Submissions from 2022
Environmental Decision Support Systems as a Service: Demonstration on CE-QUAL-W2 Model, Yoav Bornstein, Ben Dayan, Amir Cahn, and Scott A. Wells
Spreading Information not Invasive Species: Oregon Invasive Species Council’s online information hub to inform, share, and collaborate, Nicole L. Brooks, Alexander Staunch, and Jalene Littlejohn
Extreme Winds Alter Influence of Fuels and Topography on Megafire Burn Severity in Seasonal Temperate Rainforests under Record Fuel Aridity, Cody Evers, Andres Holz, Sebastian Upton Busby, and Max Nielsen-Pincus
Whitaker Ponds Wild! A High School Interdisciplinary Urban Wildlife Ecology Project, Joe Ferguson
Mutually beneficial collaborations between residential conservation programs and academic researchers: Lessons from St. Louis, Nina S. Fogel, Nicole E. Miller-Stuttmann, Dan R. Pearson, and Sacha K. Heath
Houseless Water Insecurity During COVID-19 Pandemic, Alicia N. Gamble
The Legacy of Redlining: A Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Burdens in Portland, Oregon, Warren Louis Gunn and Meenakshi Rao
Is Strategic Energy Management (SEM) a Holistic Approach?, Dave Hall
Focusing the Lens: Recognizing U.S. Prisons as Fortresses of Environmental Injustice, Elijah R. Hart
Natives and Nativars: Understanding Pollinator Preference for Native Plants and Their Cultivated Counterparts in the Pacific Northwest, Jen Hayes and Gail Langellotto
Metro’s Bond Refinement: Identifying acquisition priorities in the Urban Target Area, Lori Hennings, Katy Weil, Olena Turula, Isabel LaCourse, Judy Skelton, Renea Perry, and Tommy Albo
UERC 2022 Symposium Day 1 Recording, Jane Tesner Kleiner, Matt Krueger, Adela C. Miller, Nina S. Fogel, Joe Skalicky, Hunter Storm, Tom Liptan, Joe Ferguson, and Alan Yeakley
UERC 2022 Symposium Day 2 Recording, David G. Lewis, Garett Pignotti, Amy Johnson, Jacob Swanson, Emma Russell, Guen DiGioia, Dominic Maze, Lori Hennings, Rebecca Talbot, and Laura Guderyahn
Quantifying Impacts to Water Quality from the Introduction of an Invasive Wood-boring Insect, Dominic Maze and Julia Bond
Racial Justice as Climate Justice, Julius Mcgee
Engagement in Local and Collaborative Wildfire Risk Mitigation Planning across the Western U.S.—Evaluating Participation and Diversity in Community Wildfire Protection Plans, Emily Palsa, Cody Evers, Matt Hamilton, and Max Nielsen-Pincus
Never Ask for a Lighter Rain but a Stronger Umbrella, Anurag Pande, Melissa Haeffner, Günter Blöschl, Mohammad Faiz Alam, Cyndi Castro, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, Rick Hogeboom, Heidi Kreibich, and multiple additional authors
Creating a Just Climate Future: A Community Dialogue, Stephen Percy; Cynthia Carmina Gomez; Lindsay Romasanta; Ira Cuello Martinez; Misha Beldon; Nikita Daryanani; Carmen Rubio; Margi Bradway; John Wasiutynski; Alli Miller; Jules Roth; Pavithra Prasad; Heifara Wheeler; Jennifer H. Allen; Todd Rosenstiel; Jenny McNamara; and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.
