Hedonic Pricing is an effective and versatile method of
estimating the relationships between market prices and
environmental quality in a world of changing natural resource
decisions. One natural resource policy not yet studied using
Hedonic Pricing is the protection of free-flowing rivers. As
the pressures of development and outdoor recreation...
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent challenges to the Act’s implementation make reaching conservation goals problematic. Most notably, the very nature of the law—providing protections for species already at...
Concerns over climate change and energy security have spurred governments worldwide to encourage the development of renewable energy. Although public attitudes and macro-politics, in general, show moderate to strong support for renewables- in particular, wind power- largely because of the economic and environmental benefits associated with it. However, local politics...
Poplar Bark Storage Proteins (BSP) are important in storing nitrogen (N)
recovered from autumn-senescent leaves, and supply N for spring growth. Plants of
Populus tremula x P. alba were transformed with a poplar BSP antisense cDNA
fused to a double 35S promoter. Regenerated lines were screened for reduced BSP
accumulation...
Wetlands play an important role in our social and economic well being. Many
services wetlands provide, such as wildlife habitat, recreation, and aesthetics, are
collective goods. Because these services are not represented in a market, an over supply
of wetlands converted to other uses and an under supply of protected...
Research and public concern of poly and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) as environmental contaminants has increased significantly due to the increasing number of reports of their detection in humans and wildlife. PFASs have a number of commercial applications including surfactants, coatings, polymers, and levelers, which are used on consumer products like...
Early nineteenth-century America witnessed social
change which significantly altered the structure of human
relationships. Out of this transformation came new
configurations of gender and sexuality which colored
relations between the sexes well into the twentieth century.
But these gender prescriptions did not merely serve to
pattern male/female interactions, they informed...
Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) contains transuranic (TRU) elements and numerous fission products as a result of the uranium fission process and neutron activation that occur in commercial light water power reactors. Recent environmental and nuclear proliferation concerns have spawned the development of advanced reprocessing techniques to close the nuclear fuel...
Fishers (Pekania pennanti) are medium sized mustelids endemic to North America. Two fisher populations persist in Oregon: an indigenous population in southwestern Oregon, and a reintroduced population in the southern Cascade Mountains. Despite candidacy for listing under the Endangered Species Act, current information on fisher populations in Oregon is scarce....
