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Education

Ph.D. North Carolina State University, 2001-present (Economics)

M.E.M. Duke University, 1999 (Resource Economics and Policy)

B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996 (Political Science)

Experience

Economist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, NC, November, 1999-present

Research Consultant, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Research Triangle Park, NC, August 1999-November 1999

Water Quality Policy Analyst, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC, Summer 1998

Legislative Assistant, New York State Senate, Albany, NY, Spring 1995

Academic Experience

Teaching Assistant, Statistics, Duke University, Durham, NC, Spring 1999

Publications

Peer Reviewed

Butry, D., Mercer, D.E., Prestemon, J., Pye, J., Holmes, T. 2001. "What is the Price of Catastrophic Wildfire?" Journal of Forestry. 99 (11): 9-17.

Prestemon, J., Pye, J., Butry, D., Holmes, T., Mercer, D.E. [Forthcoming]. "Understanding Broad-Scale Wildfire Risks in a Human-Dominated Landscape." Journal of Forest Science.

Book Chapters

Pattanayak, S. and Butry, D. [Forthcoming]. "Ecological Services from Forested Ecosystems: Using Weak Complementarity for Ecosystem Valuation." In E. Sills and K. Abt (eds.), Forests in a Market Economy. Kluwer Science Series by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Conference Proceedings

Butry, D., Pye, J., and Prestemon, J. [Forthcoming] "Prescribed Fire in the Interface: Separating the People from the Trees." In K. Outcalt (ed.), Proceedings of the Eleventh Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference; 2001 March 20-22; Knoxville, TN. Gen. Tech. Rep. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

Butry, D. and Pattanayak, S. 2000. "Welfare implications of tropical forest conservation: the case of Ruteng Park" In: Munn, Ian A., Bullard, Steven H., Grado, Stephen C., Grebner, Donald L., eds. Timberland Investments: Improving the Odds: Proceedings of the 1999 Southern Forest Economics Workshop; 1999 April 18-20; Biloxi, MS. Mississippi State University, Department of Forestry, Forest and Wildlife Research Center: 115-122.

Presentations

Butry, D., Pye, J., and Prestemon, J. "Florida, Prescribed Fire, and the 1990's." Presented at the Eleventh Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Knoxville, TN, March 2001.

Butry, D., Prestemon, J., Mercer, E., Holmes, T., Pye, J. "A Cost and Production Function Approach to Modeling the 1998 Catastrophic Wildfires in Florida." Presented at Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management, San Diego, CA, November 2000.

Pattanayak, S. and Butry, D. "Weak Complementary of Forest and Farms: A Spatial Econometric Approach to Ecosystem Valuation in Developing Countries." Presented at Camp Resources VIII, organized by the North Carolina State University Center for Environmental and Resource Economics and Policy, Wilmington, NC August 2000.

Butry, D. and Pattanayak, S. "Welfare Implications of Tropical Forest Conservation: The Case of Ruteng Park." Presented at Camp Resources VII, organized by the Duke University Center for Resource and Environmental Economics, Wilmington, NC August 1999.

Butry, D. and Pattanayak, S. "Tropical Forest Conservation in Ruteng Park: Welfare Implications of a Command and Control Strategy." Presented at the Southern Forest Economics Workshop, Biloxi, MS, April 1999.

Other

Proficient in the use of SAS, Limdep, GIS (ArcGIS, Arc/Info, ArcView, Idrisi), Fortran 95

modified: 21-OCT-2003 created by: David T. Butry

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