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  • A template for local government sustainable development initiatives 
    Bryant, Steve; Burgess, Scott; Hare, Wes; Jordan, Roger; Mott, Gregory; Pappas, Cynthia; Rohde, Karl W.; Schubert, John; Friedman, Bill; Swaim, Mike; Tiffany, Willie; Wheeldon, Carole; Welsch, Alexander (Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2001-01-29)
    This document outlines a step-by-step process, or template, which any local government can follow when adopting sustainable development policies, programs and practices. It is intended for use with an introductory companion ...
  • A template for resource productivity/sustainability programs in forest products manufacturing facilities 
    Harvey, Dale; Smith, Elizabeth; Jimerson, Lee; Schooler, Eric; Loupin, Patrick; Sohn, Howard; Schroader, Scott; Kimmel, Max; Watson, Lisa; Welsch, Alexander (Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2001-03-26)
    This document introduces the principles and practices of resource productivity and sustainable development as they may apply to forest products manufacturing firms and facilities. It was developed by a group of forest ...
  • A third-party evaluation of the IRR pilot : report from phase 3, stakeholder outreach and engagement 
    Schultz, Courtney A.; McIntyre, Kathleen B.; Ellison, Autumn; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)
    The Integrated Resource Restoration (IRR) budgeting tool combines “legacy” budget line items (BLIs) into a combined restoration BLI. It is meant to provide increased flexibility to conduct integrated restoration work, ...
  • Toolkit: promoting health and sustainability 
    Ochs, Ron; Petersen, Margaret; United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region; Spencer, Charles (USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6), 2001-05-08)
    The 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 ...
  • Towards a sustainable Oregon: barriers and policy recommendations 
    Unknown author (Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000-12-12)
    State and local governments in Oregon can play a key role in helping Oregon firms and communities achieve the multiple economic, social and environmental benefits of sustainability identified in the economic reports. While ...
  • Towards a sustainable Washington: the benefits of “decoupling” economic growth from the growth of environment impacts 
    Doppelt, Bob (Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000-09-26)
    The Center for Watershed and Community Health, a research institute in the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, in partnership with academic and private economists in Washington, ...
  • Tracking progress : the monitoring process used in collaborative forest landscape restoration projects in the Pacific Northwest 
    DeMeo, Thomas; Markus, Amy; Bormann, Bernard T.; Leingang, Jodi (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)
    Several trends have emerged in recent years that affect the management of the National Forest System, particularly in the western U.S. One is the recognition of landscapes departed from a natural range of variation, ...
  • Tribal Wildfire Resource Guide, June 2006 
    University of Oregon. Institute for a Sustainable Environment. Resource Innovations; Rasmussen, Kathleen Frances, 1978- (University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Resource Innovations, 2006-06)
    During the past year, the Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) has been working with Resource Innovations, a program within the University of Oregon’s Institute for a Sustainable Environment, to develop a Tribal Wildfire Resource ...
  • U.S. Forest Service personnel trends, 1973-2012 
    University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013-03-05)
    As part of the final map packet for the Dry Forest Zone project, this infographic looks at the numbers of Forest Service personnel employed in Region 5 (CA), Region 6 (OR, WA), and nationally from 1973 to 2012. It also ...
  • Understanding stakeholder experiences with long-term, landscape-scale stewardship contracting in the Pacific Northwest 
    Davis, Emily Jane (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2021)
    Stewardship end results contracting is a set of authorities that allows the USDA Forest Service to implement forest restoration activities in new and flexible ways through contracts and agreements. These authorities ...
  • Understanding the barriers and opportunities for water utility investments in ecosystem services 
    Bennett, Drew E.; Duncan, Sally L.; Lurie, Susan D.; Gosnell, Hannah; Ellison, Autumn (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)
    Water utilities benefit from ecosystem services that improve water quality and moderate stream temperatures, such as the natural filtration and shading services provided by riparian forests. Such benefits have brought ...
  • Unemployment, Poverty, and Federal Lands 
    Unknown author (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2009)
  • Using wood to produce energy for U.S. homes and businesses 
    White, Eric M.; Atkins, David (Forester); Moseley, Cassandra; Abrams, Jesse; Ellison, Autumn (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)
    Wood is one of the most abundant and versatile renewable energy sources in the United States. Heat and electricity can be generated from low-value woody material such as small trees, tree limbs, brush, and wood waste at ...
  • The value added forest products industry in Oregon preliminary research 
    Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Kristin, 1974- (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2002)
    This report is the result of a preliminary literature review to understand the state of the value-added forest products industry in Oregon and how it has changed over the last two decades. The first section describes the ...
  • Who gets the wood? US Forest Service timber sales and purchases in the Dry Forest Zone, 2009-2012 
    University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014-03-05)
    As part of the final map packet for the Dry Forest Zone project, this infographic examines how much of the timber from national forests within the Dry Forest Zone was sold to companies within the Dry Forest Zone and within ...
  • Who gets the work?: national forest contracting in the Pacific Northwest 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Shankle, Stacey (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2001-07-25)
    This study asks, who gets the work? It answers this question by measuring how far contractors travel to work on national forest lands and by considering what causes variation in travel distance. The study uses data from ...
  • Why create socioeconomic performance measures? 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane; Medley-Daniel, Michelle (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    In 2010, USDA Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell stated that “building a forest restoration economy will create new jobs in rural communities and help diversify the forest products industry to support the sustainability ...
  • Wildfire and poverty: an overview of the interactions among wildfires, fire-related programs, and poverty in the Western States 
    Niemi, Ernest G.; Lee, Kristin (Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2001-12)
    Wildfires and poverty are both common in the West. Wildfires intensify poverty by having a pervasive, disproportionately negative impact on those households and communities lacking adequate resources to reduce the ...
  • Wildfire and rural poverty: disastrous connections 
    Lynn, Kathy (Natural Hazards Observer, 2003-11)
    The financial and social costs of wildfires are rising annually. Between 2000 and 2002, wildfires destroyed almost 4,000 structures nationwide and cost the federal government over $3.4 billion in fire suppression. Grants ...
  • Wildfire protection and tribal needs assessment : a study of the resources and needs related to wildland and structural fire protection for Pacific Northwest tribes 
    Lynn, Kathy (Program for Watershed and Community Health, University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2005-02)
    Study to examine the needs and issues of Tribes in Oregon, Washington and Idaho in relationship to wildfire protection and prevention.

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