Jay O'Laughlin
Director of Policy Analysis Group and
Professor of Forest
Resources
E-mail: jayo@uidaho.edu
Office: Phinney 410
Phone: (208) 885-5776
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Education &
Experience:
- B.S.B.A. Finance, University of Denver, Colorado, 1971
- M.S. Forestry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1977
- Ph.D. Forest Economics and Policy, University of Minnesota,
St. Paul, 1980
- Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Texas A&M
University, 1981-89
- Director, Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Policy Analysis
Group (PAG), University of Idaho, 1990-present
- Professor, Department of Forest Resources,
University of Idaho, 1994 - present
Specialty Areas of Interest:
- Natural Resources Policy Analysis
- Natural Resources Economics
Current University of Idaho Courses:
- Natural Resources
Policy Analysis - Grad
Continuing Education or Service Activities:
- Inland Empire SAF, Chair, Forest Policy Committee
(1997- )
- Western Governors' Association Forest Health Advisory
Committee (2004- )
- Stewardship End Result Demonstration Project, Regional
Evaluation Team (2003-2004)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Forest Policy and Economics,
an international journal, (2002- )
- Idaho Carbon Sequestration Advisory Committee (2007-
Recent and Current Research:
- Old-growth forest management policy on
state forest lands.
- Risk assessment primer for natural
resources managers.
- Public land exchanges: benefits and
barriers.
- Endangered Species Act delisting process
in Idaho.
- Role of forests in Idaho's economy.
- Biomass energy production potential in
Idaho.
- Comparative ecological risk assessment:
decision support for managing the "fire/fish" trade-off
problem.
- Smoke management policy and prescribed fire emissions.
- Managing off-highway vehicles on public lands.
Selected Publications:
A list of selected publication is on the PAG
website, including the PAG
Report Series and
Other Selected
Papers and Publications. Many of these publications are available
online.
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