Faculty

Bruce Shindler
Professor
Department of Forest Resources
115 Peavy Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-5703
(541) 737-3299

College of Forestry's Outstanding Research Professor for 2005.

BA, 1968, California State Univ/Long Beach
MS, 1990, Oregon State Univ.
PhD, 1993, Oregon State Univ.

Research interests: social values of natural resources, public agency-community interactions, social aspects of wildland fire management, communication strategies.

Graduate students: Ryan Gordon (PhD, Forest Social Science); Christine Shaw Olsen (PhD, Forest Social Science); Patrick Shannon (MS)

Current program: social responses to ecosystem management practices in the Pacific Northwest, public acceptance of wildland fire management and fuel reduction practices, agency communication strategies and local partnerships

Courses:

• FOR 354 - Amenity Resource Management
• FOR 355 - Management for Multiple Resource Values
• FOR 391 - Natural Resource Communications
• FOR 446 - Wildland Fire Ecology (e-campus course)

• Stankey, G.H. and B. Shindler. 2006. Formation of social acceptability judgments and their implications for management of rare and little-known species. Conservation Biology 20:28-37.

• Howe, G., B. Shindler, B. Cashore, E. Hanson, D. Lach, and W. Armstrong. 2005. Public influences on plantation forestry. Journal of Forestry 103(2):92-96.

• Shindler, B.A., J. Hino, and R. Gordon. 2005. Digital video in the classroom: communication skills for future natural resource professionals. Journal of Forestry 103(1).
• Toman, E., B. Shindler, and M. Brunson. 2005. Fire and fuel management communication strategies: citizen evaluations of agency outreach activities. Society and Natural Resources 19:321-336.

• Brunson, M.W. and B.A. Shindler. 2004. Geographic variation in social acceptability of wildland fuels management in the western United States. Society and Natural Resources 17(8):661-678.
• Steel, B., D. Lach, B. Shindler, and P. List. 2004. The role of scientists in the environmental policy process: a study from the American West. Environmental Science and Policy 7(1):1-13.
• Toman, E., B. Shindler, and M. Reed. 2004. Prescribed fire: the influence of site visits on citizen attitudes. The Journal of Environmental Education 35(3):13-18.
• Stankey, G. and B. Shindler. In Press. Creating socially acceptable policies for the protection of rare and little-known species. Conservation Biology.
• Howe, G.T., B. Shindler, B. Cashore, E. Hansen, D. Lach, and W. Armstrong. In Press. Public influences on plantation forestry. Journal of Forestry.
• Abrams, J., E. Kelly, B. Shindler, and J. Wilton. In Press. Value orientation and forest management: the forest health debate. Environmental Management.
• Shindler, B.A. and E. Toman. 2003. Fuel reduction strategies in forest communities: a longitudinal analysis of public support. Journal of Forestry 101(6):8-15.
• Curtis, A., B. Shindler, and I. Byron. 2003. Sustaining local organizations: reflecting on the landcare experience. Agriculture for the Australian Environment 6:119-132.
• Lach, D., P. List, B. Steel, and B. Shindler. 2003. Advocacy and credibility of ecological scientists in resource decision making: a regional study. Bioscience 53(2):171-179.
• Walstad, J.D., M. Reed, P. Doescher, J.B. Kauffman, R. Miller, B. Shindler, and J. Tappeiner. 2003. Distance education: a new course in wildland fire ecology. Journal of Forestry 101(7):16-20.
• Stankey, G.H., B. Bormann, C. Ryan, B. Shindler, R. Clark, and C. Philpot. 2003. Adaptive management and the northwest forest plan: rhetoric and reality. Journal of Forestry 101:40-46.
• Shindler, B. and E. Toman. 2003 Fuel reduction strategies in forest communities: a longitudinal analysis of public support. Journal of Forestry 101(7):8-15.
• Shindler. B., M. Burnson, G. Stankey. 2002. Social acceptability of forest conditions and management practices: a problem analysis. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-537. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station.
• Curtis, A., B. Shindler, and A. Wright. 2002. Sustaining local watershed initiatives: lessons from Landcare and watershed councils. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38(5).
• Steel, B., D. Lach, P. List, and B. Shindler. 2001. The role of scientists in the natural resource policy process: a comparison of Canadian and American publics. Journal of Environmental Systems 28(2):135- 155.
• Wright, A. and B. Shindler. 2001. The role of information sources in watershed management. American Fisheries Journal 26(11):16-23.
• Shindler, B. A. 2000. Landscape-level management: it's all about context. Journal of Forestry 98(12):10-14.
  

• Shindler, B.A. and K. Aldred Cheek. 1999. Integrating citizens in adaptive management: characteristics and influential factors for successful interactions. Journal of Conservation Ecology. 3(1):13-29.
• Nadeau, S., B.A. Shindler, and C. A. Kakoyannis. 1999. Forest communities: New frameworks for assessing sustainability. The Forestry Chronicle. 75(5):747-754.
• Shindler, B.A. and L.A. Cramer. 1999. Shifting public values in forest management: making sense of wicked problems. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 14(1):11-17.
• Shindler, B.A. and M. Brunson. 1999. Changing natural resource paradigms in the United States: Finding political reality in academic theory. Pp. 459-473. In D. Soden and B. Steel (eds.) Environmental Policy and Administration in Three Worlds -- Developing, Industrial, and Postindustrial. New York: Marcel Dekker.
• Shindler, B.A., K. Aldred Cheek, and G.H. Stankey. 1999. Monitoring and Evaluating Citizen-Agency Interactions: A Framework Developed for Adaptive Management. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-98-042. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 78 p.
• Shindler, B.A. and P.J. Collson. 1998. Assessing public preferences for ecosystem management principles.1998. In D. Soden and B. Lamb (eds.) Ecosystem Management: A Social Science Perspective. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
• Shindler, B.A. 1998. Does the public have a role in forest management? Canadian and U.S. perspectives. The Forestry Chronicle. 74(5):700-702.
• Stankey, G.H. and B.A. Shindler. 1997. Adaptive Management Areas: Achieving the Promise, Avoiding the Peril. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-394. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 22 p.
• Shindler, B.A. and J. Neburka. 1997. Public participation in forest planning: Eight attributes of success. Journal of Forestry. 95(1):17-19.
• Shindler, B.A., B.S. Steel, and P. List. 1996. Public judgments of adaptive management: an initial response from forest communities. Journal of Forestry. 94(6).
• Shindler, B.A. and B. Shelby. 1995. Product shift in recreation settings: findings and implications from panel research. Leisure Sciences. 17(2):91-107.

• Gordon, Ryan. 2004. Communication Strategies for Fire Management: Creating Effective Citizen-Agency Partnerships.

• Nadeau, Solange. 2002. Characterization of community capacity in forest dependent communitites. PhD dissertation.

• Toman, Eric. 2002. Citizen perspectives on hazardous fuel reduction in the Blue Mountains: findings and implications from panel research . MS Thesis.

• Wilton, James. 2002. Public perspective on forest ecosystem health: knowledge, preferences, and opinions from urban and rural communities in the Pacific Northwest. MS Thesis.

• Williams, Robert. 2001. Public knowledge, preferences and involvement in adaptive ecosystem management. M. S. Thesis.

• Wright, Angela. 2000. Citizen knowledge and opinions about watershed management.

• Reed, Michelle. 1998. On-site evaluations on the use of prescribed fire and mechanical thinning.

• Boehm-Burke, Tenley. 1998. The capability of GIS to contribute to the social assessment of forest communities: A case study of the Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area.

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