A Possible Role for River Restoration Enhancing Biodiversity through Interaction with Wildfire, Brittany E. Pugh, Megan Colley, Stephen J. Dugdale, Patrick Edwards, Rebecca Flitcroft, Andres Holz, Mathew Johnson, Michela Mariani, Mickey Means-Brous, and multiple additional authors
Understanding Water Security in Portland, Oregon: Using Newspapers as Tools for Science Communication and Education, Julian Roth
Proceedings of the 19th Annual Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium (2022), Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver
Submissions from 2021
Planning for Future Fire: Scenario Analysis of an Accelerated Fuel Reduction Plan for the Western United States, Alan A. Ager, Cody Evers, Michelle A. Day, Fermin J. Alcasena, and Rachel Houtman
The Role Of Neighborhood and Social Determinants of Health: Investigating Health-Related Social Needs Among The Portland Metropolitan Area in Oregon, Roselie Agulto and Bruce Goldberg
Separating the Wheat from the Weeds: Resilience Fixes and Transformative Resilience in Response to Climate Disasters AND Resilience: An Evaluation Thinking Perspective, Idowu Ajibade and Eric Einspruch
Gardener Perceptions of Native Pollinator Plants, Aaron G. Anderson, Isabella Messer, and Gail A. Langellotto
The Influence of Microsite Conditions on Early Performance of Planted Nothofagus Nitida Seedlings when Restoring Degraded Coastal Temperate Rain Forests, Jan R. Bannister, Manuel Acevedo, German Travieso, Andres Holz, and Nicole Galindo
Combating Ecosystem Collapse from the Tropics to the Antarctic, Dana M. Bergstrom, Barbara C. Wienecke, John van den Hoff, Lesley Hughes, David B. Lindenmayer, Tracy D. Ainsworth, Christopher M. Baker, Lucie Bland, David M J S Bowman, Shaun T. Brooks, Josep G. Canadell, Andrew J. Constable, Katherine A. Dafforn, Michael H. Depledge, Catherine R. Dickson, Norman C. Duke, Kate J. Helmstedt, and Andrés Holz
Rock Glaciers and Related Cold Rocky Landforms: Overlooked Climate Refugia for Mountain Biodiversity, Stefano Brighenti, Scott Hotaling, Debra S. Finn, Andrew G. Fountain, Masaki Hayashi, David Herbst, Jasmine E. Saros, Lusha M. Tronstad, and Constance I. Millar
Geodisaster Resilience – Quakes, Floods, Slides and More, Scott F. Burns
Fire Archaeology: Heritage, Cultural and Tribal Resources and Wildland Fire Suppression, Paul Claeyssens
A Successful Monitoring and Mitigation Project to Address Bird Window Collisions at the City of Portland’s Columbia Building, 2015-2019, Mary Coolidge, David Helzer, and Jade Ujcic-Ashcroft
The Amungme and the Environment: Environmental Justice History and Consumerism, Kole A. Dawson
Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk, Tom Dawson
A Community of Fear: Emotion and the Hydro-Social Cycle in East Porterville, California, Michael Egge and Idowu Ajibade
Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains, Washington - The Past and Future 100 Years, Andrew G. Fountain, Christina Gray, Bryce Allen Glenn, Brian Menounos, Justin Pflug, and Jon L. Riedel
Data From: Glaciers of the Olympic Mountains, Washington – The Past and Future 100 Years, Andrew G. Fountain, Christina Gray, Bryce Glenn, Brian Menounos, Justin Pflug, and Jon L. Riedel
Collaborating for Impact in the Environment, Kelly E. Gleason, Sylas Daughtrey, Judy BlueHorse Skelton, and Kim Strassburg
Teasing Apart Impacts of Human Activity and Regional Drought on Madagascar’s Large Vertebrate Fauna: Insights from New Excavations at Tsimanampesotse and Antsirafaly, Laurie R. Godfrey, Brooke Crowley, Kathleen M. Muldoon, Stephen J. Burns, Nick Scroxton, Zachary S. Klukkert, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana, Jamie Alumbaugh, Matthew Borths, and Natalie Vasey
Population Density of Free-Roaming Cats in Relation to Feeding Stations on Hayden Island, Olivia Helback, Joe Liebezeit, and Olyssa Starry
Agency, Sense of Place, and Knowledge on the Zumwalt Prairie: A Social Study of Place-Based Conservation and Resilience, Dana Elyse Hellman
