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Low Impact Development in the Ash Creek Watershed, Oregon : Feasibility Study and Implementation Tool Design

Creator:: Chalmers, Douglas R.
Abstract:: This study presents potential Low Impact Development (LID) solutions for the Ash Creek watershed and designs several tools to assist localities in implementing the solutions they may choose. Ash Creek is a tributary of the Willamette River flowing through Dallas, Monmouth, and Independence in Polk County, Oregon. Currently, Ash Creek...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (WOU, 2017). The Oregon State University Extension Service (OSU Extension) is part of the

Characterizing Community Forests in the United States

Creator:: Hajjar, Reem, McGinley, Kathleen, Charnley, Susan, Frey, Gregory E., Hovis, Meredith, Cubbage, Frederick W., Schelhas, John, and Kornhauser, Kailey
Abstract:: Research on community forests, primarily governed and managed by local forest users, in the United States is limited, despite their growth in numbers over the past decade. We conducted a survey to inventory CFs in the U.S., and better understand their ownership and governance structures, management objectives, benefits, and financing....
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Institute, and the United States Forest Service (USFS) Community Forest and Open Space 109 6

Efficient lawn irrigation in the Intermountain West

Creator:: Charlton, Brian A., Golembiewski, Robert Craig, 1969-, Cook, Thomas W., and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Proper irrigation, despite being one of the most important factors in maintaining a healthy lawn, is the most often overlooked variable in lawn care. This publication describes common turfgrass species, soil water holding capacity, irrigation scheduling, and management practices to optimize irrigation efficiency.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: orientation, or veteran’s status. Oregon State University Extension Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Ungulates and Forest Management : Understanding Interactions Between Large Herbivores and Fuels Reduction Treatments on Shrub Assemblages in the Intermountain West

Creator:: Hall Defrees, Dallas K.
Abstract:: Deciduous shrubs are an integral component of mixed conifer forests of the interior Pacific Northwest by providing structural complexity, forage, and niche habitat. Currently, these species are under pressure from high levels of ungulate herbivory and forest management activities such as fuels reduction treatments. Ungulate herbivory is influential in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of my degree. I thank the U.S.D.A Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station for their

Learning from Women of Color working within the United States Forest Service

Creator:: Ramos, Jeanna A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to analyze women of colors's (WOC) experiences working within the United States Forest Service (USFS) accessing the challenges of recruitment, retention, and promotional efforts. Using testimonios and Anzaldúa's theory of mestiza consciousness, I found three themes that included white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, presumed incompetence,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on May 30, 2013. Title: Learning from Women of Color working within the United States Forest Service

Interconnectedness of Forest Ecosystem Services, Environmental Corporate Impacts, and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Amazon Rainforest

Creator:: Dancé, Raúl
Abstract:: The ecosystem services provided by our forest resources and woodlands are multiple and diverse on all spatial and temporal levels, and include provision, regulating, cultural, and supporting services (Hanson, et al. WRI, 2008). Human activities are proximate and direct drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. In the Latin American region,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: direct drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. In the Latin American region, around 40 million

Interactions Between Wild Bee Communities and Douglas-fir Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) Populations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsugae menziezii) Forests of the Intermountain West

Creator:: Foote, Gabriel G.
Abstract:: This work combines both applied and basic research regarding previously undescribed relationships between two ecologically and economically important insect groups in coniferous forests, bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) and wild bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) communities in Western North America. Across the continent, native bark beetle outbreaks are key drivers of structural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). Hanula et al. (2015) examined seven forest types typical of the Piedmont region of the southern United

Evaluating the Return in Ecosystem Services from Investment in Public Land Acquisitions

Creator:: Kovacs, Kent, Polasky, Stephen, Nelson, Erik, Keeler, Bonnie L., Pennington, Derric, Plantinga, Andrew J., and Taff, Steven J.
Abstract:: We evaluate the return on investment (ROI) from public land conservation in the state of Minnesota, USA. We use a spatially-explicit modeling tool, the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST), to estimate how changes in land use and land cover (LULC), including public land acquisitions for conservation, influence...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , Washington, DC, United States of America, 6 Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State

Short-term responses of native bees to livestock and implications for managing ecosystem services in grasslands

Creator:: Kimoto, Chiho, DeBano, Sandra J., Thorp, Robbin W., Taylor, Robert V., Schmalz, Heidi, DelCurto, Timothy, Johnson, Tracey, Kennedy, Patricia L., and Rao, Sujaya
Abstract:: Rangelands are significant providers of ecosystem services in agroecosystems world‐wide. Yet few studies have investigated how different intensities of livestock grazing impact one important provider of these ecosystem services—native bees. We conducted the first large‐scale manipulative study on the effect of a gradient of livestock grazing intensities on native bees...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: both private and public land in the United States (Knight et al. 2002). The management of organ- isms

Changing Storms and Snowpack Fate in the Western United States

Creator:: Hu, Jyun-Yi Michelle
Abstract:: Cold-season storms are responsible for generating most of the snow that accumulates in mountainous watersheds across the western United States, but with overwhelming evidence of warming temperature trends, this seasonal snowpack is at risk for melt, The vast majority of snow trend studies utilize undifferentiated air temperature records – these...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . ...................... 14 Figure 4. SNOTEL sites by physiographic region in the western United States

A multi-scale comparative study of shape and sprawl in metropolitan regions of the United States

