Eric M. White, PhD

Research Quantitative Social Scientist

Pacific Northwest Research Station

0000-0002-3723-9694

eric.m.white@usda.gov

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Treesearch Publications

B. Bynum Boley, Chase Perren, Philip S. Chitaunga, Eric M. White, Gary T. Green. 2026. Livability and resident attitudes towards tourism
Michael R. Coughlan, Harper Loeb, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Eric M. White, Emily Jane Davis, Stephanie A. Schneider. 2025. A social and economic monitoring plan and baseline assessment of the USDA Forest Service’s stewardship program: 2014-2023
Nathaniel H. Merrill, Samantha G. Winder, Dieta R. Hanson, Spencer A. Wood, Eric M. White. 2025. A national model for estimating United States public land visitation
B. Bynum Boley, Chase Perren, Eric M. White, Gary T. Green. 2025. Do residents really care to be empowered? Prioritizing empowerment through importance performance analysis
Eric M. White, Samantha G. Winder, Spencer A. Wood. 2024. The influence of wildfire risk reduction programs and practices on recreation visitation
Chase Perren, B. Bynum Boley, Eric M. White, Gary T. Green, Kyle M. Woosnam. 2024. Protected area influence over resident attitudes towards tourism in gateway communities
Ashley E. Askew, Eric M. White, Gary T. Green. 2024. Importance performance competitor analysis for comprehensive assessment of National Forest visitor satisfaction
Chase Perren, B. Bynum Boley, Gary T. Green, Eric M. White. 2023. Fad or Renaissance? Motivational and demographic characteristics of USDA Forest Service recreationists during and after the pandemic
Eric M. White, Ashley E. Askew, Michael Bowker. 2023. Outdoor Recreation and Wilderness
Eric M. White, Samantha G. Winder, Spencer A. Wood. 2022. Applying novel visitation models using diverse social media to understand recreation change after wildfire and site closure
Tamara Laninga, Kate Galambos, Eric M. White. 2022. Implementing principles of sustainable recreation: A case study of the Entiat Ranger District
Paul F. Hessburg, Susan Charnley, Andrew Gray, Thomas Spies, David W. Peterson, Rebecca Flitcroft, Kendra Wendel, Jessica Halofsky, Eric M. White, John Marshall. 2021. Climate and wildfire adaptation of inland Northwest US forests
Spencer A. Wood, Samantha G. Winder, Emilia H. Lia, Eric M. White, Christian S. L. Crowley, Adam A. Milnor. 2020. Next-generation visitation models using social media to estimate recreation on public lands
Donald B.K. English, Eric M. White, J.M. Bowker, Susan A. Winter. 2020. A review of the Forest Service's National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) Program
Eric M. White, Terry R. Bergerson, Elliot T. Hinman. 2020. Research note: Quick assessment of recreation use and experience in the immediate aftermath of wildfire in a desert river canyon
Paul F. Hessburg, Susan Charnley, Kendra Wendel, Eric M. White, Peter Singleton, David W. Peterson, Jessica Halofsky, Andrew Gray, Thomas Spies, Rebecca Flitcroft, Rachel White. 2020. The 1994 Eastside Screens large-tree harvest limit: review of science relevant to forest planning 25 years later
Eric M. White, Kreg Lindberg, Emily Jane Davis, Thomas Spies. 2019. Use of science and modeling by practitioners in landscape-scale management decisions
John Kirkland, Eric M. White, Jeffrey D. Kline. 2018. How much fun? Evaluating economic implications of recreation in national forests
David M. Fisher, Spencer A. Wood, Eric M. White, Dale Blahna, Sarah Lange, Alex Weinberg, Michael Tomco, Emilia Lia. 2018. Recreational use in dispersed public lands measured using social media data and on-site counts
Susan Charnley, Jeffrey D. Kline, Eric M. White, Jesse Abrams, Rebecca J. McLain, Cassandra Moseley, Heidi Huber-Stearns. 2018. Chapter 8: Socioeconomic well-being and forest management in northwest forest plan- area communities
Lee K. Cerveny, Emily Jane Davis, Rebecca McLain, Clare M. Ryan, Debra R. Whitall, Eric M. White. 2018. Chapter 9: Understanding our changing public values, resource uses, and engagement processes and practices
Susan Charnley, Delilah Jaworski, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Eric M. White, Elisabeth Grinspoon, Rebecca J. McLain, Lee K. Cerveny. 2018. Chapter 10: Environmental justice, low-income and minority populations, and forest management in the northwest forest plan area
Emily J. Davis, Jesse Abrams, Eric M. White, Cassandra Moseley. 2018. Current challenges and realities for forest-based businesses adjacent to public lands in the United States
Derek B. Van Berkel, Bronwyn Rayfield, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Martin J. Lechowicz, Eric M. White, Kathleen P. Bell, Chris R. Colocousis, Kent F. Kovacs, Anita T. Morzillo, Darla K. Munroe, Benoit Parmentier, Volker C. Radeloff, Brian J. McGill. 2018. Recognizing the ‘sparsely settled forest’: Multi-decade socioecological change dynamics and community exemplars
Emily Jane Davis, Eric M. White, Lee K. Cerveny, David N. Seesholtz, Meagan L. Nuss, Donald R. Ulrich. 2017. Comparison of USDA Forest Service and stakeholder motivations and experiences in collaborative federal forest governance in the Western United States
