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Willamette subbasin summary : draft

Creator:: Bastasch, Rick, Bilbao, Anita, and Sieglitz, Greg
Abstract:: Draft report prepared for the Northwest Power Planning Council.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Sisters Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Kauffman, Marcus
Abstract:: The purpose of the Greater Sisters Country CWPP is to protect human life and reduce property loss due to catastrophic wildland fire in the communities and surrounding areas of the Sisters/Camp Sherman, Black Butte Ranch, and Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection Districts. Although reducing the threat of wildland fire is the...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Crook County, Oregon Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Crook County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Committee
Abstract:: The Crook County Wildfire Protection Plan documents the community planning process in Crook County and includes the following components: -- Background information on the Community Wildfire Protection Plan purpose and process, community profile information and fire behavior in Crook County; -- Risk assessment of communities and critical infrastructure; -- Recommendations...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Baker County Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Baker County
Abstract:: Baker County Community Wildfire Protection Plan, Revised February 15, 2006.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Ashland Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: City of Ashland
Abstract:: Ashland Community Wildfire Protection Plan, September 2004. Jackson County, Oregon.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Community Wildfire Protection Plan : Sunriver, Oregon

Creator:: Sunriver Owners Association Environmental Services and Sunriver Fire Department
Abstract:: Sunriver Community Wildfire Protection Plan, March 25, 2005
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Colestin & Hilt Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Fire Plan Development Committee
Abstract:: Colestin Hilt Community Wildfire Protection Plan, Jackson County, Oregon.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Applegate Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Applegate Partnership, Shaffer, Sandy, Shipley, Jack, and Coogle, Diana
Abstract:: The Applegate Fire Plan is a collaborative effort, hatched from an idea that was developed jointly by local citizens and federal agency folks in the Spring of 2001. Due to wide-spread participation throughout the Applegate Valley, general project coordination was organized by the Applegate Partnership, a non-profit communitybased group founded...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Grant County Community Fire Protection Plan

Creator:: Grant County Community Fire Protection Plan Local Coordinating Group
Abstract:: The Grant County CWPP is the result of a countywide effort initiated to reduce forest fire risk to citizens, the environment, and quality of life within Grant County. Citizens, fire districts, county staff or elected officials, and agency representatives have worked together to create a plan that would be successful...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

LaPine Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Lighthall, Kate
Abstract:: The mission of the Greater La Pine Community Wildfire Protection Plan is to protect against loss of life, property and natural resources as the result of wildland fire. This CWPP outlines priorities, strategies and action plans for fuels reduction treatments in the wildland urban interface. It also addresses special areas...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Greater Bend Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Lighthall, Kate
Abstract:: This document outlines the priorities, strategies and action plans for fuels reduction treatments in the greater Bend wildland urban interface. This CWPP also addresses special areas of concern and makes recommendations for reducing structural vulnerability and creating defensible spaces in communities at risk. It is intended to be a living...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Jefferson County Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Community Wildfire Protection Plan Team
Abstract:: In March of 2005, Jefferson County decided to complete a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. The CWPP for Jefferson County covers the entire county except for the area covered by the Greater Sisters Country CWPP in the southwest corner of Jefferson County. It also includes that portion of Crooked River Ranch...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Cascade Locks Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Hulbert, James H.
Abstract:: Cascade Locks Community Wildfire Protection Plan, January 2005. (Hood River County.)
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Morrow County, Oregon Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Morrow County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Team
Abstract:: The Morrow County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is the result of a countywide effort initiated to reduce wildland fire risk to communities and their citizens, the environment, and quality of life within Morrow County. Citizens, fire districts, county staff or elected officials, and agency representatives have worked together to...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Clackamas County Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Creator:: Clackamas County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Committee
Abstract:: The Clackamas CWPP is a consolidated reference documenting wildfire hazards, prevention and response efforts, and resource sharing information for all participating local, state and federal fire agencies. It improves upon historical fire planning efforts by providing a more localized and accurate approach for determining wildfire hazards and implementing best practices...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Collaborative Conservation Strategies: Legislative Case Studies from Across the West

Creator:: Western Governors' Association
Abstract:: Executive Summary: As the 2005-06 Chair of the Western Governors' Association, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano placed special emphasis on issues surrounding sustainable development. As part of that initiative, she directed WGA staff to develop a white paper on the use of negotiated compromise federal legislation as a tool both to...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Hall Nasal Morphology and Energetics Study

Creator:: Roberta L. Hall
Resource Type:: Working Paper and Poster

OSU Perspective, Vol 8 (1)

Creator:: Sanderson, Rebecca A.
Abstract:: The OSU Perspective was developed to provide assessment and other information about our students and programs. We hope that by making this information available to OSU faculty and staff, we can stimulate conversation that helps to keep students and student learning at our core. The Perspective is published quarterly both...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Salinity, runoff and wind measurements, Yaquina Estuary, Oregon, April 1967-October 1968

