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• 1. [Article] Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation : Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 519-542 : Protection of Public Trust Assets: Trustees' Duty of Loyalty in the Context of Modern American Politics

  A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: LAW LIB. K 10 .O425

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation : Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 519-542 : Protection of Public Trust Assets: Trustees' Duty of Loyalty in the Context of Modern American Politics Author: Lords, Courtney Year: 2009, 2008 A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: LAW LIB. K 10 .O425 Title: Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation : Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 519-542 : Protection of Public Trust Assets: Trustees' Duty of Loyalty in the Context of Modern American Politics Author: Lords, Courtney Year: 2009, 2008 A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: LAW LIB. K 10 .O425 Close

• 2. [Article] Experimental Evidence for Evolved Tolerance to Avian Malaria in a Wild Population of Low Elevation Hawai‘i ‘Amakihi (Hemignathus virens)

  To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher’s final pdf. The article is copyrighted by the International ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Experimental Evidence for Evolved Tolerance to Avian Malaria in a Wild Population of Low Elevation Hawai‘i ‘Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) Author: Saili, Katerine S., Jarvi, Susan I., Atkinson, Carter T., Utzurrum, Ruth B. To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher’s final pdf. The article is copyrighted by the International Association for Ecology and Health and published by Springer. It can be found at: http://link.springer.com/journal/10393. Title: Experimental Evidence for Evolved Tolerance to Avian Malaria in a Wild Population of Low Elevation Hawai‘i ‘Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) Author: Saili, Katerine S., Jarvi, Susan I., Atkinson, Carter T., Utzurrum, Ruth B. To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher’s final pdf. The article is copyrighted by the International Association for Ecology and Health and published by Springer. It can be found at: http://link.springer.com/journal/10393. Close

• 3. [Article] Sensitivity of Oregon Watersheds to Streamflow Changes Due to Climate Warming: A Geohydrological Approach

  Presented at The Oregon Water Conference, May 24-25, 2011, Corvallis, OR.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Sensitivity of Oregon Watersheds to Streamflow Changes Due to Climate Warming: A Geohydrological Approach Author: Safeeq, M., Tague, C., Grant, G. Year: 2011 Presented at The Oregon Water Conference, May 24-25, 2011, Corvallis, OR. Title: Sensitivity of Oregon Watersheds to Streamflow Changes Due to Climate Warming: A Geohydrological Approach Author: Safeeq, M., Tague, C., Grant, G. Year: 2011 Presented at The Oregon Water Conference, May 24-25, 2011, Corvallis, OR. Close

• 4. [Article] Planning in Tribal Communities: An Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Planning Processes

  131 pages

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Planning in Tribal Communities: An Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Planning Processes Author: Itchoak, Roben Year: 2018, 2017 131 pages Title: Planning in Tribal Communities: An Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Planning Processes Author: Itchoak, Roben Year: 2018, 2017 131 pages Close

• 5. [Article] The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons: Culture Conflict, Rationality Conflict, and Climate Change

  31 pages

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons: Culture Conflict, Rationality Conflict, and Climate Change Author: Kahan, Dan, Peters, Ellen, Braman, Donald, Slovic, Paul, Wittlin, Maggie, Larrimore Ouellette, Lisa, Mandel, Gregory Year: 2017, 2011 31 pages Title: The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons: Culture Conflict, Rationality Conflict, and Climate Change Author: Kahan, Dan, Peters, Ellen, Braman, Donald, Slovic, Paul, Wittlin, Maggie, Larrimore Ouellette, Lisa, Mandel, Gregory Year: 2017, 2011 31 pages Close

• 6. [Article] Ready for Change : Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change

  43 p. "A Climate Masters Guide for the Public Health Sector."

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Ready for Change : Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change Author: Climate Leadership Initiative, Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials Year: 2010 43 p. "A Climate Masters Guide for the Public Health Sector." Title: Ready for Change : Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change Author: Climate Leadership Initiative, Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials Year: 2010 43 p. "A Climate Masters Guide for the Public Health Sector." Close

• 7. [Article] Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Cultural and Natural Resource Resilience: a Look at Planning for Climate Change in Two Native Nations in the Pacific Northwest U.S.

  xii, 172 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Cultural and Natural Resource Resilience: a Look at Planning for Climate Change in Two Native Nations in the Pacific Northwest U.S. Author: MacKendrick, Katharine Year: 2009 xii, 172 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Title: Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Cultural and Natural Resource Resilience: a Look at Planning for Climate Change in Two Native Nations in the Pacific Northwest U.S. Author: MacKendrick, Katharine Year: 2009 xii, 172 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. Close

• 8. [Article] A sensitivity-based approach to evaluating future changes in Colorado River Discharge

  This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Springer and can be found at: http://link.springer.com/journal/10584.