Eric M. White. 2017. Spending patterns of outdoor recreation visitors to national forests
Jeffrey D. Kline, Eric M. White, A Paige Fischer, Michelle M. Steen-Adams, Susan Charnley, Christine S. Olsen, Thomas Spies, John D. Bailey. 2017. Integrating social science into empirical models of coupled human and natural systems
Ana M. G. Barros, Alan Ager, Michelle A. Day, Haiganoush K. Preisler, Thomas Spies, Eric M. White, Robert J. Pabst, Keith A. Olsen, Emily Platt, John D. Bailey, John P. Bolte. 2017. Spatiotemporal dynamics of simulated wildfire, forest management, and forest succession in central Oregon, USA
Thomas Spies, Eric M. White, Alan Ager, Jeffrey D. Kline, John P. Bolte, Emily Platt, Keith A. Olsen, Robert J. Pabst, Ana M. G. Barros, John D. Bailey, Susan Charnley, Anita T. Morzillo, Jennifer Koch, Michelle M. Steen-Adams, Peter Singleton, James Sulzman, Cynthia Schwartz, Blair Csuti. 2017. Using an agent-based model to examine forest management outcomes in a fire-prone landscape in Oregon, USA
Marie Oliver, Susan Charnley, Thomas Spies, Jeffrey D. Kline, Eric M. White. 2017. Forests, people, fire: Integrating the sciences to build capacity for an “All Lands” approach to forest restoration
Randall S. Rosenberger, Eric M. White, Jeffrey D. Kline, Claire Cvitanovich. 2017. Recreation economic values for estimating outdoor recreation economic benefits from the National Forest System
Susan Charnley, Thomas Spies, Ana M. G. Barros, Eric M. White, Keith A. Olsen. 2017. Diversity in forest management to reduce wildfire losses: implications for resilience
Evan Hjerpe, Tom Holmes, Eric M. White. 2017. National and community market contributions of Wilderness
Eric M. White, J.M. Bowker, Ashley E. Askew, Linda Langner, J. Ross Arnold, Donald B.K. English. 2016. Federal outdoor recreation trends: effects on economic opportunities
A Paige Fischer, Thomas Spies, Toddi A Steelman, Cassandra Moseley, Bart R Johnson, John D Bailey, Alan Ager, Patrick Bourgeron, Susan Charnley, Brandon M. Collins, Jeffrey D. Kline, Jessica E Leahy, Jeremy S Littell, James DA Millington, Max Nielsen-Pincus, Christine S Olsen, Travis B Paveglio, Christopher I Roos, Michelle M Steen-Adams, Forrest R Stevens, Jelena Vukomanovic, Eric M. White, David MJS Bowman. 2016. Wildfire risk as a socioecological pathology
Thomas Spies, Eric M. White, Jeffrey D. Kline, Paige Fischer, Alan Ager, John Bailey, John Bolte, Jennifer Koch, Emily Platt, Christine S. Olsen, Derric Jacobs, Bruce Shindler, Michelle M. Steen-Adams, Roger Hammer. 2014. Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human and natural systems
Paige Fischer, Adam Korejwa, Jennifer Koch, Thomas Spies, Christine Olsen, Eric M. White, Derric Jacobs. 2013. Using the forest, people, fire agent-based social network model to investigate interactions in social-ecological systems
Randall S. Rosenberger, Lauren A. Bell, Patricia A. Champ, Eric M. White. 2013. Estimating the economic value of recreation losses in Rocky Mountain National Park due to a mountain pine beetle outbreak
Eric M. White, Darren B. Goodding, Daniel J. Stynes. 2013. Estimation of national forest visitor spending averages from National Visitor Use Monitoring: round 2
Jeffrey D. Kline, Randall S. Rosenberger, Eric M. White. 2011. A national assessment of physical activity on US national forests
Darius M. Adams, Ralph Alig, Greg Latta, Eric M. White. 2011. Regional impacts of a program for private forest carbon offset sales
Stan Zarnoch, Eric M. White, D.B.K. English, Susan M. Kocis, Ross Arnold. 2011. The National Visitor Use Monitoring methodology and final results for round 1
Jeffrey D. Kline, Eric M. White. 2010. Land use planning ballot initiatives in the Pacific Northwest
Eric M. White. 2010. Woody biomass for bioenergy and biofuels in the United States -- a briefing paper
Ginny Fay, Steve Colt, Eric M. White. 2010. Data survey and sampling procedures to quantify recreation use of national forests in Alaska
Eric M. White, Anita T. Morzillo, Ralph Alig. 2009. Past and projected rural land conversion in the US at state, regional, and national levels
Eric M. White, Ralph Alig, Lisa G. Mahal, David M. Theobald. 2009. A sensitivity analysis of "Forests on the Edge: Housing Development on America's Private Forests."
Eric M. White, Joshua B. Wilson. 2008. National visitor use monitoring implementation in Alaska.
Eric M. White, Daniel I. Stynes. 2008. National forest visitor spending averages and the influence of trip-type and recreation activity.
Eric M. White, Ralph Alig. 2007. National forests on the edge: development pressures on America's National Forest system.
Eric M. White, L.A. Leefers. 2007. Influence of natural amenities on residential property values in a rural setting.
Daniel J. Stynes, Eric M. White. 2006. Reflections on measuring recreation and travel spending.
Eric M. White, Andrew D. Carver. 2003. Diversifying farm income through woodlot management: characteristics of farmer-owned NIPF land in Illinois

