Economic Aspects of Forest Management on Public Lands

Dave Calkin, Research Forester

Dave Calkin

is a research forester with the Economic Aspects of Forest
Management on Public Lands unit at the Rocky Mountain Research Station in
Missoula, Montana. Dave joined the Rocky Mountain Research Station in
October 2002. Areas of research interest include wildland fire economics,
economics of fuel treatments, biomass utilization, economics of ecosystem
management, and multi-resource modeling. Dave received a B.S. in Applied
Mathematics from the University of Virginia in 1988, a M.S. in Natural
Resource Conservation from the University of Montana in 1994, and a Ph.D.
in Economics from Oregon State University in 2000. He worked as a research
professional for the US Army Corps of Engineers from 1994 through 1995, and
worked as a post-doctorate researcher with the University of Montana on a
Joint Venture Agreement with the Pacific Northwest Research Station from
2001 through 2002.

Areas of research include economics of fuel reduction treatments, joint production analysis, and spatial modeling of silvicultural activities using heuristic optimization techniques.

USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station
Last Modified: December 14, 2006
Modified by: Janet Sullivan