This study compares the results of a contingent valuation (CV) mail survey and the voting outcome of a bond measure to fund improvements, through property tax increases, to a downtown park and adjacent riverbank in Corvallis, Oregon. In addition to asking survey respondents about their voting decision, respondents are presented...
Habitat availability and use by an urban population of opossums
were studied with radio telemetry in Corvallis, Oregon in 1981 and
1982. For non-den observations, residential neighborhood types were
used about in the proportion available, agricultural/park/riverfront
neighborhood types were used in higher proportion than available, and
commercial/industrial neighborhood types were...
Managing riparian buffer zones is a potentially important approach to protecting streams from agricultural pollution. This study was conducted to determine if a pasture, a hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa x deltoides) stand, or a native oak (Quercus garryana) forest, had the greatest potential to serve as a nutrient buffer zone....
The official weather station for Corvallis is located on the Hyslop Agronomy Experimental Farm, six miles northeast of Corvallis, Oregon just off of Highway 20. It is situated on the main Willamette Valley floor a few miles to the east of the coast range foothills. The elevation is 251 ft....
From May through November 1963, a mosquito survey was
made in the city of Corvallis, Oregon. The information
obtained dealt with the species of mosquitoes found,
their seasonal occurrence and the location and nature of
their larval habitats. A quantitative and qualitative
analysis of larval and adult mosquito collections by...
At the present time only a portion of Corvallis is sewered and a portion of the city still employs the most crude and unhealthful methods of disposal. The district east of Ninth Street, as shown on the map, has an effective system of well constructed sewers, of the combined storm-water...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the home remodeling
being done during a period of varying economic conditions. A
population of owner-occupants who had purchased building permits to
spend $100 or more remodeling between 1965 - 1970 was collected
from the files of the Building Inspector's Office, Department...
The consumer as an active member of the marketplace has
gained much attention in past years. Information concerning specific
consumers is vital to those who are involved in consumer education.
The aged consumers are one group that gains much concern.
A sample of 25 aged persons in Corvallis was surveyed...