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Creator:: Vickerman, Sara and Kagan, James S.
Abstract:: This paper offers a framework for use by public and private entities who manage natural resources. It focuses on the maintenance and restoration of ecological integrity to help ensure that natural systems continue to provide intrinsic value and benefits to human communities. The ecological integrity measures assess four different attributes...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Vickerman James S. Kagan Designer: Kassandra Kelly Copies of this report can be downloaded from these

Creator:: Burcsu, Theresa and Kagan, James S.
Abstract:: Draft report from the Institute for Natural Resources, Portland State University.
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Creator:: Noone, Matthew, Kagan, James S., and Nielsen, Eric
Abstract:: In 2011, the Institute for Natural Resources – Portland (INR) entered into an agreement with the Natural Resources Conservation Service through the Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit to assist in evaluation of a targeted watershed restoration area in central Oregon. The primary objective of the agreement was to use remote sensing...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Kagan, James S., Brunner, Rachel L., and Christy, John A.
Abstract:: This classification is an update of the 2004 classification of native vegetation of Oregon by Kagan, Christy, Murray and Titus. As before, this classification lists the native plant associations known to occur in Oregon, and includes both successional and climax vegetation types that were part of the presettlement landscape of...
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Full Text:: VEGETATION OF OREGON – 2019 James S. Kagan, Rachel L. Brunner, and John A. Christy: Oregon Biodiversity

Creator:: Nielsen, Eric M., Noone, Matthew D., Kagan, James S., and Lee, Matthew T.
Abstract:: Pine Creek Conservation Area (PCCA), just northeast of the John Day River in Wheeler County, Oregon, was acquired in 1999-2001 by the Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs with support from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), to mitigate for wildlife losses created by the large, hydropower Columbia River Dams, particularly the...
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Full Text:: AREA 2013 MAPPING AND MONITORING REPORT Eric M. Nielsen, Matthew D. Noone, James S. Kagan

Creator:: Burcsu, Theresa, Albo, Tommy, Bernert, Joe, Dimiceli, Jennifer, Kagan, James S., and Noone, Matthew
Abstract:: Prior to November 2010, when The Intertwine Alliance launched the Regional Conservation Strategy (RCS) and Biodiversity Guide (RBG) efforts for the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region, conservation priorities in the metropolitan region were identified at a broad regional scale that generally excluded urban areas (e.g., state conservation strategies and Willamette Synthesis); were...
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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...
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Full Text:: – January 2004 James S. Kagan, John A. Christy, Michael P. Murray, and Jonathan A. Titus: Oregon Natural

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...
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Creator:: Grossmann, Emilie B., Kagan, James S., Ohmann, Janet L., May, Heather, Gregory, Matthew Jay, Tobalske, Claudine, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This chapter is divided into three main sections. The first section discusses land cover map development. It begins by providing background information on the regional division of labor and the regional land cover legend. It then focuses on our land cover mapping methods, including a description of data sources, the...
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Full Text:: and 7 Authors: Emilie B. Grossmann1* James S. Kagan2* Janet L. Ohmann3* Heather May1

Creator:: Schmidt, Andres, Leavell, Daniel, Punches, John, Rocha Ibarra, Marco A., Kagan, James S., Creutzburg, Megan, McCune, Myrica, Salwasser, Janine, Walter, Cara, and Berger, Carrie
Abstract:: The intensity and scale of wildfires has increased throughout the Pacific Northwest in recent decades, especially within the last decade, destroying vast amounts of valuable resources and assets. This trend is predicted to remain or even magnify due climate change, growing population, increased housing density. Furthermore, the associated stress of...
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Full Text:: LeavellID2☯, John Punches2☯, Marco A. Rocha Ibarra3‡, James S. Kagan4‡, Megan Creutzburg4‡, Myrica McCune4

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