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Forest vegetation and soils of terraces and floodplains along the McKenzie River, Oregon

Creator:: Hawk, Glenn M.
Abstract:: A study of the McKenzie River floodplains, terraces and glacial outwash plains was undertaken to classify and describe the vegetation and soils of a previously little studied synecological unit. During the summer of 1971, 54 analytic vegetation and soil plots (stands) were studied. Cover and frequency of all trees, shrubs,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: along the McKenzie River, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GLENN MARTIN HAWK for the MASTER OF

Effects of Stage 0 treatment on spring Chinook juveniles within South Fork McKenzie River in Oregon

Creator:: Hahn, Aleah
Abstract:: Low-tech habitat restoration techniques, including Stage 0 treatments, are increasingly applied but often lack robust evaluation of their effects. In 2018, one kilometer of the South Fork McKenzie (SFMK) River, OR was modified to the Stage 0 condition for the benefit of ESA-listed Chinook by raising the incised channel to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Fork McKenzie River in Oregon. Abstract approved

Stomatal activity patterns in provenance plantations of Abies concolor and Abies grandis

Creator:: Keys, Steven Charles
Abstract:: Seedlings from 25 provenances of Abies grandis and Abies concolor were studied at two plantations, 12 at Philomath, Oregon, and 13 at Camino, California. Native seedlings were studied at four of the provenances' field sites. Stomatal infiltration pressure measurements and plant moisture stress measurements were made throughout one summer on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Redacted for Privacy Dr. Donald B. Zobel Seedlings from 25 provenances of Abies grandis and Abies

The influence of diet and dieldrin on the growth and body composition of underyearling rainbow trout

Creator:: Phillips, Glenn R.
Abstract:: The effects of a sublethal concentration of dieldrin (0. 2 ppb) in the water on the growth and body composition of underyearling rainbow and cutthroat trout held in aquaria and fed different rations of tubificid worms or Oregon moist pellets were studied at Oak Creek Fisheries Research Laboratory, Oregon State...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: TROUT Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Donald R. Buhler The effects of a sublethal

Magnetic and gravity interpretation of Yaloc-69 data from the Cocos plate area

Creator:: Lu, Richard Shih-Ming
Abstract:: Magnetic, gravity and bathymetry data were collected on an extended cruise of the R/V Yaquina in 1969. The last set of data was obtained from those track lines leaving the Panama Basin. The area covered is mainly the Cocos plate (Molnar and Sykes, 1969). The data is analyzed and compared...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: INTERPRETATION OF YALOC-69 DATA FROM THE COCOS PLATE AREA Abstract approved: Donald F. Heinrichs Magnetic

Intra-and interspecific variation in Rana of the central Oregon Cascades and adjacent lowlands

Creator:: Dunlap, Donald Gene
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: CASCADES AND ADJACENT LOWLANDS by DONALD GENE DUNLAP A THESIS aubmitted to OREGON STATE COLLEGE

The potency of Oregon digitalis

Creator:: Lee, Donald Kuo-Chih
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the requirements for the egree of LIST O' SCI10E by Donald. Kuo-Chih Lee July l93

Consumptive use of surface water by Willamette Basin municipalities

Creator:: Mittelstadt, Richard Lee
Abstract:: The consumptive water use of six cities in the Willamette Basin of northwestern Oregon was evaluated for the period 1960-66. Consumptive use ratios were obtained by analyzing data from monthly water supply and sewage flow records. The average annual consumptive use for the six cities was found to be 26...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: WATERS BY WILLAMETTE BASIN MUNICIPALITIES A=M110.1E1.11 Donald C. Phillis Abstract approved

An analysis of first-year accounting curriculum/methods at the high school, community college, and university levels in Oregon : implications for teacher education

Creator:: Sawyer, Rita, 1957-
Abstract:: This study was designed to determine the differences and similarities among first-year accounting curricula in high schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges in Oregon. The areas studied were teaching methods, testing methods, communication skills, evaluation methods used in the communication skills, inclusion of necessary computer application skills, and the testing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Dr. Joseph Hlebichuk, and Dr. Donald Amort, for their expertise, interest and assistance in the study

