Economists have generated numerous studies analyzing how a move to rights-based fishery management from open-access management affects fish harvesters' behavior. Conversely, the impacts that such a change in management can have on fish processors has received relatively little attention. This paper presents a simple two-product processor supply model to show...
Impact by an idealized shipping container on a column were observed for tsunami flow in a large-scale wave flume modeled at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University. Two specimen types, aluminum and acrylic, were tested; and each specimen was tested in two orientations, longitudinal and transverse....
As large-scale restorations of degraded rangelands are initiated, land managers need to
understand how decades of dominance by the invasive annual grass, cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum
L.), have altered ecosystem processes. One way to assess such alterations is by observing
differences in decay rates, since decomposition is determined by factors such...
This paper is an exploratory study of the risk perceptions in the Oregon Hazelnut growing community. The study takes place at a time when the industry as a whole has begun to stabilize from the effects of Eastern Filbert Blight, a fungal pathogen that infects hazelnut trees which had devastated...
The effects of two patterns of logging on the intragravel environment were studied in three Oregon coastal streams between June 1968 and June 1969. The watershed of one stream (Needle Branch) had been clearcut, and that of a second stream (Deer Creek) cut in staggered settings in 1966. A third...
This descriptive research project is a survey and analysis of nineteen community mediation programs in the State of Oregon. These programs were evaluated to determine their responsiveness to issues of culture and ethnicity. Data was gathered by face-to-face and telephone interviews with community program staff members and administrators. Information was...
The purpose of Goal 3 in Oregon's statewide planning program is to conserve blocks of land suitable for commercial farm operations. Under state administrative rules, commercial means that which provides a substantial contribution to the regional agricultural economy. Application of this commercial standard by county governments has been inconsistent because...
Changes in educational programs should be implemented only
after a careful evaluation of the product. Information about the product
in education is often not available to planners of vocational education
programs. A follow-up study of former students is a means by
which information about graduates may be collected and used...
A creative work of literary fiction, Chrysalis is
the story of Rachelle Long: a young woman who struggles
to find her identity in a world marked by changing (and
often, conflicting) ideas regarding sexuality, economics,
gender roles and relations, and individual rights. Just
one year into the workforce following her...