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Incentives for biodiversity conservation: an ecological and economic assessment

Creator:: Defenders of Wildlife
Abstract:: This report is an economic and policy assessment of the biological effectiveness and economic efficiency of incentive mechanisms for private landowners to conserve U.S. biodiversity. Its focus is on rural lands that tend to be used for forestry, agriculture and residential purposes.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: professionals and landowners. This report represents a continu- ing commitment by Defenders of Wildlife to

Forest Fuels and Hazard Mitigation Work Group Final Report

Creator:: Forest Fuels and Hazard Mitigation Committee
Abstract:: As part of the 2004 Oregon Fire Program Review, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) formed the Forest Fuels and Hazard Mitigation (FFHM) Committee to assess hazardous fuel loading issues, and recommend ways to reduce risk, and improve and strengthen the multiple hazard mitigation strategies in Oregon. A statewide wildfire...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: REPORT OF THE FOREST FUELS AND HAZARD MITIGATION COMMITTEE TO THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

Fire and Fuels Management Contributions to Sage-Grouse Conservation: A Status Report

Creator:: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES

Status of Oregon's Bull Trout. Distribution, Life History, Limiting Factors, Management Considerations, and Status

Creator:: Buchanan, David V., Hanson, Mary L., Hooton, Robert M., and Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife
Abstract:: The purpose of this document is to summarize the best scientific information presently available for bull trout (Salvelimus confluentus) throughout Oregon and to review their historical and current status. What started out as a relatively simple exercise to review and update the status report by Ratliff and Howell (1992) based...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Springs Reservation, Idaho, Department of Fish and Game, ,and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Greater Sage-grouse conservation assessment and strategy for Oregon: A plan to maintain and enhance populations and habitat

Creator:: Hagen, Christian
Abstract:: Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) were once found in most grassland and sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats east of the Cascades in Oregon. European settlement and conversion of sagebrush steppe into agricultural production led to extirpation of the species in the Columbia Basin by the early part of the 1900s, but sagebrush...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Habitat April 2011 Author: *Christian Hagen, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bend

Conservation Assessment of Greater Sage-grouse and Sagebrush Habitats

Creator:: Connelly, John W., Knick, Steven T., Schroeder, Michael A., and Stiver, San J.
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: , Range, and Wildlife from the Univ. of Idaho, his M.S. in Wildlife Science from New Mexico St. Univ., and

Greater Sage-grouse Comprehensive Conservation Strategy

Creator:: Stiver, S. J.
Abstract:: The overall goal of the Greater Sage-grouse Comprehensive Conservation Strategy (Strategy) is to maintain and enhance populations and distribution of sagegrouse by protecting and improving sagebrush habitats and ecosystems that sustain these populations. This Strategy outlines the critical need to develop the associations among local, state, provincial, tribal, and federal...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Biology from the University of Montana in 1981, a M.S. in Fish and Wildlife Science from South Dakota

Restoring rare native habitats in the Willamette Valley : a landowner’s guide for restoring oak woodlands, wetlands, prairies, and bottomland hardwood and riparian forests

Creator:: Campbell, Bruce H.
Abstract:: HUC: 170900. Bounding coordinates: West Bounding Coordinate: -123.769586; East Bounding Coordinate: -121.631074; North Bounding Coordinate: 45.941295; South Bounding Coordinate: 43.350360.
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: University; and the Washington State Department of Ecology. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE West Coast Office 1880

Mapping breeding densities of greater sage-grouse: A tool for range-wide conservation planning

Creator:: Doherty, Kevin E., Tack, Jason D., Evans, Jeffrey S., and Naugle, David E.
Abstract:: A major goal in greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus, hereafter ‘sage-grouse’) conservation is to spend limited resources efficiently by conserving large and functioning populations. We used maximum count data from leks (n = 4,885) to delineate high abundance population centers that contain 25, 50, 75, and 100% of the known breeding...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . Naugle2 1U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bismarck, ND 58501 2Wildlife Biology Program, University of