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: A sensitivity-based approach to evaluating future changes in Colorado River Discharge Author: Vano, Julie A., Lettenmaier, Dennis P. This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Springer and can be found at: http://link.springer.com/journal/10584. Title: A sensitivity-based approach to evaluating future changes in Colorado River Discharge Author: Vano, Julie A., Lettenmaier, Dennis P. This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Springer and can be found at: http://link.springer.com/journal/10584. Close

• 9. [Article] Optimizing Reservoir Operations to Adapt to 21st Century Expectations of Climate and Social Change in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon

  Reservoir systems in the western US are managed to serve two main competing purposes: to reduce flooding during the winter and spring, and to provide water supply for multiple uses during the summer. Because ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Optimizing Reservoir Operations to Adapt to 21st Century Expectations of Climate and Social Change in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon Author: Moore, Kathleen M. Reservoir systems in the western US are managed to serve two main competing purposes: to reduce flooding during the winter and spring, and to provide water supply for multiple uses during the summer. Because the storage capacity of a reservoir cannot be used for both flood damage reduction and water storage at the same time, these two uses are traded off as the reservoir fills during the transition from the wet to the dry season. Climate change, population growth, and development in the western US may exacerbate dry season water scarcity and increase winter flood risk, creating a need to critically evaluate the status quo for reservoir operations. Focusing on a system of thirteen reservoirs (the Willamette Project) in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, we estimated the values of reservoir management for reducing expected damages in the floodplain and for storing water for recreation in and around the reservoirs. We then used these values in a dynamic program to estimate the optimal fill path over the winter-spring transition period for both historical conditions and future scenarios of climate and social change. The value of stored water for summertime reservoir recreation was estimated based on the response of recreational use day counts to variation in water levels at nine of the reservoirs over the period 2001 to 2011. Visitor days were found to decline by as much as 2% per foot of drop in water level below full pool. The implied value of water to recreational users varied from $0.10 to $78 per acre-foot per month, depending on the reservoir. This range of values is comparable to prior estimates of the value of reservoir recreation in other parts of the western US, and is also similar to the value of water to irrigated agriculture in the Willamette River Basin, estimated in other studies. Because water cannot be used for recreation and irrigation at the same time, these results suggest that management of the Willamette reservoirs may benefit society by releasing stored water in summer for downstream needs from some reservoirs, while maintaining full pool for recreation in others, as prescribed currently. The expected value of flood damage reduction was estimated based on the probability of floods, flood inundation depth, and reservoir capacity, for three scenarios of future development in the Willamette River Basin, which were simulated by the Willamette Water 2100 land transition model over the period from present to 2100 using mid-range projections of future climate (MIROC5) and assumptions about future population growth. Estimates of expected flood damage reduction varied as a function of flood risk over the course of the winter and spring, as well as the rate of population growth and associated development in the floodplain. At a weekly time scale the expected benefits of flood damage reduction ranged from a high in mid-January of $304 million to $1,284 million (depending on the rate of population growth), to near zero at the end of May. Finally, these analyses were combined in a dynamic programming approach to evaluate the optimal rate of fill for the Willamette Project reservoirs, at a weekly time step over the period from January to the end of May. This was done by treating the system of thirteen reservoirs as a single reservoir. The dynamic program found the fill path that minimized the sum of flood damages and foregone recreation benefits, subject to the constraint of available water inflows to the reservoir system. The estimated optimal fill path depended on the rate of decline of expected flood damages from mid-January to May. Anticipated future increases in winter flood risk and reduced spring streamflow, associated with climate change, shifted the optimal fill path to begin earlier and to fill more slowly, compared to the optimal fill path under historical conditions. The model confirms the intuitive result that the greater the value of stored water the earlier the optimal date to begin filling. Conversely, the greater the expected value of flood damage reduction the later the initiation of fill. Despite uncertainties in the estimated values of expected flood damage reduction and stored water for recreation, as well as the limitations of the dynamic program in modelling the coordinated management of multiple reservoirs, the approach and findings of this analysis contribute to our understanding of how reservoir management may need to adapt to future changes in water supply and demand. Title: Optimizing Reservoir