Applied nitrogen effects on yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) production in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: DuVal, Alyssa Susan
Abstract:: Nitrogen management recommendations for yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) production in the high rainfall environment of Oregon's Willamette Valley (WV) are not available. The objectives of this investigation were: (i) to determine the effect of applied nitrogen (N) on seed yield and yield components in yellow mustard, and (ii) to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. Sabry Elias, Dr. Donald Wysocki, and Dr. Paul Doescher for serving on my graduate committee

Management effects on the nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulphur status of grass-legume pastures

Creator:: Impithuksa, Viroch
Abstract:: These studies were initiated to investigate the influence of previous superphosphate fertilizer practices and grazing stock history on nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur status in soils from grass-legume pastures. Four Western Oregon soil series, Dixonville, Demint, Winema and Josephine, were included in the study. Laboratory experiments and greenhouse trials were conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: different previous management. 15 Average dry matter yields (grams/pot) of ryegrass grown in the McKenzie

Some hormonal factors associated with the regulation of ewe reproductive patterns

Creator:: Reeves, Jerry John
Abstract:: Twenty-eight Columbia ewes were made available for study during their breeding and anestrous seasons. After the regularity of the estrous cycles had been established, eight of the ewes were sacrificed in pairs at four different stages of the estrous cycle. Eight additional ewes were sacrificed during anestrus. Pituitary glands, ovaries,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sexual season in sheep is in- versely related to the length of daylight (McKenzie and Terrill, 1937

Observations on the movements and reproduction of the Cascade form of cutthroat trout

Creator:: Wyatt, Bruce
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Center of the U.S. Fore3t Service. In 19g]. arid 19S2, Mr. Donald Wustenberg (11, p. 1 - s

The chromosomes of the two Oregon subspecies of Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque)

Creator:: Monroe, James E.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . To Dr. Robert Storm, Donald McKenzie, Eric Skov, and Tom Bonn, i extend my special thanks for

An evaluation of temperature reduction on low flow augmentation requirements for dissolved oxygen control

Creator:: Feigner, Kenneth Darrel
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 23,370 14,430 12,840 Santiam Jefferson 161,000 7,383 McKenzie Coburg 88,200 6,081 Middle Fork

The urea denaturation of bovine serum albumin, polyglycyl bovine serum albumin and poly-L-phenylalanyl bovine serum albumin

Creator:: Chung, Po-luen
Abstract:: A comparative study was made on the effect of urea denaturation of bovine serum albumin (BSA), polyglycyl BSA and poly-L-phenylalanyl BSA. The denaturation process was followed by ultraviolet spectrophotometry and optical rotation. A blue shift in the absorption maximum at 278 mμ was observed in urea denatured proteins, In 7M...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: mµ with Alm = 6. 60 (Glazer, McKenzie and Wake, 1963). The stock 21 urea buffer (10 M

Estimates of genetic variability resulting from single, top, and double cross populations in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum)

Creator:: Abdennadher, Mourad
Abstract:: The success of a plant breeding program depends upon the availability of useable genetic diversity. Such diversity may be enhanced depending on the type of hybridization strategy employed. Segregating progenies resulting from F2 populations, a double cross, and a top cross were compared for the amount of useable genetic diversity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: heterotic expression when the Fls come from genetically diverse parents (Walton, 1969; Grant and McKenzie

Conversion of a model DBS Loran indicator to a fixed time-base oscilloscope

Creator:: Trolan, J. Kenneth
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . 4. Fink, Donald G. The Loran System. Electronics, Volurac l: 94-99, November 1945. 5. Fink

Employee theft : a study of the major sociological, economic and business causal theories

Creator:: Voit, Irene Elaine
Abstract:: Although employee theft is claimed by many authors to be a significant problem in America with corrosive and damaging effects upon business and society, very little research has been done to establish the causes of such behavior. The purpose of this thesis was to identify, discuss, and critically evaluate theories...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - land's Principles of Criminology. Later editions of the Sutherland text written by Donald R. Cressey

Use of Landscape Characteristics to Quantify Hybridization Risk Between Native and Introduced Salmonids

