Evan Hjerpe, Ph.D.

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Economist
Alaska Regional Office

Office: 907-272-9453 Mobile: 907-952-4165 Email

Evan Hjerpe is a Resource Economist in the Wilderness Society's Alaska office. He was a visiting professor at Northern Arizona University’s School of Forestry, where he earned both a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics. His expertise includes the economics of fire management and small-diameter wood utilization, the social and economic constraints of ecological restoration, and trends in amenity development in the Southwest.

Evan is an avid mountain biker, fly-fisherman, backpacker, snowboarder and canyoneer, and has been enjoying Alaska’s bountiful mountains, oceans and wilderness.

Recent Publications

  • Hjerpe, E.E. and Y. Kim. 2008. Economic impacts of national forest fuels reduction programs in the Southwest. Journal of Forestry 106(6): 311-316.
  • Hjerpe, E.E. and Y. Kim. 2007. Regional economic impacts of Grand Canyon river runners. Journal of Environmental Management 85(1): 137-149.
  • Becker, D.R., E.E. Hjerpe, and E.C. Lowell. 2004. Economic feasibility study of using a mobile MicroMillâ for processing small diameter ponderosa pine. PNW-GTR-623: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.

Recently Published on Wilderness.org:

Social and Economic Barriers to Ecological Restoration in the Southwest