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Determining the cost of old-growth set-asides on the OSU college forest

Creator:

Birch, Kevin R.

Abstract:

The objectives for the use of the Oregon State University college forest include providing both facilities for research and teaching, and providing funding through timber harvest. The older age-classes of the forest are valuable for attaining both objectives. The opportunities and costs of removing acreage in the older age classes...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Forestry at the urban fringe : issues, stakeholders and conflict potential in Oregon's Soap Creek Watershed

Creator:

Edwards, Kearstin K.

Abstract:

Increasing land fragmentation, environmental regulations and neighbors' concerns pose significant challenges to forest owners at the urban fringe, whose properties are physically caught between rural landscapes and continually expanding urban centers. Using Oregon's Soap Creek Watershed as a study site, we paired qualitative and quantitative methods to identify stakeholders, their...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Projected income and employment impacts of a decline in the timber resource base of a highly timber-dependent economy

Creator:

Flacco, Paul Richard

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

industrial diversification and diversification of the economic base of the county is warranted
Grant County, Oregon : impacts of changes in log flows on a timber-dependent community

Creator:

Miller, Lester F.

Abstract:

Competitive bid sales of U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest timber resources have significant effects on the economies of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. These sales contribute to the economic vitality of small regions or communities dependent upon timber as a primary resource input. Any changes in the price or...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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. Grant County, Oregon, and the Maiheur National Forest were selected as study areas for this analysis