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  • The benefits of USDA Forest Service agreements with community-based organizations 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    The federal government is the largest landowner in many western communities. It can contribute to local socioeconomic vitality by providing opportunities for businesses and partners to perform land management activities ...
  • Challenges to developing new socioeconomic performance measures 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane; Medley-Daniel, Michelle (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    The USDA Forest Service needs performance measures to track the social and economic outcomes of its investments. But there are inherent challenges to developing, adapting, and using new measures in the Forest Service’s ...
  • Cost-effective hazardous fuels reduction and biomass utilization : a case study from Wallowa County, Oregon 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Christoffersen, Nils; Couch, Kyle; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    Utilizing woody biomass from hazardous fuels reduction projects may make forest restoration more cost effective while creating local economic benefits. However, there is a lack of evidence about how projects can be ...
  • Economic development service provision for natural resource-based economic development 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra; Pomeroy, Alaina; Enzer, Maia J. (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)
    Over the last fifteen years, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest have been trying to redevelop their economies to meet new federal land management priorities. Numerous state and federal agencies and nonprofit ...
  • The economic effects of large fires : main findings 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Davis, Emily Jane; Evers, Cody; Ellison, Autumn (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    Large wildfires disrupt the lives of families, workers, and employers. However, fire suppression and recovery efforts may provide economic opportunities. Unlike with other natural hazards, there has been little research ...
  • The economic impacts of Oregon's south coast restoration industry 
    Sundstrom, Shiloh; Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)
    Oregon’s South Coast communities have long relied on their forests and watersheds for forestry, fishing, agriculture, and sustenance. Over the past 20 years, logging and fishing activity has declined. The Northwest Forest ...
  • The effect of large wildfires on local labor markets 
    Ellison, Autumn; Moseley, Cassandra; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Davis, Emily Jane (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    Large wildfires can have diverse socioeconomic impacts on nearby communities. Fires may have negative economic impacts on some sectors, but fire suppression efforts may positively affect employment and wages during the ...
  • Federal investment in natural resource-based economic development in Oregon 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Sundstrom, Shiloh; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    Natural resource-based economic development in public lands communities requires robust businesses, a supportive policy environment, and institutions to create local benefits from land management. The United States ...
  • Impacts of the Woody Biomass Utilization Grant program in eastern Oregon 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra; Lucas, Anne Mottek; Kim, Yeon-Su; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Bilek, Edward M. (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)
    Utilizing woody biomass from public lands may help reduce agency costs, enhance community wildfire protection, and create employment and economic activity. Yet communities adjacent to public land often lack the business ...
  • Integrating socioeconomic considerations into the Watershed Condition Framework 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane; Medley-Daniel, Michelle (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    The Watershed Condition Framework (WCF) will help national forests assess and prioritize activities, and measure progress towards improved watershed condition. The USDA Forest Service also expects restoration to create ...
  • Lessons learned from the Blue Mountains restoration strategy team 
    Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Santo, Anna; Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra; Ellison, Autumn (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2018)
    In January 2013, the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service initiated the Eastside Restoration Strategy to improve forest health conditions by accelerating the pace and scale of restoration on national forests ...
  • Local Capture: Bringing Strong Regional Forest Management Capacities Closer to Home 
    Gordon, Josef; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)
  • Measuring socioeconomic outcomes of forest and watershed restoration : state of the field 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra; Medley-Daniel, Michelle (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    The USDA Forest Service has emphasized how forest and watershed restoration can support jobs and economic development. However, the Forest Service currently has few performance measures to track the socioeconomic outcomes ...
  • A midterm report on the state of the Dry Forest Zone and its communities 
    Davis, Emily Jane (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)
    The Dry Forest Zone (DFZ) project is a five-year collaborative effort to foster an integrated approach to forest stewardship and economic development in eastern Oregon and northern California. The DFZ project invests in ...
  • Mobilizing Human Resources for Watershed Restoration 
    MacDonald, Fraser; Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Ellison, Autumn (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)
    In Oregon, community-based organizations have become major agents of watershed restoration. The most common of these organizations are watershed councils, which began to emerge in the mid-1990s as the State of Oregon ...
  • The money doesn't deliver itself : the importance of intermediaries in ecosystem services programs 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)
    Payments for ecosystem services (PES) and conservation programs that compensate landowners improve the resilience of working lands by creating markets for services such as clean air and water, carbon sequestration, and ...
  • 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 ...
  • A profile of community-based organizations in the U.S. West 
    Abrams, Jesse; Ellison, Autumn; Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra; Nowell, Branda (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)
    Community-based organizations (CBOs) are non-profit organizations based in rural communities that work on both local economic development and natural resource stewardship. CBOs were established in many places across the ...
  • A profile of federal timber purchases in the U.S. West 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Abrams, Jesse (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)
    The US Forest Service primarily engages the private sector through service contracts, stewardship contracts, and timber sales. Both stewardship project and timber sales can generate commercially valuable wood products, ...
  • A Profile of Forest and Watershed Restoration Contractors 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Davis, Emily Jane; Ellison, Autumn; MacDonald, Fraser (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)
    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 ...

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