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• 1. [Article] Decision Making in Wildlife Management

  11 pages

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Decision Making in Wildlife Management Author: Riley, Shawn J., Gregory, Robin S. Year: 2017, 2012 11 pages Title: Decision Making in Wildlife Management Author: Riley, Shawn J., Gregory, Robin S. Year: 2017, 2012 11 pages Close

• 2. [Article] An Agent-Based Model of Wildlife Migratory Patterns in Human-Disturbed Landscapes

  In recent years, human decision-making has led to significant landscape impacts in the western United States. Specifically, migratory wildlife populations have increasingly been impacted by rural urban ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: An Agent-Based Model of Wildlife Migratory Patterns in Human-Disturbed Landscapes Author: Tierney, Lauren Year: 2015 In recent years, human decision-making has led to significant landscape impacts in the western United States. Specifically, migratory wildlife populations have increasingly been impacted by rural urban development and energy resource development. This research presents the application of agent-based modeling to explore how such impacts influence the characteristics of migratory animal movement, focusing on mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in Western Wyoming. This study utilizes complex adaptive systems and agent-based modeling frameworks to increase understanding of migratory patterns in a changing landscape and explores thresholds of interference to migration patterns due to increased habitat degradation and fragmentation. The agent-based model utilizes GPS-collar data to examine how individual processes lead to population-level patterns of movement and adaptation. The assessment incorporates elements from both human and natural systems to explore potential future scenarios for human development in the natural landscape and incorporates adaptive behaviors, as well as animal-movement ecology, in changing landscapes. Title: An Agent-Based Model of Wildlife Migratory Patterns in Human-Disturbed Landscapes Author: Tierney, Lauren Year: 2015 In recent years, human decision-making has led to significant landscape impacts in the western United States. Specifically, migratory wildlife populations have increasingly been impacted by rural urban development and energy resource development. This research presents the application of agent-based modeling to explore how such impacts influence the characteristics of migratory animal movement, focusing on mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in Western Wyoming. This study utilizes complex adaptive systems and agent-based modeling frameworks to increase understanding of migratory patterns in a changing landscape and explores thresholds of interference to migration patterns due to increased habitat degradation and fragmentation. The agent-based model utilizes GPS-collar data to examine how individual processes lead to population-level patterns of movement and adaptation. The assessment incorporates elements from both human and natural systems to explore potential future scenarios for human development in the natural landscape and incorporates adaptive behaviors, as well as animal-movement ecology, in changing landscapes. Close

• 3. [Article] Tigard Notice of Adopted Amendment (2009-08-19)

  10 pp. Adopted 2009-08-19. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Tigard Notice of Adopted Amendment (2009-08-19) Author: Tigard Year: 2014, 2009 10 pp. Adopted 2009-08-19. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment Title: Tigard Notice of Adopted Amendment (2009-08-19) Author: Tigard Year: 2014, 2009 10 pp. Adopted 2009-08-19. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment Close

• 4. [Article] The "World's Biggest Zoo"? Elephants, Ecological Change, and the Contested Legacies of Conservation in the Kruger National Park

