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William J. Ripple Papers, 1927-2014View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates: 1972-2014
This collection consists of materials collected and generated by Professor William J. Ripple, College of Forestry, Forest Ecosystems and Society. Professor Ripple has been a professor at Oregon State since 1984. The collection primarily consists of reference materials in Landscape Ecology, trophic cascades, as well as over 100 of William J. Ripple’s publications.
ID: MSS Ripple
Extent: 12.0 cubic feet
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Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation: William J. Ripple Papers (MSS Ripple), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: Ripple donated the materials to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center in 2015.
Acquired: 2015.
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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