Staff/Personnel
Deborah Shields, Ph.D.
Minerals Economist
dshields@fs.fed.us
(970) 295-5975 -- Fax: (970) 295-5959
Dr. Deborah Shields is Principal Mineral Economist for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development Division. The Forest Service manages 191 million acres of land for the American public. Much of this land overlays economic energy and mineral deposits, which can lead to conflicts over land use. Deborah directs the agency's mineral economic and policy research program, and provides scientific and technical input to the agency's strategic planning process. She leads the agency's effort to include nonrenewable resources in sustainable resource management, serving as co-chair of the US Sustainable Minerals Roundtable. In addition, she serves as technical advisor on sustainability to the US Delegation to the Mining Ministers of the Americas and participated in the MMSD North America project. In addition, she Dr. Shields has a MS in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School Mines and a PhD in Natural Resources Management from Colorado State University. Her recent publications have addressed mining in sustainability, mineral policy, value theory, conflict resolution, and karst management.
Prior to working for the Forest
Service, Dr. Shields worked for the U. S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Mines, specializing in
international mineral supply, and trade analysis and forecasting.
Most recently, Deborah has been selected as one of the Henry Krumb Lecturers for 2006-7 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. During the upcoming year she will be making presentations at SME Chapters around the country on minerals and sustainable development.
Selected Publications
Books
Research Articles
Haefele, Michelle; Shields, Deborah J.; Lybecker, Donna L. 2005. Survey responses from Region 3: Are we achieving the public’s objectives for forests and rangelands? Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-156. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 27 p.
Haeflele, Michelle, Deborah J. Shields and Donna L. Lybecker. 2005. Survey Responses from Region 3: Are We Achieving the Public's Objectives for Forests and Rangeland? Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-156. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 27 p. Lybecker, Donna L., Shields, Deborah J. 2005. Survey responses from Region 5: Are we achieving the public’s objectives for forests and rangelands? Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-157. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 32 p.
Shields, Deborah J.; Haefele, Michelle; Lybecker, Donna L. 2005. Survey responses from Region 8: Are we achieving the public’s objectives for forests and rangelands? Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-158. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 31 p.
Haefele, Michelle; Shields, Deborah J.; Lybecker, Donna L. 2005. Survey responses from Region 9: Are we achieving the public’s objectives for forests and rangelands? Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-159. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 28 p.
Shields, Deborah J.;
Solar, Slavko V.. Issues of Scale in the Selection and Interpretation of Mineral Indicators.
In Press: Managing for Healthy Ecosystems, Vol 2, Section 8, Mining Impacts
Shields, Deborah J.; Martin, Ingrid M.; Martin, Wade E.; Haefele, Michelle A. 2002. Survey results of the American public's values, objectives, beliefs, and attitudes regarding forests and grasslands: A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-95. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 111 p..
Shields, Deborah J.; 2000. The contributions of geologic information to economic,
social, and environmental sustainability. In: Workshop on Deposit Modeling, Mineral
Resources Assessment, and Their Role in Sustainable Development, 58-61
Shields, Deborah J.; Winter, Susan A., Alward, Gregory S.; Hartung, Kathy L.; 1999. Energy and Minerals Industries in National, Regional, and State Economies. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-95. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 84 p..
Shields, Deborah Jean. 1999. Quantitative models of sustainability: Extensions and limitations. In: Rupnik, V.; Stirn, L. Zadnik, Drobne, S., eds., Proceedings of the 5th international symposium on operational research; 1999 September 30-October 02; Preddvor, Slovenia. Ljubljana, Slovenia: Slovenian Society Informatika: 25-30.
Shields, Deborah; Tolwinski, Boleslaw; Kent, Brian M. 1999. Models for conflict resolution in ecosystem management. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 33(l): 61-84.
Shields, Deborah. 1998. Applying the hierarchical model of collaborative resource management to Geoenvironmental Security. Presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Deposit and geoenvironmental models for resource exploitation and environment security; 1998 September 10; Matrahaza, Hungary. Overhead presentation.
Shields, Deborah. 1998. Case studies in resource planning: Applications to minerals management. Presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Deposit and geoenvironmental models for resource exploitation and environmental security; 1998 September 11; Matrahaza, Hungary. Overhead presentation. Back to top
Kent, B. M.; Shields, D. J.; Martin, W. E.; Wise, H. A. 1997. Incorporating stakeholder objectives in the forest planning process: Diverse forests, abundant opportunity, and evolving realities: Proceedings of the 1996 Society of American Foresters Convention; 1996 November 09-13; Albuquerque, NM. Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters; SAF Publication 97-03: 366-371.
Shields, Deborah J. 1997. Axioms of equity. Presented at Walden University Residency. 1997 February 15. Denver, CO.
Shields, Deborah J. 1997. Equity aspects of public land management decisions. Presented at INFORMS. 1996 November 03-06. Atlanta, GA.
Shields, Deborah J. 1997. Public land conflict management. Presented at the International Institute for Aerospace Surveys and Earth Sciences. 1997 September 9. Enschede, the Netherlands. Back to top
Shields, Deborah J. 1997. Public land conflict management. Presented at the University of Economics. 1997 September 11. Prague, Czech Republic.
Shields, Deborah J. 1997. Public land conflict management. Presented at the Institute of Mining, Geotechnology and Environment. 1997 September 17. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Shields, Deborah J. 1997. Public land conflict management. Presented at University of Trieste. 1997 September 19. Trieste, Italy.
Shields, Deborah J. 1997. Searching for common ground in overlapping stakeholder objectives. Presented at 1997 International Symposium on Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management in the Americas. 1997 February 25-28. Belize City, Belize. Back to top
Shields, D.; Martin, W.; Tolwinski, B. 1996. Application of social choice theory to U.S.D.A. Forest Service decision making. Journal of Policy Modeling. 18(6): 603-621.
Shields, Deborah J. 1996. Applications of game theory to land management. Presented at INFORMS. 1996 November 03-06. Atlanta, GA.
Shields, Deborah J. 1996. Linkages between social values and objectives for public land management. Presented at INFORMS. 1996 November 03-06. Atlanta, GA.
Shields, Deborah J. 1996. Linking indices of environmental quality to objectives hierarchies. Presented at INFORMS. 1996 November 03-06. Atlanta, GA.
Shields, Deborah J. 1996. Measuring stakeholder preferences for exploration on USDA Forest Service lands. Presented at INFORMS. 1996 November 03-06. Atlanta, GA.
Wade E. Martin , Deborah J. Shields, Boleslaw Tolwinski and Brian Kent. 1996.
An application of social choice theory to U.S.D.A. forest service decision making. In:
Journal of Policy Modeling, 1996, vol. 18, issue 6, pages 603-621
David J. Moore, John E. Tilton and Deborah J. Shields. 1996. Economic growth and the demand for construction materials.
Resources Policy,
Volume 22, Issue 3 , September 1996, Pages 197-205
Deborah J. Shields;Stella W. Todd; Douglas D. Brown. 1996. Merging Two Large Mineral Location Databases Using Logistic Regression. In:
Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling Back to top
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