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December 7, 2011
EWP releases Working Paper 32: Impacts of the Biomass Producer or Collector Tax Credit on Oregon's Wood Fuels Market and Economy, which suggests that a state tax credit to facilitate biomass utilization has helped support Oregon jobs and a competitive wood fuels market. Go to publications to browse all of EWP's working and briefing papers.
November 17, 2011
EWP releases Working Paper 33: Fire science needs in the Pacific Northwest, which describes fire science use and delivery needs in the diverse community of wildfire managers and practitioners. Go to publications to browse all of EWP's working and briefing papers.
October 25, 2011
EWP releases Briefing Paper 33: Impacts of the Biomass Producer or Collector Tax Credit on Oregon's Wood Fuels Market and Economy. Go to publications to browse all of EWP's working and briefing papers.
September 13, 2011
EWP releases two working papers: Working Paper 30: The Lost Summer: Community Experiences of Large Wildfires in Trinity County, California and Working Paper 31: Fire Suppression Costs and Impacts of the 2008 Wildfires in Trinity County, California present results of a case study on the economic impacts of wildfires on rural communities. Go to publications to browse all of EWP's working and briefing papers.
July 19, 2011
EWP releases Working Paper 29: Forest Restoration and Biomass Utilization for Multiple Benefits: A Case Study from Wallowa County, Oregon. This paper explores how Wallowa County leaders and Forest Service staff undertook a cost-effective approach to fuels reduction that has also provided biomass utilization opportunities and local economic benefits. Go to publications to browse all of EWP's working and briefing papers.
June 28, 2011
EWP releases new resources aimed at helping restoration practitioners predict and monitor the jobs impacts of ecological restoration and stewardship. The "Economic Impacts of Restoration Calculator for Oregon Counties" and the "Quick Guide to Monitoring the Economic Impacts of Restoration and Stewardship" are available for download here.
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February 4, 2011
EWP releases Working Paper 28: Economic Development Capacity in Public Lands Communities examining economic development organizations and efforts in the Dry Forest Zone.
September 24, 2010
EWP releases two new reports on stewardship contracting.
Stewardship Contracting for Landscape-Scale Restoration uses five case studies to examine how national forests and their local partners can develop larger scales, longer term stewardship contracting programs, and identifies key decision points for developing contracting strategies.
Strategies for Supporting Front-Line Collaboration: Lessons from Stewardship Contracting discusses how senior executives can change the behaviors of their hierarchically-driven culture by: (1) creating time and space for collaboration, (2) changing agency rules to encourage collaboration, (3) providing staff incentives to collaborate, and (4) building the capacity to collaborate in both the agency as well as among stakeholders.
July 15, 2010
EWP director Cassandra Moseley testifies before the US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in an Oversight Hearing on creating rural jobs on America's public lands through strategies for conservation-oriented economic development. Read her testimony here.
May 26, 2010
The Ecosystem Workforce Program releases The State of the Dry Forest Zone and its Communities, an assessment of the current conditions, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable forest stewardship in the Dry Forest Zone of eastern and central Oregon and northern California. The Dry Forest Zone project seeks to foster sustainable forest stewardship at a regional scale between communities that share common forest management and economic development challenges. Go to publications to browse all of EWP's working and briefing papers and other publications.
April 27, 2010
The EWP releases Briefing Paper 24, an examination of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in eleven Western states a year after its passage. Among other findings, we found that per capita ARRA spending in Western urban counties is more than twice what it is in Western rural counties. Go to publications to browse all of EWP's working and briefing papers.
April 13, 2010
The Ecosystem Workforce Program has released three papers about the economic impacts of forest and watershed restoration in Oregon. These studies suggest that every $1 million in public investment in forest and watershed restoration creates 14.7-23.8 total jobs. Watershed councils typically hire Oregon contracting businesses to implement forest and watershed restoration work. Most of these businesses are small, typically with less than $1 million in annual revenue.
The Employment and Economic Impacts of Forest and Watershed Restoration in Oregon
Briefing Paper (124 kb), Working Paper (776 kb)
A Profile of Forest and Watershed Restoration Contractors
Briefing Paper (92 kb), Working Paper (776 kb)
Mobilizing Human Resources for Watershed Restoration
Briefing Paper (92 kb), Working Paper (664 kb)
All of EWP's reports can be found on our publications page.
