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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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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)As accelerated restoration initiatives continue, stakeholders are interested in understanding how investments affect local economies and communities. The economic benefit of accelerated restoration investments in local ...
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Indigenous fire stewardship for fire management and ecological restoration in the Pacific Northwest (Ecosystem Workforce Program, University of Oregon, 2023)Indigenous fire stewardship (IFS) plays a critical role in the maintenance of North American forest resilience. This synthesis reviews literature on IFS in the PNW as represented in scholarly peer reviewed publications. We ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)Restoration contracts and timber sales on national forests and grasslands can generate economic activity and social benefits in nearby communities. The extent to which local communities realize these benefits depends ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2002)This report examines some of the issues involved in setting up a system for monitoring the socio-economic effects of Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (O-WEB) grants on an on-going basis. We conducted telephone interviews ...
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(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 ...
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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, 2015)The Lakeview Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project (CFLR) was selected for funding in 2012. Multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability are required to assess the positive or negative ecological, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2020)Through a Joint Fire Science-funded research project, we investigated the concept of resilience as a means of constructively living with disturbances such as fire and insect outbreaks on national forest lands, including ...
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(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 ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2018)This document serves as an appendix to the report entitled “Prescribed Fire Policy Barriers and Opportunities: A Diversity of Challenges and Strategies Across the West” [Ecosystem Workforce Program Working Paper #86]. ...
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