Gary Lettman

Principal Forest Economist
Forest Resources Planning
Oregon Department of Forestry
2600 State. Street
Salem, Oregon 97310
503-945-7408

B.S. 1969 University of Washington, Sociology
M.S. 1977 Washington State University, Forest Management (Business/Economics Option)

Experience:

• Timber Management - USFS, DNR & ODF
• Forest Practices - ODF
• Forest Economics & Policy Analysis - ODF
  

Current Position:

• Principal Forest Economist, Oregon Department of Forestry
• Specializing in Forest Assessments
• Currently Leading Oregon Department of Forestry's Forest Assessment
  

Publications:

1. 1980 Timber Supply Assessment - Coauthor
2. Assessment of Oregon's Forest's: 1988 - Editor
3. Timber for Oregon's Tomorrow: 1989 Update - Coauthor
4. Conservation Plans for the Northern Spotted Owl and Other Forest Management Proposals in Oregon: The Economins of Changing Timber Availability - Coauthor, 1991
5. Private Forestry in Western Oregon: An Update on Mangement Practices and Land Use Changes - Coauthor, 1994
6. Timber Resource Statistics for Timberland Outside National Forests in Eastern Oregon - Coauthor, 1994
7. Timber Resource Availability in Lane County: A Regional Strategies Final Report - Coauthor, 1994
8. Timber Management Practices and Land Use Trends on Private Forest Land in Oregon - Author, 1995
9. Timber Harvesting Practices on Private Forest Land in Western Oregon - Author, 1997
10. Timber Resource Trends on Non-Federal Timberland in Western Oregon between 1984-86 and 1994 - Coauthor, 1998
11. Forests, Farms, and People: Land Use Change on Non-Federal Land in Western Oregon 1973-1994 - Coauthor, 1999
12. Oregon's Forest Products Industry: 1998 - Coauthor, 2000
    

Professional Affiliations:

1. National Association of Business Economics
2. Western Forest Economists (President, 1999)
3. Executive Department's Economic Advisory Committee

Updated: 5 May 2004

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