Salmon restoration has become a major priority in the Pacific Northwest. In the State of Oregon, much of
the responsibility for habitat restoration has fallen on local watershed councils, with the majority of their
funding coming from state and federal grants. Funding limitations, including the amount of funds allotted
to...
Various types of mass movement features are found in the drainage
basin of the East Fork Coquille River in the southern Oregon Coast
Range. The distribution and forms of mass movement features in the area
are related to geologic factors and the resultant topography.
The Jurassic Otter Point Formation, a...
Stream restoration techniques in western Oregon and Washington include
physical habitat restoration and more recently the addition of salmon carcasses to
improve food availability for juvenile fish. Although both are common practices, few
studies have examined the effects of carcass placement and the interaction of nutrient
enrichment with physical habitat...
Watershed management is widely recognized as an important component of healthy ecosystems and its success depends on cultivating the good will, stewardship values, and participation of citizens. Because much of the streamside land in Oregon is in private ownership activities on public lands will not be enough to protect salmon...
Several state and federal agencies have identified Oregon's coastal wetlands as
priority areas for conservation, and in some cases have specifically singled out
nontidal (mostly palustrine) wetlands as a major concern. Recent research has
highlighted the need to study and manage wetlands from a regional perspective that
considers the distribution...
The dissertation introduces community-based adaptive watershed management (CAWM) as a holistic conservation framework. The CAWM
framework integrates social and ecological suitability to achieve conservation outcomes. The core theoretical concepts consist of adaptive management, adoption-diffusion,
symbolic interactionism, community-based conservation, spatial analysis and watershed management. The CAWM framework is applied to the...
This report describes the preliminary results of a study to compare effects of clear-cut and staggered logging on fish and other aquatic resources in small headwater streams. The results of this study were published in ODFW Fishery Research Report 9 in 3 parts.
The purpose of this research is to investigate how stakeholders involved in collaborative watershed groups in Oregon work with each other to form ideas and take action. Most collaboration efforts include encouraging a high level of trust with a great value placed on relationships and partners, being open and flexible,...
"The fish management plan for the North Umpqua River system (below Soda Springs Dam) is designed to promote effective management of the fish resources in that river. It is prepared to inform interested citizens and agencies of management objectives and promote their input in choosing the appropriate courses of action....