Jeffrey P. Prestemon
Project Leader
Forest Economics and Policy
P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254
United States
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254
United States
Phone
919-549-4033
0000-0001-8850-5668
Current Research
Principal study areas: (i) economic and statistical analysis of forest-based disturbances, (ii) international trade, and (iii) timber market structure and function. A major focus of disturbance research is to understand the production of wildfire and its management, and to expand understanding of effective approaches to reducing the occurrences of green crimes. Markets research evaluates domestic and international forest product and timber price relationships. Trade research primarily seeks to identify the role of the U.S. forest sector in world markets.
Research Interest
Understanding human-caused wildfire processes
Quantifying the effects and economic net benefits of wildfire fuel treatments
Understanding processes of illegal activities, including green crimes, occurring in forests
Understanding the national and global impacts of policies and programs to reduce rates of illegal logging and trade in illegally sourced forest products
Nonlinear and linear modeling of forest product market prices and spatial relationships
The economics of forest based disturbances
National and global forest product markets and trade modeling
Why This Research Is Important
Understanding how humans intervene intentionally and unintentionally intervene in forests, markets, and disturbance processes can improve policies and programs that seek to maximize public and private well-being. Scientific analyses of disturbances, markets, and trade can also provide platforms for testing hypotheses and broader theories related to biophysical processes, landowner behavior, criminal activity, potentially advancing knowledge in related fields of inquiry.
Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., Forest Economics, 1994
- North Carolina State University, M.S., Forest Economics, 1989
- Iowa State University, B.S., Forest Resource Management, 1983
Professional Experience
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Project Leader and Senior Research Forester, Economics and Policy Research (SRS-4804),
Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service,
2012 -
Current
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Research Forester, Economics of Forest Protection and Management (SRS-4851)/Economics and Policy Research (SRS-4804),
Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service,
1999 -
2012
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Post-doctoral Economist, Economics of Forest Protection and Management (SRS-4851),
Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service,
1995 -
1999
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Research Associate,
Department of Forestry, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1994 -
1995
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Research Assistant,
Department of Forestry, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1991 -
1994
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Research Assistant,
Department of Forestry, North Carolina State University,
1987 -
1990
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Volunteer,
U.S. Peace Corps, Honduras,
1984 -
1986
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Laboratory Technician,
Iowa State University,
1980 -
1983
Professional Organizations
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Associate Editor,
International Journal of Wildland Fire,
2012 -
2019
Manage the manuscript referee process for economics related submissions
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Associate Editor,
Forest Science,
2004 -
2011
Manage the manuscript referee process for economics related submissions
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Associate Editor,
Forest Policy and Economics,
2002 -
2006
Manage the manuscript referee process for economics related submissions
Featured Publications
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Koch, Frank H.; Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Lihou, Mary T.. 2019. Cannabis legalization by states reduces illegal growing on US national forests
- Wear, David N.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2019. Spatiotemporal downscaling of global population and income scenarios for the United States
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.; Chas-Amil, María L.; Touza, Julia M.. 2019. Net reductions or spatiotemporal displacement of intentional wildfires in response to arrests Evidence from Spain
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Wear, David N.; Abt, Karen L.; Abt, Robert C.. 2018. Projecting housing starts and softwood lumber consumption in the United States
