EAP2 WW 015 Class Page
This page is created for the benefit of students in CESL EAP 2 WW (Writers' Workshop) class.
Oregon
The Oregonian (Portland's newspaper)
To learn about Oregon:
Must-see sites: http://www.traveloregon.com/sights.cfm
Travel Oregon: http://www.traveloregon.com/
Oregon Online Highways: http://www.ohwy.com/or/homepage.htm
Central Oregon Screen Savers: http://www.corw.com/scsaver/
Suggested topics related to Oregon:
a. the current fight/controversy over water rights in southern Oregon -- Klamath region
b. the issue of dams and their effect on salmon and other species of fish (Oregon is currently trying to eliminate its dams).
c. the use of herbicides/pesticides in Oregon's national forests
d. threatened salmon habitats from logging
e. the invasion of nonnative plant species that have threatened Oregon's cattle
f. Oregon's unique and progressive land use laws (introduced by former Governor Tom McCall) to preserve farms and wilderness areas
g. Forest management
h. Endangered species (e.g. Spotted Owl, bald eagle)
i. Endangered environments (e.g. Waldo Lake, Eagle Creek, Snake River)
j. Control of forests with set fires
k. Protection of roadless areas
l. Mercury contamination due to wildfires (mercury goes in lakes, into fish, into people)
m. Windmill project on Washington/Oregon border (delayed, because it's the home of the endangered Washington ground squirrel)
n. endangered coastal cutthroat trout (habitat threatened by logging, hydroelectric power generation, and flood control)
Oregon websites:
(Issues in Oregon)
(Facts about Oregon--land, environment)
(Oregon Field Guide)
(Oregon Sierra Club)
(Land use laws)
(Oregon Department of Environmental Quality)
(Forest management scientific findings)
(Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife)
(Oregon Department of Forestry)
(Forestry links)
(Oregon Natural Resources Council)
(Klamath basin site)
(Save Eagle Creek)
(Snake River)
(Oregon Solutions page -- lots of links)
(Fire control)
(Prescribed fires)
(Noxious weeds)
(roadless area protection)
(Oregon environmental report)
(Oregon's estuaries)
(threats to Oregon's environment)
LINKS
Go to Infotrack or Proquest to find an article in the library.
Use Illinet Online to find a book in the library.
Use Google to search the web.
Find out how to cite and refer to sources on the web.
NOTES
You are free to find your own topic, provided you get it approved, and there is enough material.
Be sure to tell YOUR TEACHER when you have chosen a topic....
No two people with the same native language may have any given topic.
The first to claim it gets it.
SOURCES: Remember, you do not have to find all your sources NOW. However, you should be sure that you can find ENOUGH to write a good paper, and don't choose a topic for which there are TOO MANY SOURCES (for example, "Kinds of Pollution in Oregon"). In the end you will need a MINIMUM OF FIVE:
1. at least one book
2. at least three non-newspaper
3. at least three current (1999, 2000, or 2001)
4. at least one linking the problem to Oregon...
GOOD LUCK!!!
Use KEYWORDS to find appropriate articles in the library.
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