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(University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2000-09)According to biologists, increasing streamflows in the Pacific Northwest is essential to restore and maintain the populations of salmon and other native fishes. Since agriculture is the principal source of surface water ...
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(Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-09)This report aims to help communities and JCIFP partners by cataloguing and describing local efforts, presenting case studies of activities underway in other parts of Oregon and around the country, and providing recommendations ...
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(Josephine County (Or.), 2004-11-08)Goals [for this Plan are]: protect against potential losses to life, property and natural resources from wildfire; build and maintain active participation from each Fire Protection District; set realistic expectations for ...
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(Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-06)Josephine County officials initiated development of the Josephine County Integrated Fire Plan (JCIFP) in July 2003, along with several federal, state, and local partners. The Plan mission is to protect against potential ...
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(Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-07)This paper evaluates the JCIFP risk assessment process using information gathered from interviews conducted in February and March 2005 with members of the Risk Assessment Committee. This report is intended to assist other ...
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(Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-05)The first annual Woody Vegetation Disposal Day occurred in Southwestern Oregon on April 16, 2005. The event gave participants an opportunity to dispose of their woody vegetation for free. Josephine County’s event was held ...
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(University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Resource Innovations, 2006)In 2002, the Biscuit Fire burned over 500,000 acres and resulted in costs exceeding 150 million dollars. A majority of the acres burned in Josephine County, Oregon. Lessons learned from the fire resulted in the development ...
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(University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2005-11)This research project uses the concept of community capacity -- a community's ability to protect itself, respond to, and recover from wildfire -- and examines socioeconomic indicators (one component of community capacity) ...
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(University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2008-02)Can the vision of healthy forests and healthy communities bring together traditional adversaries? This publication tells a story of collaboration that moves beyond the tales of the '90s-era timber wars. We share how ...
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(Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2002-09)This appendix is a review of fourteen watershed projects: Blue Mountains Demonstration Area; Chattooga River Watershed; Conasauga River Watershed; Lost Rivers National Learning Site; Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley; ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2002-09)This report is a formative evaluation of fifteen watersheds from across the country selected to participate in the program. Bob Doppelt and Craig Shinn of Portland State University carried out the review with assistance ...
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(ECONorthwest, 1999-11)This handbook is one of the products from the Salmon Economics Project. Few people want to plod through all the evidence regarding the economic theory, facts, and implications of proposals to rebuild healthy salmon ...
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(ECONorthwest, Seattle, Wash., 2000)This report offers a quick summary of the economic data and issues associated with efforts to restore healthy salmon runs in the Puget Sound Basin and the rest of Washington. Salmon populations have declined enough for ...
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(University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Resource Innovations, 2006-06)During the past year, the Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) has been working with Resource Innovations, a program within the University of Oregon’s Institute for a Sustainable Environment, to develop a Tribal Wildfire Resource ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2001-12)Wildfires and poverty are both common in the West. Wildfires intensify poverty by having a pervasive, disproportionately negative impact on those households and communities lacking adequate resources to reduce the ...
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(Natural Hazards Observer, 2003-11)The financial and social costs of wildfires are rising annually. Between 2000 and 2002, wildfires destroyed almost 4,000 structures nationwide and cost the federal government over $3.4 billion in fire suppression. Grants ...
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(Program for Watershed and Community Health, University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2005-02)Study to examine the needs and issues of Tribes in Oregon, Washington and Idaho in relationship to wildfire protection and prevention.
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(Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-10-14)The Wolf Creek Rural Fire Protection District (WCRFPD) strategic plan is intended to help direct the District’s efforts for fire protection. The WCRFPD strategic plan will serve as a living document that is referenced and ...
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(University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2008)This guide provides an introduction to woody biomass as a viable alternative to fossil fuels for generating heat and offers case study examples and sources for further information on developing a biomass heat project. ...
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