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CAFOR ACTIVITIES: Publications, briefs, newsletters, newspaper articles,                                                              presentations, graduate student theses/dissertations


Publications

 Briefs & Reports

Extension Publication

Boag, A.E., Ducey, M.J., Palace, M.W., and J. Hartter. 2020. Topography and fire legacies drive variable post-fire juvenile confir regeneration in eastern Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 474. [link]

Hamilton, L.C., Lambert, J.E., Lawhon, L.A., and J. Hartter. 2020. Wolves are back: sociopolitical identity and opinions on management of Canis lupus. Conservation Science & Practice. [link]

Hartter, J., Hamilton, L.C., Ducey, M.J., Boag, A.E., Salerno, J.D., Christoffersen, N.D., Oester, P.T., Palace, M.W., and F.R. Stevens. 2020. Finding common ground: agreement on increasing wildfire risk crosses political lines. Environmental Research Letters 15 (6): 065002. [link]

Hamilton, L.C., Hartter, J., and E. Bell. 2019. Generational Aspects of US Public Opinion on Renewable Energy and Climate Change. PLOS ONE 14(7): e0217608. [link]

Crowley, M.A., Hartter, J., Congalton, R.G., and L.C. Hamilton. 2019. Characterizing Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowners’ Forest Management Engagement and Advice Sources. Society & Natural Resources 32 (2): 204-221. [PDF]

​Hamilton, L.C., Bell, E., Hartter, J., and J.D. Salerno. 2018.  A change in the wind? US public views on renewable energy and climate compared. Energy, Sustainability and Society 8: 11.  [link]

Hartter, J., Hamilton, L.C., Boag, A.E., Stevens, F.R., Ducey, M.J., Christoffersen, N.D., Oester, P.T., and M.W. Palace. In Press. Does it Matter if People think Climate Change is Human Caused?  Climate Services. [link]

Boag, A.E., Hamilton, L.C., Hartter, J., Stevens, F.R., Palace, M.W., and M.J. Ducey. 2016. Shifting Environmental Concern in Rural Eastern Oregon: The Role of Demographic, Place-Based, and Exogenous Factors. Population and Environment 38: 207-216 [PDF]

Hamilton, L.C., Wake, C.P., Hartter, J., Safford, T.G., and A. Puchlopek. 2016. Flood Realities, Perceptions and the Depth of Divisions on Climate. Sociology 50(5): 913-933. [PDF]

Hamilton, L.C., Hartter, J., Keim, B.D., Boag, A.E., Palace, M.W., Stevens, F.R., and M.J. Ducey. 2016. Wildfire, climate, and perceptions in Northeast Oregon. Regional Environmental Change. 16: 1819-1832. [link] [Author's copy]

Hamilton, L.C., Hartter, J., Lemcke-Stampone, M., Moore, D.W., and T.G. Safford. 2015. Tracking Public Beliefs About Anthropogenic Climate Change. PLOS ONE. DOI:  10.1371/journal.pone.0138208  [link]

Hamilton, L.C., Hartter, J., and K. Saito. 2015. Trust in Scientists on Climate Change and Vaccines. Sage Open: 1-13. DOI: 10.1177/2158244015602752) [link]

Hamilton, L.C., Hartter, J., and T.G. Safford. 2015. Validating County-Level Estimates of Climate-Change Beliefs. Nature Climate Change 5: 704. [link]


Hartter, J. Stevens, F.R., Hamilton, L.C., Congalton, R.G., Ducey, M.J., and P.T. Oester. 2015. Perceptions of Wildfire Risk in the Inland Northwest, USA: A Model of Public Understanding and Engagement. PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117975 [link]

Campbell, M., Congalton, R.G., Hartter, J., and M.J. Ducey. 2015. Optimal Land Cover Mapping and Change Analysis in Northeastern Oregon Using Landsat Imagery. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 81(1): 37-47. [PDF]

Maynard, D.S., Ducey, M.J., Congalton, R.G., Kershaw, J., and J. Hartter. 2014. Vertical Point Sampling with a Digital Camera: Slope Correction and Field Evaluation. Computer and Electronics in Agriculture 100: 131-138. [PDF]

Maynard, D.S., Ducey, M.J., Congalton, R.G., and J. Hartter. 2013. Modeling Forest Canopy Structure and Density by Combining Point Quadrat Sampling and Survival Analysis. Forest Science 59(6): 681-692. [PDF]

Hamilton, L.C., Hartter, J., Safford, T.G., and F.R. Stevens. 2014. Rural Environmental Concern: Effects of Position, Partisanship and Place. Rural Sociology 79(2): 257-281. [PDF]


Campbell, M.J., and R.G. Congalton, 2012. Landsat-based land cover change analysis in Northeastern Oregon's timber resource-dependent communities. Paper. ASPRS Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA, March 19-23, 2012. [PDF]
Boag, A.E., Hartter, J., Hamilton, L.C., Christoffersen, N.D., and P.T. Oester. 2018. Voices of Family Forest Owners in Eastern Oregon. Wallowa Resources. Enterprise, Oregon. [PDF]

