ROSS W. GORTE PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

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1 ROSS W. GORTE PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Articles: Baumgartner, David C. and Ross W. Gorte, New System Developed for Appraising Wildfire Effects, Fire Management Notes, v. 43, no. 4 (Fall 1982): Gorte, Ross W., The Question of Timber Contract Relief, Congressional Research Service Review, v. 4, no. 7 (July-Aug. 1983): Gorte, Ross W., The Timber Contracts Crisis, Journal of Forestry, v. 82, no. 4 (April 1984): Siehl, George H. and Ross W. Gorte, Wilderness: Lands in Conflict, Congressional Research Service Review, v. 5, no. 5 (May 1984): 6-7. Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness Designations in the 98th Congress, Renewable Resources Journal, v. 2, no. 6 (Autumn 1984): Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness in the 98th Congress, Congressional Research Service Review, v. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 1985): Corn, M. Lynne and Ross W. Gorte, Steam Over Yellowstone, Congressional Research Service Review, v. 7, no. 6 (June 1986): 6-8. Gorte, Ross W., Reporting Progress: The Annual Report of the Forest Service, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, v. 43, no. 2 (March-April 1988): Gorte, Ross, Federal Fire Policies: Their History and Development, Greater Yellowstone Report, v. 5, no. 4 (Autumn 1988): Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness Release Language: What Is It? Why Do We Have It? Is It Working? Journal of Forestry, v. 86, no. 11 (Nov. 1988): Gorte, Julie F. and Ross W. Gorte, Employment and Community Stability in the Forest Products Industries, Community Stability in Forest-Based Economies, Dennis C. LeMaster and John H. Beuter, eds. (Portland, OR: Timber Press; 1989), pp Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness Is Multiple Use, Forestry on the Frontier (Spokane, WA: Society of American Foresters National Convention, Sept. 1989). White, Robin P., Ross W. Gorte, and Daniel J. Whittle, Importance of Technology to Congress Policy Decisions on Forest Resource Management, Are Forests the Answer? (Washington, DC: Society of American Foresters National Convention, Aug. 1990). Gorte, Ross W., Obstacles and Opportunities in Forest Service Planning and Management, Management of Public Resources (Washington, DC: Resource Policy Consortium; May 1992).

2 Gorte, Ross W., Executive Viewpoint, Home Improvement Executive, v. 3, no. 16 (July 19, 1993): 5-6. Gorte, Ross W. and Richard M. Alston, The Role of Information, Science, and Technology in Resolving the Challenges of Ecosystem Management, People and Forests: Meeting the Challenge of Tomorrow (Indianapolis, IN: Society of American Foresters National Convention, Nov. 1993). Gorte, Ross W., The George Washington National Forest: A View of Planning, Journal of Forestry, v. 92, no. 9 (Sept. 1994): 28. Gorte, Ross W., Natural Resource Legislation of the 104th Congress, Post-Industrial Rural Development: The Role of Natural Resources and the Environment. Workshop Proceedings (Washington, DC: USDA Economic Research Service, March 1996 [printed July 1997]), pp Gorte, Ross W., Multiple Use in the National Forests: Rise and Fall or Evolution? Journal of Forestry, v. 97, no. 10 (Oct. 1999): Hardy Vincent, Carol, Ross W. Gorte, Susan Boren, and Sandra L. Johnson, National Park Management, Environmental Research Journal, v. 1, no. 3/4 (2007): Baldwin, Pamela and Ross W. Gorte, The National Forest System: Roadless Areas Initiative, Environmental Research Journal, v. 1, no. 3/4 (2007): Research Papers: Gorte, Julie K. and Ross W. Gorte, Application of Economic Techniques to Fire Management: A Status Review and Evaluation, Gen. Tech. Rept. INT-53 (Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service; 1979), 26 p. Gorte, Ross W. and David C. Baumgartner, A Fire Effects Appraisal System for Wisconsin, Gen. Tech. Rept. NC-90 (St. Paul, MN: USDA Forest Service; 1983), 8 p. Zinn, Jeffrey A. and Ross W. Gorte, Legislative History of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act: Introduction and Summary, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1983), 13 p. Gorte, Ross W., Relief for Federal Timber Purchasers? CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1983), 22 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Elizabeth Knapp, Federal Timber Contract Relief: A Comparison of Two Options, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1983), 11 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness: Additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System, CRS Report IB (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept [updated periodically through Jan. 1985]), 15 p. Gorte, Ross W., Analysis of Proposals for Wilderness in New Hampshire, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1983), 11 p.

