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Applying the Ecosystem Services Concept to Public Land Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Jeffrey D. Kline ,
Marisa J. Mazzotta ,
Thomas A. Spies  and
Mark E. Harmon
Jeffrey D. Kline*
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Research Station of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon
Marisa J. Mazzotta
Affiliation:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, Rhode Island
Thomas A. Spies
Affiliation:
Pacific Northwest Research Station of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon
Mark E. Harmon
Affiliation:
College of Forestry at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon
*
Corresponding Author: Jeffrey Kline ▪ USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station ▪ 3200 SW Jefferson Way ▪ Corvallis, OR 97331 ▪ Phone 541.758.7776 ▪ Email jkline@fs.fed.us.
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Abstract

We examine challenges and opportunities involved in applying ecosystem services to public land management with an emphasis on national forests in the United States. We review historical forest management paradigms and related economic approaches, outline a conceptual framework defining the informational needs of forest managers, and consider the feasibility of its application given the types of ecological information typically available and the expanding set of services considered in management decisions. Economists can make their work more relevant to managers by broadening their focus to include qualitative approaches and more directly and effectively collaborating with managers and natural scientists.

Keywords

landscape analysisnational forest planning and managementpublic benefits
Type
Selected Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , April 2013 , pp. 139 - 158
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Copyright © 2013 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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