The 2008 Western Forest Economists 43rd Annual Meeting took place May 5-7, 2008, in Welches, Oregon at the Resort at the Mountain. Below are the meeting presentations sorted by author.
2008 Presentations:
Forestry’s Role in Climate Change Policy; Economics, Science, and Agendas
Adrian Miller
An updated view of the demand for forest products in Alaska – A better understanding of the products and markets for Alaska producers
Allen M. Brackley
WWPA 2008-11 Lumber Demand & Supply Forecast
Kevin Binam
Update on the BLM/FS Southwestern Oregon Interagency Biomass Utilization Strategy
Blair Moody
Discount Rates in Forestland Markets
Bret P. Vicary
Washington Mill Survey: Overview and Analyses
Dorian Smith
Revising FRCS to Update the “Billion Tons of Biomass” Study
Dennis P. Dykstra
Potential Trade-offs between Carbon Sequestration and Timber Harvest on U.S. Public Timberlands
Eun Ho Im, Darius Adams, Greg Latta
Owning the Externality: Why Forests Should be Put Under the Carbon Cap
Guy Robertson
Trade Issues and Trends: What’s Changing
Dr. Ivan Eastin
Timberland Models and HBU
Jack Lutz
High-Energy Timberland Investments
Jack Lutz
Modeling land use change and carbon
Jeff Kline
Links to Forest Legacy and Other Broad oad Scale Programs and Policies
Jim Cathcart
Policy Design for Biofuel Markets: WFE 2008 Fueling Change and Changing Fuels
Jonathan Yoder
The Outlook for Timber Markets
Keith Balter
Forest‐mill integration: a transaction cost perspective
Kurt Niquidet and Glen O’Kelly
Regional log market integration in New Zealand
Kurt Niquidet and Glen O’Kelly
Growing Forest Clusters in Western Oregon
Gary Lettman
Oregon’s Choices: forestland use changes
Gary Lettman
An empirical examination of growth in BC secondary wood manufacturing industry since 1990
Lili Sun and Brad Stennes
Changes in International Markets for Red Alder
Lisa K. Crone
Coastal Forest Sector and Government Response
Lois McNabb
Biomass Energy Economics
John R. Martin
Forest Sector Research in Canada
Alec McBeath, Brian Peter, Brad Stennes
Eastside Forest Biomass Availability and Accessibility
Elaine Oneil, PhD.
Washington State Legislature’s Initiative to Acquire Forest Lands at Risk of Conversion
Phil Aust
Only You Can Prevent Wildfires? The Effectiveness of Policy to Induce Risk Mitigating Expenditures
Tyler Prante, Michael L. Jones, Joseph M. Little, Michael McKee, Robert P. Berrens
Multi-Objective Optimization to Auction Forest Ecosystem Services
Sándor F. Tóth
Non-timber forest products, common pool resources and the role of the state: an intervention model…?
Sinclair Tedder
Implementation of fire hazard reduction treatments: A tale of two forests
Gary Snider and Alex Finkral
The Wood Products Industry in Southeast Alaska
Susan J. Alexander
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TIMBER AND TIMBERLAND PRICES AND THEIR BUYERS
Victor P. Musselman
Pacific Northwest Woodchip Market
Rick Williams
The Economic Analysis of Biomass Utilization Introduce the BioSum Tool
Xiaoping Zhou, Jeremy Fried and Jamie Barbour
Aboveground Live Tree Carbon Calculation Comparison Using Jenkins and Local Equations
Xiaoping Zhou and Jeremy Fried
Small Forest Landowner Attitudes Towards Timber Harvesting And Financial Return
Kevin Zobrist
The “Economagic” Forest Finance Web Learning Module
Kevin Zobrist