  This thesis explores landscape change in one of Africa’s biggest parks from the perspectives of its managers, the international conservation community, and media in South Africa and the United States. ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The "World's Biggest Zoo"? Elephants, Ecological Change, and the Contested Legacies of Conservation in the Kruger National Park Author: Moore, Samuel Year: 2016 This thesis explores landscape change in one of Africa’s biggest parks from the perspectives of its managers, the international conservation community, and media in South Africa and the United States. The surprising history of Kruger's elephant population reflects the complicated relationship between shifting wildlife management approaches, environmental ethics, and understandings of African nature, which continue to influence future conservation priorities. Elephants, because of their capacity to drive ecosystem change, expose a history of conflict over what nature means in the Kruger Park and how it should be managed. Current management philosophies in the park reflect the need to prepare for an uncertain future but also to confront an unsettled inheritance of the past. I delve into the 20th century chronicles of science, landscape aesthetics, wilderness ethics, and international politics that inform conservation in Kruger today. Title: The "World's Biggest Zoo"? Elephants, Ecological Change, and the Contested Legacies of Conservation in the Kruger National Park Author: Moore, Samuel Year: 2016 This thesis explores landscape change in one of Africa’s biggest parks from the perspectives of its managers, the international conservation community, and media in South Africa and the United States. The surprising history of Kruger's elephant population reflects the complicated relationship between shifting wildlife management approaches, environmental ethics, and understandings of African nature, which continue to influence future conservation priorities. Elephants, because of their capacity to drive ecosystem change, expose a history of conflict over what nature means in the Kruger Park and how it should be managed. Current management philosophies in the park reflect the need to prepare for an uncertain future but also to confront an unsettled inheritance of the past. I delve into the 20th century chronicles of science, landscape aesthetics, wilderness ethics, and international politics that inform conservation in Kruger today. Close

• 5. [Article] West Linn Notice of Adopted Amendment (2008-09-25)

  9 pp. Adopted 2008-09-25. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: West Linn Notice of Adopted Amendment (2008-09-25) Author: West Linn Year: 2014, 2008 9 pp. Adopted 2008-09-25. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment Title: West Linn Notice of Adopted Amendment (2008-09-25) Author: West Linn Year: 2014, 2008 9 pp. Adopted 2008-09-25. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment Close

• 6. [Article] Open Space as an Armature for Urban Expansion: A Future Scenarios Study to Assess the Effects of Spatial Concepts on Wildlife Populations

  Urbanization is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. To address this problem, landscape planners have increasingly adopted landscape ecology as a theoretical basis for planning. They use spatial ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Open Space as an Armature for Urban Expansion: A Future Scenarios Study to Assess the Effects of Spatial Concepts on Wildlife Populations Author: Penteado, Homero Year: 2014 Urbanization is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. To address this problem, landscape planners have increasingly adopted landscape ecology as a theoretical basis for planning. They use spatial concepts that express principles of landscape ecology in diagrammatic form to create frameworks for planning. This dissertation presents a quantitative approach to evaluate the application of spatial concepts developed to create an armature of open space in areas subject to urbanization. It focuses on the predicted urban expansion of Damascus, Oregon, as a case study. An alternative futures study was used to test three open space spatial concepts for patches, corridors and networks in combination with compact and dispersed urban development patterns. The resulting eight scenarios of land use and land cover were then modeled for the year 2060 to evaluate their effects on habitat quantity, quality and configuration and to identify tradeoffs between urban development and conservation for three focal wildlife species: Red-legged frog, Western meadowlark, and Douglas squirrel. Open space spatial concepts strongly influenced habitat quantity and quality differences among future scenarios. Development patterns showed less influence on those variables. Scenarios with no landscape ecological spatial concept provided the most land for urban development but reduced habitat quantity and quality. Greenway scenarios showed habitat increases but failed to provide sufficient habitat for Western meadowlark. Park system scenarios showed habitat increases, but high-quality habitats for Western meadowlark and Red-legged frog decreased. Network scenarios presented the best overall amount of habitats and high-quality habitats for the three species but constrained urban development options. Next, I used an individual-based wildlife model, HexSim, to simulate the effects of habitat configuration and to compare and contrast resulting wildlife population sizes among the eight future scenarios with the ca. 2010 baseline landscape. Network scenarios supported the largest number of Red-legged frog breeders. Park scenarios performed best for meadowlarks, while greenway scenarios showed the largest populations of squirrels. Four of the eight scenarios sustained viable populations of Western meadowlarks. Compact development scenarios performed best for most indicators, but dispersed development scenarios performed better for Western meadowlarks. This dissertation includes both previously published and unpublished material. Title: Open Space as an Armature for Urban Expansion: A Future Scenarios Study to Assess the Effects of Spatial Concepts on Wildlife Populations Author: Penteado, Homero Year: 2014 Urbanization is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity. To address this problem, landscape planners have increasingly adopted landscape ecology as a theoretical basis for planning. They use spatial concepts that express principles of landscape ecology in diagrammatic form to create frameworks for planning. This dissertation presents a quantitative approach to evaluate the application of spatial concepts developed to create an armature of open space in areas subject to urbanization. It focuses on the predicted urban expansion of Damascus, Oregon, as a case study. An alternative futures study was used to test three open space spatial concepts for patches, corridors and networks in combination with compact and dispersed urban development patterns. The resulting eight scenarios of land use and land cover were then modeled for the year 2060 to evaluate their effects on habitat quantity, quality and configuration and to identify tradeoffs between urban development and conservation for three focal wildlife species: Red-legged frog, Western meadowlark, and Douglas squirrel. Open space spatial concepts strongly influenced habitat quantity and quality differences among future scenarios. Development patterns showed less influence on those variables. Scenarios with no landscape ecological spatial concept provided the most land for urban development but reduced habitat quantity and quality. Greenway scenarios showed habitat increases but failed to provide sufficient habitat for Western meadowlark. Park system scenarios showed habitat increases, but high-quality habitats for Western meadowlark and Red-legged frog decreased. Network scenarios presented the best overall amount of habitats and high-quality habitats for the three species but constrained urban development options. Next, I used an individual-based wildlife model, HexSim, to simulate the effects of habitat configuration and to compare and contrast resulting wildlife population sizes among the eight future scenarios with the ca. 2010 baseline landscape. Network scenarios supported the largest number of Red-legged frog breeders. Park scenarios performed best for meadowlarks, while greenway scenarios showed the largest populations of squirrels. Four of the eight scenarios sustained viable populations of Western meadowlarks. Compact development scenarios performed best for most indicators, but dispersed development scenarios performed better for Western meadowlarks. This dissertation includes both previously published and unpublished material. Close