- Koch, Frank H.; Prestemon, Jeff; Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Hinkley, Everett A.; Chase, John M.. 2016. Predicting cannabis cultivation on national forests using a rational choice framework
- Chas-Amil, M. L.; Prestemon, J. P.; McClean, C. J.; Touza, J.. 2015. Human-ignited wildfire patterns and responses to policy shifts
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2015. The impacts of the Lacey Act Amendment of 2008 on U.S.hardwood lumber and hardwood plywood imports
- Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Butry, David T.; Michael, Yvonne L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Gatziolis, Demetrios; Mao, Megan Y.. 2013. The relationship between trees and human health: evidence from the spread of the emerald ash borer
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Bowden, Michael; Carpenter, John; Brooks, Maureen T.; Abt, Karen L.; Sutphen, Ronda; Scranton, Samuel. 2013. Wildfire Ignitions: A Review of the Science and Recommendations for Empirical Modeling
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Chas-Amil, María L.; Touza, Julia M.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2012. Forecasting intentional wildfires using temporal and spatiotemporal autocorrelations
Other Publications
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Nepal, Prakash ; Schelhaas, Mart-Jan ; Reyer, Christopher P.O.; Verkerk, Hans ; König, Louis ; Herrmann, Tristan ; Churkina, Galina ; Hassegawa, Mariana ; Lindner, Marcus ; Nabuurs, Gert-Jan ; Kim, John B.; Prins, Christopher. 2021. Forest Sector Outlook Study 2020-2040
- Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza; Abatzoglou, John T.; Adamowski, Jan F.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Chittoori, Bhaskar ; Akbari Asanjan, Ata ; Sadegh, Mojtaba. 2022. Increasing heat stress inequality in a warming climate
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Guo, Jinggang. 2022. COVID-19 and the Forest Products Sector in 2020-2021
- Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Kaminski, Abigail R.. 2022. The natural environment and social cohesion: Tree planting is associated with increased voter turnout in Portland, Oregon
- Prestemon, Jeffrey; Butry, David T.; Reinhardt, Timothy. 2021. Direct damages from wildland fire
- Johnston, Craig M.T.; Guo, Jinggang ; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2021. The FOrest Resource Outlook Model (FOROM): a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2020 RPA Assessment
- Abbati de Assis, Camilla ; Suarez, Antonio ; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Stonebraker, Jeffrey ; Carrillo, Carlos ; Dasmohapatra, Sudipta ; Jameel, Hasan ; Gonzalez, Ronalds. 2020. Risk analysis, practice, and considerations in capital budgeting: Evidence from the field for the bio-based industry
- Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.; Kaminski, Abigail R.; Monleon, Vicente J.. 2021. The politics of urban trees: Tree planting is associated with gentrification in Portland, Oregon
- Korhonen, Jaana ; Nepal, Prakash ; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Cubbage, Frederick W.. 2020. Projecting global and regional outlooks for planted forests under the shared socio-economic pathways
- Langner, Linda L.; Joyce, Linda A.; Wear, David N.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Coulson, David ; O'Dea, Claire B.. 2020. Future scenarios: A technical document supporting the USDA Forest Service 2020 RPA Assessment
- James, Natasha A.; Abt, Karen L.; Frey, Gregory E.; Han, Xue ; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2020. Fire in the Southern Appalachians: understanding impacts, interventions, and future fire events
- Prestemon, Jeffrey; Chas-Amil, Maria; Butry, David T.; Touza, Maria-Lusia. 2019. Socioeconomic vulnerability to wildfires: A case study in Galicia, NW Spain
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David; Chas-Amil, Maria L.; Touza, Julia M.. 2018. Effects of law enforcement efforts on intentional wildfires
- Goodwin, Barry K.; Holt, Matthew T.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2019. Nonlinear exchange rate pass-through in timber products: The case of oriented strand board in Canada and the United States
- Hermansen-Báez, L. Annie; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.; Abt, Karen L.; Sutphen, Ronda. 2019. Economic benefits of wildfire prevention education
- Daigneault, Adam ; Johnston, Craig ; Korosuo, Anu ; Baker, Justin S.; Forsell, Nicklas ; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Robert C.. 2019. Developing detailed Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) narratives for the Global Forest Sector
- Johnston, Craig ; Buongiorno, Joseph ; Nepal, Prakash ; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2019. From source to sink: Past changes and model projections of carbon sequestration in the global forest sector
