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  • Oregon’s Biodiversity in a Changing Climate 
    Climate Leadership Initiative; Lawler, Joshua J.; Mathias, Molly; Yahnke, Amy E.; Girvetz, Evan H. (2008)
    In the coming century, average annual temperatures in the Pacific Northwest are projected to rise at a rate of 0.1 to 0.6 °C (0.2 to 1.0 °F) per decade. Although there is more uncertainty in projected changes in ...
  • Organizational capacity for natural resource management in Oregon 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra; Evers, Cody; MacFarland, Kate; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Pomeroy, Alaina; Enzer, Maia J. (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    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 ...
  • An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to New Mexico of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change 
    Climate Leadership Initiative; Niemi, Ernest G.; Buckley, Mark; Neculae, Cleo; Reich, Sarah (2009-02-17)
    Extensive research shows that New Mexico and other western states already have experienced noticeable changes in climate and predicts that more change will occur in the future.1 Much of this change is having and will ...
  • An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to Oregon of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change 
    Climate Leadership Initiative; Niemi, Ernest G.; Buckley, Mark; Neculae, Cleo; Reich, Sarah (2009-02-17)
    Extensive research shows that Oregon and other western states already have experienced noticeable changes in climate and predicts that more change will occur in the future.1 Much of this change is having and will continue ...
  • An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to Washington of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change 
    Climate Leadership Initiative; Niemi, Ernest G.; Buckley, Mark; Neculae, Cleo; Reich, Sarah (2009-02-17)
    Extensive research shows that Washington and other western states already have experienced noticeable changes in climate and predicts that more change will occur in the future.1 Much of this change is having and will ...
  • Paying the water bill : community support for agriculture and river restoration in central Oregon 
    University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)
    Fish recovery in rivers depends on sufficient instream flows to maintain water quality and habitat. In many areas, water rights for agriculture present direct competition for these flows, and “use it or lose it” water ...
  • Payments for ecosystem services : catalog of online tools and resources 
    University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)
    As the concepts of ecosystem services and payments for ecosystem services (PES) have gained in popularity, numerous web-based resources have been created to 1) provide and exchange information about ecosystem services, ...
  • People, Fire, and Forests: A Synthesis of Wildfire Social Science 
    Daniel, Terry C.; Carroll, Matthew S. (Matthew Stephen); Moseley, Cassandra (Corvallis: OSU Press, 2007)
    Years 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 ...
  • Perceptions of Air Quality and Smoke in Oakridge, Oregon Perceptions Oregon: Results from pilot interviews with key informants 
    University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program; Kaplowitz, Grace; Deak, Alison; Coughlan, Michael; Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Smith, Hollie; Shafer, Autumn (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2022)
    This report summarizes the results of the Oakridge Air community key informant (or community leader) interviews on air quality and smoke. This research was conducted as a pilot project to discern community understanding, ...
  • Perceptions of wildland fire smoke : literature review and synthesis 
    Ellison, Autumn; Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Frederick, Stacey Sargent; Coughlan, Michael R.; McCaffrey, Sarah; Olsen, Christine S. (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2021)
    Smoke from wildland fire presents a serious and growing concern. Mirroring global trends in recent decades, many areas of the US are experiencing increasing wildfire size, severity, and frequency. The health hazard of ...
  • Piloting restoration-oriented social and economic performance measures 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Huber-Stearns, Heidi (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)
    Forest and watershed restoration on national forests and grasslands has ecological, social, and economic objectives. Forest Service performance measures have largely focused on outputs associated with land treatments, ...
  • Piloting restoration-related social and economic measures on national forests 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Huber-Stearns, Heidi (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)
    Forest and watershed restoration on national forests and grasslands has ecological, social, and economic objectives. Forest Service performance measures have largely focused on outputs associated with land treatments, ...
  • Planning and managing for resilience : lessons from national forest plan revisions 
    Abrams, Jesse; Greiner, Michelle; Timberlake, Thomas; Schultz, Courtney A.; Evans, Alexander M.; Huber-Stearns, Heidi (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2020)
    The forest plan revision process presents an opportunity for managers to reorient a national forest’s management direction in pursuit of resilient landscapes, among other goals. It also represents an opportunity for ...
  • Planning and managing for resilience : lessons from national forest plan revisions 
    Abrams, Jesse; Greiner, Michelle; Timberlake, Thomas; Schultz, Courtney A.; Evans, Alexander M.; Huber-Stearns, Heidi (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2020)
    Recent federal forest and wildfire policies have increasingly united around a vision of restoring resilient landscapes in the face of increasingly destructive wildfires driven by altered forest conditions and climate change. ...
  • A Preliminary Estimate of Economic Impact and Job Creation from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board’s Restoration Investments 
    Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2009)
    The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) has proposed nearly $40 million in watershed restoration projects for state and federal stimulus funding. OWEB’s investments in ecological restoration play a large role in ...
  • Preparing for Climate Change in the Klamath Basin 
    Climate Leadership Initiative; Barr, Brian R.; Koopman, Marni E.; Williams, Cindy Deacon; Vynne, Stacy, 1979-; Hamilton, Roger; Doppelt, Bob; National Center for Conservation Science and Policy (2010-03)
    The Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California is rich in history, culture, and natural resources. This report explores how the local communities and natural resources of the Klamath Basin are expected to ...
  • Preparing for Climate Change in the Upper Willamette River Basin of Western Oregon : Co-Beneficial Planning for Communities and Ecosystems 
    Climate Leadership Initiative; Doppelt, Bob; Hamilton, Roger; Deacon, Cindy; Koopman, Marni E.; Vynne, Stacy, 1979- (2009-03)
    In the fall of 2008, the University of Oregon’s Climate Leadership Initiative (CLI) and the National Center for Conservation Science & Policy (NCCSP), in partnership with the Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil-System (MAPSS) ...
  • Preparing the Pacific Northwest for Climate Change : A Framework for Integrative Preparation Planning for Natural, Human, Built and Economic Systems 
    Climate Leadership Initiative (Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2008-02-04)
    This framework is the result of our research as well as meetings with and feedback from experts and stakeholders in four defined sectors that are projected to be affected in various ways and degrees by climate change in ...
  • Prescribed fire policy barriers and opportunities : a diversity of challenges and strategies across the west 
    Schultz, Courtney A.; Huber-Stearns, Heidi; McCaffrey, Sarah; Quirke, Douglas; Ricco, Gwen; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2018)
    We are conducting a project investigating policies that limit managers’ ability to conduct prescribed fire on US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands in the 11 Western states. Our primary objectives ...
  • Prior collaboration improves wildfire response and recovery : the 2011 track fire in Raton, New Mexico 
    University of Oregon. Ecosystem Workforce Program (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)
    Large wildfires can affect communities in many ways. For the city of Raton, New Mexico, the 2011 Track Fire posed a significant threat to the city’s municipal watershed. Despite significant pre-suppression work to treat ...

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