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  • Optimizing spatial and temporal aspects of nature reserve design under economic and ecological objectives

    Creator:
    Nalle, Darek J.
    Abstract:
    Alteration of natural areas in attempts to support increasing human populations has been a crucial yet less publicized contributor to the fall of many of the world's greatest civilizations, since healthy ecosystems can help maintain stable societies and economies. Given this unhappy fact and the ancient relationship between people and...
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    Dissertation
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    . Claire A r~mery "'-~"' Alteration of natural areas in attempts to support increasing human

  • 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
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    Practices in Northern Malheur County, Oregon

  • Federal Timber Payments and County Government Expenditures in Oregon

    Creator:
    Adams, Vince
    Abstract:
    The federal government owns 60 percent of Oregon’s forests and, since 1908, has shared proceeds from federal forest timber harvests with counties. These revenues have provided a relatively stable source of funds for the provision of services by county governments in Oregon. Shared revenues from US Forest Service (USFS) lands...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    : Federal Timber Payments and County Government Expenditures in Oregon. Abstract approved: Bruce Weber

  • Phase 1: Benton County water analysis and demand forecast

    Creator:
    Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District and Benton County
    Abstract:
    The Phase 1 report is an overview of the complex water quantity and quality information and issues specific to Benton County. It is a first step toward assessing and planning for future water quantity and quality within Benton County and provides a template for regional water planning. The report details...
    Resource Type:
    Technical Report
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    rural residential areas. Natural resource lands are vital to county residents to meet current and

  • Essays on the interactions between land use, natural amenity and wildfire risk

    Creator:
    Xu, Wenchao
    Abstract:
    It is essential to study the relationship between environmental features and human land-use activities that can provide a better understanding of human-environment interactions. In a response, this dissertation addresses the human-environment issues from different perspectives in three essays. The first essay conducts an integrated analysis to investigate the impacts of...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    .................................................. 49 2.4 Pointwise Records of Human-related Fire in San Diego County

  • Eugene Residents Risk Perceptions of Water Scarcity

    Creator:
    Leitermann, Lily
    Abstract:
    Potential water scarcity and drought conditions are predicted in and around Eugene, Oregon due to decreased snowpack and subsequent decreased snowmelt in the Western Cascade Mountains. This phenomenon was triggered by a long-term trend of warmer winters scientifically linked to global climate change patterns (Dalton et al. 2013). Numerous stakeholders,...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    ramifications. Natural resource managers in this region should consider increasing public outreach and

  • A Tale of Two Counties : Exploring Co-Produced Coastal Adaptation Strategies in Tillamook County, OR and Grays Harbor County, WA

    Creator:
    Evans-Wilent, Janan K.
    Abstract:
    Coastal communities throughout the US West Coast and elsewhere are facing the daunting task of preparing for climate change impacts, particularly the hazards from increased flooding and erosion. With sea-level rise, changing storminess patterns, and possible changes to the frequency and severity of major El Niño events, communities are already...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan updated in August 2017

  • Attitudes toward Water Allocation Policy in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

    Creator:
    Atkinson, Meagan
    Abstract:
    Oregon possesses a diversity of natural resources from the dense rain-soaked forests of the Coastal and Cascade ranges to the deep, fertile soils of the Willamette Valley to the arid and semi-arid Snake River Basin. In the Willamette Valley, water resources sustain agriculture, municipalities, hydropower, fish and wildlife, flood control,...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    depend upon it. Water is Oregon's most precious natural resource. (Oregon Water Resources Department

  • Private forests, public policy : oak conservation on family forests in Oregon’s Willamette Valley

    Creator:
    Fischer, Alexandra Paige
    Abstract:
    In the United States, many of the thorniest natural resource conflicts occur on private lands. This is especially true in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon where the hallmark habitat type, Oregon white oak woodland and savanna, is imperiled. Almost exclusively found on private land, Oregon white oak is threatened...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    owners and natural resource professionals, including public natural resource agents, private

  • Municipal Water Impacts on Steelhead Trout in the Gales Creek Watershed

    Creator:
    Smith, Haley B.
    Abstract:
    This capstone project is presented for the completion of Oregon State University’s (OSU) Master of Natural Resources Program. Water resource reliability in the Pacific Northwest is becoming less dependable, but population and municipal water demand is increasing. The Gales Creek Watershed and its tributary Clear Creek encompass 48,481 acres in...
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    Capstone Project
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    throughout my capstone project and completion of my Master of Natural resources degree from Oregon State