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  • Assessing tribal water rights settlements as a means for resolving disputes over instream flow claims : a comparative case approach

    Creator:
    Rancier, Racquel
    Abstract:
    Tribal water rights and instream flows for species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) have been a source of tensions in the western United States, particularly when tribes have undetermined water rights to support tribal fisheries listed under the ESA. Understanding the mechanics of past tribal settlements and their...
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    Masters Thesis
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    established as junior rights or reallocated from existing rights. The ESA was a factor in many of the

  • John Archibald Wheeler : a study of mentoring in modern physics

    Creator:
    Christensen, Terry M.
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    This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to determine where best to situate the study of mentoring (i.e. the 'making of scientists') on the landscape of the history of science and science studies. This task is accomplished by establishing mentoring studies as a link between the robust body...
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    Dissertation
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    feature John Wheeler as either the interviewee or a prominent subject of discussion. The project also

  • Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

    Creator:
    Richards, Linda Marie
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    The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...
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    Dissertation
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    looking petty or awkward or peculiar.” For this, I apologize in advance. TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Columbia River Estuary Marina Study

    Creator:
    Fraser, Michael B.
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    The goal of this report is to develop information to benefit the planning and operation of marinas within the CREST area, as well as to generate data for use by local Chambers of Commerce, planners, regulatory agencies, Port Authorities and private developers. It is, however, the commercial, charter and recreational...
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    Capstone Project
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    The preparation of this report was financed through grants from the Oregon Land Conservation and

  • Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

    Creator:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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    . Down’s History of the Silverton Country (Portland, OR: Berncliff Press, 1926) and James Habeck’s “The

  • Honey Bees and Apple Trees : Hood River, Oregon as a Case Study for the Creation of the Honey Bee Pollination Industry

    Creator:
    Kellar, Brenda M.
    Abstract:
    The use of honey bees to pollinate apple orchards seems natural, even inevitable. This dissertation examines the relationship of beekeeping and apple growing in Hood River, Oregon in the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, as a case study in the development of commercial pollination service. Within this time period the...
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    Dissertation
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    3.1 Apples Arrive in the Pacific Northwest …………………………………71 3.2 The Land of the Big Red Apples

  • Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

    Creator:
    Ellis, Erik
    Abstract:
    This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...
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    Dissertation
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    obstruction.... [The land appeared capable of] yielding luxuriant Crops of the European Grains or of rearing

  • Historical landscape reconstruction and perceptual geography of Mount Hood, Oregon

    Creator:
    Belgam, Daniel R.
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    This research seeks to understand the influences of perception on land use around the Mount Hood area of Oregon and evaluate how it has evolved over the past 4,000 years. The study addresses three specific questions: 1) How has the study area evolved over time into the modern landscape? 2)...
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    Capstone Project
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    , and Betancourt 1999), or the influence of alpine land use and resulting vegetation and

  • Port Management Intern for the Port of Alsea

    Creator:
    Ham, David C.
    Abstract:
    Following is a proposal for preparation of an Alsea Bay marine development plan and graduate student internship as port manager. The plan would be prepared during January - June 1984. Dr. Fred Smith and Jim Good have agreed to supervise the plan preparation and provide university guidance.
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    Capstone Project
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    the political realities of the Port Commissioners. It is not important to discover whether or not

  • Essays on land use regulation

    Creator:
    Hascic, Ivan
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    This dissertation consists of three papers on land use economics and regulation. The first paper focuses on the environmental impacts of land use and their implications for the design on water quality trading policies. The second and third papers address local land use regulations and their impact on land values...
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    Dissertation
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    land use regulations. Irregularities may occur where an agglomeration effect or other forms of