William J. Ripple Papers, 1927-2014

Container List

Series 1: Early Coursework and Research Papers, 1976-1983 Add to Shelf

Series 1 consists of Ripple’s papers written during his time in the master’s program at University of Idaho, as well as papers he wrote and exams that were taken while attending the Ph.D. program at Oregon State.

Box-Folder 1.01: Missouri River Paper, 1976 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.02: Papers and Exams, 1981-1983 Add to Shelf

Series 2: Publications and Manuscripts, 1984-2013 Add to Shelf

Series 2 consists of Ripple’s publications, as well as drafts for many of these publications. The publications in this series are collaborative texts, as well as some written solely by Ripple. The majority of his publications are about his extensive work on trophic cascades, which are indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems. This is seen when predators in a food web alter the behavior of their prey, which in turn lowers the predation on the next trophic level. These publications includes ERSAL's Remote Sensing Research journals and his extensive work on aspen regression, which looks at the impact of wolf extirpation on local ecologies. This series also includes a number of children’s books written by Ripple.

Box-Folder 1.03: Remote Sensing Research, 1984-1986 Add to Shelf

Includes Monitoring Annual Ryegrass with the Landsat Thematic Mapper Bands, Landsat Thematic Mapper Band Transformations for Characterizing Grass Vegetation, Spectral Reflectance Patterns of Some Key Cascade West Slope Vegetation Types, and Spectral Reflectance Relationships to Leaf Water Stress.

Box-Folder 1.04: Remote Sensing Research (Draft), 1984 Add to Shelf

Contains the draft for Monitoring Annual Ryegrass with the Landsat Thematic Mapper Bands

Box-Folder 1.05: Remote Sensing Research, 1986 Add to Shelf

Includes Assessing Elk Trail and Wallow Impacts in Mount Rainier National Park, and Classification of Digital Landsat Data for Wildlife Management Applications of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon.

Box-Folder 1.06: Remote Sensing Research (Draft), 1986 Add to Shelf

Contains the draft for Classification of Digital Landsat Data for Wildlife Management Applications on the Warm Springs Indian Reservations of Oregon.

Box-Folder 1.07: Remote Sensing Research, 1987 Add to Shelf

Includes The Influence of Soil Organic Matter Content and Soil Particle Size of Spectral Reflectance, and Assessing Elk Trail and Wallow Impacts in Mount Rainier National Park.

Box-Folder 1.08: Remote Sensing Research (Draft), 1987 Add to Shelf

Contains the draft for Assessing Elk Trail and Wallow Impacts in Mount Rainier National Park.

Box-Folder 1.09: Remote Sensing Research, 1988 Add to Shelf

Includes Assessing Elk Trail and Wallow Impacts in Mount Rainier National Park, a Quarterly Progress Report.

Box-Folder 1.10: Remote Sensing Research (Draft), 1988 Add to Shelf

Contains the draft for Assessing Elk Trail and Wallow Impacts in Mount Rainier National Park

Box-Folder 1.11: Remote Sensing Research, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf

Includes Measuring Forest Fragmentation in the Cascade Range of Oregon and two issues of Geographic Information Analysis: An Ecological Approach for the Management of Wildlife on the Forested Landscape.

Box-Folder 1.12: Remote Sensing Research (Draft), 1989-1990 Add to Shelf

Contains the drafts for Measuring Forest Fragmentation in the Cascade Range of Oregon and Geographic Information analysis: An Ecological Approach for the Management of Wildlife on the Forested Landscape.

Box-Folder 1.13: Remote Sensing Research, 1991-1992 Add to Shelf

Includes two publications of Geographic Information Analysis: An Ecological Approach for the Management of Wildlife

Box-Folder 1.14: Remote Sensing Research, 1996-1997 Add to Shelf

Includes An Introduction to Digital Methods in Remote Sensing Forested Ecosystems: Focus in the Pacific Northwest, USA, and Remote Sensing of Aspen Change in Northern Yellowstone National Park.

Box-Folder 1.15: Remote Sensing Research, 2002 Add to Shelf

Includes Human Influence on Wildlife Abundance and Distribution Along Lewis and Clark Trail.