- Butry, David T.; Prestemon, Jeff. 2019. Economics of WUI/Wildfire Prevention and Education
- Nepal, Prakash ; Korhonen, Jaana ; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Cubbage, Frederick W.. 2019. Projecting global and regional forest area under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways using an updated Environmental Kuznets Curve model
- Vose, J.M. ; Peterson, D.L. ; Domke, G.M. ; Fettig, C.J. ; Joyce, L.A. ; Keane, R.E. ; Luce, C.H. ; Prestemon, J.P ; Band, L.E. ; Clark, J.S. ; Cooley, N.E. ; D’Amato, A. ; Halofsky, J.E.. 2018. Forests
- Frey, Gregory E.; Chamberlain, James L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2018. The potential for a backward-bending supply curve of non-timber forest products: An empirical case study of wild American ginseng production
- Goodwin, Barry K.; Holt, Matthew T.; Önel, Gülcan ; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2018. Copula-based nonlinear modeling of the law of one price for lumber products
- Shankar, Uma; Prestemon, Jeffrey; McKenzie, Donald; Talgo, Kevin; Xiu, Aijun; Omary, Mohammad; Baek, Bok Haeng; Yang, Dongmei; Vizuete, William. 2018. Projecting wildfire emissions over the south-eastern United States to mid-century
- Jonsson, Ragnar; Hurmekoski, Elias; Hetemaki, Lauri; Prestemon, Jeffrey. 2017. What is the current state of forest product markets and how will they develop in the future
- Korhonen, Jaana; Toppinen, Anne; Kuuluvainen, Jari; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Cubbage, Frederick. 2017. Recycling, certification, and international trade of paper and paperboard: Demand in Germany and the United States
- de Assis, Camilla Abbati; Gonzalez, Ronalds; Kelley, Stephen; Jameel, Hasan; Bilek, Ted; Daystar, Jesse; Handfield, Robert; Golden, Jay; Prestemon, Jeff; Singh, Damien. 2017. Risk management consideration in the bioeconomy
- Zhang, Daowei; Lin, Ying; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2017. From deficit to surplus: An econometric analysis of US trade balance in forest products
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Shankar, Uma; Xiu, Aijun; Talgo, K.; Yang, D.; Dixon, Ernest; McKenzie, Donald; Abt, Karen L.. 2016. Projecting wildfire area burned in the south-eastern United States, 2011-60
- Prestemon, Jeff; Kruger, Linda; Abt, Karen L.; Bowker, Michael; Brandeis, Consuelo; Calkin, Dave; Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Ham, Charlotte; Holmes, Thomas P.; Kline, Jeffrey; Warziniack, Travis. 2016. Economics and societal considerations of drought
- Prestemon, Jeff; Shankar, Uma; Xiu, Aijun; Talgo, K.; Yang, D.; Dixon IV, Ernest; McKenzie, Donald; Abt, Karen L.. 2016. Projecting wildfire area burned in the south-eastern United States, 2011-60
- Prestemon, Jeff; Butry, David T.; Thomas, Douglas S.. 2016. The net benefits of human-ignited wildfire forecasting: the case of tribal land units in the United States
- Wear, Dave N; Prestemon, Jeff; Foster, Michaela O.. 2015. US forest products in the global economy
- Zhang, Daowei; Sun, Xing; Butler, Brett J.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2015. Harvesting choices and timber supply among landowners in the southern United States
- Abt, Karen L.; Butry, David T.; Prestemon, Jeff; Scranton, Samuel. 2015. Effect of fire prevention programs on accidental and incendiary wildfires on tribal lands in the United States
- Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Michael, Yvonne L.; Gatziolis, Demetrios; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Whitsel, Eric A.. 2015. Is tree loss associated with cardiovascular-disease risk in the Women's Health Initiative A natural experiment
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Wear, David N.; Foster, Michaela O.. 2015. The global position of the U.S. forest products industry
- Butry, David T.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Thomas, Douglas S.. 2014. Investigation of the decline in reported smoking-caused wildfires in the USA from 2000 to 2011
- Yemshanov, Denys; Koch, Frank H.; Lu, Bo; Lyons, D. Barry; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Scarr, Taylor; Koehler, Klaus. 2014. There is no silver bullet: the value of diversification in planning invasive species surveillance
- Holmes, Thomas P.; McNulty, Steve; Vose, James M.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Li, Harbin. 2014. A conceptual framework for adaptive forest management under climate change
- Liu, Yongqiang; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Holmes, Thomas P.; Stanturf, John A.; Vose, James M.; Sun, Ge. 2014. Future wildfire trends, impacts, and mitigation options in the Southern United States
- Chen, Xuan; Goodwin, Barry K.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2014. Is timber insurable A study of wildfire Risks in the U.S. forest sector using spatio-temporal models.
