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The impacts of social change in natural resource management : a central Oregon regional study

Creator:: Sharp, Shayla B.
Abstract:: The sentiments expressed by Wells capture the fundamental nature of natural resource and land management in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook County, Oregon. Driven by the attraction and abundance of natural and scenic amenities in central Oregon, increases in recreation, tourism, population, development and conflict, have contributed to the complexities of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Conflict and the challenges of community-based collaboration : a case study of Oregon's Illinois Valley

Creator:: Watson, Brett E.
Abstract:: In the field of natural resource policy and management, community-based collaboration is a strategy that has been growing in scope and usage over the past three decades, and often offers hope in complex, difficult conflict situations. In Oregon's Illinois Valley, where conflicts over natural resource management have been ongoing for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Valley Abstract approved: Gregg B. Walker In the field of natural resource policy and management

Understanding the Decision-Making Capacity of Oregon Coastal Watershed Councils

Creator:: Cumming, Gordon D.
Abstract:: In 1995, Oregon introduced the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (formerly the Oregon Coho Salmon Recovery Initiative; OCRSI), a statewide cooperative effort between government and citizens. The Oregon Plan promotes voluntary and locally determined salmonid and watershed restoration initiatives. Watershed councils - groups comprised of citizens, federal and state...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Public knowledge, preferences and involvement in adaptive ecosystem management

Creator:: Williams, Robert Lawrence
Abstract:: Few studies analyze the relationship between ecological knowledge and public preferences for natural resource management options. The Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area (CCAMA) and McKenzie watershed of western Oregon provides an opportunity to examine the relationship. This research project employs a mixed model approach to explore public knowledge of forest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: analyze the relationship between ecological knowledge and public preferences for natural resource

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 3 6 6 Pre 1930's: Perceived natural resource abundance pre 1930's 7 1930-60: Conservation policy

An analysis of the prerequisites for landowner participation in conservation oriented programs in the Wood River Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Thomas, Kelley A.
Abstract:: Before 2002, almost all of the approximately 40,000 acres of land in the Wood River Valley, Oregon were used for intensive, flood-irrigated summer cattle grazing, as it had been for over 100 years. Conservation activity in the valley was limited to a couple of wealthy landowners. But a year after...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: policies. KBRT landowners are active participants in several Natural Resource Conservation Service

Low Power Radio : An Antidote for Coastal Visitors Looking but not Seeing!

Creator:: Williams, Erin M.
Abstract:: State parks in Oregon provide important sites for visitor recreation and natural resource education. With the increasing number of visitors to Oregon coastal parks, tide pools and beach areas, there is growing need for site-specific marine education to enhance stewardship, interpretation and safety knowledge. The Oregon Sea Grant Program and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: parks in Oregon provide important sites for visitor recreation and natural resource education. With the

An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Resource Management by Suzanne M. Fluharty A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State

Technology and meaning in natural resource management : the story-making role of GIS in the CLAMS project

Creator:: Duncan, Sally
Abstract:: The working hypothesis for this study is that the introduction of GIS technology into the ancient procedures of map-making has changed the map-making context sufficiently to require a revision of the way we think about, learn from, and use maps, specifically in the public involvement process in natural resource management....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Technology and Meaning in Natural Resource Management: The Story- Making Role of GIS in the CLAMS Project

Social Learning and Adaptive Capacity in Collaborative Watershed Partnerships

Creator:: Calvert, Daniel T.
Abstract:: This dissertation examines learning driven adaptations in salmon recovery efforts and water resources management in Oregon. The case study utilizes a framework highlighting the connections between human and natural systems. Semi-structured interviews are used to analyze interactions between rural riparian landowners and watershed council staffs living and working in Oregon’s...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: drivers of learning, 2) natural resource management and learning interventions should be tailored

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The impacts of social change in natural resource management : a central Oregon regional study

Conflict and the challenges of community-based collaboration : a case study of Oregon's Illinois Valley

Understanding the Decision-Making Capacity of Oregon Coastal Watershed Councils

Public knowledge, preferences and involvement in adaptive ecosystem management

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

An analysis of the prerequisites for landowner participation in conservation oriented programs in the Wood River Valley, Oregon

Low Power Radio : An Antidote for Coastal Visitors Looking but not Seeing!

An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Technology and meaning in natural resource management : the story-making role of GIS in the CLAMS project

Social Learning and Adaptive Capacity in Collaborative Watershed Partnerships

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