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Removing Protections for Wolves and the Future of the U.S. Endangered Species Act (1973)

Creator:: Bruskotter, Jeremy T., Vucetich, John A., Enzler, Sherry, Treves, Adrian, and Nelson, Michael P.
Abstract:: In June of 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed removing gray wolves (Canis lupus, Linnaeus) from Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections throughout the conterminous United States. The proposed rule depends on a definition of endangerment that is inconsistent with the legislative history and historical implementation of the ESA,...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: . Endangered Species Act (1973) Bruskotter, J. T., Vucetich, J. A., Enzler, S., Treves, A., & Nelson, M. P

What the Inbred Scandinavian Wolf Population Tells Us about the Nature of Conservation

Creator:: Räikkönen, Jannikke, Vucetich, John A., Vucetich, Leah M., Peterson, Rolf O., and Nelson, Michael P.
Abstract:: The genetic aspects of population health are critical, but frequently difficult to assess. Of concern has been the genetic constitution of Scandinavian wolves (Canis lupus), which represent an important case in conservation. We examined the incidence of different congenital anomalies for 171 Scandinavian wolves, including the immigrant founder female, born...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Tells Us about the Nature of Conservation Jannikke Räikkönen1*, John A. Vucetich2, Leah M. Vucetich2

Fusing Science and Ethics: Tools for Natural Resource Educators

Creator:: Nagel, Linda, Nelson, Michael, and Vucetich, John
Abstract:: Natural resource educators are beginning to appreciate that formal critical thinking and ethical reasoning skills are not only important but absolutely necessary tools for the 21st century natural resource professional (both scientist and manager). However, given a historic lack of formal ethical reasoning within natural resource curricula combined with the...
Resource Type:: Presentation
Full Text:: John A. Vucetich1 1 School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological

Ecological Forestry : A Critical Analysis

Creator:: Batavia, Chelsea
Abstract:: Although science is widely accepted as a fundamental source of information underlying decisions about forest management and conservation, considerably less attention has been paid to the inevitable role that normative values and beliefs play in such decisions. This thesis highlights the normative dimensions of "ecological forestry," a strategy of forest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Jeff Hatten, John Vucetich, and Klaus Puettmann, for their patience and valuable advice, and

On Morality, Psychology, and Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Appraisal of Ethics in Context

Creator:: Batavia, Chelsea K.
Abstract:: Conservation is, among other things, the expression of a relationship between humans and nonhuman nature. This relationship can be described empirically using the methods of social science, but it can also be prescribed in the form of philosophical arguments. Scholars in the field of environmental ethics have discussed and debated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . She contributed to the preparation and revision of the first and last manuscript. John A. Vucetich

Nature for whom? How type of beneficiary influences the effectiveness of conservation outreach messages

Creator:: Batavia, Chelsea, Bruskotter, Jeremy T., Jones, Julia A., Vucetich, John A., Gosnell, Hannah, and Nelson, Michael Paul
Abstract:: In recent years the conservation community has engaged in debate over value in nonhuman nature, especially as it relates to motivations for conservation. Many have expressed the assumption that more people are willing to support conservation when emphasis is placed on the human benefits of nonhuman nature, rather than the...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Sciences Oregon State University geojulia@comcast.net John A. Vucetich School of Forest Resources and

The Art and Craft of John Williams

Creator:: Lincoln, Danae A.
Abstract:: The intent of this paper is to bring more attention to the mastery involved with film composition as an art form. The research focuses specifically on the life, style, influences, and works of John Williams as a conductor, film composer, and composer. It addresses his biography, filmography, and working relationships,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: life, style, influences, and works of John Williams as a conductor, film composer, and composer

Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

Creator:: Preus, Camille
Abstract:: The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe how Oregon governors Barbara Roberts and John Kitzhaber, whose tenures both coincided with the passage and implementation of property tax limitation measures, determined the community college budgets within their recommended state budgets. The stories of Robert’s 1993 and Kitzhaber’s 2001 decisions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Democrat elected in 1990, who served one four- year term (1991-1994), and Governor John Kitzhaber, a

Drunken Walking: A Novel Brownian Dynamics Simulation for the Mechanochemical Cycle of the Dynein Motor Protein

Creator:: Waczak, John L.
Abstract:: The dynein molecule is a peculiar motor protein recognized for its unique stepping behavior. Sometimes it steps forwards. Other times it steps backwards. It has even been observed to occasionally shuffle by beginning a step with the same domain many times in row. These motions make dynein an interesting object...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Drunken Walking: A Novel Brownian Dynamics Simulation for

An informed and ignorant readership : the contradictions of creative nonfiction

Creator:: Rush, Lani
Abstract:: Creative nonfiction is a genre replete with contradictions--the name itself shows that: nonfiction writing is true and factual, but creative writing is imaginative and inventive. Because of fundamental contradictions like this, there is no standardized or even most common definition of the genre. This creates confusion for both critics and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: nonfiction is a genre replete with contradictions—the name itself shows that: nonfiction writing is true

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Removing Protections for Wolves and the Future of the U.S. Endangered Species Act (1973)

What the Inbred Scandinavian Wolf Population Tells Us about the Nature of Conservation

Fusing Science and Ethics: Tools for Natural Resource Educators

Ecological Forestry : A Critical Analysis

On Morality, Psychology, and Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Appraisal of Ethics in Context

Nature for whom? How type of beneficiary influences the effectiveness of conservation outreach messages

The Art and Craft of John Williams

Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

Drunken Walking: A Novel Brownian Dynamics Simulation for the Mechanochemical Cycle of the Dynein Motor Protein

An informed and ignorant readership : the contradictions of creative nonfiction

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