- Thomas, Douglas; Butry, David; Prestemon, Jeffrey. 2013. The effects of wildfire prevention activities
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Karen L.; Potter, Kevin M.; Koch, Frank H.. 2013. An economic assessment of mountain pine beetle timber salvage in the west
- McNulty, Steven; Caldwell, Peter; Doyle, Thomas W.; Johnsen, Kurt; Liu, Yongqiang; Mohan, Jacqueline; Prestemon, Jeffrey; Sun, Ge. 2013. Forests and Climate Change in the Southeast USA
- Wear, David N.; Prestemon, Jeffrey; Huggett, Robert; Carter, Douglas. 2013. Markets
- Chudy, Rafal; Abt, Robert C.; Cubbage, Frederick W.; Jonsson, Ragnar; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2013. Modeling the Impacts of EU Bioenergy Demand on the Forest Sector of the Southeast U.S.
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.; Thomas, Douglas. 2013. Exploiting autoregressive properties to develop prospective urban arson forecasts by target
- Thomas, Douglas S.; Butry, David T.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2012. Social disorder, accidents, and municipal wildfires
- Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2012. The Effect of Trees on Crime in Portland, Oregon
- Holmes, Thomas P.; Abt, Karen L.; Huggett, Robert, Jr..; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2007. Efficient and Equitable Design of Wildfire Mitigation Programs
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Buongiorno, Joseph. 2012. The North American Forest Sector Outlook Study 2006-2030
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Robert C.. 2002. Timber Products Supply and Demand
- Mercer, D. Evan; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2012. Economic analysis of fuel treatments
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Karen L.; Barbour, James R.. 2012. Quantifying the net economic benefits of mechanical wildfire hazard treatments on timberlands of the western United States
- Chas-Amil, Maria Luisa; Touza, Julia M.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; McClean, Colin J.. 2012. Natural and social factors influencing forest fire occurrence at a local spatial scale
- Goodwin, Barry; Holt, Matthew; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2011. North American oriented strand board markets, arbitrage activity, and market price dynamics: A smooth transition approach
- Buongiorno, Joseph; Zhu, Shushuai; Raunikar, Ronald; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2012. Outlook to 2060 for world forests and forest industries: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA assessment
- Pye, John M.; Holmes, Thomas P.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Wear, David N.. 2011. Economic Impacts of the Southern Pine Beetle
- Prestemon, Jeffrey. 2011. Standard guide for developing a cost-effective risk mitigation plan for new and existing constructed facilities
- Donovan, Geoffrey H; Prestemon, Jeffrey P; Gebert, Krista. 2011. The effect of newspaper coverage and political pressure on wildfire suppression costs
- Abt, Karen L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Skog, Kenneth E.; Barbour, R. James; Hemstrom, Miles A,; Huggett, Robert J., Jr... 2011. Simulations of alternative mechanical thinning treatment programs on western timberland
- Hermansen-Baez, L.A.; Prestemon, J.P.; Butry, D.T.; Abt, K.L.; Sutphen, R.. 2011. The economic benefits of wildfire prevention education
- Thomas, Douglas S.; Butry, David T.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2011. Enticing arsonists with broken windows and social disorder
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Holmes, Thomas P.. 2010. Economic impacts of hurricanes on forest owners
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.. 2010. Wildland arson: a research assessment
- Butry, David T.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Karen L.; Sutphen, Ronda. 2010. Economic optimisation of wildfire intervention activities
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P; Holmes, Thomas P.. 2010. The role of the Forest Service in the economics of invasive species research
- Abt, Karen L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Gebert, Krista M.. 2009. An answer to a burning question: what will the Forest Service spend on fire suppression this summer
- Chas-Amil, M. L.; Touza, J.; Prestemon, P.. 2010. Spatial distribution of human-caused forest fires in Galicia (NW Spain)
- Butry, D. T.; Prestemon, J. P.; Abt, K. L.. 2010. Optimal timing of wildfire prevention education
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.; Abt, Karen L.; Sutphen, Ronda. 2010. Net benefits of wildfire prevention education efforts
- Goodwin, Barry K.; Holt, Matthew T.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2008. The commodity terms of trade, unit roots, and nonlinear alternatives: a smooth transition approach
- Li, Ruhong; Buongiorno, J.; Turner, J.A.; Zhu, S.; Prestemon, J.. 2008. Long-term effects of eliminating illegal logging on the world forest industries, trade, and inventory
- Abt, Karen L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Gebert, Krista M.. 2009. Wildfire suppression cost forecasts from the US Forest Service
