Measuring USFS economic influences on natural resource
markets
Analyzing cost-effectiveness in large wildfire
suppression
Local & regional timber availability and supply analyses
Advising private forest owners on federal & local timber
tax minimization strategies
Commodity market function, and price formation
Private timber and log price forecasting
Predicting rates of value loss in timber salvage delays
Commodity price estimates for federal project planning and
budget projections
Identify trade-off patterns in timber, forest health and
wildlife habitat objectives
Ranch profitability optimization with joint private &
public forage
Valuation of forestry non-market outputs and attributes
Design and market
TreeCents
timber investment analysis software
Comparative statics analyses for timber stand financial
optimization
Evaluate silvicultural practices in afforestation,
reforestation, existing forests & agroforestry
Develop timber Transaction Evidence Appraisal (TEA)
systems
Analyze local derived demand for forest commodities and
intangibles—from tourism to timber
Measure timber scarcity and market dynamics in developing
countries
Feasibility studies for industrial expansion and
reorientation
Land exchange valuation and feasibility studies
Design timber property rights systems to provide
land-owner forestry incentives
Cost projections for resource projects-identify
cost-effective & financially efficient choices
Estimate timber production cost effects of timber policy
and environmental regulation
Evaluating state forest tax system effects and
implications for management
