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 […]
Troposphere Observations
In one of our final lab sessions as the Spring 2017 GEOL 340 Problems in Spatial Science class, we utilized MATLAB software to analyze a dataset containing global cloud cover data. The dataset was produced by atmospheric scientist Jennifer Kay of the Nationer Center for Atmospheric Research and Colorado State University. Kay combined radar and […]
Tribbed Out
My idea to volunteer for the Johnson Creek Watershed Council as a way to narrow down my interests for a senior capstone has taken me on a path as crooked and winding as any tributary. During the surveys for lampreys and steelhead, I interacted with various actors involved in the restoration of the Johnson Creek […]
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 […]
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