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Creator:: Cannon, T. Lincoln
Abstract:: Most forests and timber in Western Oregon are taxed under the Western Oregon Forest Land and Severance Tax (WOST), a system which is accepted as one that promotes "correct" economic rotation lengths. This study was motivated by the observation that an optional tax with the same stated purpose - the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Balfour, Richard C. D.
Abstract:: Forest management has been influenced by many social and political changes, and one of the most prominent is the increasing urbanization of neighboring lands. As a result, forests once relatively far removed from urban areas now share boundaries with residential developments, and receive increasing pressure to provide recreation and other...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: acres of the McDonald Forest were recommended as a candidate for the Oregon Natural Area Preserves

Creator:: Kimura, Takashi, 1956-
Abstract:: Forested landscapes displaying evidence of timber harvesting have often induced conflicts between forest managers and the public. Potential conflicts with neighboring homeowners also has been increasing because of growing environmental concern and increasing numbers of neighbors. Analysis of previous studies suggests that people's reaction toward forested landscapes will be different...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Imaizumi, Yuji
Abstract:: Forest recreation is one of the many non-commodity functions of forests that have experienced a rapid growth in demand in the past few decades. Even faster growth in demand for recreation is expected for several decades. However, such growing demand for forest recreation is often not well perceived by owners...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

Creator:: Kim, Yeon-Su
Abstract:: This thesis investigated the contribution of the forest to neighboring property prices and explored the possible impacts from different neighboring forest characteristics with the hedonic property price model. The quadratic Box-Cox model was applied to choose the proper functional form. The square root model was chosen to be the interpretable...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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