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Wild Waters : Perspectives on Oregon’s Marine Reserves as Marine Wilderness Areas

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Johnston, Jennifer R.

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Designation of areas as marine wilderness has been proposed as a strategy for managing the increasing threats facing the world’s oceans. Although social factors influence marine protected area success, the human dimensions of marine wilderness remain minimally explored. This thesis examines views of marine wilderness expressed by a representative sample...

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jennifer R. Johnston for the degree of Master of Science in
West Nile Virus preparedness in Multnomah County : efficacy, benefits, and limitations of adulticide use for mosquito-borne disease

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Francis, Kristin A.

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The objectives of this study were to provide a comprehensive review of the risks and benefits of using adulticides to reduce risk of mosquito-borne disease (particularly West Nile Virus) transmission to humans, as well as to decrease annoyance from nuisance mosquitoes. The study was designed with two major research components,...

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11 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kristin A. Francis for the
Understandings of sustainability and the contributions of non-governmental organizations : a case study of Toledo, Belize

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Rosien, Jessica

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This thesis reviews theoretical and local understandings of sustainability and examines the contributions which the NGO, the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE), makes to achieving sustainability in the district of Toledo in Belize, Central America. The study focuses mainly on the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, which TIDE manages...

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project designed for five years and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank. This project was
Transboundary Water Institutions in Developing Countries : A Case Study in Afghanistan

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Malyar, Idrees

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This study addresses the questions: 1) What kind of transboundary water management institution is needed for Afghanistan; and 2) what expertise is required for the institution and which stakeholders should be involved? The establishment of a transboundary water resources management institution/unit is an essential step for Afghanistan in order to...

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Idrees Malyar for
Tales from the trenches : the people, policies, and procedures of cultural resource management

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Wilson, Michele L.

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Since the late 1970s, archaeology has grown into an industry whose practitioners work in both public and private sectors. As an industry, modern archeology is commonly known as Cultural Resources Management, or CRM. CRM emerged from a surplus of employment opportunities made available to archeologists after the passing of National...

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/Officer SOPA Society of Professional Archologists SPSS Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences UAFT
Rivers and Roads : Exploring How Environmental Governance Impacts State Management of Forest Roads

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Detwiler, Stacey M.

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This study explores how environmental governance mechanisms affect state management of forest roads to address the chronic delivery of sediment to streams in Oregon, Washington, and California on private and state forestlands. Forest roads can degrade water quality and harm aquatic life when runoff mobilizes fine sediments from the road...

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THE THESIS OF Stacey M. Detwiler for the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy
Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

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Schweickert, Tina K.

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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...

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Tina K. Schweickert for the degree of Master of Science in History of Science presented on December 3
Meander scars : reflections on healing a river

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Metzger, Abby P.

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As Europeans settled the Willamette Valley in the 1800s, they began to simplify Oregon's largest river contained wholly within state boarders—the Willamette. The river lost miles of channels from dikes, dams, and development. Some channels vanished under concrete. Others became meander scars, or shallow, dry depression in the land where...

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THESIS OF Abby P. Metzger for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Science presented on
Land trusts in the New West : conserving and responding to local geographies?

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Loynes, Kathryn

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This research focuses on the relationship between the emerging role of land trusts and rapid growth and change in the West. Teton County, Idaho, Teton County, Wyoming, and Sublette County, Wyoming, and each of their associated land trusts, are used as case studies. Each county has experienced varying levels of...

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kathryn Loynes for the degree of Master of Science in Geography
Investigating Management of Transboundary Basins between Sovereign Countries and Non-Sovereign Entities

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Altingoz, Mehmet S.

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There is a significant gap in academia in the field of transboundary water management of the non-sovereign entities. The objective of this master’s thesis is to work towards filling this gap. The first part of this master’s thesis research identifies potential hydro political tension risks of the transboundary basins in...

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for their project ‘Climate Change and the Institutional Resilience of International River Basins

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Accelerometers1
Agricultural systems -- Oregon -- Marys River Region -- History1
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Columbia River Treaty (1961 January 17)1
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