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Changing federal county payments and rural Oregon counties: analysis of policy impacts and responses from loss of secure rural schools funding in selected Oregon counties

Creator:: Gaid, Dawn Marie
Abstract:: Changes in federal forest management, enactment of environmental policies, recessions and a shift to a global economy dramatically impacted counties between the 1980s and 1990s. In the 1990s, counties began experiencing a shift away from traditional natural resource extraction activities – amidst changing demographics resulting from rural restructuring taking place...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: policies. Past research efforts have focused on the ecological, economic and social dimensions of forest

The Conservation Reserve Program : its impact on the economies of rural communities

Creator:: Nofziger, Sharon Dianne
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to present the results of a study of the impacts of the Conservation Reserve Program, Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, on the economies of small communities located in Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla Counties in Oregon. These counties are representative of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Source: Oregon State University Extension, Agricultural Economic Information. 25 CHAPTER IV

Current and future economic impact of Mount Hood National Forest outdoor recreation consumption

Creator:: Anderson, David M. (David Matthew), 1964-
Abstract:: Mount Hood National Forest provides opportunities for many forms of outdoor recreation. Recreationists spend money to pursue outdoor activities on public lands such as national forests and national parks. The purpose of this study was to measure the economic contribution of national forest visitor expenditures on the local economy of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Oregon's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program : likely participation and recommendations for implementation

Creator:: Kingsbury, Leigh
Abstract:: This study used contingent valuation techniques to model the probability of participation in Oregon's CREP as a function of the incentive payment and a vector of socio-economic variables. Possible reasons for non-participation were evaluated and landowner preferences for various program components were assessed. Recommendations for program improvement and implementation were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Analysis of Riparian Landowners' Willingness to Participate in Oregon 's Conservation Reserve Enhancement

Harvest scheduling and economic effects of old-growth forest preservation in northwest Oregon

Creator:: Hunt, Mary C.
Abstract:: Old-growth forests provide an important resource in terms of both timber and non-timber values. Northwest Oregon represents an area where this resource is scarce and options for preserving old-growth habitat are limited. This study identifies the old-growth resource on public lands within the area, suggests a range of preservation alternatives...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Stability under the federal sustained yield unit system : assessing the achievement of community stability in the Lakeview Unit

Creator:: Olson, Douglas Charles
Abstract:: A descriptive model of community stability is developed which can be used to gauge the achievement of community stability in federal sustained yield units. Community stability is defined which provides the framework on which the model was created. The achievement of the four goals of the 1944 Sustained Yield Act...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An econometric analysis of timber demand and supply relationships on the Siuslaw National Forest

Creator:: Shih, Kung
Abstract:: To abstract the fundamental market structures of stumpage sold from the Siuslaw National Forest, a three-equation structural model with different assumptions on private cut was empirically derived. Under the private cut price-fixed assumption, the structural model can be simplified as a single-equation model with stumpage price as dependent variable and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Sustainability of a forest preservation project in India : the case of the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Creator:: Balasubramanian, Maniselvan
Abstract:: Numerous development projects are implemented in developing countries to attain economic and ecological development. However, in most cases, the encouraging results observed during the implementation phase terminated with the project period, raising concerns on these projects' sustainability after the project period has ended. This study focuses on this sustainability issue...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Reserve, India. The ecodevelopment project aimed to attain both economic and ecological development in

Local economic impacts of changes in the availability of public timber

Creator:: Eppley, Linda M.
Abstract:: For many resource-based communities throughout Oregon the timber industry plays an important role. In many of these areas, federal land holdings comprise a large proportion of the area's land holdings. Management decisions regarding resource use on the National Forest lands can have a major influence on the stability of local...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Criteria for Changes in Forest Management Policy 122 Regional Economic Impact Analysis 124 Policy

Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

Creator:: Gagnon, Aaron R.
Abstract:: In this thesis I examine the question: can allowing a wildfire to burn this year result in a net positive economic gain? To answer this question I created 2,500 multiple sets of paired scenarios (called a fire of interest) which consist of ignitions, vegetation growth, and timber harvest over the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) summarized forest conditions for five ponderosa pine-dominated stands in northeastern Oregon. These

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Changing federal county payments and rural Oregon counties: analysis of policy impacts and responses from loss of secure rural schools funding in selected Oregon counties

The Conservation Reserve Program : its impact on the economies of rural communities

Current and future economic impact of Mount Hood National Forest outdoor recreation consumption

Oregon's Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program : likely participation and recommendations for implementation

Harvest scheduling and economic effects of old-growth forest preservation in northwest Oregon

Stability under the federal sustained yield unit system : assessing the achievement of community stability in the Lakeview Unit

An econometric analysis of timber demand and supply relationships on the Siuslaw National Forest

Sustainability of a forest preservation project in India : the case of the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Local economic impacts of changes in the availability of public timber

Economic Benefit from Allowing Wildfires to Burn in Federal East-Side Cascade Forests

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