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The cultivation of grain, potatoes, vegetables and fruit is often only possible with artificial irrigation in the valleys; Viticulture is growing in importance. The most important branches of agriculture are cattle and calf breeding, dairy farming and poultry farming. Almost half of the national territory is covered by forest, which is the basis of the main industry (manufacture of construction timber, plywood, pulp, paper). Since 1991, reducing logging to protect wildlife. The settlement of the electrical and computer industries, which compensate for job losses in the forestry, has led to the name »Silicon Forest«. Several large dams on the Columbia River (Bonneville Dam, Dallas Dam, McNary Dam, John Day Dam) generate inexpensive hydro energy. Oregon is one of the largest salmon producers in the world with its center around Astoria and the main producer of nickel in the USA; otherwise it has few natural resources. Tourism is of great economic importance, including on the Pacific beaches, as well as Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Fort Clatsop National Memorial and McLoughlin House National Historic Site.
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1 | University of Oregon Department of Sociology Address: 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1291 Phone: (541) 346-5002 Email: cblum@uoregon.edu Website: http://sociology.uoregon.edu/graduate/index.php |