Stability and change in forest-based communities: a selected bibliography.

Richardson, Catherine Woods

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“…Although stable timber supplies may contribute to economic stability, they do not ensure it. This finding is consistent with research undertaken in the 1990s that shows how assuming community stability depends on nondeclining, even flows of timber from federal forests can be misleading (see sources cited in , Richardson 1996. Many factors can influence the stability of forest-based communities (USDA FS 2000: 3-326-3-329).…”

Section: Maintaining the Stability Of Local And Regional Economiessupporting

confidence: 85%

“…In the Plan region, the average population size for com- (Lee 1990, Schallau 1989. Although the use of the term "stability" continued to endure in policy debates, concern was raised about the lack of a clear definition of stability and how it might be measured (Fortmann et al 1989, Lee 1989, Machlis and Force 1988, Richardson 1996. Some researchers began looking beyond employment indicators to other aspects of community life to assess community well-being Fortmann 1991).…”

Section: Population and Community Socioeconomic Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Communities wanted stability, predictability, and certainty in timber supplies (FEMAT 1993: VII-77). Many people believed that if federal agencies produced a stable, even flow of timber, social and economic stability in rural, forest-based communities would be assured (see sources cited in Richardson 1996). The Plan's socioeconomic goal of maintaining the stability of local and regional economies on a predictable, long-term basis by producing predictable levels of timber sales, nontimber resources, and recreation Although stable timber supplies may contribute to economic stability, they do not ensure it.…”

Section: Maintaining the Stability Of Local And Regional Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Northwest Forest Plan—the first 10 years (1994–2003): socioeconomic monitoring results.

Charnley¹

2006

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The socioeconomic monitoring report addresses two evaluation questions posed in the Northwest Forest Plan (the Plan) Record of Decision and assesses progress in meeting five Plan socioeconomic goals. Volume I of the report contains key findings. Volume II addresses the question, Are predictable levels of timber and nontimber resources available and being produced? It also evaluates progress in meeting the goal of producing a predictable level of timber sales, special forest products, livestock grazing, minerals, and recreation opportunities. The focus of volume III is the evaluation question, Are local communities and economies experiencing positive or negative changes that may be associated with federal forest management? Two Plan goals are also assessed in volume III: (1) to maintain the stability of local and regional economies on a predictable, long-term basis and, (2) to assist with long-term economic development and diversification to minimize adverse impacts associated with the loss of timber jobs. Progress in meeting anotherPlan goal-to promote agency-citizen collaboration in forest management-is evaluated in volume IV. Volume V reports on trends in public values regarding forest management in the Pacific Northwest over the past decade, community views of how well the forest values and environmental qualities associated with late-successional, old-growth, and aquatic ecosystems have been protected under the Plan (a fifth Plan goal), and issues and concerns relating to forest management under the Plan expressed by community members. Volume VI provides a history of the Northwest Forest Plan socioeconomic monitoring program and a discussion of potential directions for the program.

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Section: Maintaining the Stability Of Local And Regional Economiessupporting

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Section: Population and Community Socioeconomic Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Maintaining the Stability Of Local And Regional Economiesmentioning

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Northwest Forest Plan—the first 10 years (1994–2003): socioeconomic monitoring results.

Charnley¹

2006

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“…Many variables contributed to this drop, including mechanization within the industry, the transfer of capital investment away from the region, the closure of less efficient mills, economic recession, and weak demand for wood products (Goodstein 1999; Power 2006[this issue]). Nevertheless, people believed that if federal agencies and private timberland owners produced stable, even flows of timber, community stability would be maintained (Richardson 1996). Between 1965 and 1989 USFS and BLM lands in the Oregon and Washington portions of the plan area contributed 36% of the total annual average timber harvest in these states (Phillips 2006 a ).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Northwest Forest Plan as a Model for Broad‐Scale Ecosystem Management: a Social Perspective

Charnley¹

2006

Conservation Biology

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I evaluated the Northwest Forest Plan as a model for ecosystem management to achieve social and economic goals in communities located around federal forests in the US. Pacific Northwest. My assessment is based on the results of socioeconomic monitoring conducted to evaluate progress in achieving the plan's goals during its first 10 years. The assessment criteria I used related to economic development and social justice. The Northwest Forest Plan incorporated economic development and social justice goals in its design. Socioeconomic monitoring results indicate that plan implementation to achieve those goals met with mixed success, however I hypothesize there are two important reasons the plan's socioeconomic goals were not fully met: some of the key assumptions underlying the implementation strategies were flawed and agency institutional capacity to achieve the goals was limited. To improve broad-scale ecosystem management in the future, decision makers should ensure that natural-resource management policies are socially acceptable; land-management agencies have the institutional capacity to achieve their management goals; and social and economic management goals (and the strategies for implementing them) are based on accurate assumptions about the relations between the resources being managed and well-being in local communities. One of the difficulties of incorporating economic development and social justice goals in conservation initiatives is finding ways to link conservation behavior and development activities. From a social perspective, the Northwest Forest Plan as a model for ecosystem management is perhaps most valuable in its attempt to link the biophysical and socioeconomic goals of forest management by creating high-quality jobs for residents of forest communities in forest stewardship and ecosystem management work, thereby contributing to conservation.

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“…Concurrent with discussions about social assessments and socioeconomic monitoring is an evolving body of literature on understanding the relation between resource management actions and community socioeconomic well-being (Beckley 1995;Doak and Kusel 1996;Force and Machlis 1997;Fortmann et al 1989;Kusel and Fortmann 1991;Lee 1989Lee , 1990; Machlis and Force 1988;Machlis et al 1997;Richardson 1996;Richardson and Christensen 1997;Schallau 1989). The literature reflects a long history and evolving debate about (1) what constructs to use to understand the relation between communities and forests, (2) how to measure constructs, (3) what happens over time, and (4) what causal inferences can be drawn.…”

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confidence: 99%

Delimiting communities in the Pacific Northwest.

Donoghue¹

2003

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The paper presents an approach for delimiting communities in the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) region of the Pacific Northwest that responds to the need to assess impacts and issues associated with broad-scale ecosystem management. Census block groups are aggregated to provide an alternative to more commonly used geographic delimitations of communities, specifically census places. With the block group aggregation approach, census data can be applied to almost 1.5 million more people in the NWFP region than would be represented by using census places. The delimitation of community boundaries is intended to facilitate future research on understanding and characterizing conditions, structures, and change. Factors to consider in conducting social science research at the small scale are discussed. Ways in which communities have been defined for social assessments and monitoring are identified. The influence of data availability on determining the unit of analysis and research focus at the small scale is discussed.

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Stability and change in forest-based communities: a selected bibliography.

Cited by 4 publications

References 89 publications

Northwest Forest Plan—the first 10 years (1994–2003): socioeconomic monitoring results.

Northwest Forest Plan—the first 10 years (1994–2003): socioeconomic monitoring results.

The Northwest Forest Plan as a Model for Broad‐Scale Ecosystem Management: a Social Perspective

Delimiting communities in the Pacific Northwest.

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