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Haim, D., E.M. White, and R.J. Alig. (in press) Agriculture afforestation for carbon sequestration under carbon markets in the United States: Leakage behavior from regional allowance programs. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Haim, D., D. Adams, and E.M. White. (in press). Determinants of demand for wood products markets in the U.S. construction sector: an econometric analysis of a system of demand equations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 44(10): 1216-1227.
T.A. Spies, E.M. White, J.D. Kline, A.P. Fisher, A. Ager, J. Bolte, J. Koch, E.K. Platt, C. Olsen, D.B. Jacobs, B. Shindler, M. Steen-Adams, and R. Hammer. (2014). Examining fire-prone forest landscapes as coupled human and natural systems. Ecology and Society 19(3): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-06584-190309
Haim, D., E.M. White, and R.J. Alig. (2014). Permanence of agriculture afforestation for carbon sequestration under stylized carbon markets in the United States. Forest Policy and Economics 41: 12-21.
Rosenberger, R., L. Bell, P. Champ, and E.M. White. (2013). Using benefit transfer to estimate the economic value of recreation losses in Rocky Mountain National Park due to mountain pine beetle outbreak. Western Economics Forum. 12(1): 31-39.
White, E.M., G. Latta, R. Alig, K. Skog, and D.M. Adams. (2013). Biomass production from the U.S. Forest and Agriculture sectors in support of a renewable electricity standard. Energy Policy. 58: 64-74.
Fischer, A.P., A. Korejwa, J. Koch., T. Spies, C. Olsen, E.M. White, and D. Jacobs. (2012). Using the Forest, People, Fire agent-based social network model to investigate interactions in social-ecological systems. Practicing Anthropology. 35(1): 8-13
Adams, D.M., R.J. Alig, G.S. Latta, and E.M. White (2011). Regional impacts of a program for forest carbon offset sales. Journal of Forestry. 109(8): 444-453.
Kline, J.D., R.S. Rosenberger, and E.M. White (2011). A national assessment of physical activity on US national forests. Journal of Forestry 109(6): 343 – 353.
Latta, G.S., D.M. Adams, R.J. Alig, and E.M. White (2011). Simulated effects of mandatory versus voluntary forest carbon offset markets in the United States. Journal of Forest Economics. 17(2): 127 –141.
White, E.M., R.J. Alig, and S.M. Stein. (2010). Socio-economic changes and forestland development: Commonalities and distinctions between the eastern and western USA. Journal of Forestry 108(7): 329 – 337.
White, E.M., A.T. Morzillo, and R.J. Alig. (2009). Past and projected rural land conversion in the US at state, regional, and national levels. Landscape and Urban Planning 89(2009): 37 – 48.
White, E.M. and D.J. Stynes. (2008). National forest visitor spending averages and the influence of trip-type and recreation activity. Journal of Forestry 116(1): 17 – 24.