Creator:: Manning, Michael A.
Abstract:: The introduction of non-native species can negatively impact native species through reduced genetic fitness resulting from hybridization. The lack of spatiotemporal data of hybrids occurrences makes assessing hybridization risk difficult. Here, I developed a spatially-explicit GIS Hybridization Risk Model (HRM) between native ESA-listed Bull Trout and introduced Brook Trout by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Willamette HUC8: 17090003 112 27. McKenzie HUC8: 17090004 113 28. North Santiam HUC8: 17090005

A comparison of three systems of phenotypic selection for grain yield in three spring barley populations

Creator:: Hayes, Patrick M.
Abstract:: Concerns regarding the most effective means of evaluating segregating generations of spring barley prompted this investigation. Three methods of selection were considered: bulk, pedigree, and single seed descent. F₆ lines derived by each method were grown in a replicated yield trial. The effectiveness of each method was measured in terms...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: populations (Harlan and Martini, 1938; Bal et al., 1959; Hamblin and Donald, 1974). Under such conditions

Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Buerger, Catherine F.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the impact of urban renewal on individual health, specifically focusing on an urban planning model called Smart Growth that is being used in Portland, Oregon. Findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of interview and survey data from study participants living in a community where renewal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: community health. There is a large body of research connecting social networks and good health (McKenzie

Iroquois of the Pacific Northwest fur trade : their archaeology and history

Creator:: Jameson, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: During the early 19th Century, the fur trade brought many Iroquois to the Pacific Northwest as working primarily as voyageurs for the North West Company. When the North West Company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company, the Iroquois employees merged as well. After retirement, some settled in the Willamette Valley...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: violence was to avenge a loved one’s death (Donald 1997 : 261). The Iroquois are famous for their hit

A system analysis method for water quality management by flow augmentation

Creator:: Worley, John Larry
Abstract:: A rapid expansion of population and industrialization in recent years has created new and difficult problems in water resources management. Prudent management of water quality will require that more efficient methods be developed for evaluating large volumes of data on complex river systems, and tabulating the results in a form...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Merryfield for inspiration and guidance; Mr. K. D. Feigner and Mr. Donald P. Dubois for their suggestions

Association of selected traits with visual selection for yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum, L. em Thell.)

Creator:: Marciniak, Michael E.
Abstract:: Visual selection for grain yield may be a limiting factor in identifying superior yielding genotypes in a breeding program. This investigation was conducted (1) to compare the effectiveness of visual selection for grain yield by three selector groups representing different levels of plant breeding experience, and (2) to examine the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ability to select high yielding lines supports the use of low selection pressure for yield. McKenzie

Biology and distribution of the Dicosmoecinae (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in western North America

Creator:: Wisseman, Robert William
Abstract:: Literature and museum records have been reviewed to provide a summary on the distribution, habitat associations and biology of six western North American Dicosmoecinae genera and the single eastern North American genus, Ironoquia. Results of this survey are presented and discussed for Allocosmoecus, Amphicosmoecus and Ecclisomvia. Field studies were conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Big Elk River in the Coast Range, tributaries of the McKenzie River in the western Cascades, and

The Identification of Early Prehistoric Settlement Patterns Along the Coast of Southwest Oregon : A Survey Based Upon Amateur Artifact Collections

Creator:: Pullen, Reginald John
Abstract:: Surveys of amateur artifact collections in southwest Oregon indicate that traditional settlement pattern models for this region may be in error. Based on the distribution of major styles of projectile points, at least two distinct periods of occupation are definable. The Early period is tentatively dated between 1000 B.C. and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A follow-up of the graduates of Agricultural Education at Oregon State University

Creator:: Ferguson, John Marshall
Abstract:: Agricultural education at the high school level, like all vocational programs, is expanding vertically as well as horizontally. With this increased emphasis placed on vocational agriculture, the shortage of teachers is already being felt and the situation will, in all probability, become more critical. The expansion of the programs to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The size of the Oregon coastal salmon runs in the mid-1800s

