| Main Title |
Research Natural Area needs in the Pacific Northwest : a contribution to land-use planning / |
| Author |
Dyrness, C. T.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, |
| Year Published |
1975 |
| OCLC Number |
02040943 |
| Subjects |
Natural resources--Research--Northwest, Pacific ;
Research natural areas--Northwest, Pacific ;
Land use--Northwest, Pacific--Planning ;
Land use--Planning ;
Pacific Northwest
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| Holdings |
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Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
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Checkout
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| ESAD |
10A002849 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
09/06/1991 |
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| Collation |
viii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Notes |
Report on Natural Area Needs Workshop, November 29-December 1, 1973, Wemme, Oregon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203). |
| Contents Notes |
Olympic Penisula and Southwestern Washington Province -- Puget trough province, Washington -- Western Slopes and Crest Province, Washington Cascades -- Columbia Basin Province, Washington -- Okanogan Highlands Province, Northeastern Washington -- Oregon Coast Ranges Province -- Western Oregon Interior Valleys Province -- Siskiyou Mountains Province, Southwestern Oregon -- Western Slopes and Crest Province, Oregon Cascades -- Eastern Slopes Province, Oregon Cascades -- Ochoco, Blue, and Wallowa Mountains Province, Northeastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington -- Basin and Range Province, Eastern Oregon -- High Lava Plains and Columbia Basin Province, Eastern Oregon -- Owyhee Upland Province, Southeastern Oregon. Research Natural Areas are examples of typical and distinctive natural ecosystems and habitats reserved for scientific and educational use. This outline of the minimal Research Natural Area system needed to provide adequate field laboratories for ecological, environmental, and land management research was developed by an interinstitutional, interdisciplinary working group. Natural area needs were first described on the basis of individual organisms, habitats, or ecosystems which should be represented. These "cells," the basic building blocks in defining the total scope of the system, considered terrestrial and aquatic environments as well as rare and endangered species. Identified cells were matched against existing Research Natural Areas to determine which were already filled. The remaining, unfilled cells were then tentatively grouped as units which were listed as Research Natural Area needs. A minimal Research Natural Area system for Oregon and Washington requires approximately 360 tracts which, in turn, incorporate over 770 individual cells (ecosystems, habitats, or organisms). Since 60 Research Natural Areas are already established, about 300 additional areas are needed. These remaining needs were assigned a priority (low, medium, or high) based on importance and degree to which they are endangered, as well as identified as to the Federal, State, or private agency or institution most likely to be able to provide a tract of that type. The purpose of Research Natural Areas, their place in land planning, history of Research Natural Area activities in the Pacific Northwest, and general observations and recommendations on unresolved problems are also outlined. |
| Place Published |
Portland, Or. : |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
United States. Department of Agriculture.; Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Portland, Or.) |
| PUB Date Free Form |
1975. |
| Series Title Untraced |
U.S. Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. U.S.D.A. Forest Service general technical report PNW ; 38 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| Merged OCLC records |
1139390451; 1176080970 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
19910827152957 |
| Language |
ENG |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
00801nam 2200181Ii 45010 |
