Author: John Perez-Garcia ​Executive SummaryThe consequences of decisions regarding the management of forest resources in Oregon are local, national and international.  This is to say that unilateral policies implemented to achieve an objective associated with Oregonian forest management programs will have unintended consequences elsewhere.  This study examines the unintended consequences that arise from a simulated policy […]

Authors: ​Kyle Cunningham and Ivan Eastin ​Executive SummaryJapanese housing starts reached a high of 1.64 million in 1996 as homeowners rushed to beat the consumption tax increase scheduled for 1997.  The Asian economic downturn and various other factors caused housing starts to fall to 1.2 million in 1998.  The decline in housing starts, in conjunction with […]

Authors: ​Bruce Lippke, Rose Braden, Scott Marshall Executive SummaryThe Pacific Northwest (PNW) forest sector is strategically linked to Pacific Rim markets, as it has been at a competitive disadvantage with the US South and interior Canada in delivering wood products to the population dense eastern and southern US markets.  Deep-water port access to Asia however, has […]

Authors: ​Ivan L. Eastin, Steven R. Shook and Wendy Sammarco Executive SummaryCurrently, less than one percent of the private and industrial timberlands in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) are managed for hardwood production. In order to provide an incentive to manage the hardwood resource actively, hardwood stumpage prices must be consistently competitive with conifer stumpage prices, although […]

Authors: Rosemarie Braden, Hal Fossum, Ivan Eastin, John Dirks and Eini Lowell Executive SummaryInterest in manufacturing clusters has increased since the recognition that inter-firm cooperation has helped develop internationally competitive industries in several European countries. Manufacturing clusters, defined as groups of firms located within a defined geographic region that have developed cooperative links with each other, […]

Authors: ​Guy Robertson and Thomas R. Waggener ​Executive SummaryJapan has long been Asia’s largest importer of softwood sawlogs and lumber and is the major destination for U.S- Pacific Northwest wood product exports. In the period lasting from 1980 to 1993, 3apan imported an annual average of 15.2 million CUM of softwood sawlogs and 5.4 million CUM […]

Authors: ​John Perez-Garcia, Holly Lippke Fretwell, Bruce Lippke and Xiaoming Yu Executive SummaryA ban on the export of privately-grown logs has been proposed by s6me domestic log purchasers, environmental groups and congressional representatives td relieve the timber shortage caused by court injunctions and state and private land regulations in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). The assumptions behind […]

Author: Hakan Ekstrom Executive SummaryWashington State Hardwood Sawmilling Industry 1990Hardwood lumber production in Washington grew 93 percent over the period 1980-90. This compares with softwood lumber growth of 24 percent and a national growth rate for hardwood lumber production of just 21 percent over the same period. Hardwood species like red alder, which were until […]

Authors: ​Craig Buhler, David G. Briggs ​SummaryAlthough comprising a small fraction of the forest resource in the Pacific Northwest (PNS), the region’s hardwoods are becoming an increasingly important sector in terms of both domestic and overseas markets.  This has occurred despite a generally negative attitude among foresters and the general public.  This attitude has been fostered […]