Creator:: Meengs, Chad C.
Abstract:: Increasing the abundance of salmon in coastal Oregon rivers and streams is a high priority public policy objective. Salmon runs have been reduced from pre-development conditions (typically defined as the 1 850s), but it is unclear by how much. Considerable resources have been allocated to restoring salmon runs, but it...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: aboriginal populations (Baunhoff 1963, Sneed 1972, Donald and Mitchell 1975, Huim 1982). Therefore, with an

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: environmental historians should avoid this pitfall. Writing in 2001, environmental historian J. Donald Hughes

Finding Fantasy : Three Newspapers Tell the Story of Kip Kinkel and Thurston High School

Creator:: Wood, Josie MaryAnne Soules
Abstract:: On May 21, 1998 Kip Kinkel drove to Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. Kinkel killed two students and wounded another twenty-two students. He killed his parents the day before. The shootings at Thurston High School came on the heels of a number of prominent school shootings and Kip Kinkel...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Tree Establishment in the M1 Meadow of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

Creator:: Jones, Katherine E.
Abstract:: Montane meadows in the Cascade Range of Oregon have been declining due to tree establishment since records began. Montane meadow complexes in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest shrank by 60 to 75% from 1949 to 2005, but fine scale temporal and spatial processes of tree establishment in these meadows are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: McKenzie Bridge station (elev. 450.5 meters, Lat. 44.1781, Long. -122.1156), (http://cdiac.ornl.gov

Minimalic construction in the Oregon schools

Creator:: Aubol, Quentin Seldon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Portland, and S. L. Godard, Instructor at McKenzie High School, Vida, Oregon, have contributed much to

The relationship of blood glucose levels to ovulation rate and early embryonic mortality in gilts

Creator:: Day, Paul E.
Abstract:: A study was made of blood glucose levels and their relationship to reproduction in gilts. Twelve blood samples, two in each of three successive weeks, before and after breeding were taken. Half of the samples were obtained from gilts in a fasting state and half after feeding. All samples were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: was done by 11 McKenzie (1928) in a study of swine growth and reproduction. Based on litter size

Clay mineralogy in relation to landscape instability in the coast range of Oregon

Creator:: Istok, J. D.
Abstract:: The mineralogy of soils involved in mass movement in Oregon's coast range was examined to determine relationships between clay mineralogy and landscape instability. The objectives were: 1) to determine what kind of materials constitute the less than 2μ fraction of soils involved in different categories of mass movement, and 2)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: chloritic intergrade (McKenzie, 1970). The presence of a broad endotherm at 140-150°C is attributed

An Archaeological Analysis of the Architectural Artifacts and Features at the Robert Newell Homestead Site (35MA41)

Creator:: Modelski, Emily
Abstract:: This thesis will explore the architectural material culture excavated at the Robert Newell Homestead (35MA41), currently located in Champoeg, Oregon. Specifically, the research focuses on the vernacular architecture or the features and construction methods used that both reflect the environment and the cultural traditions of the dwellings occupants. The Robert...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ettienne Lucier, Joseph Gervais and Donald McKenzie, all known Champoeg settlers, may have 14

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: McAleer, Carolyn Patricia
Abstract:: This thesis examines archaeological material in order to explore gender and ethnicity issues concerning fur trade era families from a settlement in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Ethnohistorical information consisting of traders journals and travelers observations, as well as documentation from the Hudson's Bay Company, Catholic church records, and genealogical information...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (sub-divided) Around Forest Grove Calapooya (Sub-divided) Willamette River, McKenzie River Chelamela

The Effect of Zumbini® on Physical Activity of Young Children with and without Disabilities

Creator:: Chang, Chun-Wei
Abstract:: Physical activity is important for young children with and without disabilities. However, recent investigations have found that young children with and without disabilities spend less time in physical activity than is recommended. Family and music factors have been shown to positively affect physical activity of this population in previous studies....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A case study in the evaluation of public domain in a Bureau of Land Management transfer area

Creator:: Barney, Robert Adling
Abstract:: The problem of this thesis is to evaluate small tracts of public domain land as to their best use in an area where the Bureau of Land Management desires to terminate managerial responsibilities. The area chosen is located in the Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management and is within the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: assistance for this study. In particular, appreciation is extended to Donald Z' Robins, District Manager