Creator:: Callaway, Richard J., Ditsworth, George R., and Cutchin, D. L.
Abstract:: Conductivity data from which salinity values were computed were collected at 10 locations in Yaquina Bay from April 1967 to October 1968. Streamflow was measured for the Yaquina River, Elk Creek and Mill Creek from April 1967 to November 1968. Wind speed and direction data were collected near the mouth...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Child Abuse and Neglect in Klamath County, Oregon: A birds-eye view of service provision and community partner relationships

Creator:: Freeman, Misty and Wornell, Emily
Abstract:: This project was designed to get to the bottom of why child abuse and neglect rates continue to be so high in Klamath County. Community partners have a strong relationship with each other and are cooperating to address these issues; nevertheless, the numbers of children experiencing maltreatment remains well above...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

The Role of Outreach in Building ScholarsArchive@OSU

Creator:: Sapon-White, Richard
Abstract:: Keywords: outreach to faculty, institutional repositories, Scholars Archive@OSU, Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Oregon Open Campus 2008 & 2020 Workforce Assessment

Creator:: Etuk, Lena
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Electronic Resources Summary Report 2009

Creator:: Kristick, Laurel
Abstract:: 2009 summary report of electronic resource usage statistics at Oregon State State University.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

OSU Libraries and Research Dataset Curation: A Beginning

Creator:: Avery, Bonnie E., Chau, May, Vondracek, Ruth, and Wirth, Andrea A.
Abstract:: Research & Innovative Services Report 4 (2009). Report on project conducted in AY 2008/09 to identify strategies and resources which have proved successful at other libraries where programs for campus-wide dataset curation are in place; articulate common "problems" that have been encountered by the implementers of these programs; and make...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Federal land management and county government: 1908-2008 - A report of the “changing federal county payments policy and rural Oregon counties: impacts and options” project

Creator:: Adams, Vincent T. and Gaid, Dawn Marie
Abstract:: Working Paper Number RSP 0804. This report represents part of a study being conducted by the Rural Studies Program at Oregon State University that will analyze the impacts of reduced Federal land payments to counties on the services provided by county government in Oregon, and on citizens, businesses and institutions...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Economic impacts on Oregon counties of the termination of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (P.L. 106-393)

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Lewin, Paul, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Our analysis in this paper estimates what the impact on Oregon counties would have been if Secure Rural Schools funding had not been continued. We show the SRS payments to counties for 2006-07 and thus the expected annual net loss of revenues if SRS payments had ended. This estimate is...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Economic impacts on Oregon counties of the termination of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act - an update

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Lewin, Paul, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Our analysis in this paper provides updated estimates of what the impact on Oregon counties would have been if Secure Rural Schools funding had not been continued. The original report used estimates from the June 2008 Initial Report of the Governor’s Task Force on Federal Forest Payments and County Services....
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Seal Hunting Questionnaire

Creator:: Kruse, Gene, Bohn, Burnie, and Bennett, Don
Abstract:: The Oregon Fish Commission operated the Columbia River seal control program under legislative authority. Its purpose was to harass seals and reduce their predation on salmon in the river. Bounties were paid from 1956 through 1970(?) and a seal hunter hired during 1959-1970. Fisherman were surveyed in 1971 concerning the...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Columbia River Seal Control Program

Creator:: Oregon. Fish Commission
Abstract:: The Oregon Fish Commission funded a seal control program on the Columbia River from 1936-1971. There were bounties offered and a professional hunter hired for periods. This 1972 report reviews the program and found it ineffective.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Homeless youth services in Douglas County: from two perspectives

Creator:: Edwards, Mark, Torgerson, Melissa, and Sattem, Jennifer
Abstract:: This report describes the observations and opinions of Douglas County homeless youth and of the social service providers and advocates focused on assisting them. Initiated by the county’s Commission on Children and Families, and conducted by Oregon State University researchers, this study provides data and analysis which may assist service...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Wildland-urban interface maps vary with purpose and context

Creator:: Stewart, Susan I., Wilmer, Bo, Hammer, Roger B., Aplet, Gregory H., Hawbaker, Todd J., Miller, Carol, and Radeloff, Volker C.
Abstract:: Maps of the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) are both pragmatic policy tools and powerful visual images with broad appeal. While the growing number of WUI maps serve the same general purpose, this paper demonstrates that WUI maps based on the same data can differ in ways related to their purpose, and...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Assessing community capacity in Rural America: some lessons from two rural observatories

Creator:: Marre, Alexander and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Building community capacity is a central concern of both policymakers and community residents. Both want to understand why some communities are more successful in achieving positive social, economic and environmental outcomes, and how to increase the capacity of communities to achieve these outcomes. This is particularly true in communities that...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Policy and place: requirements of a successful place-based policy

