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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2009)
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, University of Oregon, 2023)The increasingly longer and more severe wildfire smoke events in the Pacific Northwest are likely to occur during outdoor athletic events. We investigated wildfire smoke concerns, air quality communication preferences, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)While wildfires present a host of challenges to impacted communities, they also provide opportunities to learn and improve preparation, response, and recovery for future events. The 2012 Charlotte Fire ignited in the Mink ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires can affect local economies in complex and dynamic ways, with both immediate and long-term impacts. Losses may occur in recreation, tourism, forestry, and natural resource sectors, which may be displaced ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The amount of suppression money spent locally influences the economic impact of large wildfires on nearby communities. Increased local spending leads to greater gains in employment during large wildfires. The amount of ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2019)The Northwest Fire Science Consortium (Consortium) works to accelerate the awareness, understanding, and adoption of wildland fire science by connecting users in the Pacific Northwest with the most useful resources ...
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(Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2005-10-14)The Wolf Creek Rural Fire Protection District (WCRFPD) strategic plan is intended to help direct the District’s efforts for fire protection. The WCRFPD strategic plan will serve as a living document that is referenced and ...
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(University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2008)This guide provides an introduction to woody biomass as a viable alternative to fossil fuels for generating heat and offers case study examples and sources for further information on developing a biomass heat project. ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Public and private forest managers, renewable energy advocates, and community leaders across the United States are increasingly in- terested in woody biomass for its potential to increase energy independence, mitigate ...
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