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  • The delineation of landslides in the Lincoln County, Oregon coastal zone

    Creator:
    Gentile, John Richard
    Abstract:
    A study conducted along the Lincoln County, Oregon coast delineated the exact location of 153 landslides. The landslides were found through the interpretation of aerial photographs. Each landslide was verified in the field and its class (ancient, historic, recent), type (slump, debris slide or flow, planar slide), and status (stable,...
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    Capstone Project

  • The recreation potential of the Stewiake River

    Creator:
    LeDuc, John Michael
    Abstract:
    Rivers are becoming increasingly popular recreation resources as land and water use competition intensifies. The first river basin board in Nova Scotia was formed to manage the Shubenacadie-Stewiake Rivers under multiple use objectives. The board required an estimation of the recreation resources of the Stewiake River and after a review...
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    THE RECREATION POTENTIAL OF THE STEWIAKE RIVER by JOHN MICHAEL

  • An evaluation of minimum lot area parcels in Clackamas and Yamhill County farm use zones

    Creator:
    De Tar, John G.
    Abstract:
    Retaining agricultural land was a significant concern of Oregon legislatures throughout the l960s and 1970s. Willamette Valley counties primarily use a minimum lot area standard to retain land for agricultural use. Lot area standards used in portions of Yamhill and Clackamas Counties play a conservative force in each county's land...
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    YAMHILL COUNTY FARM USE ZONES by JOHN G. DE TAR A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to THE DEPARTMENT OF

  • Land use distribution and changes in the urban-rural fringe area of South Albany, Oregon

    Creator:
    Nellis, M. Duane
    Abstract:
    The need to control irreversible conversions of prime agricultural lands to urban land uses has come to light in recent years. Resulting policy statements by the State of Oregon and federal agencies have added support to this premise. Nevertheless, inefficient conversions of agricultural to idle lands in response to urban...
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    Directed by Dr. Richard M. Highsmith, Jr. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES Page

  • Environmentally imposed problems of the range beef cattle industry in eastern Oregon

    Creator:
    Thomason, Leonora Marie
    Abstract:
    Beef cattle ranches provide a substantial portion of income in Oregon. Range beef cattle ranches are located on land having relatively low productivity and value. The ranches of interest for this study were among the largest and most extensive in the state. The purpose of the study was to examine...
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    INDUSTRY IN EASTERN OREGON V Abstract approved: Richard N. Highsmith, Jr. Beef cattle ranches provide a

  • A transhumance beef industry of southern Oregon

    Creator:
    Henderly, Herschel H.
    Abstract:
    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...
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    particularly indebted to several individuals for their assistance on this project. Dr. Richard Highsmith

  • The resource base of Adair Village, Oregon problems and prospects

    Creator:
    Jacobson, Gerald Patrick
    Abstract:
    The utilization of pre-existing military structures and facilities to serve as a resource base for an incorporated city is a unique situation posing several problems for the new city of Adair Village. The resultant land uses from the disposal of Adair AFS provide little economic opportunities so the residents are...
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    Dr. Richard M. Highsmith, Jr. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES ABSTRACT

  • Oregon's port districts as an element of economic development

    Creator:
    Bell, Allen Livingston
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    Oregon's twenty-two smaller port districts have the means to undertake a variety of community development goals. The activities of these public bodies extend beyond facilitating maritime commerce and harbor improvement. A primary responsibility, exemplified by a brief look at the evolution and contemporary authority of ports in Oregon, is to...
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    fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE April 1982 Directed by Dr. Richard M

  • An inventory and analysis of Pacific Northwest agricultural land use projections

    Creator:
    McKinley, Randolph Allen
    Abstract:
    This paper is a summary of a larger project that consolidated agricultural land use projection information for the Pacific Northwest, as of January 1979. The characteristics of nine major projection studies are identified and used as a basis for comparing the relative merits of each study with regard to: 1)...
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    members of my graduate committee: Dr. Gordon Matzke, Dr. Richard M. Highsmith Jr., and Dr. John C

  • Historic attempts to cope with level variability of Great Salt Lake, Utah: a case study in social and environmental relationships

    Creator:
    Richards, Paul C.
    Abstract:
    The Great Salt Lake is typical of Great Basin and other arid land saline lakes in morphological and chemical characteristics. As with other terminal lakes, the level of Great Salt Lake is determined by the variable weather patterns that are typical of arid and semi-arid regions. Because of it's flat,...
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    built near the harbor in 1963 by John Silver, who had obtained the lease to boat harbor in 1959