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Address:Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management
Oregon State
University, Corvallis OR 97331
Phone: 541-***-****
E-mail: abo540@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (1990)Economics University of Washington, Seattle WA
Thesis title: Household investment in the improvement of the existing housing stock
Thesis advisor: Dr. Robert A. Pollak
Field areas: Natural resource economics, Econometrics
M.F. (1986) Forest Economics University of Washington, Seattle WA
B.S. (1984) Forest Management Oregon State University, Corvallis OR
B.A. (1976) Fine Art Portland State University, Portland OR
HONORS AND AWARDS
Dean s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Resident Undergraduate and Graduate
Instruction (2004), Oregon State University, College of Forestry
Outstanding Professor of the Year (1995), University of Montana, School of Forestry.
First Prize in Dissertation Competition (1992), American Real Estate and Urban Economics
Association and Homer Hoyt Institute.
Oregon State University: Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and
Management; Graduate Faculty of Applied Economics;
Graduate Faculty of Forest Ecosystems and Society
Assistant Professor (1992-1995)
University of Montana: School of Forestry
Postdoctoral Research Associate (1990-1991)
University of Washington: Department of Economics
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant (1983-1990)
Oregon State University: Department of Forest Resources
University of Washington: College of Forest Resources
Department of EconomicsResearch Assistant (1983)
Crown Zellerbach: Forestry Research Division, McMinnville OR
Forestry Technician (1980-1983
)
USDA Forest Service Siuslaw National Forest
Oregon State University College of Forestry, McDonald and Dunn Forest
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PUBLICATIONS
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(6): 55.
Reports and proceedings
1. Latta, G., and C.A. Montgomery. 2007. Economic considerations in managing for older-
forest structure. P. 95-104 in Managing for wildlife habitat in Westside production
forests, Harrington, T.B., and G
.E. Nicholas (tech. eds.). USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech.
Rep. PNW-GTR-695. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Research Station.
2. Montgomery, C.A. 2005. A proposal for evaluating alternative approaches to
implementing
sustainable forestry practices in western Oregon, Ch. 8 In: Deal, R. L.; S. M. White;
eds. Understanding key issues of sustainable wood production in the Pacific Northwest.
Gen. Tech. Rep PNW-GTR-626. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service: 47-53.
3. Montgomery, C.A. 2002. Compatibility of timber and conservation: tracing the tradeoff
frontier, In: Johnson, A. C.; Haynes, R. W.; Monserud, R. A.; eds. Congruent
management of multiple resources: proceedings from the Wood Compatibility Initiative
workshop. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-563. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
4. Stevens, J.A. and Montgomery, C.A. 2002. A synthesis of multi-resource research with
application to the Pacific Northwest: multiple use, tradeoffs, and joint production, Gen.
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Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-539, Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 44 p.
5. Montgomery, C.A., Arthur, J.L., Nalle, D.J., Polasky, S., and Schumaker, N. 2002. Land
management with ecological and economics objectives: developing a production
possibility set of wildlife species persistence and timber harvest value, In: Proceedings
of the 2002 Decision-Making and Valuation for Environmental Policy Progress Review
Workshop, Washington, DC.
6. Montgomery, C.A. 2001. The future of housing in the United States: An econometric
model
and long-term predictions for the 2000 RPA Timber Assessment, Res. Pap. PNW-RP-
531. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station. 38 p.
10.
Montgomery, C.A., and Pollak, R.A. 1995. Valuing and measuring biodiversity for
comparing land-use alternatives, In: Proceedings for IUFRO XX World Congress, 1995
August 6-12, Tampere, Finland, (1995).
11. Montgomery, C.A. 1993. Socioeconomic risk assessment and its relation to ecosystem
management, In: M.E. Jensen and P.S. Bourgeron, (eds.), Ecosystem management:
principles and applications. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Northern Region.
12. Montgomery, C.A. and Brown Jr., G.M. 1989. The economic trade-off between anadromous
fish and timber production, Research paper, Washington DC: National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation.
13. Montgomery, C.A. 1989. Longrun supply and demand of new residential construction in
the
United States: 1986 to 2040,
Res. Pap. PNW-RP-412, Portland, OR: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
Contributor to
1. An Analysis of the Timber Situation in the United States: 1999-2050: A technical
document
supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment.
2. Stewardship Incentives: Conservation strategies for Oregon s working landscape. by
Sara
Vickerman, Defenders of Wildlife.
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PRESENTATIONS
National or international meetings or seminars
1. Wildfire: Economics, Law & Policy Symposium, John M. Olin Program in Law and
Economics at University of Chicago Law School and Program on Economics, Law and
the Environment at University of Arizona, discussant for The Political Economy of
Federal Wildfire Management Budgets by Sarah Anderson and Terry Anderson,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (November 12-13, 2010). invited.
2. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, annual meeting, Letting
Wildfires Burn, Austin TX (November 7-10, 2010).
3. University of Wyoming, Department of Economics and Finance Seminar, Economics of
biodiversity protection on forested landscapes: An overview, Laramie, WY (October 1,
2010).
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23. Allied Social Sciences Association, Association of Environmental and Resource
Economists, annual meetings, Pricing biodiversity, New Orleans, LA, (January 4-7,
1997).
24. American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, mid-year meetings, A Structural
Model of the U.S. Housing Market, National Association of Home Builders,
Washington, D.C. (May 27-29, 1996).
25. International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, biennial meetings,Valuing and
measuring biodiversity for comparing land-use alternatives, Tampere, Finland, (August
6-12, 1995).
26. Allied Social Sciences Association, Association of Environmental and Resource
Economists, annual meetings, Economic analysis of the spatial dimensions of species
preservation, Boston, MA. (January 3-5, 1994).
Local or regional meetings
1. Integrated Landscape Analysis Program, webinar, Incorporating Rural Community
Characteristics into Forest Management Decisions, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
OR (Jan. 24, 2011).
2. Interagency Mapping and Assessment Program, User Group meeting, Incorporating Rural
Community Characteristics into Forest Management Decisions, USDA Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland OR (Feb. 12, 2011).
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3. Oregon Resource and Environmental Economics, fall workshop, Letting it burn? Issues in
modeling wildfires in the western U.S., Willamette University, Salem, OR (Nov. 19,
2009).
4. Western Forest Economists, annual meeting, Optimal Forest Fire Fuel Treatment and
Timber Harvest in the Face of Endogenous Spatial Risk: the Next Step, Wemme, OR
(May 4-6, 2009).
5. Giustina Professorship Seminar, Sustainable Management of Planted Forests for a Broad
Suite of Management Goals in Support of a Vibrant Forest Economy for Oregon,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, (May 28, 2009).
6. Managing for Wildlife Habitat in Westside Production Forests Symposium. Economic
Considerations in Managing for Older Forest Structure. Vancouver, WA (October 18,
2006) presented by G. Latta.
7. Western Forest Economists, annual meeting, Weighing conservation objectives in reserve
network design, Wemme, OR (May 3-5, 2004)
8. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Sustainable Wood Production Initiative Workshop, invited,
Achieving sustainable forestry: Regulations or incentives? Portland, OR (Nov. 7, 2003).
9. University of Minnesota, Workshop on Biodiversity Conservation in a Working Landscape,
St. Paul, MN (April 13-14, 2003) participant invited to participate.
10. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Wood Compatibility Initiative Workshop, invited,
Compatibility
of timber and conservation: tracing the trade-off frontier, Skamania, WA. (Dec. 5-7,
2001).
11. Oregon Department of Forestry, symposium, Conservation incentives and forest stand
structure, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, (Oct. 18, 2001)
12. Western Forest Economists, annual meetings, Developing a production possibility set
of
wildlife species persistence and timber harvest value using simulated annealing: two
case studies, Wemme, OR, (May 5-7, 2001).
13. Mikesell Center for Environmental and Resource Economics, Pacific Northwest
Conference
on Environmental and Resource Economics, Pricing biodiversity, Eugene, OR, (May
21-22, 1999).
14. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, 4th Review Session on Assumptions for the 1999 Resources
Planning Act Timber Assessment, Housing market projections and scenarios, Salem
OR, (Sept. 1-3, 1998).
15. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biodiversity Research Consortium, invited,
Pricing
biodiversity: An application in the Poconos, Corvallis, OR, (May 27-28, 1998).
16. Western Forest Economists, annual meetings, Housing market projections for the 2000
RPA
Timber Assessment, Wemme, OR, (May 4-6, 1998).
17. U.S. D. A. Forest Service, 2nd Review Session on Assumptions for the 1999 Resources
Planning Act Timber Assessment, Long term predictions of indicators of housing
market activity, Corvallis, OR, (August 5-6, 1997).
18. Western Forest Economists, annual meetings, Pricing biodiversity, Wemme, OR, (May 5-
7,
1997).
19. Western Forest Economists, annual meetings, A structural model of the U.S. housing
market, Wemme, OR, (May 1-3, 1995).
20. Society of American Foresters, Montana state chapter, invited, One economist's view
of
value and resource use conflict, Missoula, MT, (October 1994).
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21. Western Forest Economists, annual meetings, Spatial constraints and the northern
spotted
owl, Wemme, OR. (May, 1992).
22. Western Forest Economists, annual meetings, Forest policy and risk, Wemme, OR. (May,
1992).
12. Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources, Combining market and traditional
values in tribal forestry using interactive forest decision synthesis (INFODS),
Stevenson, WA (Oct. 2003). Poster presentation by Masashi Konoshima.
