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The Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments (IROCE) at the University of Oregon links, leverages, and aligns applied social science research and resources to help organizations and communities adapt and thrive in the face of adversity.
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Item Open Access 1997 Ecosystem Workforce Project Curriculum : A practical learning and resource guide for forest/ecosystem workers(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 1997-07) Ecosystem Workforce Development Curriculum TeamThe goal of this curriculum is to create an educational resource that is practical, flexible, and helpful to hard-working, dedicated, lifelong learners in the forest/ecosystem management industry. We recognize that while forest workers have lots of skills to share, they must also be continually updating and diversifying their skills to be competitive and competent in this evolving industry. As such, we have created a curriculum that has three core topic areas: • Science for Ecosystem Restoration and Enhancement • Technical and Safety Knowledge for Ecosystem Restoration and Enhancement • Business Development and Management for Ecosystem Restoration and EnhancementItem Open Access Conventional Wisdoms of Woody Biomass Utilization(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2009) Becker, Dennis R.; Abbas, Dalia; Halvorsen, Kathleen E.; Jakes, Pamela J.; McCaffrey, Sarah; Moseley, CassandraDespite efforts to increase biomass utilization, uncertainty exists regarding the characteristics necessary to stimulate biomass utilization, effectiveness of agency and local efforts, and the role of partnerships in building the types of capacity necessary to expedite biomass removal. The purpose of this study is to identify and assess utilization challenges in different parts of the United States. The information collected through case studies is used to address persistent conventional wisdoms to biomass utilization that may help land managers better accomplish project objectives through informed planning and implementation. It may also be used to illuminate particular barriers to biomass utilization that can be addressed through policy development at the local, state, or national level.Item Open Access El Proyecto de Fuerza de Trabajo del Ecosistema de 1996 Programa de Estudio : Guia prãctico de aprendizaje y recursos para el trabajador del bosque/ecosistema(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 1996-03)Item Open Access A Guidebook for Multiparty Monitoring for Sustainable Natural Resource Management(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2002) University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program; Watershed Research and Training CenterThis guidebook is designed to help communities and their agency partners monitor activities related to ecosystem management and community-based forestry, especially the National Fire Plan. This guidebooks offers suggestions about how to develop a multiparty monitoring program for: * Employment results (quality jobs) of restoration and maintenance of public lands * Utilization of by-products of ecosystem management * Grants and other investments * Ecological effortsItem Open Access Impacts of Climate Change on Washington’s Economy : A Preliminary Assessment of Risks and Opportunities(Department of Ecology and Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development, State of Washington, 2006-11) Bauman, Yoram; Doppelt, Bob; Mazze, Sarah, 1977-; Wolf, Edward C.; Climate Leadership Initiative; Washington Economic Steering CommitteeIn early 2006, Washington’s Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development and Department of Ecology commissioned the Climate Leadership Initiative (CLI) at the University of Oregon to analyze the current and likely future effects of global climate change on Washington’s economy. The assessment was launched at a symposium at SeaTac airport on May 4, 2006 at which scientists, economists, and stakeholders shared and discussed current research on the topic. With oversight from a steering committee comprising economists and scientists from Washington universities, the private sector, and government, a CLI research team spent six months evaluating research and information about the economic effects of climate change in Washington and the Pacific Northwest. The team reached three conclusions about the effects of climate change on Washington’s economy: 1. Climate change impacts are visible in Washington State and their economic effects are becoming apparent. 