| Title | Is the Past Present? Historical Splash-Dam Mapping and Stream Disturbance Detection in the Oregon Coastal Province |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Miller, Rebecca R. |
| Academic Department | Fisheries and Wildlife |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 96 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Big Tom Folley Creek, Camp Creek, dams, ecosystem health, Elk Creek, habitats, human impacts, logging, Middle Creek, Rogers Creek, theses, Wassen Creek, West Fork Smith River |
| Notes | "Severe scouring from splash damming was one of the earliest reported forms of widespread anthropogenic disturbance in streams of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Splash damming was a common method of log transport in western Oregon from the 1880s through the 1950s. Before being released in large freshets to downstream lumber mills, water and logs were stored in reservoirs behind splash dams." (from abstract) The author located known splash dams in the Oregon Coast region and comments on their lasting ecosystem effects, noting that an understanding of the history of human use of a stream is necessary in order to accurately evaluate present conditions. Detailed work was done on Camp Creek in the Umpqua Basin, the East Fork of the Millicoma River, and the East Fork of the Coquille River. Colored maps, colored photographs. Includes an interview with a splash-dam tender. Major professors were Joseph L. Ebersole and Kelly M. Burnett. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/4m90f001t |
