Pacific Northwest Research Station

Timber Products Output and Timber Harvests in Alaska: An Addendum (In preparation)

ABOUT US

Scientists in the Human and Natural Resources Interactions Program study the economic and social aspects of natural resource management. Our scientists include economists, foresters, social scientists, and forest product technologists. Our research is conducted out of offices in Juneau and Sitka, AK; Seattle, WA; and Portland and Corvallis, OR.

RESEARCH AREAS

- Determining changes in major land uses, forest cover, and forest investments.

- Studying private landowner behavior and incentives.

- Understanding the social values regarding rural communities and development.

- Determining the feasibility of ecosystem restoration activities.

- Developing analytical tools for assessing silvicultural practices and the joint production of timber and nontimber forest products.

- Projecting timber resources at regional and national scales.

- Analyzing supply and demand trends and reporting market variables.

- Integrating public concerns, uses, and values into natural resource policies.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

GTR-550 Economics research supporting water resource stewardship in the Pacific Economics research supporting water resource stewardship in the Pacific Northwest. (PDF: 338 Kb)

RB-241 Production, prices, employment, and trade in Northwest forest industries, all quarters of 2002 (PDF: 5.06 MB)

Ecologically Sustainable Production of Forest Resources

Robert Monserud, Team Leader
Portland, OR

Portland Economics Team

John Mills, Team Leader
Portland, OR

Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics

Ralph Alig, Team Leader
Corvallis, OR

Communities and Forest Management Team

Susan Charnley, Team Leader
Portland, OR

Rural Urban Wildland Interactions

Dale Blahna, Team Leader
Seattle, WA

Alaska Communities and Forest Environments

Linda Kruger, Team Leader
Juneau, AK

Alaska Wood Utilization Research and Development Center

Allen Brackley, Team Leader
Sitka, AK