​Hartter, J., Hamilton, L., Ducey, M., Boag, A.E., Christoffersen, N.D., Belair, E.P., Oester, P.T., Palace, M.W., and F. Stevens. 2017. Drier Conditions, More Wildfire, and Heightened Concerns about Forest Management in Eastern Oregon. National Issue Brief #127. Carsey School of Public Policy. [link] [press release]

Boag, A.E., Hartter, J., Hamilton, L., Stevens, F., Ducey, M., Palace, M.W., Christofferesen, N.D., and P.T. Oester. 2015. Forest Views: Shifting Attitudes Toward the Environment in Northeast Oregon. National Issue Brief #81. Carsey School of Public Policy. [link]

Hartter, J.
, Stevens, F.R., Hamilton, L.C., Oester, P.T., Congalton, R.G., Ducey, M.J., and M. Crowley. 2014. Forest management and Wildfire Risk. National Issue Brief #70. Carsey Institute. University of New Hampshire, Durham. [PDF]

Hamilton, L., Hartter, J., Stevens, F., Congalton, R., Ducey, M., Campbell, M., Maynard, D., and M. Staunton. 2012. Forest Views: Northeast Oregon Survey Looks at Community and Environment. Issue Brief No. 47. Carsey Institute. University of New Hampshire, Durham. [PDF]


Presentations

Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition. Annual Meeting. December 8-10, 2015. Troutdale, Oregon. Poster here.

Oregon Forest Collaboratives Network Workshop. ​November 9-10, 2015 in Redmond, Oregon. Presentation here. 


​Theses/Dissertations

Boag, A.E. 2018. Climate Change and Wildfire: Implications for Forest Management in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. PhD Dissertation. University of Colorado.

Stevens, F.R. 2015. Sensing Change: Analyzing Interactions of Land Cover, Land Use and Forest Changes in Wallowa County, Oregon. PhD Dissertation. University of Florida. 
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Crowley, M.A. 2015. Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowner Engagement and Amenity-Driven Migration in Widlfire-Prone Landscapes of the Inland Northwest. MS Thesis. University of New Hampshire.
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Campbell, M. 2012. An empirical study of image processing methods for land cover classification and forest cover change detection in northeastern Oregon’s timber resource-dependent communities (1986-2011).  MS Thesis. University of New Hampshire.
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Maynard, D. S. 2012. An investigation of two methods for assessing the vertical structure of forest stands.  MS Thesis.  University of New Hampshire: Durham, NH.  ​

Ducey, M., Palace, M., Sullivan, F., Belair, E., Hartter, J., and P.T. Oester. 2018. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones): How they operate and their potential for improving your forest and rangeland management. Oregon State University Extension Service. EM 9190. [link]
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Newsletters

New in research: "Drier Conditions, More Wildfire, and Heightened Concerns about Forest Management in Eastern Oregon". Bluesletter. A Newsletter for the Blue Network. Sustainable Northwest. November 2017.  [PDF]

Family Forest Owners and Forest Health. In: Life on the Dry Side. Oregon State University Extension Service. 
Summer 2017. [PDF]

Central and Eastern Oregon Forestry and Natural Resources Newsletter. Oregon State University Extension Service. Winter 2016 [PDF]

Blue Mountains Renewable Resources Newsletter. Oregon State University Extension Service. Vol 31, No 2. Summer 2015 [PDF]


Blue Mountains Renewable Resources Newsletter. Oregon State University Extension Service. Vol 31, No 1. Winter 2015 [PDF]

Quarterly Connection. Wallowa Resources, Summer 2015. [PDF]

Quarterly Connection. Wallowa Resources, Fall 2012. [PDF]


​Newspaper & Media

Guest column by Nils Christoffersen in the Wallowa County Chieftain. Guest Column: Forest projects help ‘bend the climate curve’ in Wallowa County. August 8, 2017. Newspaper link here. [PDF]

Commentary on UNH research in Oregon in the LaGrande Observer. 
July 16, 2012.

UNH Today. Carsey Institute Researchers to Survey Oregon Residents on Views about Community and Forest, September 2, 2011

Jayson Jacoby. Study aims to take pulse of Northeastern Oregon’s land, people. Baker City Herald. June 23, 2011. Front-page story about USDA-funded research in eastern Oregon. [link]
 
Brian Addison. University studies forest, people. Wallowa County Chieftain. June 23, 2011. Front-page story about USDA-funded research in eastern Oregon. [link]
 
Bill Rautenstrauch. Study takes in-depth look at forestlands and resource-dependent communities. The Observer. June 15, 2011​. Feature story about USDA-funded research in eastern Oregon.


​Grant Report

Hartter, J. and A. Boag. 2019. Impacts of multi-year drought on post-fire conifer regeneration in the Inland Northwest. Joint Fire Science. [link]
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