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Creator:: Logan, Michael Burke
Abstract:: The Western Lake Survey (WLS) of 1985 documented the status of lake water chemistry across the western US and inferred population representations of various subregions and geomorphic units via statistically analyses. Results from this 1985 study indicated that lakes of the Oregon Cascades had the second most pristine and dilute...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon Cascades had the second most pristine and dilute lake water chemistry in the nation

Creator:: Lin, Biing-Hwan
Abstract:: In the past decade considerable research in several disciplines has been oriented toward the design of optimal capacity expansion plans for water resource systems. The emphasis of most of these efforts has been directed toward minimization total cost outlays in project planning. This focus somewhat limits the full applicability of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Landry, Clay J.
Abstract:: Many parts of the West are experiencing substantial growth pressures that have increased the demand for water. These new demands come at a time when most of the water in the West has been fully appropriated by traditional uses such as agriculture, mining, and industry. Some attempts are being made...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: was to provide Oregon water resource managers with information concerning experiences of other

Creator:: Kirkpatrick, Kenton
Abstract:: It is no longer possible in any area of the United States to formulate water resources plans for single purpose projects as has been done in past years. No longer can one of our greatest natural resources, water, be used solely for navigation, power generation, irrigation, or controlled for reducing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for water resource development have been suggested and used across the country in an effort to

Creator:: Grasty, Brent L.
Abstract:: Hedonic Pricing is an effective and versatile method of estimating the relationships between market prices and environmental quality in a world of changing natural resource decisions. One natural resource policy not yet studied using Hedonic Pricing is the protection of free-flowing rivers. As the pressures of development and outdoor recreation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Seely, Harold E.
Abstract:: Competition for water both from within the irrigation community and from outside interests has been a major source of conflict in the West. In the Umatilla Basin of central Oregon, Umatilla River water is diverted to irrigate a variety of crops, while instream flows have value in salmonid production. Historically,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Resource Economics I understand my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State

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