EWP Working Papers: Recent submissions

  • Carroll, Matthew S. (Matthew Stephen); Paveglio, Travis; Ellison, Autumn; Abrams, Jesse; Moseley, Cassandra (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)
    The wildfire dilemma in the United States (and particularly in the U.S. West) has been well documented and its broad parameters are well understood. A very small fraction of wildfire igniting in wildland settings each year ...
  • Davis, Emily Jane (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)
    The Dry Forest Zone (DFZ) project was a five-year (2009-2014) initiative to support forest stewardship and economic development in eastern Oregon and northern California. With support from the US Endowment for Forestry and ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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. ...
  • 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 ...
  • Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Evers, Cody; Ellison, Autumn; Moseley, Cassandra (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 has ...
  • 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 contributes to local socioeconomic vitality by providing opportunities for businesses and partners to perform land management activities and ...
  • Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra (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 ...
  • Moseley, Cassandra; Davis, Emily Jane (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 ...
  • Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Sundstrom, Shiloh; Moseley, Cassandra; McCaffrey, Sarah (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 ...
  • Davis, Emily Jane; Sundstrom, Shiloh; Moseley, Cassandra (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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Davis, Emily Jane; Moseley, Cassandra; Jakes, Pamela J.; Nielsen-Pincus, Max (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 ...
  • 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 ...

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