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This study is a gendered analysis of natural resource management at the local scale of a poor rural Sri Lankan village in a conservation buffer zone. This village experiences destruction of forests and ...
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2. [Article] Methods to Develop a Crediting Strategy for Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Agencies: White Paper
The focus of this paper is to identify the ways in which the Ecosystem Services Crediting methodology, part of the Integrated Ecological Framework (IEF), could be developed to make it easily usable and ...Citation -
As a society, we are slowly learning the importance of the interaction between the natural and built environments. We need a new model for planning and development that gives more weight to natural resource ...
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4. [Article] Resident Perceptions of Natural Resources between Cities and across Scales in the Pacific Northwest
As the global population becomes increasingly urban, research is needed to explore how local culture, land use, and policy will influence urban natural resource management. We used a broad-scale comparative ...Citation -
5. [Article] Values Mapping with Latino Forest Users: Contributing to the Dialogue on Multiple Land Use Conflict Management
Values mapping that represents how humans associate with natural environments is useful for several purposes, including recognizing and addressing different perceptions of natural resource ownership and ...Citation -
6. [Article] The Distribution and Reproductive Success of the Western Snowy Plover along the Oregon Coast - 2006
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Interview of Dr. Robert Costanza by Noah Sharpsteen at Portland State University on February 22nd, 2011. The interview index is available for download.
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The intention of this plan is to provide a vision and guidelines for maintaining and improving the ecological health of Koll Center Wetlands in the short and long term. Although the plan will change over ...
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9. [Article] Valuing New Jersey's Natural Capital: An Assessment of the Economic Value of the State's Natural Resources
This report is divided into three main parts. Part I presents essential background information, summarizes the detailed findings of Parts II and III and their limitations, and explores in a preliminary ...Citation -
10. [Article] Mapping Meaningful Places on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Landscape Values
Landscape values mapping has been widely employed as a form of public participation GIS (PPGIS) in natural resource planning and decision-making to capture the complex array of values, uses, and interactions ...Citation -
11. [Article] "Environmental stimulation and long-term planning"
With Cooper, W. Ecosystems.Citation -
12. [Article] Saving the Yellowstone
The Yellowstone River remains the only major free-flowing stream in the lower 48 states. Defenders of free-flowing status argue that benefits derived from maintaining the historic river surpass those gained ...Citation -
Pine Creek Conservation Area (PCCA), just northeast of the John Day River in Wheeler County, Oregon, was acquired in 1999-2001 by the Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs with support from the Bonneville ...
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14. [Article] Oregon Natural Areas Plan
The rich diversity of ecosystems and native plants and animals is one of Oregon's most distinctive and valued qualities. Our state contains rain forests, dry forests, oak woodlands, alpine meadows, prairies, ...Citation -
The McKee Preserve is a new conservation area at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, located on the southern Oregon coast. The Preserve is 250 acres in size and is made up of 13 different natural resource communities. ...
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The City of Gresham is developing a Downspout Disconnection Program, which encourages homeowners to disconnect their roof downspouts from the storm sewer system and divert the stormwater onto their lawn ...
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17. [Article] Oregon Invasive Species Council Review
The Oregon Invasive Species Council (OISC – “Council” is also used in this report) was established by the Oregon Legislature in 2001 [ORS 570.750, formerly 561.687]. In partnership with a broad group of ...Citation -
Understanding survival of precocial chicks in the period immediately following hatching has important conservation implications because population growth is often sensitive to post-hatching survival. We ...