An analysis of stated preferences for marginal water allocation in the western United States

Creator:: Unruh, Melissa N.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ], Hotelling [1935], and McKenzie [1956-7]. After Hicks and Allen, Samuelson [1938] further developed the

Arthropod communities on understory plants in thinned and unthinned Douglas-fir forests in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Doolittle, Alyssa M.
Abstract:: This study assessed the effects of thinning on arthropod communities on understory plants in the Central Oregon Coast Range. Arthropods were sampled from five understory plants in five pairs of thinned and unthinned, young (50-80 yrs), managed Douglas-fir stands, from late May to mid-July of 1998. Vine maple (Acer circinatum),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Urban residents and non-point source pollution : an examination of practices, influences, and values in the Tualatin watershed

Creator:: Nielson, Lisa M.
Abstract:: In July of 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activated the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs) provisions of the Clean Water Act. As the first river in Oregon to implement TMDL regulations, people and agencies in the Tualatin basin face many challenges. Non-point source pollution affects water quality in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of the Mazama tephra-falls : a geoarchaeological approach

Creator:: Matz, Stephan E.
Abstract:: About 7,000 years ago two major tephra-falls blanketed the Pacific Northwest in volcanic ash. These two tephra-falls, identified as the Llao and climatic tephra-falls, were a part of the eruptive events that led up to the collapse of Mount Mazama to form Crater Lake in the southern Oregon Cascades. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Hydrogeologic field investigation and groundwater flow model of the southern Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Craner, Jeremy D.
Abstract:: Elevated groundwater nitrate (NO3 -) concentrations in the Southern Willamette Valley (SWV) caused the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) to declare a Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) in Spring, 2004. To better understand direction of groundwater flow, groundwater age, and nitrate transport pathways of the SWV we developed a steady-state...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the Coast Range), McKenzie River, Mohawk River, Muddy Creek, Calapooia River, and South

An industrial-arts program for a small high school

Creator:: Harter, Leland Ivor
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Music appreciation and theory courses in Class B high schools of Oregon

Creator:: Peterson, Wilbur John
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Building construction as a practical arts core for the sixth grade

Creator:: Roloff, Arthur Daniel
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Godard, then an instructor at McKenzie High School, Vida, Oregon, and M. M. Romig, Industrial Arts

Isotopic exchange reactions in sulfur monochloride

Creator:: Wiggle, Ronald Rene
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Occurrence of the protozoan parasite Ceratomyxa shasta among salmonid fishes in Oregon waters

Creator:: Sanders, James Edward
Abstract:: This project was initiated to determine the incidence, distribution and species of fish affected by Ceratomyxa shasta in Oregon waters. Returning adult Pacific salmon and steelhead trout were chosen for the survey because they were known to be susceptible to infection. The parasite was also believed to be an important...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - tion of samples made this survey possible. To John Conrad, Mark Decew, Daniel Romey and Donald

In the midst of a revolution : science, fish culture, and the Oregon Game Commission, 1935-1949

Creator:: Hahn, Linda
Abstract:: This thesis will address the transformation of biological sciences during the 1930s and 1940s and it effects on fisheries science. It will focus on Oregon State College and specifically the Department of Fish and Game Management and the interaction with the Oregon Game Commission. Support for mutation theory and neo-...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: histories. Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West (1985)38 by Donald Worster

Megascopic plant remains from three housepits along the Applegate River, southwest Oregon

Creator:: Cole, Madeline L.
Abstract:: In 1982 a protohistoric archaeological site along the Applegate River in southwest Oregon was excavated by Oregon State University Department of Anthropology. Three housepits and a possible menstrual but were uncovered with lithic, faunal, and archaeobotanical elements recovered from house floors and hearths. Seven botanical taxa were represented by carbonized...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Lower Salmon River Cultural Resource Management Plan

Creator:: Sisson, David A.
Abstract:: Cultural resource inventories have identified,205 individual sites on public land along the Lower Salmon River, Idaho. These sites represent a rich and diverse record of the human occupation and utilization of the river canyon during the past 10,000 years. Each of these 205 sites contains its own unique record of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A survey of handicrafts in Oregon

