Human and Natural Resources Interactions
Jamie Barbour, Acting Program
Manager
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
620 SW Main, Suite 400
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: (503) 808-2002
Our Mission: To improve our understanding
of the social and economic values as input to and evaluation of
resource management decisions.
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.
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RESEARCH AREAS
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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.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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GTR-550 Economics
research supporting water resource stewardship in the Pacific
Economics research supporting water resource stewardship
in the Pacific Northwest. (PDF: 338 Kb) |
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RB-241 Production,
prices, employment, and trade in Northwest forest industries,
all quarters of 2002 (PDF: 5.06 MB) |
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