Gregory S. Latta

Faculty Research Assistant, Forest Economist

BA, Economics, University of California Santa Barbara, 1992
MS, Forest Resources, Oregon State University, 2000

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Research Interests & Activity:

Development and application of an array of regional and national models of timber and forest products markets.

Forest Sector Market Modeling

 
Selected Publications:

R. Alig, G. Latta, D. Adams and 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.A. Adams, and T. Barrett.(in press). Analysis of potential impacts of climate change on forests of the United States Pacific Northwest. Forest Ecology and Management.

Latta, G., Temesgen, H., and T. Barrett. 2009. Mapping and imputing potential productivity of Pacific Northwest Forests using climate variables. Can. J. For. Res. 39: 1197-1207.

Temesgen, H. T. Barrett and G. Latta. 2008. Estimating cavity tree abundance in Pacific Northwest forests U.S.A. using nearest neighbor imputation methods. Silva Fennica 42(3): 337-354.

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.

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(8):1006-1017.

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.

Busby, G.M., C.A. Montgomery and G. Latta. 2007. The opportunity cost of forest certification on private land in western Oregon. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 22(1): 55-60.

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.A., G.S. Latta and D.M. 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):1319-1430.

Latta, G., and Adams, D. 2005. Analysis of an extensive thinning program on eastern Oregon national forests using a dynamic spatial equilibrium market model with endogenous industry capacity. In Systems Analysis in Forest Resources: Proceedings of the 2003 Symposium, 7–9 October 2003, Stevenson, Wash. Compiled by M. Bevers and T. Barrett. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-656.

Adams, D.M. and G.S Latta. 2005. Timber harvest potential from private lands in the Pacific Northwest: biological, investment, and policy issues. P. 4-12 in Understanding key issues of sustainable wood production in the Pacific Northwest, Deal, Robert L.; White, Seth M (eds). USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep.
PNW-GTR-626.

Adams, D.M. and G.S Latta. 2004. Effects of a forest health thinning program on land and timber values in eastern Oregon. Journal of Forestry 102(8):9-13.

Latta, G. and C.A. Montgomery. 2004. Minimizing the cost of stand level management for older forest structure in western Oregon, Western Journal of Applied Forestry 19(4): 221-231

Schillinger, R. R., D. M. Adams, G. S. Latta, and A. K. Van Nalts. 2003. An analysis of future private timber supply potential in western Oregon. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 18(3):1-9.

Adams, D.M. and G. Latta. 2003. Private Timber Harvest Potential in Eastern Oregon. Research Contribution 42, Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University. Corvallis. 42p.

Adams, D.M., R.R. Schillinger, G. Latta, and A. Van Nalts. 2002. Timber Harvest Projections for Private Land in Western Oregon. Research Contribution 37, Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis. 44p.

Latta, G. S. and D. M. Adams. 2000. An econometric analysis of output supply and input demand in the Canadian softwood lumber industry. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30(9):1419-1428.