Operations to Adapt to 21st Century Expectations of Climate and Social Change in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon Author: Moore, Kathleen M. Reservoir systems in the western US are managed to serve two main competing purposes: to reduce flooding during the winter and spring, and to provide water supply for multiple uses during the summer. Because the storage capacity of a reservoir cannot be used for both flood damage reduction and water storage at the same time, these two uses are traded off as the reservoir fills during the transition from the wet to the dry season. Climate change, population growth, and development in the western US may exacerbate dry season water scarcity and increase winter flood risk, creating a need to critically evaluate the status quo for reservoir operations. Focusing on a system of thirteen reservoirs (the Willamette Project) in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, we estimated the values of reservoir management for reducing expected damages in the floodplain and for storing water for recreation in and around the reservoirs. We then used these values in a dynamic program to estimate the optimal fill path over the winter-spring transition period for both historical conditions and future scenarios of climate and social change. The value of stored water for summertime reservoir recreation was estimated based on the response of recreational use day counts to variation in water levels at nine of the reservoirs over the period 2001 to 2011. Visitor days were found to decline by as much as 2% per foot of drop in water level below full pool. The implied value of water to recreational users varied from $0.10 to $78 per acre-foot per month, depending on the reservoir. This range of values is comparable to prior estimates of the value of reservoir recreation in other parts of the western US, and is also similar to the value of water to irrigated agriculture in the Willamette River Basin, estimated in other studies. Because water cannot be used for recreation and irrigation at the same time, these results suggest that management of the Willamette reservoirs may benefit society by releasing stored water in summer for downstream needs from some reservoirs, while maintaining full pool for recreation in others, as prescribed currently. The expected value of flood damage reduction was estimated based on the probability of floods, flood inundation depth, and reservoir capacity, for three scenarios of future development in the Willamette River Basin, which were simulated by the Willamette Water 2100 land transition model over the period from present to 2100 using mid-range projections of future climate (MIROC5) and assumptions about future population growth. Estimates of expected flood damage reduction varied as a function of flood risk over the course of the winter and spring, as well as the rate of population growth and associated development in the floodplain. At a weekly time scale the expected benefits of flood damage reduction ranged from a high in mid-January of $304 million to $1,284 million (depending on the rate of population growth), to near zero at the end of May. Finally, these analyses were combined in a dynamic programming approach to evaluate the optimal rate of fill for the Willamette Project reservoirs, at a weekly time step over the period from January to the end of May. This was done by treating the system of thirteen reservoirs as a single reservoir. The dynamic program found the fill path that minimized the sum of flood damages and foregone recreation benefits, subject to the constraint of available water inflows to the reservoir system. The estimated optimal fill path depended on the rate of decline of expected flood damages from mid-January to May. Anticipated future increases in winter flood risk and reduced spring streamflow, associated with climate change, shifted the optimal fill path to begin earlier and to fill more slowly, compared to the optimal fill path under historical conditions. The model confirms the intuitive result that the greater the value of stored water the earlier the optimal date to begin filling. Conversely, the greater the expected value of flood damage reduction the later the initiation of fill. Despite uncertainties in the estimated values of expected flood damage reduction and stored water for recreation, as well as the limitations of the dynamic program in modelling the coordinated management of multiple reservoirs, the approach and findings of this analysis contribute to our understanding of how reservoir management may need to adapt to future changes in water supply and demand. Close

• 10. [Article] The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Protocols and pilot studies

  To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Protocols and pilot studies Author: Porter, C., Antle, J. M., Asseng, S., Rosenzweig, C., Hatfield, J.L., Boote, K.J., Thorburn, P., Ewert, F., Basso, B., Wallach, D., Baigorria, G., Winter, J.M., Nelson, G.C., Jones, J.W., Janssen, S., Ruane, A.C. To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier and can be found at: http://www.elsevier.com/. Title: The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Protocols and pilot studies Author: Porter, C., Antle, J. M., Asseng, S., Rosenzweig, C., Hatfield, J.L., Boote, K.J., Thorburn, P., Ewert, F., Basso, B., Wallach, D., Baigorria, G., Winter, J.M., Nelson, G.C., Jones, J.W., Janssen, S., Ruane, A.C. To the best of our knowledge, one or more authors of this paper were federal employees when contributing to this work. This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by Elsevier and can be found at: http://www.elsevier.com/. Close