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Carrying Capacity in Recreation Settings By Bo Shelby and Thomas A. Heberlein, 1986. ISBN 0-87071-426-0 Paperback, $18.95. Carrying Capacity in Recreation Settings applies research to management by using hard data to solve real problems. The model developed here has been used by state and federal agencies to estimate carrying capacities for the Grand Canyon and other areas, and it has already become a basic theoretical approach for research in the field. |
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Chiefs and Chief Traders: Indian Relations
at Fort Nez Percés, 1818-1855 - Volume 1 By Theodore Stern, 1993. ISBN 0-87071-368-X. Hardcover, $35.95. A ground breaking study of the early interactions between fur traders and Columbia River Indians, exploring the complex trade network between the two groups. |
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Chiefs and Change in the Oregon Country: Indian Relations
at Fort Nez Percés, 1818-1855 - Volume 2 By Theodore Stern, 1996. ISBN 0-87071-389-2. Hardcover, $39.95. In volume 2 of his remarkable study of relations between Indians and whites, Stern focuses on the changes the Plateau Indians underwent as increasing numbers of whites entered their world. |
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Children of the Fur Trade Forgotten Metis of the Pacific Northwest John C. Jackson 2007. ISBN 978-0-87071-194-7. Paperback, $21.95. This OSU Press edition of John Jackson's acclaimed book gives readers a vivid and memorable portrait of Metis life at the western edge of North America. |
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City Limits: Walking Portland's Boundary David Oates 2006. ISBN-10 0-87071-095-8. ISBN-13 978-0-87071-095-7. Paperback, $18.95 Portland's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) was designed to hold the bursting metropolitan area in check while protecting Willamette Valley orchards and fields from sprawling suburbia. Since the inception of this key component of Oregon’s progressive land-use system, Portland has evolved into one of the nation’s most successful and distinctive cities. David Oates walked the 260-mile boundary that defines Portland to discover how the UGB and its ideal of community control over development have contributed to that success. City Limits is his engaging and thought-provoking record of the journey. |
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Clean Water: An Introduction to Water Quality and Water Pollution Control Second Edition. By By Kenneth M. Vigil, P.E. 2003. ISBN 0-87071-498-8. Paperback, $19.95. Clean Water summarizes the basic fundamentals of water chemistry and microbiology and outlines important water quality rules and regulations, all in concise, understandable prose. It describes the basic scientific principles behind water pollution control and the broader approach of addressing water pollution problems through watershed management. There are sections on drinking water and on citizen involvement in water pollution control efforts at home and in the community. |
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The Climate of Oregon: From Rain Forest to Desert By George H. Taylor and Chris Hannan, 1999. ISBN 0-87071-468-6. Paperback, $24.95. Gathers into a single volume a wide range of fascinating and useful climate information. |
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Cohassett Beach Chronicles: World War II in
the Pacific Northwest Edited by Kathy Hogan. Klancy de Nevers and Lucy Hart, 1995. ISBN 0-87071-398-1. Paperback, $19.95. This collection of newspaper columns from the World War II home front captures America's wartime mood |
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The Collected Poems of Hazel Hall Edited by John Witte, 2000. ISBN 0-87071-478-3 Hardcover, $22.95. Hall's three books, published to critical acclaim in the 1920's, are collected here for the first time. |
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A Common Fate: Endangered Salmon and the People of the Pacific Northwest By Joseph Cone, 1996. ISBN 0-87071-391-4. Paperback, $19.95. For the first time in paperback, with a new epilogue by the author, the dramatic history of the plight of Northwest salmon and the fight against their extinction. |
| Common Insect and Mite Galls of the Pacific Northwest By Hiram Larew and Joseph Capizzi, 1983. ISBN 0-87071-055-9. Paperback, $8.95. A field guide with photographs and descriptions, together with a glossary and bibliography. |
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Communities and Forests: Where People Meet the Land Edited by Robert G. Lee and Donald R. Field Foreword by Hal Salwasser 2005. ISBN 0-87071-058-3. Paperback, $29.95. This volume focuses on the integration of communities into decision-making about forests. It considers the connection between forests and communities from a variety of perspectives, including environmental history, natural resource sociology, and forest policy, to show that forests are as much a social institution as they are a biological resource. |
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Corvallis Trails: Exploring the Heart of the Valley Margie C. Powell Maps by Tom Bucht 2006. ISBN-10 0-87071-099-0. ISBN-13 978-0-87071-099-5. Paperback, $16.00 Walkers, hikers, runners, mountain bikers, equestrians, and outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds will find this comprehensive guidebook an essential companion as they explore the miles of well-known—and not so well-known—trails in Corvallis and environs. |
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Crater Lake National Park: A History By Rick Harmon 2002. ISBN 0-87071-537-2. Paperback, $19.95. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Crater Lake National Park in May 2002, historian Rick Harmon has written the first comprehensive history of the park and the people and events that created and shaped it. |
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Culture and Environment in the Pacific West William L. Lang, series editor. The series explores for a general reader human interactions with the natural world west of the Rockies. |
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Dispatches and Dictators: Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune By Barbara S. Mahoney 2002. **2003 Oregon Book Award Winner for General Nonfiction** ISBN 0-87071-546-1. Hardcover, $24.95. Dispatches and Dictators uncovers the fascinating story of Ralph Barnes, the New York Herald Tribune's European correspondent, who served in Paris, Rome, Moscow, Berlin, and London throughout the 1930s. Barnes has been praised by colleagues and competitors alike as one of the best reporters of that pivotal era. But since his death in the 1940 crash of a British bomber in Yugoslavia, he has been largely forgotten. |
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Down in My Heart: Peace Witness in War Time William Stafford Introduction by Kim Stafford 2006. ISBN-10 0-87071-097-4. ISBN-13 978-0-87071-097-1. Paperback, $15.95 From 1942 to 1946, William Stafford was interned in camps for conscientious objectors after refusing to be inducted into the U.S. Army. Stafford’s memoir of these years tells how a wartime draft created a community of peace and provides a fascinating look at the formative years of a major American poet. |
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Driftwood Valley: A Woman Naturalist in the Northern Wilderness By Theodora C. Stanwell-Fletcher, Introduction by Wendell Berry. Afterword by Rhoda M. Love, 1999. Northwest Reprints Series. ISBN 0-87071-524-0. Paperback, $18.95. A pioneering woman naturalist recounts a magnificent story of adventure and survival in the wilds of northern British Columbia. |
