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  • Reviving Whychus Creek: Averting Collisions between the Endangered Species Act and Agricultural Water Use through Proactive Streamflow Restoration

    Creator:
    Dengel, Jeff
    Abstract:
    In the wake of policies catalyzing settlement through agrarian-based land ‘improvement’, private property rights absorbed water resources through Western water law. Consequently, these dominant user regimes and the doctrine of prior appropriation allocated nearly 80 percent of freshwater resources to agricultural use. Following enactment of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)...
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    Capstone Project
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    2014 Master of Science project of Jeff P. Dengel presented on June 12, 2014 APPROVED

  • Dissertation_Dail.pdf

    Creator:
    Dail, David (David Andrew)
    Abstract:
    Obtaining accurate estimates of animal abundance is made difficult by the fact that most animal species are detected imperfectly. Early attempts at building likelihood models that account for unknown detection probability impose a simplifying assumption unrealistic for many populations, however: no births, deaths, migration or emigration can occur in the...
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    Jeff Arthur, my Ph.D. minor and master’s advisor, for teaching me all the operations research classes

  • Municipal sewerage system resilience : disturbances and management strategies in Cook County, IL

    Creator:
    Oravec, Timothy J.
    Abstract:
    Sewerage infrastructure, including wastewater treatment facilities and conveyance pipes, is reaching the end of its useful life throughout the United States. Aging infrastructure may be more susceptible to fracturing and collapses due to deterioration. Further, sewerage infrastructure is usually designed to discharge untreated wastewater or stormwater into nearby waterways during...
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    Masters Thesis
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    is the intimidatingly high caliber of your classmates. Andrea Carson, Jeff Dengel, and Libby