| Title | Policy Patterns across Riverscapes: Riparian Land Standards in the Oregon Coast Range |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Boisjolie, Brett A. |
| Academic Department | Water Resources Policy and Management Program |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 120 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Oregon Coast Range, Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch, Coos Bay Watershed, Coquille River Basin, Nestucca River Basin, agriculture, environmental law and policy, hydrography, logging, natural resource management, riparian areas, terrestrial vegetation |
| Notes | This Master’s thesis gives an in-depth look at the policies governing riparian areas in the Oregon Coast Range. The author finds a fragmented “policy landscape” that complicates natural resource management. This fragmentation makes more difficult initiatives such as Coho salmon recovery efforts. GIS was used to map differing riparian management policies in the Coast Range. The author developed a model to show intrinsic salmon rearing potential in streams. A stream network model was also developed. Standards vary widely and the “choice of hydrographic data was also found to influence the proportional extent of policies within riverscapes” (from the Abstract). The study points to a need for more data and suggests ways to overcome policy fragmentation. Co-major professors were Mary V. Santelmann, and Rebecca L. Flitcroft. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/6w924f34d |
