Progress 05/01/99 to 05/01/05
Outputs
Private forest owners hold and control 58 percent of the forestland of the United States. In the West, where public land dominates the landscape, a smaller portion of the forest is privately owned. Federal, state, and other public agencies own 61 percent of the forestland in the state of Oregon, forest industry owns percent, and nonindustrial private forest owners own the remaining 17 percent. Due to their strategic geographic position and the human resource associated with NIPFs, the economic, environmental, and social significance of these forests is greater than their proportional ownership suggests. The objectives of this project were to: 1. Assess the influence of private forests on the economic, social, and environmental well-being of Oregon. 2. Examine Oregon NIPF owners knowledge, values, and motivations regarding forest ownership, management, and policy. 3. Determine public knowledge, values, and opinions regarding private forest ownership, management, and
policy. 4. Develop and adapt innovative social science methodologies for application to timely forest resource-based social questions. Since project inception, this project has involved 13 graduate students, and produced over a dozen refereed journal articles, five book chapters, and over a dozen proceedings papers, all of which have been documented in annual CRIS reports. Taken together, these publications document the roles and significance of nonindustrial private forests in Oregon. They also identify and analyze currently significant challenges facing this ownership category, including: 1) Collaborating across ownership boundaries to address landscape-scale conservation issues; 2) Complying with state and federal regulations for the protection of specified resource sites, such as endangered species habitat; 3) Managing forest resources at the urban fringe; and 4) Conserving biodiversity on family forestlands. For 2004: Graduated one Ph.D. student, accepted two new M.S. and one
Ph.D. students. Completed project on integrative management of complex natural resource problems.
Impacts
It is too early to judge impacts from recently completed work, and new work has just commenced. Based upon invitations to contribute chapters to books, articles to journals, and speeches to conferences, our work is appreciated around the world. A principle impact is the continued production of program graduates with solid research and communication skills.
Publications
- Bliss, J.C. and C. Bailey. 2005. Pulp, paper, and poverty: Forest-based rural development in Alabama, 1950-2000. Communities and Forests: Where People Meet the Land. In: R.G. Lee and D.R. Field, eds. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis.
- Carroll, M., Y. Kumagai, S.E. Daniels, J.C. Bliss and J. Edwards. 2004. Causal reasoning processes of people affected by wildfire: Implications for agency-community interactions and communication strategies. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 19(3):184-194.
- Fisher, A.P. and J.C. Bliss. 2004. Mental and biophysical terrains of biodiversity: Conservation of oak woodland on family forests. p. 199-207 In: Proceedings, Human Dimensions of Family, Farm, and Community Forestry, IUFRO Research Group 3.08, Small-scale Forestry International Symposium, March 19-April 3, Pullman, WA.
- Stankey, G.H., R.N. Clark and J.C. Bliss. 2003. Social acceptability, compatibility, and timber harvesting. In: Compatible Forest Management. R. Haynes, ed., Kluwer.
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Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03
Outputs
Graduated three M.S. students. Accepted two new MS and one Ph.D. student. Completed project on landowner conceptions of riparian health and management. Completed one project on landowner conceptions of biodiversity in oak woodlands. Began new Ph.D. project expanding research on oak woodland conservation. Began new project examining distribution and impacts of specified resource sites on private land in Oregon. Continued work on integrative management of complex natural resource problems. Recruited one new Ph.D. and three new M.S. students. Graduate Students = 5.
Impacts
It is too early to judge impacts from recently completed work, and new work has just commenced. Based upon invitations to contribute chapters to books, articles to journals, and speeches to conferences, our work is appreciated around the world. A principle impact is the continued production of program graduates with solid research and communication skills.
Publications
- Bergmann, S. and J.C. Bliss. 2003. Foundations of cross-boundary cooperation: Fire management at the public-private interface. Society and Natural Resources. (Accepted for publication).
