{"id":1122,"date":"2025-06-11T20:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T20:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/?page_id=1122"},"modified":"2025-07-02T22:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:21:06","slug":"2025-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/?page_id=1122","title":{"rendered":"2025 Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2025 Meeting was held this year in Seattle, WA at University of Washington, May 15&nbsp;and 16. The conference theme this year was&nbsp;&#8220;<em>Long Rotations and Set-aside Forests: Economic and Environmental Implications<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2025 Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kamana_Western-Forest-Economists-Conference.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Does Contracting for Labor-Intensive Forestry Work Advance Economic Equity in the Pacific West, USA? <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Kamana Poudel, Mindy S. Crandall, Heidi-Huber Stearns, Emily Jane Davis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Latta_WFE_May2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CONSIDERATIONS IN MODELING HARVESTED WOOD PRODUCT MITIGATION STRATEGIES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Greg Latta, University of Idaho<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Long-Rotations-and-Set-Aside-Forests-in-the-Pacific_susaeta_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Long Rotations and Set-Aside Forests in the Pacific Northwest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Andres Susaeta, Oregon State University<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Matching-Auctions-for-Timber.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matching Auctions for Cut Blocks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hugh Scorah, UBC Forestry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Oneil-WFE-annual-meeting-May-15-2025-plenary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small Forest Landowner Perspective on &#8220;Long rotations and set aside forests: Economic and environmental implications.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Elaine Oneil, PhD, Washington Farm Forestry Association<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Raju-Pokharel-Economic-Tradeoff.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Economic tradeoff of alternative forest management activities to enhance carbon sequestration efforts in Pennsylvania and Maryland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Shivan Gc, Chad Papa, Kylie Clay, Michigan State University<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SolemslieWFE2025_Share.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Future Forest Regime Impacts on the Evergreen bough Industry of the Pacific Northwest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Alec Solemslie, University of Washington<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Uncertainty-and-Extended-Rotations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uncertainty and Extended Rotations <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hugh Scorah, UBC Forestry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/W.-Forest-Econ_5-16-25-Slides.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Western Forest Economists: Washington Forest Products Roundtable<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Chris Page, Ruckelshaus Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WFE-5_16_25-Lily-Yang.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enhancing CLT Production Proficiency through Supply Chain Optimization <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lily Yang, University of Washington<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WFE-Presentation_emeka.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EVALUATING THE COSTS AND CREDIT MARKET DYNAMICS OF OREGON\u2019S CLEAN FUELS PROGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Chukwuemeka Valentine Okolo, Andres Susaeta, Mindy Crandall, John Sessions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wforest-economists-PPET-presentation_5_15_25_no-notes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Historical Context and Contemporary Snapshots of Pacific Northwest Forest Industries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anna Maher, PhD<\/em>, <em>Abigail Kaminski, Harper Thomson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WFE_Conference_Presentation_Hsu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optimal Forest Management of Douglas-fir in Western Oregon: Stochastic Prices, Carbon Sequestration, and Wildfire Risk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hsu Y. Kyaw, Andres L. Susaeta, Mindy S. Crandall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WFE2025LKoch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Resource Curse and U.S. Timber Harvest in Western Counties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Luke Koch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/wforest-economists-PPET-presentation_5_15_25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Historical Context and Contemporary Snapshots of Pacific Northwest Forest Industries: Highlights from the Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade Report, 1958-2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anna Maher, PhD, Abigail Kaminski, Harper Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Zuckerman-Session-3-WFCA-WFE-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Timber yield decline, recovery, &amp; augmentation in transition from short to long rotations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Seth Zuckerman, Jaal Mann<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-WFE-Jason-Spadaro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvest &amp; Replant: Economic &amp; Environmental Implications of Long Rotation Forestry and Forest Set-Asides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jason Spadaro<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/barker_pileburning_osustyle.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Up in smoke: costs and constraints of pile burning in western forests<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jake Barker<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Diederichs_V4_Exploring-Oregon_s-Native-Hardwood-Industry_WFE-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Examining Information Sharing Dynamics through Network Analysis in the Western Hardwood Manufacturing Sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Victoria Diederichs, RPF<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Duane_Intro-DNR-Western-Econ-meeting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Understanding WA DNR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Duane Emmons<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Fri-Morning-panel-Zuckerman.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A few thoughts on rotations: The long &amp; the short of it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Seth Zuckerman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Indro_WFE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Extended rotations and net climate benefits?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dr. Indroneil Ganguly, Lieke Droog, &amp; Dr. Francesca Pierobon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Oneil-WFE-annual-meeting-May-15-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvest or Set-Aside? A Comparative Carbon Analysis Grounded in Real World Data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Elaine Oneiil, PhD, Director of Science, CORRIM<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Western-Forest-Economist-2025-Kurt-Niquidet-COFI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Competitiveness &amp; Sustainability in the Forest Sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>O&#8217;Kelly Acumen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Oneil-WFE-annual-meeting-May-15-2025-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvest or Set-Aside? A Comparative Carbon Analysis Grounded in Real World Data<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Elaine Oneil, PhD<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Raju-Pokharel-Economic-Tradeoff-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Economic tradeoff of alternative forest management activities to enhance carbon sequestration efforts in PA and MD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Raju Pokharel, Shivan Gc, Chad Papa, Kylie Clay<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Foppert_WFE_5.15.2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The economic logic of thinning illustrated by a Sierra mixed-conifer field trial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>John Foppert, Rob York, Emily Cieslewitz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Long-Rotations-and-Set-Aside-Forests-in-the-Pacific_susaeta_final-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Long Rotations and Set-Aside Forests in the PNW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Andres Susaeta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westernforesteconomists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gang-Lu_WSE-presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forest Management Efficiency in Western and Eastern Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gang Lu, Andrews Susaeta<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Meeting was held this year in Seattle, WA at University of Washington, May 15&nbsp;and 16. 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