Pacific Northwest Research Station

Focus

1. Improve knowledge of fundamental social and economic processes and their interactions with the natural environment

2. Examine roles of policies, programs, and other institutions in interactions between people and natural resources

3. Describe and analyze the implications of changing demographics, socioeconomics, and technology on natural resources and their management

4. Describe the capacity of dynamic landscapes to provide for evolving human wants and needs

5. Conduct and use integrated multidisciplinary research to support development of management approaches that account for interactions among socioeconomic, ecological, and physical factors

Expertise

• Agricultural Economics
• Atmospheric science
• Biological conservation
• Community resilience
• Conservation collaboratives
• Ecological modeling
• Environmental policy
• Forest and land use economics
• Forest products and markets
• Recreation Human health and trees
• Tourism
• Urban forestry

How We Work

Our researchers work from Alaska, Washington, and Oregon to improve understanding of the effectiveness, efficiency, and fairness of government policies, management, decision-making processes, and programs. We examine how socioeconomic factors (such as income, population, technology) and social characteristics (such as traditions and beliefs) influence perceptions and values, with a focus on their resulting impacts on recreation, forest and range management, and economic opportunities in rural places.