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19. [Article] Mapping Conservation Opportunity Areas for the Intertwine's Regional Conservation Strategy
As part of efforts to develop the Regional Conservation Strategy (RCS) for the greater Portland-Vancouver region, Oregon State University’s Institute for Natural Resources (INR) was asked to use spatial ...Citation -
20. [Article] Combining and Aggregating Environmental Data for Status and Trend Assessments: Challenges and Approaches
Increasingly, natural resource management agencies and nongovernmental organizations are sharing monitoring data across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries. Doing so improves their abilities to assess ...Citation -
21. [Article] Rare Plant Associations, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Sutton Recreation Area, and Heceta Sand Dunes ACEC/ONA
Nine of the ten rare plant associations identified in the dunes in 1993 are recommended for continued inclusion in conservation planning. Large-patch associations are currently in good condition, but small-patch ...Citation -
22. [Article] Project "Foresight": First Phase
Project "Foresight" at this time is concentrating on two major objectives: (1) the development of the first phase of a Willamette Valley Environmental Protection Plan, and (2) refine and sustain a process ...Citation -
The goal of this project was to expand on potential audiences and partnerships within the Teaching Ecological Complexity Project, by creating a one-week teacher training workshop in collaboration with ...
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This presentation focuses on the Columbia Basin Project
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Interview of Steve Cohen by Chris Stephens at Ecotrust Building, Portland, Oregon on July 28th, 2009. The interview index is available for download.
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26. [Article] Interview with Jim Labbe, Portland Audubon Society, 2011
Interview of Jim Labbe by Tony Smith on March 11th, 2011. The interview index is available for download.Citation -
Prior to November 2010, when The Intertwine Alliance launched the Regional Conservation Strategy (RCS) and Biodiversity Guide (RBG) efforts for the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region, conservation ...
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28. [Article] Using Transects to Understand Cyanobacterial Blooms
Presentation focuses on Toxic algae (and cyanobacteria) and on short-term mitigation: Monitoring Possible approachesCitation -
29. [Article] Challenges and Costs of Rapid Population Growth: the Report of the Oregon 2000 Commission
Report focuses on Oregon's growth and the potential impact upon the state's natural resourcesCitation -
30. [Article] The Necessity of Changing What is Possible: Implementing Large-Scale Wildlands Protection
Presentation on the Wildlands Project approach to conservationCitation -
31. [Article] Columbia South Shore Natural Resource Protection Plan Mitigation - Guidelines and Actions
Ordinance No. 167127 passed by Council November 17, 1993.Citation -
Ordinance No. 171260 passed by Council June 12, 1997.
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34. [Article] Empires of the Turning Tide: A History of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and the Columbia-Pacific Region
This book illuminates the history of the many people who together have called this region home, and their relationships with the park landscapes, waters, and natural resources that continue to set the ...Citation -
Interview of Michael Burri by Jeff Pullen-Sayles at Sandy, Oregon on May 9th, 2010. The interview index is available for download.
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36. [Article] Interview with Peter Hayes, Hyla Woods, 2006 (audio)
Interview of Peter Hayes by Glen Esler on July 28th, 2006. The interview index is available for download.Citation -
37. [Article] Preserving Nature through Film: Wilderness Alps of Stehekin and the North Cascades, 1956-1968
On March 22, 1958 David Brower's film Wilderness Alps of Stehekin premiered to an audience of conservationists in Seattle, Washington. Almost two years in the making, the thirty-one minute film advocated ...Citation -
38. [Article] Community Science and the Ecological Merits of Backyard Habitat Patches and Adjacent Green-Spaces for Urban Avian Species
In what ways do small-scale urban backyards contribute to local bird abundance and biodiversity? In what ways might these yards serve as an ‘extension’ of neighboring native forest areas? This project ...Citation -
Archaeological data on the long history of interaction between indigenous people and salmon have rarely been applied to conservation management. When joined with ethnohistoric records, archaeology provides ...
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Today, falling trends of species and ecosystem in the world due to overconsumption and destruction of natural resources are at critical levels. It is vital for humanity to operate with sustainable and ...
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41. [Article] The Role of Habitat Restoration and Conservation in the Changing Socio-economic Conditions of Grant County, Oregon
Habitat restoration has socio-economic as well as biophysical impacts. In Grant County, Oregon a recent influx of funding and technical resources for habitat restoration has led to focused monitoring efforts ...Citation -
42. [Article] Predator Exclosures, Predator Removal, and Habitat Improvement Increase Nest Success of Snowy Plovers in Oregon, USA
Management to increase reproductive success is commonly used to aid recovery of threatened and endangered species. The Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) breeds from coastal Washington, ...Citation -
We used a predictive model to map canopy cover of vegetation over seven feet in height ("tall woody vegetation") at 30-meter resolution over nearly 29 million acres within and adjacent to the range of ...
