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- Air -- Pollution (1)
- Air -- Pollution -- Oregon -- Portland (1)
- Air quality management (1)
- Atmospheric deposition -- Oregon -- Portland (1)
- Benthic animals -- Portland Metropolitan Area (1)
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- Carex -- Growth -- Oregon -- Tualatin River Watershed (1)
- Carex -- Mortality -- Oregon -- Tualatin River Watershed (1)
- Consumer behavior (1)
- Environmental toxicology -- Oregon (1)
- Freshwater invertebrates -- Ecology (1)
- Land use -- Oregon -- Portland (1)
- Pollutants -- Columbia River Watershed (1)
- Pollutants -- Oregon -- Evaluation (1)
- Pollution prevention -- Oregon (1)
- Population density (1)
- Rain and rainfall -- Composition (1)
- Restoration ecology (1)
- Riparian areas -- Oregon -- Johnson Creek Watershed (Clackamas County and Multnomah County) (1)
- Riparian restoration -- Oregon -- Johnson Creek Watershed (Clackamas County and Multnomah County) (1)
- Solar radiation (1)
- Stream restoration -- Portland Metropolitan Area (1)
- Toxins -- Oregon -- Identification (1)
- Volatile organic compounds -- Measurement (1)
- Water quality management -- Columbia River Watershed (1)
- Watershed management -- Environmental aspects -- Columbia River Watershed (1)
- Wetland planting (1)
- Wetland plants (1)
- Wetland restoration -- Oregon -- Tualatin River Watershed (1)
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Project To Establish Growth & Mortality Rates Of Three Carex Species In Two Planting Types At Thomas Dairy Site, Tigard, Oregon, Ben Huffine
Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports
Clean Water Services (CWS) currently increases the diversity of their wetland restoration projects using a plug planting method utilizing juvenile herbaceous plants. They have planted most of their projects using this method and plan to continue until a better one is discovered. According to the literature reviewed in this paper, juvenile plants are smaller and weaker than more mature plants and therefore have higher mortality rates. This paper is the culmination of work completed of phase 1 of this two-phase project. The objective of this project (both phases) was to design and establish a study that would test, in the …
Rock Creek Restoration Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Report, Daniel Bedell
Rock Creek Restoration Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Report, Daniel Bedell
Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports
Stream restoration is widely used to rebuild habitat for native fisheries, but it is not well understood how current habitat reconstruction practices affect biological diversity. Citizen Science programs have potential to provide supplemental macroinvertebrate data for effectiveness monitoring of reach-scale restoration projects but variability in training, experience and collection methods can make interpretation difficult. The Clackamas Water Environment Services Watershed Health Education Program (WHEP) is an example of a Citizen Science-based program actively collecting biological data from restored streams. The purpose of this project was to use WHEP student-collected data to detect benthic macroinvertebrate community responses to stream restoration practices. …
Modeling Effective Shade To Prioritize Riparian Restoration Efforts In The Johnson Creek Watershed, Or, Brittany Sahatjian
Modeling Effective Shade To Prioritize Riparian Restoration Efforts In The Johnson Creek Watershed, Or, Brittany Sahatjian
Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports
The influence of stream temperature on the survival and reproductive success of anadromous salmonid populations has become an increasingly concerning issue in the Pacific Northwest. Enhancing the height, density and extent of riparian vegetation is widely accepted as one of the most effective strategies for reducing stream temperatures, while also providing numerous ancillary benefits. Effective shade is defined as the percentage of direct beam solar radiation attenuated and scattered by riparian vegetation before reaching the stream surface and is a commonly used criterion for choosing where to restore riparian vegetation. This project aims to prioritize sites for riparian restoration through …
Sources And Pathways To The Environment And Environmental Presence, Tess Chadil
Sources And Pathways To The Environment And Environmental Presence, Tess Chadil
Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports
In an attempt to successfully address and reduce contamination from toxic chemicals and other pollutants in the Oregon environment, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is in the early stages of developing a comprehensive agency-wide toxics reduction plan. The plan seeks to find a more efficient, sustainable approach to addressing contaminants of concern to human and ecological health. Team Toxics, a work group compromised of members from various DEQ departments, has been created to collaborate and create the framework for developing these strategies. In summer 2009, Team Toxics was in the very early stages of development, and found the need …
State Of The River Report For Toxics, Bradley Carter
State Of The River Report For Toxics, Bradley Carter
Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) strives to prevent pollution, protect water quality and improve ecosystems in order to reduce risks to human health and the environment. As outlined in the Agency’s Strategic Plan, the Columbia River Basin was identified as a "National Priority" and designated as one of our nation’s seven "Large Aquatic Ecosystems". This designation grants legislative status equal to the Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, South Florida Ecosystem, Long Island Sound and Puget Sound. The Strategic Plan is the Agency’s road map of future work efforts, and targets specific goals that are expected to …
Designing More Effective Air Quality Advisories, Justin Olexy
Designing More Effective Air Quality Advisories, Justin Olexy
Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports
Background: There is increasing concern about the impact of air quality on human health in urban environments and how to best reduce impacts through public policies. An NSF Biocomplexity Project - "Feedbacks between Urban Systems and the Environment" (FUSE), led by Portland State University, studies the human feedbacks and responses to air quality and heat advisories through data collected in city-wide phone surveys in Portland, OR and Houston, TX. On days when ozone levels are predicted to exceed air quality standards, regulatory agencies issue air quality advisories which ask residents to reduce certain air polluting behaviors such as driving …
Preliminary Study Comparing Precipitation Quality Between Nominal Land Uses In Portland, Oregon, Lacey Sullivan
Preliminary Study Comparing Precipitation Quality Between Nominal Land Uses In Portland, Oregon, Lacey Sullivan
Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports
The purpose of this study is to analyze the precipitation quality in various land use categories throughout Portland. Because of its significance in the removal of atmospheric pollutants, wet deposition is an important component to study. In addition to its significant role in cleansing the atmosphere, wet deposition can have a direct impact on the ecosystem due to its potential pollutant load. Various land uses may provide different emission sources, each uniquely affecting the composition of the atmosphere. A literature review found few studies comparing precipitation quality between local land uses within an urban area. Wet deposition studies seem to …