Publications
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles, technical reports, policy briefs and public writing, newest first. I published earlier work as Chelsea P. McIver and Chelsea Pennick McIver. A full list is also in my CV.
Journal articles peer-reviewed
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—Institutional work in federal rangeland administration: Learning, legitimacy, and institutionalizing adaptive governanceUnder reviewSocio-Ecological Practice Research
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2026Bureaucrats as agents of stability and change in the governance of national forests: A case study of the US Forest Service in Idaho, USASocio-Ecological Practice Research
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2026Research Note: Understanding the short-term effect of differential park pricing policyJournal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 53(101011)
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2025Characterizing the movement and utilization of federal timber at the sub-state level: Method and applicationsJournal of Forestry 123: 735-755
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2021The Fiscal Burden of Wildfires: State Expenditures and Funding Mechanisms for Wildfire Suppression in the Western U.S. and Implications for Federal PolicyState and Local Government Review 53(4): 337-351
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2021An Empirical Evaluation of the Impact of Collaboration on the Pace and Scale of National Forest Management in IdahoForest Science 67(1): 49-59
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2018Procurement Contracting and Forest Communities: Factors affecting local business utilization in the Inland NorthwestJournal of Forestry 116(5): 412-419
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2016Employment and Wage Impacts of Timber Harvesting and Processing in the United StatesJournal of Forestry 113(4)
Policy briefs & technical reports peer-reviewed / evaluated
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2025Revisiting Sustained Yield UnitsPolicy Brief #1. Moscow, ID: Policy Analysis Group, University of Idaho. 9 p
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2020California’s forest products industry and timber harvest, 2016Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-994. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 58 p
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2018Wyoming’s Forest Products Industry and Timber Harvest, Part I: Timber harvest, products and flowRMRS-RB-27-1. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Electronic
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2018Wyoming’s Forest Products Industry and Timber Harvest, Part II: Industry sectors, capacity and outputsRMRS-RB-27-2. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Electronic
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2018Wyoming’s Forest Products Industry and Timber Harvest, Part III: Sales, employment and economic contributionRMRS-RB-27-3. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Electronic
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2018Wyoming’s Forest Products Industry and Timber Harvest, Part IV: Supplemental tablesRMRS-RB-27-4. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Electronic
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2017Socioeconomics of the Redwood RegionIn Proceedings of the Coast Redwood Science Symposium-2016. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-258. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 345-356
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2016Making Every Dollar Count: Leveraging federal investments in land management to benefit local communitiesRural Connections 10(2)
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2016Utah’s Forest Resources, 2003-2012Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-20. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 159 p
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2016The Four Corners Timber Harvest and Forest Products Industry, 2012Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 62 p
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2015California’s forest products industry and timber harvest, 2012Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-908. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 49p
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2014Alaska’s timber harvest and forest products industry, 2011Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-903. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 39 p
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2014New Mexico’s forest resources, 2008-2012Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-18. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 144 p
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2014Wyoming’s forest products industry and timber harvest, 2010Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-17. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 29 p
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2013Montana’s forest products industry and timber harvest, 2009Resour. Bull. RMRS-RB-16. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 42 p
Research reports & other publications
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2024Linking Wildfire and Climate ChangeIn The 2025 Southern California Wildfires: Four Public Administration Perspectives. PA Times, American Society for Public Administration. Summer 2026, Issue 1: 16-23
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2024Timber Use, Processing Capacity and Capability of Mills to Utilize Timber by Diameter Size Class Within the Black Hills National Forest Timber-Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research. 25 p
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2022Timber Use, Processing Capacity and Capability of Mills to Utilize Timber by Diameter Size Class Within the Flathead National Forest Timber-Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research. 25 p
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2022Timber Use, Processing Capacity and Capability of Mills to Utilize Timber by Diameter Size Class Within the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Timber-Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research. 23 p
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2022Timber Use, Processing Capacity and Capability of Mills to Utilize Timber by Diameter Size Class Within the Lolo and Bitterroot National Forests Timber-Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research. 26 p
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2022Timber Use, Processing Capacity and Capability of Mills to Utilize Timber by Diameter Size Class Within the Custer-Gallatin National Forest Timber-Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research. 22 p
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202110 Years of Restoration: Measuring the impact of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program on local communities in northwest MontanaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation, 26 p
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2020The Impact of Collaboration on the Pace and Scale of Restoration in IdahoPAG Report No. 41. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Policy Analysis Group. 12 p
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2019Analysis of a single payment program for public lands counties in Idaho: Scenarios and ImplicationsPAG Report No. 40. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Policy Analysis Group. 78 p
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2017White Paper: Characterizing Federal Timber Flow and Utilization for Input-Output Modeling by the US Forest ServiceMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research
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2016Measuring the Benefits of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program for Local Communities in Northeast WashingtonMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 26 p
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2016Are Forest Restoration Investments Benefiting Local Communities Most in Need?Missoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1 p
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2013An Assessment of Local Contractor Participation in the Southwestern Crown of the Continent CFLRP ProjectMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 32 p
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2013Timber Use, Processing Capacity, and Capability to Utilize Small-Diameter Timber Within USDA Forest Service Region One Timber-Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 21 p
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2012Capacity and Capability of Mills in the Clearwater and Nez Perce National Forests Timber Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 9 p
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2012Capacity and Capability of Mills in the Flathead National Forest Timber-Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 10 p
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2012Capacity and Capability of Mills in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest Impact ZoneMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 10 p
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2012Capacity and Capability of Mills in the Kootenai National Forest Impact ZoneMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 9 p
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2012Capacity and Capability of Mills in the Lolo National Forest Timber-Processing AreaMissoula, MT: University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 10 p
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2011Montana’s Forest Economy: A roller coaster ride through the first decade of the 21st centuryMontana Business Quarterly Winter 2011: 2-7
Public writing All Things Public newsletter
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2026Small population public lands county legislation: boost or barking up the wrong tree?All Things Public newsletter, July 28
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2025My take on the Senate ENR draft reconciliation bill textAll Things Public newsletter, June 12
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2025Shared Stewardship and the Hazards of Relying on Private PhilanthropyAll Things Public newsletter, March 25
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2024From Local Benefit Policies to DOE’s Community Benefit AgreementsAll Things Public newsletter, September 26
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2024Some Ideas for Permitting Reform and a Research AgendaAll Things Public newsletter, July 16
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