Creator:: Castle, Emery N. and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: How does one identify, articulate, and relate the forces and influences at work in different geographic places? A satisfactory answer to this fundamental question is required for the formulation of a place-based public policy. Since 1986 the authors of this paper have been concerned with this question, and have evaluated...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Defining rural Oregon: an exploration

Creator:: Crandall, Mindy and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: In this report we explore alternative ways of defining “rural” by mapping and comparing four different classification systems: three created for nationwide use, and one created specifically for Oregon. Several of the most frequently noted differences between the ‘two Oregons’ are the lower educational attainment, lower employment rate, lower average...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Food insecurity in rural Benton County: an ethnographic study

Creator:: Gross, Joan and Rosenberger, Nancy
Abstract:: In 2003 the US Census Bureau found that 11.2% of the United States population was food insecure at some time during the year. The curious nature of such statistics only increases when we shift our gaze to the state of Oregon. This state enjoys a temperate climate and good farmland,...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Demographic trends, the wildland-urban interface, and wildfire management

Creator:: Hammer, Roger B., Stewart, Susan I., and Radeloff, Volker C.
Abstract:: Testimony of Roger B. Hammer, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Sustainable Rural Communities Initiative, Oregon State University before the House Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, Oversight Hearing on Wildfire Management, February 12, 2008
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Education's effect on poverty: the role of migration and labor markets

Creator:: Weber, Bruce, Marre, Alexander, Fisher, Monica, Gibbs, Robert, and Cromartie, John
Abstract:: Improving the quality of education and encouraging students to stay in school is one possible strategy for reducing poverty and raising local well-being in rural areas. A potential obstacle to this strategy, however, is outmigration to metro areas due to the lack of demand for this better-educated rural workforce, and...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Non-metropolitan hunger and food insecurity in the Northwest

Creator:: Grussing, Jay D. and Edwards, Mark
Abstract:: Using the Current Population Survey and its Food Security Supplement for 2002-2004, this analysis examines food insecurity and hunger in the Northwest. First comparing to earlier analyses, we document decreasing food insecurity and hunger for Oregon and Washington as a whole. Consolidating those two states and Idaho to describe the...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

An intellectual journey: transgressions of a neoclassical economist

Creator:: Castle, Emery N.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Restricted opportunities, unfortunate personal choices, ineffective policies? What explains food insecurity in Oregon

Creator:: Bernell, Stephanie, Weber, Bruce, and Edwards, Mark
Abstract:: As the extent of household food insecurity in the US has become better understood, policymakers at the federal and state levels have sought to learn more about the multiple causes of food insecurity. Some have sought the explanation in the personal choices about marriage, child bearing, education and other life...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Food insecurity and hunger in Oregon: a new look

Creator:: Edwards, Mark and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: Oregon has had the highest hunger rate among all U.S. states for four of the last five years. In this report, we re-examine the data on which these rankings were computed and explore how Oregon’s food insecurity and hunger rates vary across demographic groups.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Economic interrelationships in a small farming area: towards an estimate of the threshold of agricultural production for sustainable farming

Creator:: Rashford, Benjamin, Lewis, David, Evonuk, Rose, and Weber, Bruce
Abstract:: This report is intended to increase the understanding of interrelationships in a small farming community. It consists of three main sections. First, it begins with an historical review of agriculture in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Since every agricultural region has unique components it is important to begin any modeling process...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Land Use Planning Information for the Citizens of Oregon

Creator:: Gray, John D. (John Delton), 1919- and Shriver, Katie
Abstract:: This white paper seeks to provide facts about the history of land use planning in Oregon while also identifying some of the key challenges facing planning in the future. It also includes useful information about the work of the Oregon Task Force on Land Use Planning (the “Big Look” task...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

The Valley Library Reference Collection : a white paper exploring future options

Creator:: Mellinger, Margaret, Rielly, Loretta, and Webster, Janet G.
Abstract:: The Valley Library Reference Collection is under-utilized, occupies valuable physical space, and represents a significant investment in collection funds. As reference resources are available electronically, we have not effectively shaped our print or digital reference collection. The physical collection ages as we cancel reference continuations without replacing them with electronic...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Assessment Activities Report - OSU Libraries

Creator:: Deitering, Anne-Marie and Davidson, Jeanne
Abstract:: Report prepared by the OSU Libraries Instruction Work Group for the Office of Academic Programs and Academic Assessment. The report describes the Libraries' processes for program improvement with regard to student learning, as part of OSU's accreditation process.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Electronic resources summary report 2005

Creator:: Kristick, Laurel
Abstract:: A summary of the usage of OSU Libraries electronic journals, databases, books, and reference resources in 2005.
Resource Type:: Working Paper

Fire prevention working group

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Forestry and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: Using the existing ODF program as a guide, this report will stress the importance of cooperation and collaboration between agencies, landowners, industry, and citizens to create more successful public awareness and education programs. In this report we discuss improved Department emphasis on prevention, better training for those who need to...
Resource Type:: Working Paper

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