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13. Oregon State University. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Seminar
(AREC). Voluntary conservation of endangered species: when does 'no surprises' mean
no conservation? Corvallis, OR (April 11, 2002). Presented by C. Langpap.
14. Western Forest Economists (WFE), annual meeting. Conservation of endangered species:
can incentives work for private forest owners? Welches, OR, (May 7, 2002) Presented
by C. Langpap.
15. Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists. Voluntary
conservation of endangered species: when does 'no surprises' mean no conservation?
Monterey, CA, (June 24, 2002). Presented by C. Langpap.
16. American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), annual meeting. Voluntary
conservation of endangered species: when does 'no surprises' mean no conservation?
Long Beach, CA, (July 2002). Presented by C. Langpap.
17. International Federation of Operations Research Societies (IFORS), Systems Analysis
Forestry Symposium. Economic impacts of adjacency and green-up constraints for
harvest scheduling. Punta de Tralca, Chile (March 4-7 2002). presented by D.J. Nalle.
18. Western Forest Economists (WFE), annual meetings, Cost effective management for
biodiversity and timber in the Oregon Coast Range, Wemme, OR (May 5-7, 2001).
presented by M.E. Lichtenstein.
19. USDA Forest Service Tahoe National Forest seminar, Efficient economic and ecological
production. Nevada City, CA (Dec. 2001) presented by D.J. Nalle.
20. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) general meeting,
Finding efficient combinations of economic and ecological landscape uses, Miami
Beach, FL (Nov. 5, 2001) presented by Darek J. Nalle.
21. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) general meeting,
The effect of existing reserves on optimal reserve design, Miami Beach, FL (Nov. 5,
2001) presented by Darek J. Nalle.
22. University of Nevada resource economics seminar, Empirically finding production
possibility frontiers of economic and ecological landscape outputs. Reno, NV (Oct. 10,
2001) presented by Darek J. Nalle
23. University of Nevada seminar, Optimality in spatial nature reserve design. Reno, NV
(March 29, 2001) presented by Darek J. Nalle.
24. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) spring meetings,
Maximal species survivability as a function of timber harvest volume, Salt Lake City
UT (May 2000). Presented by D.J. Nalle.
25. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Land management
with biological and economic objectives, Cincinnati, (May 3-5, 1999). presented by
David Calkin.
26. Western Forest Economists (WFE), Land management with biological and economic
objectives, Wemme, OR. (May 10-12, 1999). presented by David Calkin.
RESEARCH GRANTS
1. Economics for policy analysis, T. Maness (PI) and C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service
$100,230 (2011-2012).
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2. Integrating ecological and social data to optimize economic decisions on wildlife
corridors,
C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $69,686 (2010-2014).
3. Prioritize fuel treatments by estimating restoration potential and understanding their
effects:
Community economics of fuel treatments, C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service,
Lead PI: Lisa Gaines, at OSU-INR, Steve Tesch at OSU-CoF, Co-PIs: C.A.
Montgomery, A. Morzilla, M. Wing, USDA Forest Service, Total: $3,254,570, CoF
portion: $947,098, Montgomery portion $222,125 (2009-present).
4. Letting fires burn: a cost benefit analysis of wildlfire as fuel treatment, C.A.
Montgomery,
USDA Forest Service $40,100 (2009-present).
5. Community considerations in prioritizing fuel treatments, C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest
Service $100,026 (2009-present).
6. Expeditions in computing, computational sustainability: Computational Methods for a
Sustainable Environment, Economy, and Society, Lead PI: C. Gomes at Cornell U., at
OSU: T. Dietterich (EECS), C.A. Montgomery and H.J. Albers, NSF Total: $5,990,621,
OSU portion: $1,058,321, Montgomery portion $245,000 (2008-2012).
7. Models to improve the effectiveness of wildland fire suppression, H.J. Albers and C.A.
Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $45,000 (2007-present).
8. Extensions of RPA timber assessment modeling, D.M. Adams and C.A. Montgomery,
USDA Forest Service $49,999 (2006-present).
9. Interaction of private and public forest fire risk management decisions, C.A.
Montgomery,
USDA Forest Service $25,499 (2006-2009).
10. Changing housing density in the rural Midwest, C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service
$46,315 (2003-2009).
11. Modeling compatibility of timber, biodiversity, and old forest structure with fire
risk, C.A.
Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $34,674 (2003-2008).
12. Achieving sustainable forestry: Incentives or regulations?, C.A. Montgomery, USDA
Forest
Service $48,885 (2003- 2006).
13. A temporal and spatial analysis of Oregonians willingness to pay for salmon, C.A.
Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $8,575 (2003-2005).
14. Modeling private nonindustrial forest landowners and conservation incentives, C.A.
Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $72,287, (2000-2003).
