Wublet Tracer Testing in Klamath Falls, Oregon

The epizootiology of gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle in selected areas of Oregon.

A study was initiated to (1) determine species of gastrointestinal nematodes present in cattle in selected areas of Oregon, (2) examine seasonal abundance of these nematodes as an indicator of periods of transmission, and (3) determine when developmental inhibition occurs in the major genera of nematodes encountered. Four study sites were chosen: Corvallis, Langlois, near Fort Rock, and southea...

Testing the time dependence of slip on the western Klamath Lake fault zone, Oregon

Updated Findings in the Determination of the Mechanical Properties of the Wood of Western Juniper ( Juniperus occidentalis Hook . ) Report of 3 September 2008

As previously reported, wood of western juniper, Juniperus occidentalis Hook, was collected from nine locations throughout its range in northern California, south-central and central Oregon. Trees for testing were selected, in part, by their stem form and ability to provide useable test material. Trees of unusual size and form were not, however, selected for test trees, but were bypassed in fav...

Children's tooth decay in a public health program to encourage low-income pregnant women to utilize dental care

BACKGROUND A community-based public health program to provide a dental home for women covered by the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) in Klamath County, Oregon USA was instituted with the long-term goal to promote preventive oral care for both mothers and their new infants provided by dental managed care companies. METHODS As part of the evaluation of the program, children in Klamath and compara...

Water War in the Klamath Basin: Macho Law, Combat Biology, and Dirty Politics

In July 2001, employees of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation closed the big steel gates across the intake of a major irrigation canal just outside the town of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Water stopped flowing to about 85% of the farms in the Klamath Basin, a high-elevation bowl ringed by forested mountains on the Oregon–California border. The ostensible purpose of the shutdown was to protect three thre...