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...
Conflict over the management of public lands has increased markedly in the recent past. Forest Service personnel are responsible for making decisions about land allocations that are controversial and engender debate. This is a case study examining a conflict over the management of the Elk River drainage on the Siskiyou...
Oregon's watershed councils are local, non-regulatory, collaborative forums charged
with the recovery of endangered salmon and improving water quality under The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. Private forest landowners, given their prominence is owning riparian areas, are central to success of these efforts. Using a statewide survey of watershed...