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Creator:: Pickard, Brian R.
Abstract:: Forested lands of western Oregon provide aquatic habitat for many fish and riparian dependent species, including a wide variety of salmon species. Current policies set riparian protections using fixed buffers on streams for federal and private lands based on stream type or size. These buffers can create a series of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: current buffers on private lands (Oregon Forest Practice Rules) in the Myrtle Creek watershed

Creator:: Mintkeski, Tyler G.
Abstract:: Many contemporary fisheries and wildlife issues are complex, messy, and divisive. Most share a set of common characteristics including a lack of comprehensive scientific information, a limited understanding of biological processes, a scarcity of agency staff, time, money, and a tendency for differences over policy preferences to end up as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Assessing Watershed Condition 9 Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) 12 Oregon Coastal

Creator:: Lamy, France
Abstract:: Decision-making in environmental management is complex due to the multiplicity arid diversity of management objectives and technological choices. This suggests that modelers and experts could utilize (I) multiple-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches to assist stakeholder groups in integrating and synthesizing relevant data and information to address ecological and socio-economic concerns and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Development and Evaluation of Multipi Criteria Decision-Making Approaches to Watershed Management Abstract

Creator:: Cumming, Gordon D.
Abstract:: In 1995, Oregon introduced the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (formerly the Oregon Coho Salmon Recovery Initiative; OCRSI), a statewide cooperative effort between government and citizens. The Oregon Plan promotes voluntary and locally determined salmonid and watershed restoration initiatives. Watershed councils - groups comprised of citizens, federal and state...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Deagen, Debbie
Abstract:: Western society's ongoing cultural shift toward quality of life values and associated increased public participation expectations affects forest managers. The rapid urban growth experienced by the U.S. is increasing both the area of the urban-forest interface zone and the number of residents residing in that zone. The study site of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Ogren, Kimberly
Abstract:: Academics and practitioners agree that in water governance, the quality of a decision making process should influence the quality of the outcome and the degree to which it is accepted by interested parties. However, finding a feasible way to evaluate and then improve the quality of a decision making process...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Governance Process Assessment: Evaluating the Link between Decision Making Processes and Outcomes in the

Creator:: Doyle, Douglas J., 1963-
Abstract:: Financial stress in agriculture has been a concern over the past century. Agrarian values and "love of the land" seem to yield public conclusions for the support of the industry. Much of this support is in the interest of preserving a viable food producing sector in an volatile world climate....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: strong tradition of farming and agrarianism may be significantly imbedded in the decision making

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