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Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management

Creator:: Grisa, Amanda Marie Schenk
Abstract:: The USDA Forest Services' actions have come under greater scrutiny by a public that has become increasingly concerned with the legality of their actions. Often, challenges involve the quality of science used in the decision-making. Congress has mandated that the agency use the "best available science" in its decision making...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sustainable Forest Management presented on December 8, 2014. Title: Judicial Deference and Its Potential

Lean thinking in the secondary woodproducts industry : challenges and benefits

Creator:: Czabke, Jochen
Abstract:: Due to growing global competition, especially in the last decade, the United States wood and wood-based industries have suffered significant market share losses. The wood industry in Germany is facing similar challenges. To stay competitive in an increasingly global marketplace, many wood manufacturers are adopting new management/manufacturing approaches. Lean manufacturing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Industry.doc Oregon State University Wood Science and Engineering Department Masters Thesis

Third party registrars of environmental management systems

Creator:: Younce, Judi Ann
Abstract:: During the last decade environmental management has moved from reaction-based management to regulatory requirements to a more progressive approach that incorporates regulatory requirements and voluntary programs, such as the ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS), to successfully administer their environmental programs. Organizations that transitioned from reaction-based to progressive management through...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of a performance measurement intervention on sociotechnical variables and performance

Creator:: Newton, Tygh J.
Abstract:: The "global marketplace" has been a driving force for change, resulting in a dramatic increase in competition and expectations of consumers. With more mailing options available, consumers are scrutinizing service and cost performance at a level never-before experienced by the United States Postal Service. For an organization that has operated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: scrutinizing service and cost perfonnance at a level never-before experienced by the United States Postal

U.S. Forest Service campground management : a cost analysis

Creator:: Van Hees, Willem W. S.
Abstract:: The objectives of this study are (1) to compare the costs of providing camping among different types of U.S. Forest Service developed campgrounds in Oregon and Washington and (2) to help determine possible policy implications regarding future management in relation to costs of providing the various campground facilities. To meet...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Carbon flux patterns on U.S. public timberlands under alternative timber harvest policies

Creator:: Shanks, Alyssa V.
Abstract:: This study considers trade-offs between timber harvest and carbon sequestration on National Forest and other public lands by contemporaneously linking a model of public harvest and inventory to a carbon accounting system. The public harvest model treats three harvest scenarios. The first minimizes the cost of meeting harvest requests that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: timber harvest, forest management methods, and afforestation of non-forested land. The aim of much

A biological classification and characterization of structure in managed, mixed-species, multi-aged stands

Creator:: Singleton, Ryan B.
Abstract:: Forest management requires classification of forest stands into groupings or types based on structural similarities, even when structure varies continuously along gradients. Managed, mixed-species, multi-aged forest stands often display complex structures containing extreme variation in trees size, density, and species composition, and as a result have diverse canopy structures. A...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Building social capital through community-agency collaboration : a survey of residents in northeast Washington

Creator:: Maier, Carolin
Abstract:: Over the past half century, the USDA Forest Service has increasingly faced diverse and often competing demands for forest resources, ranging from recreation, to ecosystem services, and timber supply. Building positive community-agency relationships has become increasingly important. Such relationships can improve community support for forest planning and management activities, ultimately...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: support for forest planning and management activities, ultimately making the agency more efficient and

Critical incident response on a small college campus

Creator:: Marlette, Danielle M.
Abstract:: Campus administrators are partially responsible for how a campus responds to a critical incident and how the students and outside community are impacted. It is important for administrators responding to critical incidents to take an objective look at their plans and preparations to determine if they will truly be effective...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Forest management procedures for the timbered lands of the Oregon State Highway Commission

Creator:: Merriam, Lawrence C.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management

Lean thinking in the secondary woodproducts industry : challenges and benefits

Third party registrars of environmental management systems

The effects of a performance measurement intervention on sociotechnical variables and performance

U.S. Forest Service campground management : a cost analysis

Carbon flux patterns on U.S. public timberlands under alternative timber harvest policies

A biological classification and characterization of structure in managed, mixed-species, multi-aged stands

Building social capital through community-agency collaboration : a survey of residents in northeast Washington

Critical incident response on a small college campus

Forest management procedures for the timbered lands of the Oregon State Highway Commission

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