A method was developed for converting the food producing capabilities
of Oregon's soils to numerical data from which state and county
carrying capacities for human populations could be calculated. Another
method was developed for converting the needs for housing and related
support construction to numerical data which would consume cultivated...
The sentiments expressed by Wells capture the fundamental nature of natural
resource and land management in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook County, Oregon.
Driven by the attraction and abundance of natural and scenic amenities in central
Oregon, increases in recreation, tourism, population, development and conflict, have
contributed to the complexities of...
A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to
systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of
natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge:...
