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Creator:: Aylward, Bruce, Hartwell, Ray, Lurie, Susan, Duncan, Sally, Institute for Natural Resources, and Ecosystem Economics, LLC
Abstract:: INR’s long-term goal with this and other projects is to help revitalize rural economies and contribute to rural sustainability, while increasing ecosystem restoration and thoughtfully developing ecosystem services markets. To assist in meeting these goals, this project aims to understand and overcome a significant hurdle on the supply side of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Hartwell Ecosystem Economics LLC Sue Lurie and Sally Duncan Institute of Natural Resources Oregon

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, Bennet, Drew, and Fishler, Hillary
Abstract:: Executive Summary The Institute for Natural Resources (INR) received funding from the Bullitt Foundation in 2009 for Financing Mechanisms that Advance Ecosystem Services Markets and Promote Rural Sustainability. 1 That research strongly suggested that, at least for the short- and possibly medium-term, payment for ecosystem services (PES) may best be...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: of Oregon Authors: Sue Lurie (INR), Sally Duncan (INR), Drew Bennett (OSU - Geography

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, Ecosystem Economics, and Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
Abstract:: This report is laid out as a progressive exploration of how the economics of ES production interacts with finance, broadly construed, in actual credit transactions. The inquiry proceeds in several steps. First, the economics of ecosystem services production is explored to provide critical context for potential financing approaches. This section...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Hartwell and Bruce Aylward Ecosystem Economics LLC Sue Lurie and Sally Duncan Institute of Natural

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, Ewing, Amy, Ecosystem Economics, and Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
Abstract:: Ecosystem services markets represent potential revenue streams for small- and medium-scale rural agricultural and forest producers, many of whom have faced significant economic downturns over the past several decades. Demand for ecosystem services (ES) in the form of investments by public agencies, mitigation funds from regulated entities, and voluntary payments...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Economics LLC Katrina Van Dis Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council Sue Lurie, Sally Duncan and

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources, Lurie, Sue, Duncan, Sally, McCune, Myrica, River Design, and Greenbelt Land Trust
Abstract:: The Willamette River has gone through extensive changes since Euro American settlement – changes that have reduced channel connectivity, destroyed important habitat for species and vastly undermined floodwater storage capacity. Efforts to preserve portions of the river have a controversial legacy that has left lingering suspicions of government involvement in...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ), Sally Duncan (INR), and Myrica McCune (INR), River Design and Greenbelt Land Trust

Creator:: Butler, Greg, Cummings, Ed, Harrison, Jane, Overdevest, Justin, Salas, Javier, Comfort, Emily, Eliis, Tana, MacFarland, Kate, Pfeiffer, Vera, Smedstad, Jill, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This is a report produced as part of a class led by John Bliss, Sally Duncan and James Johnston under a grant from the American Forest Foundation.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Jill Smedstad INSTRUCTORS… John Bliss Sally Duncan AFF FELLOW… James Johnston

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: This report derives from two policy work sessions, one in January 2008 and one in May 2008, which explored policy cornerstones and action strategies to bring an integrated ecosystem marketplace to fruition in Oregon. The report takes an initial look at ways in which current state policies and practices either...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: : Gail Achterman, Institute of Natural Resources Bruce Aylward, Ecosystem Economics LLC Sally Duncan

Creator:: Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: The project focuses on nonequilibrium ecosystem dynamics, a body of scientific research that characterizes and interprets ecosystem change. INR summarizes knowledge from this field, describes ways in which the current management framework may be inconsistent with scientific findings, and helps identify options for future management. This paper is designed to...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: recommendations by Johnson and Duncan (2008), who suggest that social HISTORICAL RANGE OF VARIABILITY “The

Creator:: Lauten, David J., Castelein, Kathleen A., Farrar, Daniel, Herlyn, Hendrik G., Gaines, Eleanor P., Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: From 3 April – 23 September 2009 we monitored the distribution, abundance and productivity of the federally Threatened Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) along the Oregon coast. From north to south, we surveyed and monitored plover activity at Sutton Beach, Siltcoos River estuary, the Dunes Overlook, North Tahkenitch Creek,...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Oregon. Department of Forestry and Institute for Natural Resources
Abstract:: Using the existing ODF program as a guide, this report will stress the importance of cooperation and collaboration between agencies, landowners, industry, and citizens to create more successful public awareness and education programs. In this report we discuss improved Department emphasis on prevention, better training for those who need to...
Resource Type:: Working Paper
Full Text:: Weyerhaeuser Company Ken Johnson Jackson County Fire District #3 Sara Leiman Oregon Small Woodland

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