Stories from the Outside: Oregon Wildfires 2020, Maude Hines; Marta Petteni; Stefanie Knowlton; Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative, Portland State University; and Street Roots
Tadpoles Survive Urban Pollutants and Cages to Show Conservation Value of Altered Landscapes, Katie A. Holzer, Max Lambert, Lauren Chan, Marissa Eckman, Laura Guderyahn, and Kelly Smalling
Exploring Connections Between Food Sovereignty, Cultural Food Access and Urban Health Promotion: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Stephanie L. Kenyon
Macrofungi in urban and rural forests, Jordan Leis, Trinity Ronk-Degraffenreid, and Nancy Broshot
Assessing the Impact of Changing Drought Conditions on Wildfire Emissions in Washington and Oregon, Maggie Liu
Pulling at the Thread: Why Climate Change Driven Relocation is such a Difficult Problem to Solve, Elizabeth Marino and Dennis Davis
Community Engagement in Oregon Water Governance: Evaluating a State Water Policy and a Collaborative Q Methodology Research Project, Clare T. McClellan
Broad-Scale Surface and Atmospheric Conditions During Large Fires in South-Central Chile, David B. McWethy, René D. Garreaud, Andres Holz, and Gregory T. Pederson
Learn from Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Crisis, Masami Nishishiba and Hiro Ito
Socio-Ecological Perceptions of Wildfire Management and Effects in Greece, Palaiologos Palaiologou, Kostas Kalabokidis, Andreas Troumbis, Michelle A. Day, Max Nielsen-Pincus, and Alan A. Ager
Enhancing Grassland Habitat in The Middle of the Columbia River, Matt Paroulek and Sarah Wilson
The Imperative for Climate Action at Portland State University, Stephen Percy
Pacific Northwest Littoral Data, Curt D. Peterson and Kara E. P. Kingen
Comparing Heavy Metal Content Found in Spinach (Spinacia Oleracea) Grown on the Roof And Ground Sites At Portland State University, Tyler Robin, Gwynn R. Johnson, and Olyssa Starry
Fahrenheit 911: Heat, Cities, and Climate Literacy from the Ground Up, Vivek Shandas
Toward a Resilient Urban Forest, Vivek Shandas
Forest Fires Reduce Snow-Water Storage and Advance the Timing of Snowmelt across the Western U.S., Emily E. Smoot and Kelly E. Gleason
A New Agent-Based Model Provides Insight Into Assumptions in Modeling Forest Management Under Deep Uncertainty, Garry Sotnik, Robert M. Scheller, Brooke Alyce Cassell, and Matthew Joshua Duveneck
Lessons from Rural Disaster Recoveries in Nepal, Jeremy Spoon
Communicating Science and Risk / Communicating Health and Risk, Jeremy Spoon, Brianne Suldovsky, and Lauren Frank
Getting a Grip on Global Warming Quickly via a Specialized Emissions Money, Steve Staloff
Nest Preferences of solitary cavity nesting bees in Portland, OR, Stefanie Steele
Current Stormwater Practices and Future Implementation at Portland State University with the Uncertainty of Climate Change, Evan Suemori and Alexandra Vargas Quiñones
Proceedings of the 19th Annual Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium (2021), Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver
Before Beachie Creek, Raine Welterlen
Submissions from 2020
Which native plants should home gardeners grow for pollinators?, Aaron G. Anderson and Gail Langellotto
Exploring Food Deserts and Environmental Impacts on Health in Chicago and Oregon, Sivasomasundari Arunarasu and Paulina Grzybowicz
Seeds for Change: preserving oak prairie species for an unknown future, Adrienne Basey
The Oregon Connectivity Assessment and Mapping Project (OCAMP), Leslie L. Bliss-Ketchum, Rachel E. Wheat, Catherine de Rivera, Martin Lafrenz, Andrea V. Hanson, Daniel Taylor-Rodríguez, and Arthur H. Rodriguez
Wildland Fire Reburning Trends Across the US West Suggest Only Short-Term Negative Feedback and Differing Climatic Effects, Brian Buma, Shelby A. Weiss, K. Hayes, and Melissa S. Lucash
High-severity and Short-interval Wildfires Limit Forest Recovery in the Central Cascade Range, Sebastian Upton Busby, Kevan B. Moffett, and Andres Holz
STARS Annual Report, 2020, Campus Sustainability Office
Utility Summary Fiscal Year 2020, Campus Sustainability Office
