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Student-Developed Papers
On this page you will find work completed by WSU faculty and students at what was then known as the "WSU Colockum Multi-Use Research Unit." These will include work done as part of various course completion requirements as well as Masters and PhD theses that are available at a WSU library.
Server limitations prohibit the complete document to be available here online; look below each title for a description of the online content. Whenever possible, library call numbers and the library where it is located will be identified.
Native Species Replace Grass Cultivars Seeded after Wildfire
- Authors: Ben F Roché, Jr., Cindy Roché, Roger Sheley, Robert Korfhage
- Objective: Dr. Roché designed a 30 year study to test the potential of seeded grass cultivars and fertilizer to 1) stabilize highly erodible soils derived from volcanic ash by quickly establishing fibrous-rooted vegetation, 2) reduce post-fire regeneration of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), 3) increase forage production for elk and cattle, both of which prefer graminoid species.
- Photos from Display Board (available by calling 509-667-6540 or emailing to Ray Faini:
Elk Summer Diet Composition and Quality on the Colockum Multiple Use Research Unit, Central WAshington
- Author: Bruce Brendan Davitt
- Thesis: 1979, Master of Science
- Online Content: Abstract, Introduction, Table of Contents, Summary and Conclusions,
- Available: Owen Science Library, WSU Pullman, 127 pages; Call #F7_1979_D3
Elk-Cattle Interralations on the Colockum Creek Watershed
- Author: Richard J. Start, Jr.
- Thesis: 1973, Master of Science in Range Management
- Online Content: Abstract, Table of Contents, Summary and Conclusions,
- Available: Owen Science Library, WSU Pullman, 87 pages; Call #F7_1973_S7
Evaluation of Elk-Cattle Competition on Colockum Creek Watershed, Washington
- Author: Steven Webster Howes
- Thesis: 1977, Master of Science in Range Management
- Online Content: Abstract, Table of Contents, Introduction, Summary and Conclusions,
- Available: Owen Science Library, WSU Pullman, 70 pages; Call #F7_1977_H6
- Author: Michael Bryan McArthur
- Thesis: 1977, Master of Science in Range Management
- Online Content: Abstract, Table of Contents, Introduction, Summary and Conclusions,
- Available: Owen Science Library, WSU Pullman, 88 pages; Call #F7_1977_M3
Grasses and Sedges of the Colockum Experimental Range
(See NOTE Below) A research report produced by WSU students for a course requirement in 1963 under the guidance of Dr. Ben Roche. Though nearly 50 years old, it is still a useful and thorough description of the grasses with hand drawn pictures along with charts and maps of where they were found on the CNRC. Raw data notes are included.
- Authors: Daughn T. Mattson and John W. Fluckinger
- Report: 1963, Course Completion Requirement; 127 pages
- Online Content: Following a "Course Summary", twelve plants are discussed with the following sections:
- Hand drawn, color, illustration
- Description of the Plant
- Physiography
- Associated species
- Management chararcteristics
- Distribution on the CNRC
- Soil descriptions
- Plant relationship graph
- Occurrence and compositionby Soils, Graph
- Available: By Special arrangement at the WSU Chelan County Extension office, 509-667-6540.
There are topographic maps and clear overlay pages showing distribution of the grasses on the CNRC that were not practical to scan, but can viewed at the Extension office or by special arrangement. Call the the Chelan County Extension office at 509-667-6540.
NOTE: this is a large pdf document that is best viewed after downloading it to your computer. "Right Click" on the link above and choose "Save target as" to download it to your computer, or "Left Click" the link above to open it directly.
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