- Kumagai, Y., J.C. Bliss, S.E. Daniels and M. Carroll. 2003. Research on causal attribution of wildfire: An exploratory multiple methods approach. Society and Natural Resources. (Accepted for publication).
- Kumagai, Y., S.E. Daniels, J.C. Bliss, M. Carroll and J. Edwards. 2003. Causal reasoning processes of people affected by wildfire: Implications for agency - community interactions and communication strategies. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. (Accepted for publication).
- Rickenbach, M.G., J.C. Bliss and A.S. Reed. 2003. Collaboratives, Cooperation, and Private Forest Ownership: Implications for Voluntary Protection of Biological Diversity. Small-scale Forest Economics, Management, and Policy. (Accepted for publication).
- Bliss, J.C. 2003. Sustaining family forests in rural landscapes: Rationale, challenges, and an illustration from Oregon, U.S.A. Small-scale Forest Economics, Management, and Policy 1(2):1-8.
- Edwards, K.K. and J.C. Bliss. 2003. It is a neighborhood now: Practicing forestry at the urban fringe. Journal of Forestry 101(3):6-11.
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Progress 01/01/02 to 12/31/02
Outputs
Completed research on conflict and cooperation between private forest owners and the National Forest lands they abut in eastern Oregon, and a manuscript is under revision for resubmission to Society and Natural Resources. Submitted manuscripts on various project-related topics to Society and Natural Resources, Western Journal of Forestry, and Journal of Forestry. Graduated one M.S. student and one Ph.D. student. Three new related research projects commenced in 2002 under the umbrella of this CRIS project. Two explore the social acceptability of forest management practices and policies: 1) Conservation of biodiversity on NIPF lands in Western Oregon; and 2) Riparian management on NIPF lands in Western Oregon. The third project examines agency attempts at integrating management responses to complex natural resource problems. This project involves a case study of comprehensive watershed management in the Willamette River Valley of Western Oregon. Recruited one new Ph.D.
and three new M.S. students, and acquired external funding to help support each. Graduate Students = 4.
Impacts
Recently graduated students from this program of research now serve in the following capacities: Legislative Liaison for National Association of State Foresters; Assistant Professor, Purdue University; Agro Forestry Specialist, United States Peace Corps, Ecuador, Research Associate, USDA Forest Service, Pullman, WA.
Publications
- Edwards, K.K. and J.C. Bliss. 2002. It's a neighborhood now: Practicing forestry at the urban fringe. Journal of Forestry. (Accepted for publication).
- Kumagai, Y., S. Daniels, J.C. Bliss and M. Carroll. 2002. Causal attribution of wildfire. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. (Accepted for publication).
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Progress 01/01/01 to 12/31/01
Outputs
Completed research on relationships between forest ownership patterns and forest cover diversity in Oregon's coast range, and a manuscript describing results is accepted for publication in Landscape Ecology. Completed research on conflict and cooperation between private forest owners and the National Forest lands they abut in eastern Oregon, and a manuscript has been submitted to Society and Natural Resources. Completed research on constraints and opportunities for forest management on NIPF lands on the urban fringe of Corvallis, Oregon. Manuscript in preparation for publication. Graduated two masters students and one Ph.D. student. Graduate Students = 4.
Impacts
The assessment of sustainable development programming in extension systems revealed a high degree of interest in sustainability concepts but low implementation due to systemic structural constraints. Forthcoming publications from this work should instigate critical dialogue within extension systems. The landscape diversity study highlights the contribution to forest diversity by different ownership categories, and has significant policy implications, given current trends toward industrialization of forested landscapes.
Publications
- Stanfield, B.J., J.C. Bliss and T.A. Spies. 2001. Land ownership and landscape structure: A spatial analysis of 66 Oregon coast range watersheds. Landscape Ecology. (Accepted for publication).