Box-Folder 1.16: 1984 Publications, 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.17: 1985 Publications, 1985 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.18: Rangeland Management Research, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.19: 1986 Publications, 1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.20: Expert Systems, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.21: 1987 Publications, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.22: 1988 Publications, 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.23: Quadtree Data Structures, 1988-1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.24: Measuring Forest Fragmenting, 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.25: Measuring Forest Fragmenting, 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.26: Measuring Forest Fragmenting Referees, 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.27: Publications list, 1987-1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.28: 1990 Publications, 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.29: Journal of Wildlife Management (Draft), 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.30: 1991 Publications, 1991 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.31: Irrigation Report, 1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.32: 1993 Publications, 1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.33: 1994 Publications, 1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.34: 1996 Publications, 1996 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.35: 1997 Publications, 1997 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 1.36: 1998 Publications, 1998 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.01: Aspen Regression in Yellowstone, 1999 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.02: Aspen Recruitment, 1999 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.03: 1999 Publications, 1999 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.04: 2000 Publications, 2000 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.05: Wolves, Elk and Aspen, 2000-2001 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.06: 2001 Publications, 2001 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.07: 2002 Publications, 2002 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.08: Spotted Owl, 2003 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.09: 2003 Publications, 2003 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.10: Assessment of Riparian Cottonwoods (Draft), 2003 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.11: 2004 Publications, 2004 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.12: Ecology of Fear (Draft), 2004 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.13: 2005 Publications, 2005 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.14: 2007 publications, 2007 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.15: 2008 Publications, 2008 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.16: 2009 Publications, 2009 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.17: 2010 Publications, 2010 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.18: 2011 Publications, 2011 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.19: The 6th Mass Extinction (Draft), 2011 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.20: 2012 Publications, 2012 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.21: Mesopredator Effects After Wolf Extirpation (Draft), 2013 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.22: Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, 1989 (Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.23: GIS Examples in Natural Resources, 1994 (Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.24: GIS for Resource Management, Undated (Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.25: Keiko the Whale, 1998 (Children's Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.26: Ostriches, 2005 (Children's Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.27: Scorpions, 2005 (Children's Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.28: Kangaroos, 2005 (Children's Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.29: Camels, 2005 (Children's Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.30: Raccoons, 2006 (Children's Book) Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.31: Wolves, 2006 (Children's Book) Add to Shelf

Series 3: Research Projects and Proposals, 1973-2004 Add to Shelf

Series 3 consists of Ripple’s research projects and proposals. All of these research projects were conducted during his time with the Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory (ERSAL) including his work on the Oregon Mosaic. Items include spotted owl data/research, aspen regeneration research, Oregon Mosaic prints and negatives, as well as special use permits.

Box-Folder 2.32: Oregon Mosaic Registration, 1973 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.33: Oregon Mosaic Prints, 1973 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.34: Oregon Mosaic Negatives, 1973 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.35: ERSAL Forest Management, 1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.36: Conifers Exposed to Ozone, 1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.37: New Zealand AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer), 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.38: Geographic Information Analysis: Management of Wildlife, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.39: Long Term Ecosystems Research, 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.40: Spotted and Great Horned Owl Proposal, 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.41: Long Term Ecosystem Research (Phase 3), 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.42: Landscape Patterns and Spotted Owl Nests, 1992 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.43: Spotted Owl Landscape Study Images, 1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.44: Predicting Biodiversity Using AVHRR, 1995 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 2.45: Spotted Owl Kill Data, 1995 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.01: Aspen Regeneration in Yellowstone, 1996-1997 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.02: Oregon Coast Clam Mapping, 2002-2003 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.03: Special Use Permit, 2004 Add to Shelf

Series 4: Press Releases, Articles, and Newspaper Clippings, 1972-2014 Add to Shelf

Series 4 consists of press releases and articles that were written about Ripple and his research with ERSAL. This includes school magazine publications, multiple articles about “Wolves, Elk and Aspen in Yellowstone”, as well as various newspaper clippings that cover these topics, along with others. Notably, this series also contains articles about the awards that Ripple has received for his work.

Box-Folder 3.04: Survey of Wildlife Habitat, 1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.05: The Big Picture, 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.06: Geo Infosystems Interview, 1993 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.07: Glimpse of Forest Past, 1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.08: Blueprinting for Forest Growth, 1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.09: Yellowstone Unraveling, 1996 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.10: 2000 Articles, 2000 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.11: The Environmental Magazine, 2006 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.12: Return of the Wolves, 2007 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.13: Terra, 2007 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.14: Earle A. Chiles Award, 2008 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.15: Wildlife Conservation Awards, 2009 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.16: Cougars Linked to Yosemite Ecosystems, 2009 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.02: Newspaper Clippings, 1972-1973 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.03: Newspaper Clippings, 1975-1976 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 5.04: Newspaper Clippings, circa 1988-1989 Add to Shelf

Some newspaper clippings are undated.

Box-Folder 5.05: Newspaper Clippings, 1997-2014 Add to Shelf

Series 5: Reference Materials, 1927-2010 Add to Shelf

Series 5 consists of the reference materials that Ripple used while conducting research.  A majority of the materials in this series are reference materials on landscape ecology and the trophic cascades. The landscape ecology material spans from 1927 to 2010. This series is also made up of reference materials for quadtree and GIS, as well as his work in New Zealand.