• 7. [Article] Ninth Circuit Endorses Functional Approach to Determining Agency Action Under Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act: Karuk Tribe of California v. United States Forest Service

  56 pages

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Ninth Circuit Endorses Functional Approach to Determining Agency Action Under Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act: Karuk Tribe of California v. United States Forest Service Author: Hennes, Brian Year: 2014 56 pages Title: Ninth Circuit Endorses Functional Approach to Determining Agency Action Under Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act: Karuk Tribe of California v. United States Forest Service Author: Hennes, Brian Year: 2014 56 pages Close

• 8. [Article] Tualatin Notice of Adopted Amendment (2006-11-20)

  46 pp. Adopted 2006-11-20. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Tualatin Notice of Adopted Amendment (2006-11-20) Author: Tualatin Year: 2014, 2006 46 pp. Adopted 2006-11-20. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment Title: Tualatin Notice of Adopted Amendment (2006-11-20) Author: Tualatin Year: 2014, 2006 46 pp. Adopted 2006-11-20. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment Close

• 9. [Article] The Elephant in the Room

  26 pages

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The Elephant in the Room Author: Albert, Troy Benjamin Year: 2016 26 pages Title: The Elephant in the Room Author: Albert, Troy Benjamin Year: 2016 26 pages Close

• 10. [Article] Hillsboro Notice of Adopted Amendment (2007-02-13)

  65 pp. Adopted 2007-02-13. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Hillsboro Notice of Adopted Amendment (2007-02-13) Author: Hillsboro Year: 2014, 2007 65 pp. Adopted 2007-02-13. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment Title: Hillsboro Notice of Adopted Amendment (2007-02-13) Author: Hillsboro Year: 2014, 2007 65 pp. Adopted 2007-02-13. Department of Land Conservation and Development Notice of Adopted Amendment Close