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  • The effect of large wildfires on local labor markets 
    Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Ellison, Autumn; Moseley, Cassandra (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 ...
  • Evaluating the integrated resource restoration line item : results from a survey of National Forest System staff 
    Schultz, Courtney A.; Mattor, Katherine; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)
    The Integrated Resource Restoration (IRR) budgetary approach, which has been implemented on a pilot basis in the Northern, Southwestern, and Intermountain Regions since fiscal year 2012, is meant to facilitate holistic and ...
  • Evaluating the integrated resource restoration line item : results from phase 1 
    Schultz, Courtney A.; Mattor, Katherine; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)
    At the request of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), we are conducting a third-party review of the Integrated Resource Restoration (IRR) budgetary approach, which has been implemented on a pilot basis for three years in USFS ...
  • 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)
    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 ...
  • Fire science needs in the Pacific Northwest 
    Abrams, Jesse; Creighton, Janean H.; Moseley, Cassandra; Olsen, Christine S.; Davis, Emily Jane; Pomeroy, Alaina; Hamman, Sarah; Bruce, Josh; Perleberg, Andrew B.; DeMeo, Thomas; Evers, Louisa; Fitzgerald, Stephen Arthur (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 ...
  • Fire suppression costs and impacts of the 2008 wildfires in Trinity County, California 
    Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane (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 ...
  • Forest and Watershed Restoration and Maintenance: Opportunities and Capacity in the Siuslaw Basin 
    Stone, Carey; Sundstrom, Shiloh; Moseley, Cassandra (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 ...
  • Forest and watershed restoration in Linn County, Oregon : economic impacts, trends, and recommendations 
    Davis, Emily Jane; White, Eric M.; Rishel, Branden; Moseley, Cassandra (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 ...
  • Forest Management Contracting for the US Forest Service in New Mexico: In-State Competitiveness and the Use of Guest Workers 
    Moseley, Cassandra; McDaniel, Josh (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2006)
  • Forest restoration and biomass utilization for multiple benefits : 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)
    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 ...
  • Forest Service spending on large wildfires in the West 
    Ellison, Autumn; Moseley, Cassandra; Evers, Cody; Nielsen-Pincus, Max (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 ...
  • Forest Service Use of Best Value Contracting : A Sample From the Southwest Region 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Stone, Carey (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 ...
  • Good Neighbor Authority in Oregon : Comparison of state and federal contracting provisions 
    Quirke, Douglas; Moseley, Cassandra (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 ...
  • Impacts of the biomass producer or collector tax credit on Oregon's wood fuels market and economy 
    Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Krumenauer, Matt; MacFarland, Kate; Moseley, Cassandra (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 ...
  • Impacts of the biomass producer or collector tax credit on Oregon's wood fuels market and economy : update and alternate scenario consideration 
    White, Eric M.; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Krumenauer, Matt; Moseley, Cassandra (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. ...
  • The impacts of the Woody Biomass Utilization Grant program in eastern Oregon and eastern Arizona 
    Davis, Emily Jane; Lucas, Anne Mottek; Kim, Yeon-Su; Moseley, Cassandra; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Bilek, Edward M. (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 ...
  • Job Quality in Logging and Forestry Services in Oregon 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Reyes, Yolanda E. (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2006)
    This working paper compares the job quality of logging and forestry services, which represent one segment of the forest restoration industry. The forestry services sector includes much of the labor-intensive and some of ...
  • Landowner perceptions of potential changes to riparian rules under the Forest Practices Act in Oregon 
    Rosenberg, Stacy; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)
    In November 2015, the Oregon Board of Forestry proposed the development of a new rule to expand streamside buffers in western Oregon to better protect salmon, steelhead, and bull trout. The proposed rule would affect the ...
  • Local capacity for integrated forest and wildfire management 
    Huber-Stearns, Heidi; Moseley, Cassandra; Goulette, Nick (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)
    The purpose of this document is to examine how some organizations have developed local, cross-trained workforces to address wildfire risks alongside intensifying wildfire management needs. We conducted case studies of four ...
  • Long term trends in contracting and the impact of the National Fire Plan in Northern California 
    Moseley, Cassandra; Balaev, Mikhail, 1976-; Lake, Adam (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2003)
    This report (1) documents changes in Forest Service procurement contracting between the early 1990s and the early 2000s and (2) evaluates whether the authority to consider local benefit when awarding the National Fire Plan ...

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