2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation

Creator:: Jodi Stemler Consulting
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: • Fish and Wildlife Benefits of the Farm Bill 6 • Delivering Farm Bill Programs 8

The Little North Santiam River basin : its resources and their utilization

Creator:: Jensen, John Granville, 1911-
Abstract:: Print copy from the J. Granville Jensen Collection at OSU Libraries.
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: UTILIZATION By J. GRANVILLE JENSEN and RICHARD M. HIGHSMITH, JR. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE i OREGON STATE COLLEGE

Analysis of Greater Sage-grouse Lek Data: Trends in Peak Male Counts 1965-2015

Creator:: Nielson, Ryan M.
Abstract:: Trends in greater sage-grouse breeding populations are typically indexed by determining the peak number of males attending a lek in a lekking season. Numerous studies have estimated negative trends in sage-grouse breeding populations over time via data collected for the last 50 years. However, the inherent bias in data collection...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: attendance data collected across the range of sage-grouse. The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife

Using Resilience and Resistance Concepts to Manage Threats to Sagebrush Ecosystems, Gunnison Sage-Grouse, and Greater Sage-Grouse in Their Eastern Range: A Strategic Multi-Scale Approach

Creator:: Chambers, J. C.
Abstract:: This report provides a strategic approach developed by a Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies interagency working group for conservation of sagebrush ecosystems, Greater sage-grouse, and Gunnison sage-grouse. It uses information on (1) factors that influence sagebrush ecosystem resilience to disturbance and resistance to nonnative invasive annual grasses and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. Kevin E. Doherty, Wildlife

Summary of Science, Activities, Programs, and Policies That Influence the Rangewide Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

Creator:: Manier, D. J.
Abstract:: This report documents and summarizes several decades of work on sage-grouse populations, sagebrush as habitat, and sagebrush community and ecosystem functions based on the recent assessment and findings of the USFWS under consideration of the Endangered Species Act. As reflected here, some of these topics receive a greater depth of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: land management agen- cies to improve range and habitat conditions, to the benefit of wildlife, public

Josephine County Integrated Fire Plan : November 2004

Creator:: Josephine County (Or.) and University of Oregon. Institute for a Sustainable Environment. Program for Watershed and Community Health
Abstract:: 224 pp. Maps and charts included. Adopted November 8, 2004.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: -5421 Prepared by: Program for Watershed and Community Health, University of Oregon 5247

Legislative fellowship final report, 1995

Creator:: Coontz, Julie, Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association, and Oregon State University. Sea Grant College Program
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: of HJM 2, he stated that "best available science" has proven not to work and that environmental

Information and tools to conserve and restore Great Basin ecosystems

Creator:: Chambers, Jeanne C.
Abstract:: Keywords: Ecosystem health, Great Basin, Conservation of Natural Resources
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , Professor (emeritus), Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho Jeanne C

Trask River watershed analysis : final report, August 2003

Creator:: E & S Environmental Chemistry, Inc., Snyder, Kai U., Sullivan, Timothy J., Moore, Deian L., Raymond, Richard B., Gilbert, Erin H., United States. Bureau of Land Management, and Oregon. Department of Forestry
Abstract:: Recommendations are provided in this watershed analysis to identify actions and management decisions on the part of BLM that might improve watershed health in the Trask River watershed.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Prepared by E&S Environmental Chemistry, Inc. Oregon Department of Forestry and U.S.D.I. Bureau of Land

The Effects of Tide Gates on Estuarine Habitats and Migratory Fish

Creator:: Giannico, Guillermo R. and Souder, Jon A.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: on the faculty of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University, and Jon A

Legislative Fellowship final report, 1991

Creator:: Brown, Mara Arwyn, Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association, and Oregon State University. Sea Grant College Program
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: within the legislature, and between the legislature and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. OCZMA

Legislative fellowship final report, 1989

Creator:: Husing, Onno, Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association, and Oregon State University. Sea Grant College Program
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: individuals in the University community were being kept informed of the Legislative process, and the hosts of