Creator:: Kugler, Tracy A.
Abstract:: This dissertation constitutes a multi-scale quantitative and qualitative investigation of patterns of urban development in metropolitan regions of the United States. This work has generated a comprehensive data set on spatial patterns of metropolitan development in the U.S. and an approach to the study of such patterns that can be...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in Metropolitan Regions of the United States AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Tracy A

A framework for the determination of the suitability of undeveloped land in the intermountain west for use as cropland

Creator:: Rathburn, Arthur Cristen
Abstract:: The "Framework for Determining the Suitability of Undeveloped Land for Use as Cropland" is a decision-making format to assist private and governmental agency decision makers in categorizing undeveloped lands, which have been identified as having potential for conversion to cropland, as to their suitability for use as cropland. The Framework...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of the United States Soil Conservation Service . . . This use of the land-capability system (often

The economics of forest-dependent regions

Creator:: Biswas, Smita
Abstract:: This dissertation explores two economic phenomena involving forest-dependent areas: wage distribution and migration pattern of individuals. Are forest-dependent rural areas less desirable for workers from the standpoint of labor market returns? Are different skills (e.g. education, experience) rewarded differently in these areas? If there are interregional wage differences, would that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ........................................................................................ 1 Chapter 2 - Forest-Dependent Areas in the United States

Mapping Atmospheric Moisture Climatologies across the Conterminous United States

Creator:: Daly, Christopher, Smith, Joseph I., and Olson, Keith V.
Abstract:: Spatial climate datasets of 1981–2010 long-term mean monthly average dew point and minimum and maximum vapor pressure deficit were developed for the conterminous United States at 30-arcsec (~800m) resolution. Interpolation of long-term averages (twelve monthly values per variable) was performed using PRISM (Parameter-elevation Relationships on Independent Slopes Model). Surface stations...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: the Conterminous United States Mapping Atmospheric Moisture Climatologies across the Conterminous

Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science

Creator:: Filotas, Elise, Parrott, Lael, Burton, Philip J., Chazdon, Robin L., Coates, K. David, Coll, Lluis, Haeussler, Sybille, Martin, Kathy, Nocentini, Susanna, Puettmann, Klaus J., Putz, Francis E., Simard, Suzanne W., and Messier, Christian
Abstract:: Complex systems science provides a transdisciplinary framework to study systems characterized by (1) heterogeneity, (2) hierarchy, (3) self‐organization, (4) openness, (5) adaptation, (6) memory, (7) non‐linearity, and (8) uncertainty. Complex systems thinking has inspired both theory and applied strategies for improving ecosystem resilience and adaptability, but applications in forest ecology...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: 11Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA

Does wildfire likelihood increase following insect outbreaks in conifer forests?

Creator:: Meigs, Garrett W., Campbell, John L., Zald, Harold S. J., Bailey, John D., Shaw, David C., and Kennedy, Robert E.
Abstract:: Although there is acute concern that insect‐caused tree mortality increases the likelihood or severity of subsequent wildfire, previous studies have been mixed, with findings typically based on stand‐scale simulations or individual events. This study investigates landscape‐ and regional‐scale wildfire likelihood following outbreaks of the two most prevalent native insect pests...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: flown since 1947 in US Forest Service Region 6 (Oregon and Washington; data available online: http://www

Does wildfire likelihood increase following insect outbreaks in conifer forests?

Creator:: Meigs, Garrett W., Campbell, John L., Zald, Harold S. J., Bailey, John D., Shaw, David C., and Kennedy, Robert E.
Abstract:: Although there is acute concern that insect-caused tree mortality increases the likelihood or severity of subsequent wildfire, previous studies have been mixed, with findings typically based on stand-scale simulations or individual events. This study investigates landscape- and regional-scale wildfire likelihood following outbreaks of the two most prevalent native insect pests...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: flown since 1947 in US Forest Service Region 6 (Oregon and Washington; data available online: http://www

Does wildfire likelihood increase following insect outbreaks in conifer forests?

Creator:: Meigs, Garrett W., Campbell, John L., Zald, Harold S. J., Bailey, John D., Shaw, David C., and Kennedy, Robert E.
Abstract:: Although there is acute concern that insect‐caused tree mortality increases the likelihood or severity of subsequent wildfire, previous studies have been mixed, with findings typically based on stand‐scale simulations or individual events. This study investigates landscape‐ and regional‐scale wildfire likelihood following outbreaks of the two most prevalent native insect pests...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: flown since 1947 in US Forest Service Region 6 (Oregon and Washington; data available online: http://www

An overview of natural gas well pad surface disturbances and techniques used to increase reclamation success within the Vermillion Basin, Wyoming

Creator:: Inman, Theodore
Abstract:: The Vermillion Basin, located in southwest Wyoming is an inhospitable, high altitude desert with unique biota and environmental conditions. The area has a long history of usages by humans including recreation, livestock grazing and mineral development. The natural gas industry has had a strong presence in the area since the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: United States passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) which substantially changed how the

Forestry theses accepted by colleges and universities in the United States : July 1981 - June 1990

Creator:: Fox, M. Anne, 1939-
Abstract:: This is a bibliography of doctoral dissertations and masters' theses in forestry and related topics issued during the period from July 1981 through June 1990. The colleges and universities included are all accredited by the Society of American Foresters. The actual listings were supplied by the individual institutions. Topics covered...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: and universities in the United States, July 1981- June 1990 / compiled by M. Anne Fox, assisted by

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