Framing Question How have communities traditionally dependent on the resource-extraction industries of timber and mining adapted to the modern era of conservation? Background Logging, mining, and other resource extraction-dependent communities across the globe have experienced fluctuations in their standards of living (Harris et al., 1998). Many of these communities, having lost their […]
The Elliott: A Reminder of the Past, the Present, and the Future
Framing Question What use should be most valued in a public land that is labeled as multiple use? Background Logging, mining, and other resource extraction-dependent communities across the globe have experienced fluctuations in their standards of living (Harris et al., 1998). Many of these communities, having lost their primary source of income and […]
The Siuslaw’s Success Story, Re-Imagined
Framing Question How do land managers balance multiple-use and interests on their lands? Background Logging, mining, and other resource extraction-dependent communities across the globe have experienced fluctuations in their standards of living (Harris et al., 1998). Many of these communities, having lost their primary source of income and industry due to tightened […]
Festival of Scholars Reflections
Last Friday, Lewis & Clark College held its 3rd annual Festival of Scholars, an entire day of programs dedicated to showcasing our student scholarship and accomplishments from the sciences to the arts. For a hefty two hours of this day, the Environmental Studies department deployed its army of students to present on capstone and other […]
Case Study Synthesis: Willapa Bay
For the past few weeks, a group of fellow Environmental Studies majors and I dove into the situation unfolding at Willapa Bay, a unique bay with an intertidal zone comprising roughly half of the area of the bay itself. The oyster industry here is experiencing a shift in land-use policies to solve a problem of […]