demand for water. These new demands come at a time when most of the water in the West has been fully appropriated by traditional uses such as agriculture, mining, and industry. Some attempts are being made...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: was to provide Oregon water resource managers with information concerning experiences of other

An evaluation of planning for water quality control in the Willamette River Basin

Creator:: Kirkpatrick, Kenton
Abstract:: It is no longer possible in any area of the United States to formulate water resources plans for single purpose projects as has been done in past years. No longer can one of our greatest natural resources, water, be used solely for navigation, power generation, irrigation, or controlled for reducing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for water resource development have been suggested and used across the country in an effort to

Establishing irrigation criteria for cultivation of Veratrum californicum

Creator:: Doniger, Alison R.
Abstract:: Veratrum californicum (common name: corn lily) is a wild plant species that grows in the Intermountain West, its range extending from British Columbia to Mexico. Corn lily is of interest because it has the potential to provide pharmaceutical precursors for use in the treatment of cancer. Pharmaceutical companies are currently...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: requirements and water requirement, both of which were unknown at the start of research at the OSU Malheur

Economic evaluation of a social investment in natural resource development: water

Creator:: Roca, Gaston Harold
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Hedonic price analysis to reveal value of water in irrigation : an application to northern Malheur County, Oregon

Examining the voluntary adoption of agricultural conservation practices in northern Malheur County, Oregon

Farm and community-level impacts of irrigation water supply reductions : a case study of Malheur County, Oregon

Development of a legend and key for ecological resource analysis in the 15-mile administrative unit, Malheur County, Oregon

Linking GIS and a surface irrigation model to evaluate regional effects of furrow irrigation strategies

Optimal expansion of a water resource system and issues of water allocation and utilization : Umatilla River Basin, Oregon

Giving color to Oregon's gray water market : an analysis of price determinants for water right

An evaluation of planning for water quality control in the Willamette River Basin

Establishing irrigation criteria for cultivation of Veratrum californicum

Economic evaluation of a social investment in natural resource development: water

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