Creator:: Moser, Ruth Annetta
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of landscape-scale variables on the age and growth of coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii in headwater streams

Creator:: Rehe, William G., Jr.
Abstract:: This thesis provides the first general description of the natural variation in age structure, growth rates, and survival in headwater populations of coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii from western Oregon, and a subsequent synthesis of these life-history characteristics across the range of the subspecies. Age, growth, and survival were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

King's Valley resources utlization, problems and development

Creator:: Danyluk, Apolinaryj Paul
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: white men headed by Donald McKenzie came south along the Willamette River gathering furs from the

A study of automotive mechanics education with suggestions for improving industrial arts automotive programs in Oregon secondary schools

Creator:: Aldrich, Leslie LeRoy
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Voc.Agr. 527 Voc.Agr. 845 Voc. OBend. Bethel o o McKenzie 695 I.A. Voc.84 I.A.362 I.A.Eu3Ee + 2,1

The effect of broadcast burning on the quality of winter forage for elk, westen Oregon

Creator:: Friesen, Cheryl Ann
Abstract:: The Roosevelt elk (Cervus elephus roosevelti) is a National Forest management indicator species on the westside of the Cascade mountains, Western Oregon. A Habitat Effectiveness model is used by State and Federal agencies to evaluate elk habitat in the region. Concerns about the model's lack of differentiation between winter and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: dedicated to the memory of my father, Donald William Friesen. He passed away before seeing his oldest

The Indian New Deal and the Effects it had on Federally Recognized Tribes

Creator:: Hall, Gabriann
Abstract:: This paper covers the impact of Franklin D Roosevelt's, "Indian New Deal" and the effect it had on federally recognized Indian tribes. I have taken an in-depth look at specific areas of New Deal legislation including the Indian Reorganization Act, the Johnson O'Malley Act, and the Indian Arts and Crafts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Edwards, Fayette Avery McKenzie, Mary Louise Mark, W Carson Ryan, Jr., and William Spillman.' Interior

Clavaria, a taxonomic study of the genus in Oregon

Creator:: Doty, Maxwell Stanford
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Top-down Influences of bald eagles on common murre populations in Oregon

Creator:: Horton, Cheryl A.
Abstract:: Populations of organisms are influenced by both top-down (predator driven) and bottom-up (environment or resource driven) effects. Seabird research has largely focused on bottom-up factors influencing reproduction, with little emphasis on top-down. Our goal was to better understand top-down impacts on colonial nesting seabirds over a range of spatio-temporal scales....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Donald Yeager, you both mean the world to me. To my cousin and surrogate big sister, Jessica Yeager

Champoeg, a perspective of a frontier community in Oregon, 1830-1861

Creator:: Speulda-Drews, Lou Ann
Abstract:: Champoeg, located along the Willamette River, developed as a transportation center for both river and overland travel and as a shipping point for agricultural products. Retired employees of the Hudson's Bay Company were the first to settle in the area, in the 1830s. American settlers began arriving in large numbers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1812, with Donald McKenzie and William Matthews leading 18 the party. The first trading post was

Fuel Treatment Longevity in the Blue Mountains of Oregon

Creator:: Morici, Kat
Abstract:: Wildland fires are an increasingly extensive, expensive, and frequent occurrence in dry forests of the western United States. Fuel reduction treatments are designed to reduce extreme fire behavior, promote resilient forest structure, and facilitate fire control efforts. Although there is widespread recognition that repeated treatments are needed to maintain desired...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 12 (5): 597–604. doi:10.1191/0959683602hl570rp. Heyerdahl, Emily K., Donald McKenzie, Lori D

A branch and bound algorithm applied to field office location

Creator:: Lovro, Daryl Stanley
Abstract:: This thesis develops a model for locating field offices for the Motor Vehicles Division of Oregon. The locations are determined by minimizing the total cost to the Public. This is reasonable because the Public finances the operation and the opening of the offices through tax dollars, and it bears the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of expansive soils on structures in the Eugene area

