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Creator:: Gaines, Lisa, Lurie, Susan, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This report examines the Bridge Program efforts undertaken, methods used, obstacles encountered, accomplishments, and lessons learned. It is not a performance evaluation; it is a case study focusing on the social, organizational and institutional dynamics of transforming a vision for environmental streamlining into a working program. The Bridge Program is...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: OSU Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Natural Resources, Environmental Strategies, LLC, and Northwest Environmental Business Council
Abstract:: The purpose of the study is to gauge the scope of bioenergy opportunities by identifying and profiling bioenergy projects and potential projects in Oregon, and learning directly from developers the key challenges and issues this nascent sector faces. Bioenergy projects are defined as projects that would produce biofuels (ethanol and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: (Oregon InC) for the 2007-08 biennium. The project was directed by Kenneth J. Williamson, Department

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: The project focuses on nonequilibrium ecosystem dynamics, a body of scientific research that characterizes and interprets ecosystem change. INR summarizes knowledge from this field, describes ways in which the current management framework may be inconsistent with scientific findings, and helps identify options for future management. This paper is designed to...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: that it experiences the range of disturbance that was historically present on that site (Swanson 2008

Creator:: OSU Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Natural Resources, and Oregon Wood Innovation Center
Abstract:: The Oregon University System, working in partnership with the Oregon Economic & Community Development Department, commissioned a bio-fuels industry readiness survey for Oregon. This report serves as one component of the readiness survey. The report has three primary sections: • An overview of the current forest products industry in Oregon...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Kagan, James S., Christy, John A., Murray, Michael P., Titus, Jonathan A., Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This classification lists the native plant associations known to occur in Oregon, and includes both successional and climax vegetation types that were an important part of the presettlement landscape of Oregon. It serves as an index to the diversity, distribution and relative rarity of the state's native plant associations, and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: In 2008, the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) asked the Institute for Natural Resources (INR) to assess whether the Oregon Land Use Program, as designed, is helping the state meet its land use goals. More specifically, this intensive but highly time-limited research effort set out to answer the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: protocol and search strategy; 1 See Behan, J. 2008

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