Research Interests & Activity
forest economics, modeling and analysis of forest products markets,
econometrics, forest policy.
Current Programs
Timber assessment market model; estimating the impacts of carbon
sequestration strategies though tree planting; price-based substitution
of wood and non-wood products
Forest Sector Market Modeling
Employment Transitions in Oregon's
Wood Products Sector
2005 RPA Timber Assessment Update
The most recent (as of 2009) Timber Assessment Update with projections to
2050 is available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/gtr699/
Estimates of US Timber Harvest by Region and Owner, 1950-2002.
Adams, Darius M.; Haynes, Richard W.; Daigneault, Adam J. 2006. Estimated timber harvest by U.S. region and ownership, 1950-2002.
Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-659. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 64 p.
This publication provides estimates of total softwood and hardwood harvests by region and owner for the United States from 1950 to 2002. These data are generally not available in a consistent fashion and have to be estimated from state-level data, forest resource inventory statistics, and production of forest products. This publication describes the estimation process and documents the various assumptions. These estimates have been used for the past three decades in the periodic USDA Forest Service timber assessments. PDF available at
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr659.pdf
Selected Publications
Alig, R; G Latta; D Adams; B McCarl. In press. Mitigating Greenhouse
Gases: The Importance of Land Base Interactions Among Forests,
Agriculture, and Residential Development in the Face of Changes
in Bioenergy and Carbon Prices. Forest Policy and Economics.
Latta, G; H Temesgen; D Adams; T Barrett. In press. Analysis
of Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Forests of the United
States Pacific Northwest. Forest Ecology and Management.
Thompson, M., D. Adams, and K. N. Johnson. In press. The albedo
effect and forest carbon offset design. Journal of Forestry.
Thompson, M., D. Adams, J. Sessions. In press. Radiative Forcing
and the Optimal Rotation Age. Ecological Economics.
Helvoigt, T. L. and D. M. Adams. 2009. A stochastic frontier
analysis of technical progress, efficiency change and productivity
growth in the US Pacific Northwest sawmill industry. Journal
of Forest Policy and Economics 11:280–287.
Helvoigt, T. L. and D. M. Adams. 2008. Data envelopment analysis
of technical efficiency and productivity growth in the US Pacific
Northwest sawmill industry. Canadian Journal of Forest Research
38(10):2553-2565.
Temesgen, H., M. E. Goerndt, G. Johnson, D. M. Adams, and R.
A. Monserud. 2007. The roles of forest measurement and biometrics
in forest management: status and future needs of the Pacific
Northwest USA. Journal of Forestry 105(5):233-238.
Im, E., D. M. Adams and G. S. Latta. 2007. Potential Impacts
of Carbon Taxes on Carbon Flux in western Oregon Private Forests.
Forest Policy and Economics 9(2007):1006-1017.
Adams, D. M. and G. S. Latta. 2007. Future Prospects for Private
Timber Harvest in Eastern Oregon. Western Journal of Applied
Forestry 22(3):197-203.
Adams, D. M. and G. S. Latta. 2007. Timber Trends on Private
Lands in Western Oregon and Washington: A New Look. Western Journal
of Applied Forestry 22(1):8-14.
Montgomery, C., G. Latta, and D. Adams. 2006. The cost of achieving
old-growth forest structure. Land Economics 82(2): 240-256.
Adams, D. M. and G. S. Latta. 2005. Costs and Regional Impacts
of Restoration Thinning Programs on the National Forests in Eastern
Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35(6):1319-1330.
Adams, D., J. Mills, R. Alig, and R. Haynes. 2005. SOFRA and
RPA: Two Views of the Future of Southern Timber Supply. Southern
Journal of Applied Forestry 29(3): 123-134.
Størdal, S. and D. Adams. 2005. Testing for Variation
in the Western Oregon Softwood Log Price Structure. Canadian
Journal of Forest Research 35(3):713-723.
Adams, D. and G. Latta. 2004. Effects of a Forest Health Thinning
Program on Land and Timber Values in Eastern Oregon. Journal
of Forestry 102(8):9-13.
Alig, R., D. Adams, L. Joyce, and B. Sohngen. 2004. Climate
Change Impacts and Adaptation in Forestry: Responses by Trees
and Markets.
Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm and Resource Issues Fall:9-11.
On-line, see: http://www.choicesmagazine.org/2004-3/climate/2004-3-07.htm
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