Forest Succession, Management and the Economy Under a Changing Climate: Coupling Economic and Forest Management Models To Assess Impacts and Adaptation Options
Speaker(s): Thomas Ochuodho, University of Kentucky
Description: Climate change will affect successional dynamics of and the performance of plantations. A better understanding of how these factors will affect forests and economies and how we can best adapt is needed. Coupled economic-forest management model estimates impacts and adaptation on timber supply and economy in New Brunswick, Canada.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Mitigating Forest Loss in Central Ohio: A Private Woodland Owner Choice Experiment
Speaker(s): Sayeed Mehmood, Ohio State University
Description: The study explores factors influencing a private woodland owners' decision to sell his/her land. The study also uses a best-worst choice experiment to gauge woodland owner willingness to participate in conservation programs designed to reduce forest loss to land conversion.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125

Effect of Chronic Wasting Disease on Hunting Lease Values: A Discrete Choice Experiment Approach
Speaker(s): Ram Adhikari, New Mexico Highlands University
Description: The emergence of chronic wasting disease in southeastern states has threatened the future of the region's hunting economy. By analyzing the survey responses from deer hunters, this study demonstrates how hunter tradeoff between disease risk and other lease attributes such as lease size, proximity, deer density, and buck quality.
SAF CFE: 0.5 Category 1
ESA CEU: 0.125