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Improving instream flow protection in the West : an evaluation of strategies with an analysis of Oregon's program

Creator:

Root, Ann L.

Abstract:

In the American West keeping water instream to protect fish and wildlife, recreation, and water quality is in direct conflict with traditional water laws. While most western states have established instream flow protection programs, protection has been hindered by the basic tenet of the prior appropriation doctrine, first in time,...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Keying forest stream protection to aquatic ecosystem values in multi-ownership watersheds

Creator:

Pickard, Brian R.

Abstract:

Forested lands of western Oregon provide aquatic habitat for many fish and riparian dependent species, including a wide variety of salmon species. Current policies set riparian protections using fixed buffers on streams for federal and private lands based on stream type or size. These buffers can create a series of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

historical variability in the Oregon Coast Range. Conservation Biology. 14: 167-180. Sciences. 52:2120-2137