2. The economic effects of climate change in Washington will grow over time as temperatures and sea levels rise. 3. Although climate change will mean increasing economic effects, it also opens the door to new economic opportunities. Scientists expect the Pacific Northwest climate to warm approximately 0.5ºF every ten years over the next several decades, a rate more than three times faster than the warming experienced during the twentieth century.Item Open Access Josephine County : Integrated fire plan, November 2004(Josephine County (Or.), 2004-11-08) Josephine County (Or.); University of Oregon. Program for Watershed and Community HealthGoals [for this Plan are]: protect against potential losses to life, property and natural resources from wildfire; build and maintain active participation from each Fire Protection District; set realistic expectations for reducing wildfire risk; identify and prioritize actions for fire protection; access and utilize federal and other grant dollars; identify incentives for fire protection and community participation; promote visible projects and program successes; monitor the changing conditions of wildfire risk and citizen action over time; and institutionalize fire-related programs and sustain community efforts for fire protection. [From the Plan]Item Open Access Northwest Forest Plan-- The First Ten Years (1994-2003): Procurement contracting in the affected counties of the Northwest Forest Plan: 12 Years of Change(USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2006-01) Moseley, Cassandra; Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)As part of the 10-year socioeconomic monitoring of the Northwest Forest Plan, this report evaluates changes in Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) procurement contracting between 1990 and 2002 by asking, (1) How much and what kind of work did the Forest Service and BLM contract during this period, and (2) who received economic benefits from this procurement contracting? Procurement contracting is a particular focus of the socioeconomic monitoring because one expectation of the Northwest Forest Plan was that the Forest Service and BLM would create high-skill, high-wage private sector jobs in public land restoration through contracting to partially offset job losses in timber production, harvesting, and processing. This report finds that, to the contrary, the Forest Service reduced its contracting of land management activities on national forests in the Northwest Forest Plan area from a high of $103 million in 1991 to a low of $33 million in 2002. By contrast, BLM spending was fairly constant at just under $20 million annually. Both the Forest Service and the BLM changed the type of activities that they contracted, shifting from activities associated with intensive forest management such as tree planting in clearcuts to activities associated with ecosystem management. Contractors located near national forests and BLM lands and rural communities captured a similar proportion of contracts in both the earlier and later parts of the study period. However, the significant decline in Forest Service contract spending resulted in considerable decline in the amount of money flowing to rural communities through contracting. Thus, it is unlikely that federal land management contracting created a net increase in jobs to replace jobs lost in mills and logging operations in public lands communities.Item Open Access Northwest Forest Plan—the first 10 years (1994-2003): Socioeconomic Monitoring of the Olympic National Forest and Three Local Communities(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon ; USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2006-07) Buttolph, Lita P.; Kay, William M.; Charnley, Susan; Moseley, Cassandra; Donoghue, Ellen M. (Ellen Mary)This report examines socioeconomic changes that occurred between 1990 and 2000 associated with implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan (the Plan) in the Olympic National Forest in western Washington. We used a combination of quantitative data from the U.S. census and the USDA Forest Service, historical documents, and interviews from Forest Service employees and members of three case study communities—Quilcene, the Lake Quinault area, and the Quinault Indian Nation. We explore how the Plan affected the flow of socioeconomic benefits associated with the Olympic National Forest, such as the production of forest commodities and forest-based recreation, agency jobs, procurement contract work for ecosystem management activities, grants for community economic assistance, payments to county governments, and opportunities for collaborative forest management. The greatest change in socioeconomic benefits derived from the forest was the curtailment of timber harvest activities. This not only affected timber industry jobs in local communities, but also resulted in declining agency budgets and staff reductions. Mitigation efforts varied. Ecosystem management contracts declined and shifted from labor-intensive to equipment-intensive activities, with about half of all contractors from the Olympic Peninsula. Economic assistance grants benefited communities that had the staff and resources to develop projects and apply for monies, but provided little benefit to communities without those resources. Payments to counties served as an important source of revenue for rural schools and roads. We also examine socioeconomic changes that occurred in the case study communities, and the influence of forest management policy on these changes. Between 1990 and 2000 all three communities showed a decrease in population, an increase in median age, a decline in timber industry-related employment, and an increase in service-industry and government jobs. Quilcene’s proximity to the larger urban centers has attracted professional and service industry workers that commute to larger economic hubs. Lake Quinault area residents are increasingly