Creator:: Bonell, John Alexander
Abstract:: Expansive soils in Eugene, Oregon present a problem to residents, consultants, contractors, and the city government. During the years 1977 to 1979, the nature and extent of the problem was identified, including an outline of the local occurrence of expansive soils and possible engineering solutions to the most often encountered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .) (9) McLean Blvd. Eugene Care Center (10) 43rd and Donald Spencer ButteJunior High School (11) High

The effects of hormones on development of embryonic and post embryonic salmonids, and hormone metabolism during these stages

Creator:: Yeoh, Choo-Guan
Abstract:: The importance of hormone reservoirs in mature teleost eggs is unknown. To elucidate the effects of hormones on embryonic development, steelhead trout eggs, Oncorhynchus mykiss, were immersed in either cortisol, testosterone, or thyroxine at two different stages of development. Elevated concentrations of cortisol were detectable in the trout eggs or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Juvenile coho salmon movement and migration through tide gates

Creator:: Bass, Arthur
Abstract:: Tidal marshlands in the upper estuary ecotone provide essential habitat for juvenile salmonids. In this environment, salmonids grow rapidly and acclimate to saltwater. Worldwide, tidal marshes have been diked and drained to provide agricultural and residential land. Tide gates are one-way doors integrated into dike systems that prevent saltwater flooding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: hardworking field technicians: Justin Arriola, Andrew McClary, John Winkowski, Dave Nelson, and Donald Danesi

A contribution toward a bibliography of Oregon botany with notes on the botanical explorers of the state

Creator:: Osborn, Katherine H., 1906-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Biotic alteration of oceanic basalt glass

Creator:: Drinnan, Megan R.
Abstract:: The subsurface microbial biosphere in the igneous oceanic crust has implications for global geochemical cycling, early life on Earth, and the search for life on Mars. Microscopic evidence of a subsurface microbial ecosystem includes biotic alteration textures associated with basaltic glass. The exact conditions in the basaltic layer that make...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and isolate radioactive and other toxic waste (Donald, 2010). 4 1.2 Environmental

The emergency department as a provider of nonemergent care

Creator:: Stiles, Catherine M.
Abstract:: Emergency departments (ED) provide access to care for large numbers of patients who have nonemergent medical needs. More than half of the patients presenting to the ED at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon, were found to be seeking care for nonemergent medical needs. In an effort to provide an alternative...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A sampling procedure to detect alternative actions in a decision model for choosing among apple harvesting systems

Creator:: Rudkin, Terry Harrold
Abstract:: Numerous analytical aids are available to apple producers to assist them in the decision problem of choosing among alternative apple harvesting systems. However, a majority of these techniques fail to recognize the effect of apple orchard yield variability on system performance and economic efficiency. Furthermore, many of the suggested procedures...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Archaeological Investigations at the Seal Rock Site, 35LNC14 : A Late Prehistoric Shell Midden Located on the Central Oregon Coast

Creator:: Clark, Linda Ann
Abstract:: Seal Rock (35LNC14) is a late prehistoric shell midden site located on the central Oregon coast. Information derived from the faunal remains, radiocarbon dates, and location and size of the midden deposits suggest the site represents a late littoral stage of cultural adaptation. Analyses of lithic artifacts, and bone and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The "tops" of porphyry copper deposits - mineralization and plutonism in the Western Cascades, Oregon

Creator:: Power, Sara Glen
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Creek Mining Company; Robert A. Metz of the Duval Corporation; Donald J. Decker and Michael B. Jones of

Spatiotemporal Associations of Abundance and Vital Rates of Co-occurring Small Mammals in a Late Successional Forest

Creator:: Weldy, Matthew J.
Abstract:: Informed conservation of small mammals, ecosystems, and predators requires a detailed understanding of how small mammals species and communities vary in both space and time, as well as the relative cyclicity and synchrony of this variation. This variation can be especially informative to land managers interested in manipulating the abundance...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Patterns in understory vegetation communities across canopy gaps in young, Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon