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Management of public lands in the U.S. aims to achieve multiple goals relating to ecological function, wildlife habitat, support of local economies, and recreation; and in fire-prone landscapes these goals ...
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45. [Article] Bridges and Barriers to Developing and Conducting Interdisciplinary Graduate-Student Team Research
Understanding complex socio-environmental problems requires specialists from multiple disciplines to integrate research efforts. Programs such as the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate ...Citation -
46. [Article] Wet Meadow Plant Associations, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Harney County, Oregon
In July 2012, we sampled 131 plots in wet meadow habitat at the southern end of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Analysis of the data identified eleven different plant associations: Alopecurus pratensis, ...Citation -
47. [Article] The Distribution and Reproductive Success of the Western Snowy Plover along the Oregon Coast - 2016
We monitored the distribution, abundance and productivity of the federally threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) along the Oregon coast from 5 April – 31 August 2016. From north ...Citation -
48. [Article] The Distribution and Reproductive Success of the Western Snowy Plover along the Oregon Coast - 2015
We monitored the distribution, abundance and productivity of the federally threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) along the Oregon coast from 3 April – 11 September 2015. From north ...Citation -
49. [Article] Wet Meadow Plant Associations, Double O Unit, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Harney County, Oregon
This report summarizes vegetation data collected in July 2015 in wet meadow and marshy habitats on the Double O Unit of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR). Because vegetation sampled at the Double ...Citation -
50. [Article] Natural Resource Company and Portfolio Management
The problem which is generally being countenance by a Natural resource company in the field of oil production and exploration is the predicament of division among their projects; they have 5 major and ...Citation -
51. [Article] Temporal Variation in Nutrient Uptake Capacity by Intact Roots of Mature Loblolly Pine
Nutrient uptake is generally thought to exhibit a simple seasonal pattern, but few studies have measured temporal variation of nutrient uptake capacity in mature trees. We measured net uptake capacity ...Citation -
52. [Article] The Distribution and Reproductive Success of the Western Snowy Plover along the Oregon Coast - 2014
We monitored the distribution, abundance and productivity of the federally threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) along the Oregon coast from 1 April – 15 September 2014. From north ...Citation -
Chytrid fungi are the most ancestral of the fungi and are global in distribution. There are over 1200 species of Chytridiomycota described from freshwater, marine and terrestrial systems in temperate, ...
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Invasive species are recognized as a leading threat to biodiversity and their management is expensive, time consuming, and labor intensive. Therefore, it is important to review both benefits and detriments ...
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55. [Article] "Ecosystems"
With: Arbib, M. A. Environmental stimulation and long-term planning.Citation -
56. [Article] "The urban enigma: America's urban alternatives"
With: Brown, H. S. Energy resources.Citation -
57. [Article] Subsistence and Resistance on the British Columbia Coast: Kingcome Village’s Estuarine Gardens as Contested Space
A case study is presented on the contested land ownership of the estuarine gardens in Kingcome Village, British Columbia (BC) between white settlers and the native Kwakwaka'wakw Indian Nation during the ...Citation -
58. [Article] Snowy Plover Buried Alive by Wind-blown Sand
Brief description of an encounter with a Snowy Plover discovered at a nest site near the mouth of Tahkenitch Creek in Douglas County, Oregon. The plover was buried up to its neck in sand, presumably caused ...Citation -
59. [Article] Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Conservation Areas
This paper introduces underwater sensing technologies for acoustic monitoring of marine conservation areas. Small networks of individual passive acoustic sensors have been deployed to investigate a low-cost ...Citation -
60. [Article] Mutual Benefits of Teacher/Scientist Partnerships
University ecologists, science educators and natural resource agency scientists have been working with science teachers in a partnership called "Teachers in the Woods". Teachers work with field scientists ...Citation -
The article presents a study regarding forest management associated with climate change. It mentions that preservation endeavors and restoration schemes should diminish current threats like unsuited forest ...