Ecological baselines for Oregon's coast: a report for agencies that manage Oregon's coastal habitats for ecological and economic sustainability, and for all who are interested in the welfare of wildlife that inhabit our coast and its estuaries

Creator:: Hall, Roberta L., Ebert, Thomas A., Gilden, Jennifer S., Hatch, David R., Mrakovcich, Karina Lorenz, and Smith, Courtland L.
Abstract:: Against the backdrop of growing concern about dead zones, rare and endangered sea mammals, depletion of Oregon’s once‐abundant fish stocks, acidification threatening coastal molluscs, and proposals for marine reserves along Oregon’s coastline, a multidisciplinary group of scientists was called together in 2008 to discuss what is known about Oregon’s coastal...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: for ecological and economic sustainability, and for all who are interested in the welfare of wildlife

Salt Caves management plan

Creator:: United States. Bureau of Land Management and Klamath Falls Resource Area
Abstract:: The Townsend’s big-eared bat is listed as “Bureau Sensitive” by the Bureau of Land Management. This designation includes species restricted in range which have natural or human caused threats to their survival and which could easily become endangered or extinct in a state. This species is also listed as “Critical”...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: wildlife, cultural, and other significant values of Salt Caves. Salt Caves serve as one of three known

Lakes Basin Bibliography

Creator:: Avery, Bonnie E.
Abstract:: The Lakes Basin Bibliography consists of over 600 references relating to the natural resources of Oregon’s Lakes Basin. Forty percent of the items listed are available to anyone online though not all links are persistent. The remaining sixty percent are held in at least one library either in print or...
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2005:http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ODFW/NativeFish/pdf_files

Microhabitat selection of brood-rearing sites by greater sage-grouse in Carbon County, Wyoming

Creator:: Schreiber, Leslie A.
Abstract:: Declines in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus, hereafter sage-grouse) populations could be attributed to low chick survival, which may be influenced by the availability of food and cover at sites used by females rearing broods. Habitat attributes important to broods may vary regionally; thus, it is necessary to understand factors affecting...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: eólica en el urogallo. 1Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, 302 ABNR Building, University of

Resource area-wide fire management

Creator:: United States. Bureau of Land Management and Klamath Falls Resource Area
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: expected in the present and future with this alternative. The 1992 wildfire exhibited a range of effects

Biological assessment of the effects of national forest land and resource management plans and Bureau of Land Management land use plans on Canada lynx

Creator:: Hickenbottom, J. Randal, Summerfield, Bob, Aradahl, Jeff, Halekas, George, Hilliard, Mark, Jackson, Lynn, Prevedel, David, and Rupe, John
Abstract:: This biological assessment (BA) documents the potential effects of existing Forest Service (FS) Land and Resource Management Plans (LRMPs), or 'Forest Plans' and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Land Use Plans (LUPs) on the Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis), hereafter referred to as the lynx. LRMPs and LUPs are collectively referred...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ); the Cascade Range of Washington and Oregon; the Rocky Mountains from Montana, Idaho, and Oregon

The heritage program: 25 years old and looking ahead assessing the future of the heritage program : final report

Creator:: Gaines, Lisa and Kagan, Jimmy
Abstract:: Over the last 25 years numerous approaches, understandings, and perceptions about natural areas have changed – changes which affect the relevance of programs such as the Heritage Program. As one participant stated, “the complexity of science in general has been humbling”. The last 25 years has shown many assumptions and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: of Forestry ODFW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ODOT Oregon Department of

Preserve analysis : Netarts Sand Spit

Creator:: Bonacker, Gregg L., Martin, Robert C., Frenkel, Robert E., and Oregon. Natural Area Preserves Advisory Committee
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: of Fish and Wildlife State Forestry Department Peter Bond J. Morris Johnson State Parks and