turning to tourism, and its growing Latino population works in the cedar shake and floral greens industries. For the Quinault Indian Nation, employment in tribal government and its casino has helped offset job losses in the fishing and timber industries. Many changes observed in the communities were a result of the prior restructuring of the forest products industry, national economic trends, and demographic shifts. However, for Quilcene and Lake Quinault, which were highly dependent on the national forest for timber and served as Forest Service district headquarters, the loss of timber industry and Forest Service jobs associated with the Plan led to substantial job losses and crises in the economic and social capital of these communities.Item Open Access Northwest Forest Plan—The First 10 Years (1994–2003): Socioeconomic Monitoring of Coos Bay District and Three Local Communities(USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2006-07) McLain, Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jean); Tobe, Lisa; Charnley, Susan; Donoghue, Ellen M. (Ellen Mary); Moseley, Cassandra; Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)This case study examines the socioeconomic changes that took place between 1990 and 2000 in and around lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coos Bay District in southwestern Oregon for purposes of assessing the effects of the Northwest Forest Plan (the Plan) on rural economies and communities in the Coos Bay region. The case study included an analysis of changes in the district’s programs, as well as socioeconomic changes that occurred within the communities of Coos Bay, Myrtle Point, and Reedsport. Data were gathered during 2003 and 2004 from multiple sources including U.S. census databases, county and state criminal justice and economic development databases, and BLM annual reports. Interviews with BLM employees and community residents provided additional insights on how the Plan affected local socioeconomic conditions and the district’s interactions with local communities. The study indicates that by the time the record of decision for the Plan was signed, the Coos Bay region’s timber sector had already lost a substantial portion of the wood products processing capacity and employment opportunities. Additionally, the changes in socioeconomic conditions that took place in the mid and late 1990s—an outflow of younger workers, inmigration of older workers and retirees, school closures, increased levels of educational attainment, declines in manufacturing sectors, and expansion of the services sector—are changes that took place during the same period in rural communities across much of the Western United States. It is thus likely that the types of overall socioeconomic changes observed in the Coos Bay region between 1990 and 2004 would have occurred with or without the Plan. Owing to legal challenges, the Coos Bay District was unable to provide a steady and predictable supply of timber from 1994 onward. District foresters shifted their focus toward developing thinning techniques for density management of stands less than 80 years old. Barring legal action, sales from these younger stands will enable the district to provide a predictable supply of smaller diameter timber in future years. In the post-Plan years, the Coos Bay District also significantly expanded its capacity to carry out multiple-use land management. It played a key role in community-based watershed restoration and recreation and tourism development efforts. As a result, the district is now in a much better position to provide the public, including residents of local communities, with a broad array of forest values and opportunities (i.e., improved fish habitat, more recreation sites, more cultural sites, etc.). Key factors in the success of post-Plan community-district partnerships included ongoing and substantial support from upper level leadership, a stable district budget (in marked contrast to the budget declines in neighboring national forests), and a relatively stable staffing level (in contrast to the downsizing that occurred in neighboring national forests).Item Open Access Northwest Forest Plan—The First 10 Years (1994–2003): Socioeconomic Monitoring Results(USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2006-04) Charnley, Susan; Donoghue, Ellen M. (Ellen Mary); Stuart, Claudia; Dillingham, Candace; Buttolph, Lita P.; Kay, William M.; McLain, Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jean); Moseley, Cassandra; Phillips, Richard P.; Tobe, Lisa; Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)The socioeconomic monitoring report addresses two evaluation questions posed in the Northwest Forest Plan (the Plan) Record of Decision and assesses progress in meeting five Plan socioeconomic goals. Volume I of the report contains key findings. Volume II addresses the question, Are predictable levels of timber and nontimber resources available and being produced? It also evaluates progress in meeting the goal of producing a predictable level of timber sales, special forest products, livestock grazing, minerals, and recreation opportunities. The focus of volume III is the evaluation question, Are local communities and economies experiencing positive or negative changes that may be associated