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62. [Article] Watershed Data Organization and Project Prioritization
The Oregon Coastal Salmon Restoration Initiative (OCSRI) (1197) is the first of several documents that have come to be known as the Oregon Plan for Salmon and watersheds (OPSW). The OCSRI indicates that ...Citation -
63. [Article] Getting Salmon Back in Salmon Creek: Systematizing Comparative Water Quality Analysis for Targeted Restoration
This presentation focuses on water quality restoration efforts in Salmon CreekCitation -
The project investigated and analyzed potential program mechanisms, receiving sites and funding opportunities for off-site mitigation. River Plan staff will use feedback received from the River Plan Committee ...
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65. [Article] A Look Beyond: Wolves, Freedom and the Landscape
The article focuses on the wolves and the need for conservation plans including a wildlife corridor that runs from the Sierra Madre Occidental in Sonora, Mexico, north along the Rocky Mountains to the ...Citation -
66. [Article] Biological Science in Conservation
Large-scale wildlands reserve systems offer one of the best hopes for slowing, if not reversing, the loss of biodiversity and wilderness. Establishing such reserves requires both sound biology and effective ...Citation -
This paper explores organizational learning in Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (hereafter INAH, its acronym in Spanish). INAH’s responsibility is to support research, analysis, ...
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68. [Article] "Remarks on the motion picture 'No blade of grass'"
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69. [Article] Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Program
Highlights • Presumed open access forests have as little as 34% of those under collective action. • No evidence that Community Forestry Programme forests store more carbon .• Carbon from collective action ...Citation -
NW Natural is a publicly traded utility headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States. The company is a primary distributor of natural gas and serves residential, industrial and commercial consumers ...
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71. [Article] Urban Forest Justice and the Rights to Wild Foods, Medicines, and Materials in the City
Urban forests are multifunctional socio-ecological landscapes, yet some of their social benefits remain poorly understood. This paper draws on ethnographic evidence from Seattle, Washington to demonstrate ...Citation -
72. [Article] Our Real Challenge: Managing Ourselves Instead of Nature
As cultural animals we create meaning and order. Stories are the primary means our species uses to do this. Stories that rise to the level of myth exert powerful effects on behavior. The dominant myths ...Citation -
Governments in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) face decisions that involve trade-offs between, for example, the economic benefits from hydropower generation and potentially irreversible negative impacts on ...
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74. [Article] Incorporating Sociocultural Phenomena into Ecosystem-Service Valuation: The Importance of Critical Pluralism
Ecosystem-services scholarship has largely focused on monetary valuation and the material contributions of ecosystems to human well-being. Increasingly, research is calling for a deeper understanding of ...Citation -
REDD + is one of the tools under development to mitigate climate change, but it is not yet clear how to appropriately bring in the approximately 25 per cent of developing country forests that are managed ...
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76. [Article] Making Connections Beyond the Choir
Conservationists rely heavily on support from sectors of the population that want wildlife and wild places protected, but for whom it is not a priority. Support for conservation is widespread but not deep ...Citation -
Occasional Papers in Geography Publication No. 6 This guide begins at the summit of Mount Rainier and, like a drop of water, descends toward the sea. It provides information about geological, hydrological, ...
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78. [Article] Household Food Security and Food Sovereignty : Framing the Future of Hunger and Agriculture
Globally, agriculture is both threatened by and contributing to the converging, interlinked problems of hunger, malnutrition, climate change, resource competition, and the degradation of natural resources ...Citation -
In July 2002, the National Policy Consensus Center (NPCC) hosted a colloquium for people involved in watershed collaborations, academics, and other experts from government and non-profit organizations. ...
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80. [Article] System Dynamics Implementation of a Model of Population and Resource Dynamics with Adaptation
We build and analyze a dynamic ecological economic model that incorporates endogenous innovation on input substitutability. The use of the system dynamics method allows us to depart from conventional equilibrium ...Citation -
81. [Article] Integrating Economics and System Dynamics Approaches for Modeling an Ecological-Economic System
This article describes collaboration between system dynamicists and economists to model a multi-sector, ecological-economic model of population and resource dynamics that is firmly based on economic theory ...Citation -
82. [Article] Our Cities and The City: Incompatible Classics?