Legislative fellowship final report, 1993

Creator:: Brennan, Sean, Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association, and Oregon State University. Sea Grant College Program
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: information on a range of coastal issues for constituents both inside and outside the legisla- ture. It is

Oregon strategy for greenhouse gas reductions

Creator:: Governor's Advisory Group on Global Warming and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: The Governor’s Advisory Group on Global Warming developed this Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reduction.1 Governor Ted Kulongoski appointed the Advisory Group early in 2004 to perform this task. This Strategy, if implemented, will complement the agenda of the West Coast Governors’ Global Warming Initiative undertaken by the governors of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: pressures on many fish and wildlife species are some of the effects anticipated by scientists at Oregon and

Integrated Landscape Assessment Project final report

Creator:: Gaines, Lisa, Hemstrom, Miles, Kagan, Jimmy, and Salwasser, Janine
Abstract:: The Integrated Landscape Assessment Project (ILAP) was a multi-year effort to produce information, maps, and models to help land managers, policy-makers, and others conduct mid- to broad-scale (e.g., watersheds to states and larger areas) prioritization of land management actions, perform landscape assessments, and estimate cumulative effects of management actions for...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . Fish and Wildlife Service, Science Applications Program Steve Tesch Oregon State University College

Tillamook Bay bacteria study : background data review report

Creator:: Jackson, John E., Glendening, Elaine A., and Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: bounded on the east by the crest of the Coast Mountain Range and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Five

USDA report on water and related land resources : Umatilla Drainage Basin, Oregon

Creator:: United States. Department of Agriculture, Oregon. State Water Resources Board, USDA Oregon River Basin Survey Party, and USDA Field Advisory Committee
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: VIII is best suited for range, forestry, and wildlife because of its own limitations. Land c~pability

Chetco, Oregon dredged material disposal site designation : draft environmental impact statement

Creator:: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Water Division and United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water Resources Assessment
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: to prevent adverse, long-range impacts. The size, configuration, and location of any disposal site

Estuary Management in the Pacific Northwest : An Overview of Programs and Activities in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California

Creator:: Bailey, Bob, Jennings, Todd, and Jennings, Anne
Abstract:: This report has been prepared in support of the Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems Regional Study (PNCERS) to provide a summary and compendium of the management of estuaries in the Pacific Northwest of the United States that lie between Puget Sound, Washington, and Cape Mendocino, California. Federal, state, and local government...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife PNCERS Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems Regional Study

State of the South Slough and Coastal Frontal watersheds

Creator:: Cornu, Craig E., Souder, Jon, and Hamilton, Judy
Abstract:: Prepared for Partnership for Coastal Watersheds
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: interested in the welfare of wildlife that inhabit our coast and its estuaries. Oregon State University

Willamette Basin rivers and streams assessment

Creator:: Mulvey, Michael, Leferink, Robin, and Borisenko, Aaron
Abstract:: This report was written as a resource for water quality managers, watershed councils, municipalities and citizens to help understand the status of watershed conditions in the Willamette Basin. Our interpretations are based on chemical, physical and biological indicators at three different spatial scales: the basin scale, the subbasin scale and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Wildlife, Oregon State University Thomas Whittier, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State

USDA report on water and related land resources, Malheur Lake Drainage Basin, Oregon

Creator:: USDA Oregon River Basin Survey Staff, United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, United States. Forest Service, United States. Soil Conservation Service, and Oregon. State Water Resources Board
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ....................................... 107 Fish and Wildlife Developments............................ 107 OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF

USDA report on water and related land resources : Hood Drainage Basin, Oregon : based on a cooperative survey by the State Water Resources Board of Oregon and the United States Department of Agriculture : report

Creator:: USDA Oregon River Basin Survey Party, USDA Field Advisory Committee, United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, United States. Forest Service, United States. Soil Conservation Service, and Oregon. State Water Resources Board
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: furnished by the various field offices of the Forest Service, the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range