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Donovan, Geoffrey H.. 2008. Forecasting resource-allocation decisions under climate uncertainty: fire suppression with assessment of net benefits of research
- Mercer, D. Evan; Haight, Robert G.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2008. Analyzing trade-offs between fuels management, suppression, and damages from wildfire
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Mercer, D. Evan; Pye, John M.. 2008. Natural disturbance production functions
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Holmes, Thomas P.. 2008. Timber salvage economics
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.. 2008. Wildland arson management
- Abt, Karen L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Gebert, Krista. 2008. Forecasting wildfire suppression expenditures for the United States Forest Service
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2009. Statistical power of intervention analyses: simulation and empirical application to treated lumber prices
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Turner, James A.; Buongiorno, Joseph; Zhu, Shushuai; Li, Ruhong. 2008. Some timber product market and trade implications of an invasive defoliator: the case of Asian lymantria in the United States
- Abt, Karen L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Gebert, Krista. 2008. Chapter 17: Forecasting wildfire suppression expenditures for the United States Forest Service
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Karen; Gebert, Krista. 2008. Suppression cost forecasts in advance of wildfire seasons
- Prestemon, Jeffrey, P..; Zhu, Shushuai; Turner, James A.; Buongiorno, Joseph; Li, Ruhong. 2006. Forest product trade impacts of an invasive species: modeling structure and intervention trade-offs
- Wear, David N.; Carter, Douglas R.; Prestemon, Jeffrey. 2007. The U.S. South s timber sector in 2005: a prospective analysis of recent change
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Pye, John M.. 2000. A Technique for Merging Areas in Timber Mart-South Data
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2003. Evaluation of U.S. southern pine stumpage market informational efficiency
- Pye, John M.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.; Abt, Karen L.. 2003. Prescribed burning and wildfire risk in the 1998 fire season in Florida
- Rummer, Bob; Prestemon, Jeff; May, Dennis; Miles, Pat; Vissage, John; McRoberts, Ron; Liknes, Greg; Shepperd, Wayne D.; Ferguson, Dennis; Elliot, William; Miller, Sue; Reutebuch, Steve; Barbour, Jamie; Fried, Jeremy; Stokes, Bryce; Bilek, Edward; Skog, Ken. 2003. A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in western states
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.. 2005. Time to burn: Modeling wildland arson as an autoregressive crime function
- Lin, C.-R.; Buongiorno, J.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Skog, K. E.. 1998. Growth model for uneven-aged loblolly pine stands : simulations and management implications
- Butry, David T.; Pye, John M.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2002. Prescribed Fire In the Interface: Separating The People From The Trees
- Turner, James; Buongiorno, Joseph; Zhu, Shushuai; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2005. Global context for the United States Forest Sector in 2030
- Mercer, D. Evan; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2005. Comparing production function models for wildfire risk analysis in the wildland-urban interface
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Wear, David N.; Stewart, Fred J.; Holmes, Thomas P.. 2006. Wildfire, timber salvage, and the economics of expediency
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Holmes, Thomas P.. 2004. Market Dynamics and Optimal Timber Salvage After a Natural Catastrophe
- Butry, David T.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2005. Spatio-temporal wildland arson crime functions
- Li, Ruhong; Buongiorno, J.; Zhu, S.; Turner, J.A.; Prestemon, J.. 2007. Potential economic impact of limiting the international trade of timber as a phytosanitary measure
- Luppold, William G.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2003. Tests for Long-Run Relationships in Hardwood Lumber Prices
- Holmes, Thomas P.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Pye, John M.; Butry, David T.; Mercer, D. Evan; Abt, Karen L.. 2004. Using Size-Frequency Distributions to Analyze Fire Regimes in Florida
- Bingham, Matthew F.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; MacNair, Douglas J.; Abt, Robert C.. 2003. Market structure in U.S. southern pine roundwood
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 1998. The effects of NAFTA and an FTAA on U.S. exports of hardwood forest products
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Wear, David N.. 2000. Linking harvest choices to timber supply
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 1997. The effects of NAFTA expansion on US forest products exports.
