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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, 2019)Over the past two decades, there has been a rise in organized “forest collaborative” groups of multiple stakeholders meeting regularly for dialogue about forest management priorities on a given area of national forest ...
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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, 2006)This report is designed as a tool to develop strategies to increase the local economic benefit from forest and watershed restoration activities in the Siuslaw Basin. This information can be used as a background information ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)Across Oregon, there is increasing interest in the economic activity that forest and watershed restoration can generate. The extent to which communities realize benefits from restoration depends on availability of work ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2019)Part of year three of "The Forest Service and Communities: The Relationships Between Land and People in the Pacific Northwest Region" [Ecosystem Workforce Program Working Paper #72]. This document is one of three products ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2006)
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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, 2016)This is a joint project between the US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region and the University of Oregon Ecosystem Workforce Program. This project aims to help the Forest Service and its partners better understand ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2018)Year 2 report for "The Forest Service and Communities: The Relationships Between Land and People in the Pacific Northwest Region" [Ecosystem Workforce Program Working Paper #72]. This is a joint project between the U.S. ...
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The Forest Service and partnerships : cross-boundary collaboration in the Pacific Northwest region (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2019)Part of year three of "The Forest Service and Communities: The Relationships Between Land and People in the Pacific Northwest Region" [Ecosystem Workforce Program Working Paper #72]. This document is one of three products ...
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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, 2007)The purpose of this project is to gain a better understanding about how the Forest Service uses best value and government estimates in contract awards. Specifically, this paper analyzes evaluation criteria and proposal- rating ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)The purpose of this paper is to examine similarities and differences between treatment of forest workers and small and disadvantaged businesses performing the same work in Oregon: a.) under existing federal pathways for ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2001)The Ecosystem Workforce Program (EWP) at the University of Oregon is conducting a three year demonstration project to test the possibilities of collaborative stewardship for community development. Key to this is a monitoring ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2018)The purpose of this document is to introduce the reader to the U.S. Forest Service’s iconic places and to provide basic information about the values they protect, their conditions, their management practices, and the ...
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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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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)Although Oregon’s active forest sector and extensive forests make wood a plentiful source of energy, the costs of handling and transporting woody biomass can be a significant obstacle to increased use of this energy source. ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)From 2005–10, the USDA Forest Service’s Woody Biomass Utilization Grant program provided grants for equipment acquisition and technical assistance to rural businesses and other entities. These grants were intended to ...
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