The Upper Kiamath Valley and Klamath Marsh areas of
south-central Oregon comprise the summer range for a modern
system of transhumance agriculture. Approximately 72,000
head of cattle are annually trucked from these relatively
small Kiamath pastures to winter pastures scattered throughout
the Sacramento Valley. Field research indicates that
the development...
The purpose of this thesis was (1) to determine a dietary regimen which would produce the greatest incidence of cardiac calcification in the cotton rat and (2) to determine the fatty acid composition of heart tissue.
Maximum incidence of cardiac calcification occurred from feeding torula yeast ration supplemented with 0.5%...
The primary purpose of this study was to determine if inservicing Agriculture Science and Technology (AST) teachers over a new curriculum, resulted in increased student achievement. Specific objectives were to: 1) determine the subject areas (lessons) for a curriculum for teaching Integrated Pest Management (IPM); 2) develop a curriculum for...
The 4-H Yukon River Fisheries Education and Youth Development
Program is a federally funded youth-at-risk program created to help youth
escape from the social ills of substance abuse, teen pregnancy, low
academic achievement, and suicide that plague rural Alaskan villages. By
providing youth the opportunity to learn the skills needed...
The purpose of this research was to explore
non-persistence by vocational students in the College of Career
and Vocational Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
A cohort of 156 students were identified and tracked from fall
1989 through spring 1992.
In the first part of the study, using the...