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Steverson Moffat
Research Forester
Legal, Tax and Socio-Economic Influences
on Forest Resource Management
(RWU-4804)
504/589-7133
504/589-3961
smoffat@fs.fed.us
504/589-6652 |
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USDA,
Forest Service
Southern Research Station, RWU-4804
USPSB, Room T-10034
701 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70113 |
| Education: B.S., The
University of the South, Natural Resources, 1988; M.S., Clemson University, Forestry
(Landscape Ecology) 1993; Ph.D., N.C. State University, Forestry (Policy) 1999. |
| Current
Research: Analysis of impacts of federal and state laws and policies on public
and private forest management; environmental law and its relationship with modern forest
management practices; monitoring and analyzing new developments in the practice of
sustainable forest management. |
| Collaborative
Research: (1) A Sustainable Forest Management Primer. Provides an
overview of sustainable forest management programs and practices in the United States.
With Karen Lee Abt, USDA FS. (2) Southern Silviculture, Clean Water,
Hooks, Hammers, and Impacts. Examines water quality law affecting silviculture
in the U.S. South and the effectiveness of BMP compliance monitoring programs. With
Tulane University Law School and the Southern Environmental Law Center. (3)
Economic and Tax Issues in the Southern WIldland Urban Interface. With John Greene,
USDA FS. (4) Is Stewardship Certification? Compares Louisiana Forest
Stewardship plans with U.S. sustainable forest management standards and certification
programs. With Richard Vlosky, Louisiana State University. (5) Litigation
and the Forest Service. Examines the total case law pertaining to the Forest Service
and its management of the national forest system, with emphasis on cases that were settled
w/o trial. With Bob Malmsheimer, SUNY and Ron Mulach, Office of the General Counsel,
USDA. Efforts, Methods, and Costs for Monitoring Compliance with Southern BMPs. With
Steve Grado and Steve Bullard, Mississippi State University. |
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