Evan Hjerpe, Ph.D.

Author Contact

Economist
evan_hjerpe@tws.org

Phone: 

907-272-9453

Evan Hjerpe is a Senior 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 and Forest Management. His expertise includes the economics of fire management and small-diameter wood utilization, the social and economic constraints of ecological restoration, and economic impact analysis.

Evan was recently appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture to serve three years on the Forestry Research Advisory Council (FRAC). FRAC is a 20-member committee that advises the Secretary on regional and national forestry research within various forestry organizations, industries, universities, and Federal and State agencies. He plans to identify and integrate important conservation strategies into existing national forestry research programs.

Evan enjoys all backcountry exploration in Alaska’s bountiful mountains, oceans and wilderness.

Recent Publications

  • Egan, D., E.E. Hjerpe, and J. Abrams (eds.).  2011. Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration: Integrating Science, Nature, and Culture.  Foundation Series Book, Island Press, Washington D.C. 410 pages.

  • Kim, Y. and E.E. Hjerpe. 2011.  Merging economics and ecology in ecological restoration projects.  Pp. 191-206 in D. Egan, E. Hjerpe, J. Abrams (eds.). Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration: Integrating Science, Nature, and Culture. Island Press, Washington D.C.

  • Hjerpe, E.E.  2011.  Seeing the Tongass for the trees:  the economics of transitioning to sustainable forest management.  Wilderness Society Science Report. 60 pages.  Available at: http://wilderness.org/resource/seeing-tongass-trees.

  • Hjerpe, E.E., J. Abrams, and D.R. Becker. 2009.  Socioeconomic barriers and the role of biomass utilization in southwestern ponderosa pine restoration.  Ecological Restoration 27(2):  169-177.

  • 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.