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Pye, John M.. 1999. Merging Areas In Timber Mart South Data
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Pye, John M.; Butry, David T.; Holmes, Thomas P.; Mercer, D. Evan. 2002. Understanding Broadscale Wildfire Risks in a Human-Dominated Landscape
- Turner, James A.; Buongiorno, Joseph; Zhu, Shushuai; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2005. The U.S. forest sector in 2030: Markets and competitors
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Buongiorno, Joseph. 1997. Comparative Advantage in U.S. Interstate Forest Products Trade
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Buongiorno, Joseph. 1996. The impacts of NAFTA on U.S. and Canadian forest product exports to Mexico
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Pye, John M.; Holmes, Thomas P.. 2004. Temporal Aggregation and Testing For Timber Price Behavior
- Luppold, William G.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Baumgras, John E.. 1998. An examination of the relationships between hardwood lumber and stumpage prices in Ohio
- Raunikar, Ronald; Buongiorno, Joseph; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Lee-Abt, Karen. 1999. Biological and Economic Productivity of Mixed-Aged Loblolly Pine Stands in the South
- Raunikar, Ronald; Buongiorno, Joseph; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Karen Lee. 2000. Financial Performance of Mixed-Age Naturally Regenerated Loblolly-Hardwood Stands in the South Central United States
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Murray, Brian C.. 2003. Timber Production and Markets
- Murray, Brian C.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2003. Structure And Efficiency Of Timber Markets
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Buongiomo, Joseph; Wear, David N.; Siry, Jacek P.. 2003. International Trade In Forest Products
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Robert C.. 2002. The Southern Timber Market to 2040
- Abt, Karen Lee; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2003. Optimal Stand Management: Traditional and Neotraditional Solutions
- Mercer, D. Evan; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Butry, David T.; Pye, John M.. 2007. Evaluating alternative prescribed burning policies to reduce net economic damages from wildfire
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Buongiorno, Joseph. 2000. Determinants of tree quality and lumber value in natural uneven-aged southern pine stands
- Butry, David T.; Mercer, D. Evan; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Pye, John M.; Holmes, Thomas P.. 2001. What Is the Price of Catastrophic Wildfire
- Genton, Marc G.; Butry, David T.; Gumpertz, Marcia L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2006. Spatio-temporal analysis of wildfire ignitions in the St. Johns River Water Management District, Florida
- Wear, David N.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2004. Timber market research, private forests, and policy rhetoric
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2000. Public Open Access and Private Timber Harvests: Theory and Application to the Effects of Trade Liberalization in Mexico
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Holmes, Thomas P.. 2000. Timber price dynamics following a natural catastrophe
- USDA Forest Service, ; Rummer, Bob; Prestemon, Jeff; May, Dennis; Miles, Pat; Vissage, John; McRoberts, Ron; Liknes, Greg; Shepperd, Wayne D.; Ferguson, Dennis; Elliot, William; Miller, Sue; Reutebuch, Steve; Barbour, Jamie; Fried, Jeremy; Stokes, Bryce; Bilek, Edward; Skog, Ken. 2005. A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in Western States
- Nagubadi, Rao V.; Zhang, Daowei; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Wear, David N.. 2004. Softwood lumber products in the United States: substitutes, complements, or unrelated
- Turner, James A.; Buongiorno, Joseph; Zhu, Shushuai; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2007. Modelling the impact of the exotic forest pest nectria on the New Zealand forest sector and its major trading partners
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Abt, Karen L.; Huggett, Robert J. Jr.. 2008. Market impacts of a multiyear mechanical fuel treatment program in the U.S.