Box-Folder 3.17: Landscape Ecology, 1927 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.18: Landscape Ecology, 1937 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.19: Landscape Ecology, 1947 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.20: Landscape Ecology, 1960 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.21: Landscape Ecology, 1967-1977 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.22: Landscape Ecology, 1980-1981 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.23: Landscape Ecology, 1982-1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.24: Landscape Ecology, 1984-1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.25: Landscape Ecology, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.26: Landscape Ecology, 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.27: Landscape Ecology, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.28: Landscape Ecology, 1992-1994 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.29: Landscape Ecology, 1995-1997 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.30: Landscape Ecology, 1998-1999 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.31: Landscape Ecology, 2000-2001 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.32: Landscape Ecology, 2002-2004 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.33: Landscape Ecology, 2005-2006 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.34: Landscape Ecology, 2007-2010 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.35: Quadtree, 1974-1985 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.36: Quadtree, 1986-1989 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.37: GIS, 1984-1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.38: GIS, 1987-1995 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 3.39: GIS, 1982 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.01: ERSAL Reference, 1978-1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.02: Earth Systems (NASA), 1984 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.03: New Zealand, 1985-1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.04: Expert Systems, 1986-1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.05: Spotted Owl, 1983-1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.06: National Wildlife, 2003 Add to Shelf

Series 6: Committees and Associations, 1985-1994 Add to Shelf

Series 6 consists of meeting handouts and minutes from Ripple’s participation in committees and associations. This includes multiple meeting records for the Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, as well as The Wildlife Society and notes from Joint Government Affairs, a national committee that worked with the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping, as well as the House Committee of Energy and Commerce.

Box-Folder 4.07: Joint Government Affairs, 1985 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.08: Institute for Land Information, 1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.09: Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Meeting, 1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.10: 1987 Committee Meetings, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.11: Ecological Society of America, 1988 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.12: The Wildlife Society, 1990 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.13: Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 1994 Add to Shelf

Series 7: Course Material, 1985-1994 Add to Shelf

Series 7 consists of course material for the classes that Ripple taught at Oregon State, as well as a collection of student papers. It contains course material, including a term reading packet, for FOR 599, Aldo Leopold and Ecosystem Management. The student papers include multiple research papers, a thesis, and a dissertation proposal.

Box-Folder 4.14: Student Thesis, 1986 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.15: Student Research Paper, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.16: Student Research Paper, 1987 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.17: Mid-term Review, 1995-1996 Add to Shelf

Ripple's dossier for a promotion is included in this folder.

Box-Folder 4.18: Student Paper, circa 1997 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.19: Dissertation Research Proposal, 2001 Add to Shelf

Box-Folder 4.20: FOR 599 Reading, 2008 Add to Shelf

Series 8: Website Design, 2001 Add to Shelf

Series 8 consists of the early stages of the designs for the website Wolves in Nature. It includes changes to the original website design, as well as printouts of images that could be found on the website to inform viewers about aspen recruitment  in Yellowstone.

Box-Folder 4.21: Wolves in Nature Website, 2001 Add to Shelf

Series 9: Posters, 2014 Add to Shelf

Series 9 consists of three posters featuring Ripple. There are two copies of a poster announcing an event that was held when Ripple received the Distinguished Professor Award from Oregon State University. The other shows Ripple looking through binoculars and is titled “We’re Seeing How Predators Balance Nature.”

Box-Folder 5.01: Various Posters, Undated Add to Shelf

Item 1/2: Recognizing Excellence (2 Copies) Add to Shelf

Item 3: We're Seeing How Predators Balance Nature Add to Shelf

Series 10: Tree Cores, 2000-2010 Add to Shelf

Series 10 consists of tree cores collected for research projects in various geographic locations. Included with these cores are the publications of the research findings based on said cores.

Box-Item Box 6: Tree Cores from Blue River, Arizona and Minnesota Add to Shelf

Box also contains the publication pertaining to this collecion of tree cores (Mexican wolves, elk, and aspen in Arizona: Is there a trophic cascade?), 2010

Box-Item Box 7: Tree Cores from Olympic National Park Add to Shelf

Box also contains the publication pertaining to this collection of tree cores (Wolves, trophic cascades, and rivers in the Olympic National Park, USA), 2008

Box-Item Box 8: Tree Cores from Yosemite Nation Park Add to Shelf

Box also contains the publication related to this collection of tree cores (Trophic cascades involving cougar, mule deer, and black oaks in Yosemite National Park), 2008

Box-Item Box 9: Tree Cores from Zion National Park (1/2) Add to Shelf

Box also contains contains printouts of images and the publication pertaining to this collection of tree cores (Linking a cougar decline, trophic cascade, and catastrophic regime shift in Zion National Park), 2006

Box-Item Box 10: Tree Cores from Zion National Park (2/2) Add to Shelf

Box-Item Box 11: Tree Cores from the Great Plains Add to Shelf

Box also contains the publication pertaining to this collection of tree cores (Hardwood Tree Decline following Large Carnivore Loss on the Great Plains, USA), 2007

Box-Item Box 12: Tree Cores from Jasper National Park Add to Shelf

Box also contains the publication pertaining to this collection of tree cores (Wolves, elk, and aspen in the winter range of Jasper National Park, Canada), 2007

Box-Item Box 13: Tree Cores from Yellowstone National Park Add to Shelf

Box also contains the publication pertaining to this collection of tree cores (Historic aspen recruitment, elk, and wolves in Northern Yellowstone National Park, USA), 2000