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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)Wildfires are growing in size, frequency, and severity across rangelands in the U.S. West. Although fire is a natural component of sagebrush steppe ecosystems, it can also threaten values such as sage-grouse habitat, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)As wildfire has grown, a central challenge has been to develop systems to ensure that suppression resources are in the right place at the right time. As federal agencies increasingly depend on private contracting resources, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2001)Presents case studies of three community assessment projects and a summary review designed to provide an understanding of the process, benefits and challenges in such assessments, and presents conclusions about conducting ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)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, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2006)The Northwest Forest Plan and associated Northwest Economic Adjustment Initiative called for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to assist rural communities with long-term economic development and diversification ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2009)As woody biomass utilization is developed, it is important to examine social issues in addition to technical and economic ones. This paper reviews existing literature addressing the social issues of woody biomass utilization, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to create immediate job opportunities and stimulate long-term economic growth. The United States Forest Service received approximately $1.15 billion to ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)Collaborative groups, community leaders, and others want to increase the socioeconomic impacts of natural resource management. Monitoring can provide data to foster learning and improve socioeconomic conditions. Yet ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)The Dry Forest Zone of eastern and central Oregon and northern California is a region with high rates of poverty and unemployment, degraded landscapes, and severe wildfire risk. But it also has strong traditions of ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2019)Elevated outbreaks of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) have occurred on national forests across the western U.S. over the past two decades. Resulting widespread tree mortality has affected forest health, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)In 2017, we studied the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP), which was established by Congress in 2009 to provide 8-10 years of funding for collaborative implementation of restoration projects on ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)In 2017, we studied the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership (JCLRP), a partnership between the Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) designed to promote coordinated, landscape-scale ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)In 2017, we studied two restoration initiatives: 1) The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP), which was established by Congress in 2009 to provide 8-10 years of funding for collaborative implementation ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)The McKenzie River Watershed provides the sole source of drinking water to residents of Eugene, but increasing residential development could impact water quality. To protect drinking water quality, the Eugene Water and ...
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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, 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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(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, 2006)Forestry workers in labor-intensive jobs have long been an important, yet under recognized, component of forest management on both public and private lands. These workers perform strenuous, seasonal activities, such as ...
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