- Barbour R. James., ; Zhou, Xiaoping; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2008. Timber product implications of a program of mechanical fuel treatments applied on public timberland in the Western United States
- Abt, Karen L.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.. 2006. Timber markets and fuel treatments in the western US
- Barnett, Jim; Busby, Rod; Bridgwater, Floyd; English, Don; Hanula, Jim; Herbert, Nancy; Johnsen, Kurt; Kard, Brad; Klepzig, Kier; McMahon, Charlie; Prestemon, Jeff; Rials, Tim; Rummer, Bob; Shelton, Mike; Thill, Ron; Waldrop, Tom; Walker, Joan; Walters, Nancy. 2000. Sustainability and productivity of southern pine ecosystems
Research Highlights
Global and Regional Outlooks for Planted Forest Area Based Quadratic Relationships with Per Capita Income
Year: 2020
This study provides insight into the prospective planted forest area futures through the year 2100 in various countries, aggregated into major regions and the world, using the estimated quadratic relationships between per capita income and planted forest area, and compared with the past published pr...
Global and Regional Forest Area Projections Using an Updated Environmental Kuznets Curve Model
Year: 2020
Forest resources are critical to environmental, economic, and social development. Therefore, understanding how global forest area will evolve in the future is important. This study used an updated Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) model to project total forest area through the year 2100 in 168 count...
Fire in the Southern Appalachians: Understanding Impacts, Interventions, and Future Fire Events
Year: 2020
Of all the documented fires in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, between 1992 to 2017, the Chimney Tops 2 fire accounts for more than half of the total area burned. The Chimney Tops 2 fire was unlike any other in recent decades in the Southern Appalachians. A team of SRS researcher...
Understanding the Effects of Increased Use of Wood Energy on Timber and Wood Product Markets
Year: 2019
The development of new markets for wood products has potentially important impacts on the American public and taxpayers: competition with existing industries could increase or decrease outputs and potentially increase income to forest landowners, making forests more profitable and thus retained as f...
Wild American Ginseng Shows Indications of Economic Overharvest
Year: 2019
Overharvest can occur in open access marine fisheries, leading to lower total economic profits. Could the same occur with medicinal forest products? A team of USDA Forest Service botanists and economists collaborated on a study that suggests American ginseng is subject to a backward bending supply c...
Connecting future residential construction and lumber demand in the United States
Year: 2018
Housing starts can be predicted by the rate of overall economic growth, and such a prediction informs estimates of future softwood lumber consumption in the U.S.
Future Wildfire in the South will be Driven by Society as well as Climate Change
Year: 2016
The area burned by wildfire is likely to change over the coming decades, report Forest Service scientists and their partners. The shifts are due to climate change and changes in land use, human populations, and economic activity. Across the southern U.S., the area burned by lightning-caused wildfire...
A Scientist Finds that the Lacey Act Amendment of 2008 Works to Limit Illegal Wood Imports
Year: 2015
Forest Service scientist Jeffrey Prestemon evaluated U.S. import trade data from countries that are suspected sources of illegally obtained wood. Using statistical analysis, results showed that the quantity of tropical lumber and hardwood plywood imports from such countries in Asia and Latin America...
Why Have smoking-caused wildfires declined in frequency
Year: 2014
The number of wildfires caused by smoking has declined by 90 percent on national forests since 1980, yet little is known about why, when most other causes have not declined so precipitously. Collaborative research between the Forest Service scientists and the National Institute of Standards and Tech...
The Forest Service Leads an Interagency Team to Better Understand How Wildfires are Ignited
Year: 2014
Forest Service, Department of Interior, and state land management agencies collaborated in a National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy science team to better understand trends and causes of wildfires. The resulting assessment document was designed to uncover likely avenues for advancing re...
Helping federal agencies manage fire budgets
Year: 2011
Budgeting for wildfire suppression is increasingly difficult for federal for the Forest Service and Department of the Interior. In the past, fire suppression activities were often funded at the expense of other agency programs. The FLAME Act of 2009, which provides funding for wildfire suppression, ...
Wildfire Prevention Pays Big Dividends
Year: 2012
Wildfire prevention efforts on tribal lands in the United States have benefits that likely exceed costs by at least tenfold