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Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) in decline? An investigation into Region 6 harvest volumes

Creator:: Pape, Brianda
Abstract:: Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) have an extensive history of harvest in the United States. The Pacific Northwest is well-reputed as a major source of floral greens for international markets. One NTFP in particular, beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax), has been repeatedly identified as a prominent, high-value species in the floral greens industry...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

From the Bayous to the Bay: Increasing Houston’s Regional Urban Forest Sustainability and Public Health through Regional Trail Networks

Creator:: DuBois, Joshua, B.
Abstract:: Greenway trails have become a popular way to connect communities, increase public health and provide ecosystem services. Urban forests provide similar and overlapping benefits as greenways but are often unknown and underfunded. Integrating urban forest management with greenway management could be a way to create synergistic benefits for the community....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Decolonizing Natural Resource Management: Kānaka Maoli Struggles for Aloha ʻĀina

Creator:: Low, Laʻakea
Abstract:: This paper examines ways in which natural resource management – NRM – may be decolonized in order to better serve Hawaiʻi communities. Expressed needs for diversity in NRM has brought about inclusion of traditional ecological knowledge in recent years. Here, traditional ecological knowledge is redefined as ʻIK, ʻike kupuna –...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Utilizing Vocalizations to Survey, Identify and Monitor Eastern Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) on Long Island, New York

Creator:: McMaugh, Andria L.
Abstract:: The Eastern black rail (laterallus jamaicanesis) is the smallest of the rail species and facing catastrophic decline throughout its home range. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the black rail population has decreased as much as 90%, leading to its proposed Federal listing as threatened under the Endangered...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ____________________________________________ Janean Creighton ____________________________________________ Badege Bishaw, Committee Members

Mason’s Run brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis): history, management challenges, and recommendations

Creator:: Russell, Joseph D., III
Abstract:: Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations currently exist in less than half of their historic range in the state of New Jersey. The remaining populations are confined to the northwestern part of the state in the Highlands, Appalachian Ridge and Valley, and Piedmont physiographic provinces, with the exception of Mason's Run,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Badege Bishaw, Chair of the Master of Natural Resources Program I understand that my capstone will

Indigenous Approaches to Water Conflict Management : the Anuak and their Approaches to Water Conflict Management

Creator:: Woge, Tsion M.
Abstract:: This research paper investigates the water conflict management approaches of the Anuak indigenous people in Gambella, Ethiopia. The paper poses the question do indigenous approaches to water conflict management provide some effective mechanisms that help to resolve conflict? If so, how? In order to provide answers to the research question,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for his guidance and constructive comments. I also would like to show my gratitude to Dr. Badege

Natural Resource Management in East Palo Alto

Creator:: Hernandez, Uriel
Abstract:: East Palo Alto is a small working-class community of color in the San Francisco Bay Area. Though the community has rich agrarian roots, fertile soil, and good weather, racially-charged policies have influenced East Palo Alto’s development and significantly impacted the state of natural resources in the city in stark contrast...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Forest structure and composition changes in a tropical montane cloud forest surrounding an illegal village in Bale Mountains National Park : anthropogenic disturbance along forest resource trails and implications for conservation and management

Creator:: Arechiga, Theresa Ramona
Abstract:: Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP) is currently considered the most important conservation area in Ethiopia. BMNP was established over forty years ago to protect Ethiopian endemic fauna and to preserve an array of habitat types including Afroalpine, Afromontane, and the second largest natural humid forest (Harenna forest) left in Ethiopia....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: skills I have developed at OSU. Dr. Badege Bishaw’s insights into Ethiopian forestry and his continued

Forests on the Move: Forest Inventories and Wood Anatomy from the Fragmented Forests of Guairá, Paraguarí, and Central, Paraguay

Creator:: Cervantes, Andrew G.
Abstract:: Forest composition in Paraguay has been in a state of change for the past half century due to land management practices, forest fragmentation, and deforestation for agriculture. How these factors affect dendrological diversity and wood anatomy in Paraguay is not well understood. This thesis documents Paraguayan forest composition on the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Examining the Causes of Variation between States in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s Participation Rates: Empirical and Case Study Analysis

Creator:: Elkaramany, Mohamed A.
Abstract:: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal nutrition assistance program in the US aiming at improving health and nutrition among low-income individuals and households. SNAP is a means tested program that provides monthly cash benefits to eligible households and individuals whose assets and net monthly incomes are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: your dedication and being very passionate about my research. I would also like to thank Dr. Badege

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) in decline? An investigation into Region 6 harvest volumes

From the Bayous to the Bay: Increasing Houston’s Regional Urban Forest Sustainability and Public Health through Regional Trail Networks

Decolonizing Natural Resource Management: Kānaka Maoli Struggles for Aloha ʻĀina

Utilizing Vocalizations to Survey, Identify and Monitor Eastern Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) on Long Island, New York

Mason’s Run brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis): history, management challenges, and recommendations

Indigenous Approaches to Water Conflict Management : the Anuak and their Approaches to Water Conflict Management

Natural Resource Management in East Palo Alto

Forest structure and composition changes in a tropical montane cloud forest surrounding an illegal village in Bale Mountains National Park : anthropogenic disturbance along forest resource trails and implications for conservation and management

Forests on the Move: Forest Inventories and Wood Anatomy from the Fragmented Forests of Guairá, Paraguarí, and Central, Paraguay

Examining the Causes of Variation between States in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s Participation Rates: Empirical and Case Study Analysis

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