The Greenbelt Land Trust (GLT) (a grass-roots conservation group in
Oregon) is interested in a conservation plan for the Marys River Corridor. To
facilitate this effort, a resource inventory was required and a Geographic
Information System (GIS) data base used to compile the inventory (called the
Marys River Project (MRP))....
Purpose of the Study
There were two major purposes of this study. The first was to
determine which socio-economic and educational factors normally
available to Neighborhood Youth Corps personnel were associated with
success and failure in the out-of-school program. The second purpose
was to utilize these available socio-economic and educational...
The larvae, or “worms,” of sawflies resemble small, green caterpillars
that feed on the leaves of various plants. Although sawflies are
rarely an economically important problem in Oregon cereal crops, unusually large populations (300 larvae/10 sweeps) of one species, probably Pachynematus sp., were found in Umatilla County in 2003. The...
Mustard and rapeseeds (Brassica sp.) are native to the temperate regions of Europe. They were among the first domesticated crops. Mustard has been cultivated for at least 4,000 years as an oil, spice, and medicinal plant. It has been cultivated not only for seed, but also as a forage, green...