Federal spending on wildfire suppression in the United States has grown over the past decade, but outside of land management agencies, little is known about how funds are spent, which activities are contracted out, and ...

Oregon’s Biomass Producer or Collector (BPC) Tax Credit encourages the production, collection, and transportation of biomass for biofuel production. It helps offset the transportation costs for biomass producers and ...

Although Oregon’s active forest sector and extensive forests make wood a plentiful source of energy, the costs of handling and transporting woody biomass can be a significant obstacle to increased use of this energy source. ...

From 2005–10, the USDA Forest Service’s Woody Biomass Utilization Grant program provided grants for equipment acquisition and technical assistance to rural businesses and other entities. These grants were intended to ...

Congress and President Obama designed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) to preserve and create jobs, assist people in need, stabilize state and local government budgets, and invest in infrastructure and ...

As wildfires are increasing in scale and duration, and communities are increasingly located where these wildfires are occurring, we need a clearer understanding of how large wildfires affect economic and social well ...

Community-based organizations (CBOs) in Oregon are fostering natural resource management and economic development, particularly in public lands communities where the capacity of federal agencies, businesses, and others ...

Over the past fifteen years, natural resource management on federal and private lands and streams has shifted toward restoration of ecological functions. I n addition to federal land management agencies, community-based ...

Severe wildland fire has become one of the most significant resource management challenges that the USDA Forest Service faces. National policy has focused on reducing uncharacteristic fuel loads and wildfire risk. However, ...