- Bliss, J.C., G. Aplet, C. Hartzell, P. Harwlood, P. Jahnige, D. Kittredge, S. Lewandowski and M.L. Soscia. 2001. Community-based ecosystem monitoring. p. 143-167 In: Understanding Community Based Ecosystem Management in the United States. G. Gray, M. Enzer and J. Kusel, eds. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 12(3-4):143-167. Simultaneously published in book form by Haworth Press.
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Progress 01/01/00 to 12/31/00
Outputs
In 2000 research was completed on two projects. In the first, sustainable development programming in federal, state and county extension education systems was assessed. In the second, relationships between forest ownership patterns and forest cover diversity in Oregon's Coast Range were examined. Research is ongoing on conflict and cooperation between private forest owners and the National Forest lands they abut in Eastern Oregon. Research is ongoing on constraints and opportunities for forest management on NIPF lands on the urban fringe of Corvallis, Oregon. Graduate Students = 4
Impacts
The assessment of sustainable development programming in extension systems revealed a high degree of interest in sustainability concepts but low implementation due to systemic structural constraints. Forthcoming publications from this work should instigate critical dialogue within extension systems. The landscape diversity study highlights the contribution to forest diversity by different ownership categories, and has significant policy implications, given current trends toward industrialization of forested landscapes.
Publications
- Toms, C.W., M.R. Dubois, J.C. Bliss, J.H. Wilhoit and R.B. Rummer. 2000. Horse and mule logging in Alabama: A small-scale harvesting option for the future? In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Integrating Environmental Values into Small-scale Forestry. International Union of Forest Research Organizations, August 16-22, 1998, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Bliss, J.C. 2000. Public perceptions of clearcutting. Journal of Forestry 98(12):4-10.
- Joshi, M.L., J.C. Bliss and C. Bailey. 2000. Investing in industry, under-investing in human capital: Forest-based development in Alabama. Society & Natural Resources 13(5):291-319.
- Stanfield, B.J. and J.C. Bliss. 2000. Land Tenure and Forest Cover in the Oregon Coast Range. In: Proceedings from the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, June 17-22, Bellingham, WA.
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Progress 01/01/99 to 12/31/99
Outputs
In the first year of this project four graduate research initiatives were instigated. The first is an assessment of sustainable development programing in federal, state, and county extension education systems. The second project examines relationships between forest ownership patterns and forest cover diversity at the landscape scale in Oregon's Coast Range. The third project focuses upon conflict and cooperation between private forest owners and the National Forest lands they abut in Eastern Oregon. The fourth project considers constraints and opportunities for forest management on nonindustrial private forest lands on the urban fringe of Corvallis, Oregon. Graduate Students = 4.
Impacts
The ownership and resource management decisions of private forest owners impact ecological conditions, forest products markets, and quality of life in the rural landscapes in which they occur. Better understanding the management motivations and constraints of private forest owners, and the social and ecological relationships between adjacent owners, is prerequisite to designing effective conservation policy.
Publications
- Bliss, J.C. 1999. Conservation by cannon, quail, and cooperation: The serendipitous survival of the Longleaf Forest. In: Longleaf Pine, A Forward Look. J.S. Kush, comp. Proceedings of the Second Longleaf Alliance Conference, Nov. 14-17, 1998, Charleston, SC. Longleaf Alliance Report No. 4.
- Bliss, J.C. 1999. Le Metayage forestier et le developpment rural. (Forest tenantry and rural development). In: The Forest Tenant Farm: Assessment, Perspectives and Issues at Stake. Proceedings, Canadian Model Forest Network Symposium, April 29-30, Rimouski, Quebec.
- Bliss, J.C. 1999. Of what value are small woodlands? Northwest Woodlands 15(4):22-25.
- Bliss, J.C. 1999. Understanding people in the landscape: Social science applications for ecological stewardship. p. 43-57 In: Ecological Stewardship: A Common Reference for Ecosystem Management. W.T. Sexton, A.J. Malk, R.C. Szaro and N.C. Johnson, eds. Vol. III. Oxford: Elsevier Science.
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