with federal forest management? Two Plan goals are also assessed in volume III: (1) to maintain the stability of local and regional economies on a predictable, long-term basis and, (2) to assist with long-term economic development and diversification to minimize adverse impacts associated with the loss of timber jobs. Progress in meeting another Plan goal—to promote agency-citizen collaboration in forest management—is evaluated in volume IV. Volume V reports on trends in public values regarding forest management in the Pacific Northwest over the past decade, community views of how well the forest values and environmental qualities associated with late-successional, old-growth, and aquatic ecosystems have been protected under the Plan (a fifth Plan goal), and issues and concerns relating to forest management under the Plan expressed by community members. Volume VI provides a history of the Northwest Forest Plan socioeconomic monitoring program and a discussion of potential directions for the program.Item Open Access People, Fire, and Forests: A Synthesis of Wildfire Social Science(Corvallis: OSU Press, 2007) Daniel, Terry C.; Carroll, Matthew S. (Matthew Stephen); Moseley, CassandraYears of drought and decades of aggressive fire exclusion have left North American forests at high risk for catastrophic fires. Forest settings are a magnet for recreation and for rapidly growing residential development--putting an increasing number of citizens and their property into the path of wildfires. To be effective, wildfire risk management must be informed by science--but that requires more than just knowledge about the physical and biological dynamics of fire and forest ecosystems. Social values, socioeconomic factors, demographic trends, institutional arrangements, and human behavior must also be taken into consideration by the agencies and individuals responsible for wildland fire decision making. The first book of its kind to integrate the social science literature on the human dimensions of wildfire, People, Fire, and Forests reviews current studies from this broad, interdisciplinary field and synthesizes them into a rich body of knowledge with practical management implications. Sections in the book cover such topics as public perception of wildfire risk, acceptability of fire management policies, and community impacts of wildfire. Designed to make relevant social science information more available and useful to wildfire risk managers and policy makers, as well as to scholars and students, People, Fire, and Forests explores the theoretical and methodological issues surrounding human interactions with wildfire and describes the practical implications of this research.Item Open Access Q & A For Climate Skeptics: Answers to the Most Frequently Stated Concerns(Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2006) Climate Leadership InitiativeItem Open Access Strategies for Supporting Frontline Collaboration: Lessons from Stewardship Contracting(IBM Center for The Business of Government, 2010) Moseley, CassandraAn agency’s culture, policies, procedures, and incentives can make it either easier or more difficult for field staff to collaborate effectively. There are strategies that agency and nongovernmental leaders can use to encourage collaboration. This report offers four strategies for collaboration based on the experiences of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Both agencies have authorities, called “stewardship contracting,” which they used to foster collaboration at the front line in their agencies. Although stewardship contracting is a set of authorities particular to the U.S. Forest Service and BLM, much of the collaboration that these two agencies have undertaken around stewardship contracting did not require any special authority. The two agencies have used stewardship contracting as a vehicle to develop a new direction and support for collaborative approaches to federal land management.Item Open Access Toolkit: promoting health and sustainability(USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6), 2001-05-08) Ochs, Ron; Petersen, Margaret; United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region; Spencer, CharlesThe purpose of this toolkit is to assist agency and partners to improve the linkage between the needs and capabilities of local communities and the management of our natural resources. The title of this toolkit could have assumed many names such as COLLABORATION, PARTNERSHIPS, TRUST, or STEWARDSHIP. It’s a toolkit about working together to achieve shared and mutual goals. It is not meant to be all-inclusive and provide you all the knowledge and authorities BUT rather to encourage increased use of our greatest asset; thought and discovery. Moving forward with these concepts requires active involvement from many internal and external partners.Item Open Access Wildfire protection and tribal needs assessment : a study of the resources and needs related to wildland and structural fire protection for Pacific Northwest tribes(Program for Watershed and Community Health, University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2005-02) Lynn, KathyStudy to examine the needs and issues of Tribes in Oregon, Washington and Idaho in relationship to wildfire protection and prevention.