Creator:: Fahey, Robert T.
Abstract:: Canopy gap formation is a major factor contributing to maintenance of overstory species diversity and stand structure in forests and may be integral to development of understory shrub and herb layers as well. Acknowledgement of gap formation as a fundamental feature of natural forests has led to consideration of gaps...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Upper Deschutes River Basin Prehistory: A Preliminary Examination of Flaked Stone Tools and Debitage

Creator:: Taggart, Michael W.
Abstract:: The prehistory of Central Oregon is explored through the examination of six archaeological sites and two isolated finds from the Upper Deschutes River Basin. Inquiry focuses on the land use, mobility, technological organization, and raw material procurement of the aboriginal inhabitants of the area. Archaeological data presented here are augmented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: McKenzie River to back-up (Baldwin 1964). Precipitation in the Cascades is delivered by westerly air

Forest canopy effects on snow depth and density of seasonal and transient mountain snowpack in a maritime snow climate

Creator:: Whidden, Ian W.
Abstract:: Relatively little is known about how various factors influence snow water storage in forested mountain landscapes in maritime (warm winter) climates. This study took advantage of multiple snow data sources including long-term data, synoptic sampling, remote sensing, and modeling to examine factors influencing snow dynamics in the H.J. Andrews Experimental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , which drains to the McKenzie River, a tributary to the Willamette River. The Andrews Forest has been

Peavy Arboretum : an archaeological and historical investigation of a Willamette Valley landscape

Creator:: Hylton, Lindon B.
Abstract:: This thesis documents a period of ecological and cultural change on a Willamette Valley, Oregon landscape. In particular, this study examines the Peavy Arboretum area and the cultural changes that accompanied the transformation of the landscape from an oak savannah in the mid-nineteenth century to a dense Douglas-fir forest in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An Analysis of Oregon’s Preferential Forest Property Tax Programs in Relation to Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners’ Tax Program Enrollment Decisions and Forest Management Behavior

Creator:: Rushakoff, Benjamin J.
Abstract:: Little is known about non-industrial private forestland (NIPF) owners in relation to Oregon’s two primary preferential forest property tax programs: Forestland Program – the default tax program for many forestland owners, and Small Tract Forestland Option (STF) – a voluntary program wherein landowners pay reduced annual property taxes and an...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Ku on the Columbia : Hawaiian laborers in the Pacific Northwest Fur Industry

Creator:: Rogers, Donnell J.
Abstract:: Archaeological investigations can reveal persistent traditions of ethnic groups. Hawaiians were employed in the fur trade of the Columbia River from 1810 through 1850. The Hudson's Bay Company employed them at Ft. Vancouver, Washington from 1825 through the end of this period. Data from the excavations of the servant's village...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Promoting progress : a rhetorical analysis of college and university sexual harassment codes

Creator:: Porrovecchio, Mark J.
Abstract:: This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of sexual harassment codes on college and university campuses. The situational model proposed by Lloyd Bitzer is used to examine representative artifacts from Rice University in Houston, Texas, and Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, so as to determine whether they operate as "fitting"...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Water over stones : Oregon watershed stories

Creator:: Oberst, Gail D.
Abstract:: The 13 personal essays in Water over Stones: Oregon Watershed Stories explore the author's experiences in dozens of Oregon watersheds. Using the genre of the personal essay, the author, a fifth-generation Oregonian and amateur ecologist, writes about her life and family relationships in stories that are saturated with the waters...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Governmental policies and the preservation and display of Native American cultural resources in the middle Columbia Basin

Creator:: Michael, Elva Olson
Abstract:: Prior to advent of Europeans in the Pacific Northwest, the Middle Columbia River Basin was the location of highly developed native cultures. For centuries it was the center of very important native trade networks that extended over western North America and a site of important intertribal rituals relating to renewal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Foodways at Fort Yamhill, 1856-1866 : an archaeological and archival perspective

Creator:: Eichelberger, Justin E.
Abstract:: Fort Yamhill, located in the eastern foothills of the Oregon Coast Range near modern day Grand Ronde, Oregon, was a U.S. Army post established in March 1856 as part of a three fort system to guard the newly established Coast Reservation and to provide a Union presence in the state...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: began entering the Willamette Valley as early as 1812. One of the first of these visitors was Donald

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