At the end of the 1930s, Americans interested in the fates and futures of their cities had the opportunity to consider two new efforts to summarize urban problems and propose solutions. The first was Our ...Citation -
83. [Article] Interview with Dale Blanton
Dale Blanton was interviewed by Bob Rindy and Jim Knight on June 13, 2017. Dale Blanton served as the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development’s senior coastal policy analyst and as the Federal ...Citation -
84. [Article] The Cost Effectiveness in Saving Water
In the past decade the initiative to go green has grown at such a great pace that it has been difficult to deny the new movement, which is directed towards being more efficient, cost effective and environmentally ...Citation -
Landscape structure and biotic interactions are closely linked. We identify five aspects of landscape structure that contribute to the co-occurrence of species and restrict or enable different types of ...
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The underlying purpose of today's global economy, most assume, is to transform natural resources into a continuously growing quantity of goods and services for human consumption. Even when people acknowledge ...
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Over the last century, Pacific herring, a forage fish of tremendous cultural, economic, and ecological importance, has declined in abundance over much of its range. We synthesize archaeological fisheries ...
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88. [Article] A Case Study of the Baldock Restoration Project
Since the 1980s, homelessness has become an increasingly visible and seemingly intransigent part of American society. It affects not only those who experience it directly, as a condition in their own lives, ...Citation -
89. [Article] Woody Biomass Use Trends, Barriers, and Strategies: Perspectives of US Forest Service Managers
The use of woody biomass is being promoted across the United States as a means of increasing energy independence, mitigating climate change, and reducing the cost of hazardous fuels reduction treatments ...Citation -
90. [Article] Toward a new sustainable economy
The current financial meltdown is the result of under-regulated markets built on an ideology of free market capitalism and unlimited economic growth. The fundamental problem is that the underlying assumptions ...Citation -
Since Time Immemorial: The Decline of Columbia River Basin Salmon studies the near extinction of what has been historically the world’s largest salmon population. By examining the issue systemically, my ...
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The purpose of this study is to model how 5-day weather patterns and algal buoyancy regulation influence the competition between two bloom forming cyanobacteria species in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Sudden ...
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93. [Article] So You Want Your Research to be Relevant? Building the Bridge Between Ecosystem Services Research and Practice
There is growing demand for information regarding the impacts of decisions on ecosystem services and human benefits. Despite the large and growing quantity of published ecosystem services research, there ...Citation -
94. [Article] Estimating Nutrient Uptake by Mature Tree Roots Under Field Conditions: Challenges and Opportunities
Nutrient uptake by roots of mature trees is difficult to measure accurately under field conditions using existing methods. In this review, we discuss current techniques for measuring uptake at the root ...Citation -
All four plans were comprehensive. Their scope included transportation, housing, economic development, parks and open space, natural resources, urban design, and land use. Large scale planning efforts ...
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96. [Article] Alaska Spartina Prevention, Detection and Response Plan
This Alaska Spartina Prevention and Response Plan reviews the known impacts, biology, and invasion history of Spartina on the west coast. It outlines strategies for prevention, early detection and efficient ...Citation -
97. [Article] Green Brewing: Part Two
In part one of our Green Brewing series, we started our journey down the rabbit-hole of beer production and the environment with a discussion about energy use and gas recovery. We took a glimpse into specific ...Citation -
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are contaminants of emerging concern that are increasing in use and have demonstrated negative effects on aquatic organisms. There is a growing body of ...
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99. [Article] The Wildlands Project Outside North America
The Wildlands Project seeks to create a connected system of protected areas across North America that will ensure the survival of all native species, including top predators and wideranging species, in ...Citation -
100. [Article] Green Construction: Innovation in Material & Design
Green construction is the creation of an environmentally friendly building that uses less energy, water and construction products, which in turn leads to less maintenance and minimal infrastructure. Green ...Citation