The Partnership for Coastal Watersheds: A progress report

Creator:: Walker, Gregg, Russo Kelly, Miriah, and Elkins Watson, Julie
Abstract:: Prepared for the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Coos Watershed Association (CWA), and the Partnership for Coastal Watersheds
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: a “range of actions for management, conservation, and restoration of ecosystems that help reduce

Proposed regional general permit for stream restoration : Programmatic biological opinion

Creator:: National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Region
Abstract:: On April 7, 2000, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received a request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (COE) for Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7 formal consultation for programmatic coverage for a proposed Regional General Permit (RGP) for certain stream restoration activities (habitat restoration using...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Forestry and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (May 1995) and the guidance regarding large wood 2

Riparian and wetland vegetation of central and eastern Oregon

Creator:: Crowe, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann), 1963-, Kovalchik, Bernard L., Kerr, Marie Jeannette James, 1968-, Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: The structure and components of riparian areas influence the rate, amount, and timing of water, nutrients, organic debris, and inorganic materials that enter streams and rivers. The energy of floodwaters and their ultimate volume, timing and erosive power is influenced by the soils, vegetation and geomorphology of fluvial surfaces within...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: classification. He earned a B.S. in Forest Science from the University of Montana in 1968 and an M.S. in

Calapooya Creek Watershed assessment and action plan

Creator:: Geyer, Nancy A.
Abstract:: The Calapooya Creek Watershed assessment has two goals: 1) To describe the past, present, and potential future conditions that affect water quality and fish habitat within the Calapooya Creek Watershed; and 2) To provide a research-based action plan that suggests voluntary activities to improve fish habitat and water quality within...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Oregon Department of Forestry ODFW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife OWEB Oregon Watershed

Proceedings : 4th annual technical conference : estuaries of the Pacific Northwest, March 14-15, 1974

Creator:: Oregon State University. Engineering Experiment Station
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Wildlife Commission. In spite

Olalla / Lookingglass Watershed assessment and action plan

Creator:: DeVore, Matt B. and Geyer, Nancy A.
Abstract:: The Olalla / Lookingglass Watershed assessment has two goals: 1) To describe the past, present, and potential future conditions that affect water quality and fish habitat within the Olalla / Lookingglass Watershed; and 2) To provide a research-based action plan that suggests voluntary activities to improve fish habitat and water...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Oregon Department of Forestry ODFW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife OWEB Oregon Watershed

Classification of native vegetation of Oregon

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
Full Text:: slope of Cascade Range, KM = Klamath Mountains, WV = Willamette Valley, WC = West slope and crest of

Systematic review pilot project: final report

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This report documents an Oregon Department of Forestry pilot project conducted through the Institute for Natural Resources at Oregon State University on a science synthesis method known as systematic review- a rigorous, transparent literature review technique developed and now widely used in clinical medicine. A systematic review focuses narrowly on...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Oregon Department of Forestry and conducted through the Institute for Natural Resources at Oregon State

Oregon coastal salmon restoration initiative: Oregon's plan for conservation and restoration of anadromous salmonids in coastal river basins: draft.

Creator:: Oregon. Governor's Natural Resource Office.
Abstract:: [v. 1. Text] -- [v. 2]. Summary of state agency measures -- [v. 3]. Land use designation and regulation -- [v. 4]. Watershed councils -- [v. 5]. Watershed projects -- [v. 6]. Science team information and products -- [v. 7]. Information related to habitat restoration projects -- [v. 8]. Responses...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: directors and staff Members of the agency planning, outreach and science teams Representatives of

Fire ecology of ponderosa pine and the rebuilding of fire-resilient ponderosa pine ecosystems

Creator:: Fitzgerald, Stephen Arthur
Abstract:: The ponderosa pine ecosystem of the West have changed dramatically since Euro-American settlement 140 years ago due to past land uses and the curtailment of natural fire. Today, ponderosa pine forests contain over abundance of fuel, and stand densities have increased from a grange of 49-124 trees per ha (20-50...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Silviculture and Wildland Fire Education Specialist, Oregon State University Extension Forestry Program

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