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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2010)
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)The Dry Forest Investment Zone (DFIZ) is an area of fifteen counties that share common economic development and forest management challenges. The ability of communities and service providers to capture, leverage, and ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Forest and watershed restoration work is closely tied to the history and identity of Oregon’s South Coast, which has long relied on its woods and waters for forestry, fishing, agriculture, and sustenance. Declines in ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)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 ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)After a century of wildfire suppression, the costs and complexity of wildfire management are increasing. Population growth in fire-prone landscapes, climate change, and diverse land management objectives all contribute ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Although wildfire costs are commonly discussed in natural resource policy and research, how wildfire suppression spending affects local economies has received relatively little attention. Wildfires can have multiple ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)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 ...
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Community-Based Natural Resource Management in the Western United States: A Pilot Study of Capacity (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Leaders on the Willamette National Forest (WNF) in western Oregon and adjacent communities are interested in using collaborative approaches to steward public lands and create community benefits. WNF leadership asked the ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The federal government is the largest landowner in many western communities. It contributes to local socioeconomic vitality by providing opportunities for businesses and partners to perform land management activities and ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Forest restoration and biomass utilization on public lands can create improved stand conditions and opportunities for local economic benefit. In Wallowa County, local nonprofit organization Wallowa Resources and the ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Across multiple presidential administrations, forest and watershed restoration has become an increasingly important focus of the USDA Forest Service. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, for example, has made restoring ...
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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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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Since the 1970s, federal spending on wildfire suppression in the United States has grown, reaching $1 billion annually over the past decade. The USDA Forest Service has also increasingly used private contractors to ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)This study considers how the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Rural Development Business and Cooperative Service (RDBCS) invested in Oregon between 2007–11. The Forest Service is a land ...
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(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 has ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires have lasting socioeconomic effects on communities located near the fires. Wildfires can unite and divide communities over fire management and recovery, and magnify or create inequities. . . . The purpose ...
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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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