15. Compatibility of timber and conservation: tracing the trade-off frontier, C.A.
Montgomery,
USDA Forest Service $55,956, (2000-2004).
16. Modeling the impact of incentive, regulation, and taxation packages on Oregon forest
landowner behavior, C.A. Montgomery, Oregon Department of Forestry $40,062,
(2000-2001).
17. Pricing biodiversity: an application in the Muddy Creek Basin of Oregon, C.A.
Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $16,321, (1997-2001).
18. Land management with biological and economic objectives, C.A. Montgomery, S. Polasky,
N. Schumaker, J. Arthur, USDA Forest Service $31,500, EPA Star Grant $131,090,
(1997-2002).
19. Residential housing starts and expenditure on upkeep and improvement in the U.S.:
Projection and trends for the 1997 RPA Timber Assessment, C.A. Montgomery, USDA
Forest Service $29,966, (1996-2001).
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20. Estimating cross-price elasticities of demand for solidwood products and substitutes
in the
U.S., D.M. Adams and C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $36,327, (1995-1998).
21. The definition and measurement of biodiversity: a welfare based index approach, C.A.
Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $74,000, (1994-1997).
22. Historical levels of forest resource production in National Forests in the Rockies,
C.A.
Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $8,000, (1994-1995).
23. Public preferences and the demand for biodiversity, C.A. Montgomery, McIntire-Stennis
Forestry Research Grant Program $27,000, (1994-1995).
24. Economic analysis of the spatial dimensions of species preservation: the distribution
of
northern spotted owl habitat, C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $15,000, (1993-
1994).
25. The demand for investment in the residential housing stock: New construction and
improvement of existing stock, C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $14,000,
(1993-1995).
26. The role of risk and uncertainty in demand for forest uses: Ecosystem management as a
response, C.A. Montgomery, USDA Forest Service $7,000, (1993-1994).
27. Socioeconomic analysis of proposed wolf recovery in central Idaho and Yellowstone
National Park, J. Duffield, D. Pletscher, C.A. Montgomery and others, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife $35,000, (1993-1994).
28. The marginal cost of species preservation: the northern spotted owl, C.A. Montgomery,
USDA Forest Service $14,000, (1992-1994).
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
Forest Resource Economics I
Forest Resource Economics II
Forest Resource Valuation
Graduate
Advanced Forest Economics
Discovery Seminar Series
Economics of the Forest Resource
Microeconomic Theory
Guest Lecturer
Careers and Issues in Forestry
Forest Policy Analysis
Forest Products: Wood as a Resource for Housing
Forest and Wildlife Interface
Forest Products Merchandising
Introduction to Forestry
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Introduction to American Forestry Issues
Issues in Natural Resources
Measurement of Biodiversity
Wildlife Habitat Management
Teaching Assistant
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Continuing Education
National Advanced Silviculture Program (NASPII) Inventory Modeling and Decision Support
Workshop Economics Module
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Major Professor
1. Kate Marcille, M.S., Sustainable Forest Management (entering Fall 2011)
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1999)
Committee Member
1. TaeYoung Kim, PhD, Applied Economics (ch. Langpap exp. 2012)
2. Arijit Sinha, PhD, Wood Science and Engineering (ch. Nairn, Gupta, 2010) GCR
3. Meidan Bu, PhD, Forest Resources (ch. Albers, exp. 2011)
4. Yohan Lee, PhD, Forest Resources (ch. Albers, exp. 2012)
5. Fabio Goncalves, PhD, Forest Science (ch. Law, exp 2011) GCR
6. Edward Stone, PhD, Agriculture and Resource Economics (ch. Wu, exp 2012)
7. Sergio Orrego, PhD, Forest Resources (ch. Adams, 2009)
8. Matthew Thompson, PhD, Forest Engineering (ch. Sessions, 2009)
9. Nicolas Zegre, MS, Forest Engineering (ch. Skaugset, 2008) GCR
10. Cheney Vidrine, MS, Wood Science and Engineering (ch. Morrell, 2008) GCR
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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Economics Association
American Real Estate and Urban Economists' Association
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Society of American Foresters
Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honor Society
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Bolle Center for People and Forests, Advisory Council, University of Montana (1993-1994)
Forest Science, Associate Editor (1998-2001)
Western Forest Economists, Board of Directors, chair (2010-present), member (1996-2009)
Vice President (2000-2001), President (2001-2002)
Environmental Protection Agency, Review panel for EPA Star Fellowship Program (2004)
Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) Planning Project
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MIT Press (book)
Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station (grant proposal)
Sustainable Forest Management Network (grant proposals)
University of Copenhagen (dossiers, opponent, professorship)
University of Helsinki (professorship)
University of Wisconsin (dossier)
USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (grant proposals)
USDA Forest Service (general technical and research reports, dossier)
US Environmental Protection Agency (article)