Collaboration and Evaluation in Urban Sustainability and Resilience Transformations: the Keys to a Just Transition?, Liliana Elizabeth Caughman
Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Biodiversity Conservation, Richard T. Corlett, Richard B. Primack, Vincent Devictor, Bea Mass, Varun Goswami, Amanda Bates, Lian Pin Koh, Tracey Reagan, Rafael Loyola, Robin J. Pakeman, Graeme S. Cumming, Anna Pidgeon, David Johns, and Robin Roth
Promoting Environmental Justice Populations’ Access to Opportunities with Suburban Boomtowns: An Interdisciplinary Mixed-Methods Approach to Addressing Infrastructure Needs, Jandel Crutchfield, Courtney Cronley, Kate Hyun, Erin Findley, and Mehrdad Arabi
Urban nesting biology of a threatened subspecies of Willow Flycatcher, Stephanie Doorly, Samantha Gillette, and Michael Murphy
Tending the Fire: Wildfire Risk Management at the Interface, Cody Randolph Evers
Incorporating Local Foods into Low-income Families’ Home-cooking Practices: The Critical Role of Sustained Economic Subsidies, Jennifer Gaddis, Amy K. Coplen, Molly Clark-Barol, Allea Martin, Claire K. Barrett, and Lauren Lubowicki
Data From: Forest Density Intensifies the Importance of Snowpack to Growth in Water-Limited Pine Forests, Kelly E. Gleason, John B. Bradford, Anthony W. D’Amato, Shawn Fraver, Brian J. Palik, and Michael A. Battaglia
Climate Toolkit: A Resource Manual for Science and Action - Version 2.0, Frank Granshaw
Dynamic Response of Highway Bridge Superstructures Subjected to Wave Action: Experimental Analysis and Numerical Modeling, Alaa Waleed Hameed
Pollinator Preference for Pacific Northwest Native Plants and Native Cultivars, Jen Hayes
Using wildlife fright information to inform trail planning, Lori Hennings
The Effects of Historical Housing Policies on Resident Exposure to Intra-Urban Heat: A Study of 108 US Urban Areas, Jeremy Hoffman, Vivek Shandas, and Nicholas Pendleton
E-Grocery Home Delivery and the Freight & Travel Demands of Multifamily Dwellings, Katherine Keeling and Gabby Abou-Zeid
Transforming Innovation for Decarbonisation? Insights from Combining complex Systems and Social Practice Perspectives, Nicola Labanca, Ângela Guimarães Pereira, Matt Watson, Kristian Krieger, Dario Padovan, Laura Watts, Mithra Moezzi, Grégoire Wallenborn, Rebecca Wright, Erik Laes, and multiple additional authors
Portland Christmas Bird Count – An 80-year review of species trends (1938-2017), Joe Liebezeit, Tim Meehan, Jay Withgott, and Bob Sallinger
Green Infrastructure Research - Ecoroof Soil Comparisons, ‘which is the best’, Tom Liptan
Projected Impact of Mid-21st Century Climate Change on Wildfire Hazard in a Major Urban Watershed outside Portland, Oregon USA, Andy McEvoy, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Andres Holz, Arielle J. Catalano, and Kelly E. Gleason
How Long Can Neoliberalism Withstand Climate Crisis?, Julius McGee and Patrick Greiner
On Capitalist Power, Energy Markets and Climate Crisis at the End of Neoliberalism, Julius McGee and Patrick Greiner
Racial Justice is Climate Justice: Racial Capitalism and the Fossil Economy, Julius McGee and Patrick Trent Greiner
Fire and land Cover Change in the Palouse Prairie–Forest Ecotone, Washington and Idaho, USA, Penelope Morgan, Emily K. Heyerdahl, Eva K. Strand, Stephen C. Bunting, James P. Riser II, John T. Abatzoglou, Max Nielsen-Pincus, and Mara Johnson
Electrify Everything? Heat and Light in Deep Decarbonization Policies, Hal T. Nelson
The Role of Warm, Dry Summers and Variation in Snowpack on Phytoplankton Dynamics in Mountain Lakes, Isabella A. Olesky, Whitney S. Beck, Roderick W. Lammers, Cara E. Steger, Codie Wilson, Kyle R. Christianson, Kim Vincent, Gunnar Forrest Johnson, Pieter T.J. Johnson, and Jill S. Baron
The Collective Contemplation: How a Global Pandemic Offers an Invitation to Dance with the Abundant Divine, Skyler Pestle
Predicted Responses of Beaches, Bays, and Inner-Shelf Sand Supplies to Potential Sea Level Rise (0.5-1.0 m) in Three Small Littoral Subcells in the High-Wave-Energy Northern Oregon Coast, USA, Curt D. Peterson, Debra Lee Doyle, Charles L. Rosenfeld, and Kara E. P. Kingen