3 Gorte, Ross W., Analysis of Proposals for Wilderness in Wisconsin, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1983), 10 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness Release Language, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1983), 9 p. Gorte, Ross W., Analysis of Potential Wilderness Designations: General Economic Considerations, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1983), 8 p. Gorte, Ross W., Potential Impacts of Proposed Wilderness Designations in the State of Washington With Emphasis on the Forest Products Industry, unnumbered CRS report. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 1984), 24 p. Baldwin, Pamela and Ross W. Gorte, National Forest Wilderness Bill Release Alternatives: A Legal Analysis and Policy Issues, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 1984), 26 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Eugene H. Buck, General Economic Considerations for Policy Decisions Concerning Federal Fish Hatcheries, unnumbered CRS report. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 1984), 78 p. Gorte, Ross W., Costs and Revenues of Foreign Fishing in U.S. Waters, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1984), 11 p. Gorte, Ross W., Analysis of Timber Contract Relief Legislation, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1984), 43 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Reforestation Trust Fund: History, Uses, and Opportunities, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1984), 32 p. Gorte, Ross W., Comparison of Economic Analyses of the Garrison Diversion Unit, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1984), 24 p. Gorte, Ross W., Summary of Recent Reports on Forest Service Timber Sales Costs and Revenues, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1984), 14 p. Gorte, Ross W., Benefit and Cost Considerations in National Forest Timber Sales, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1984), 12 p. Backiel, Adela, Pam Baldwin, Betsy Cody, M. Lynne Corn, Ross W. Gorte, Carol Hardy Vincent, Sandra L. Johnson, George H. Siehl, and David Whiteman, The Major Federal Land Management Agencies: Management of Our Nation s Lands and Resources, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 1985), 38 p. Revised, with various authors: Jan as CRS Report ENR; May 1990 as CRS Report ENR; Feb as CRS Report ENR; May 1995 as CRS Report ENR; Dec as CRS Report ENR, retitled Federal Land Management Agencies: Background on Land and Resources Management; Feb as CRS Report RL30867; Aug as CRS Report RL32393.

4 Abbasi, Susan, Malcolm Simmons, Ross Gorte, George Siehl, and Adela Backiel, Natural Resources I: Overview, Public Lands, National Forests, and Parks and Recreation Issues in the 99 th Congress, CRS Report IB85063 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb [updated periodically through Sept. 1986]), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Adela Backiel, and Pamela Baldwin, Federal Land Management Transfers Proposed Between Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service, CRS Report IB85101 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb [updated periodically through Sept. 1986]), 14 p. Gorte, Ross W. and George H. Siehl, Analysis of the Conservation Benefits and Costs of Past Youth Conservation Programs and Opportunities for Similar Work in Federal Agencies, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 1985), 23 p. Gorte, Ross W., Analysis of Merging the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1985), 19 p. Revised Nov as CRS Report ENR, retitled The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management: History and Analysis of Merger Proposals, with Betsy A. Cody. Revised May 2008 as CRS Report RL34772, retitled Proposals to Merge the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management: Issues and Approaches. Gorte, Ross W. and Jack H. Taylor, Impact of the President s Tax Reform Proposal on Timberland Owners and the Forest Products Industry, CRS Report ENR. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1985), 16 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Adela Backiel, Forest Service Road Construction: Proposed Funding Cuts, CRS Report IB85192 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug [updated periodically through Dec. 1986]), 7 p. Gorte, Ross W., Canadian Lumber Imports: Impacts on the U.S. Lumber Industry, CRS Report IB85178 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept [updated periodically through Feb. 1987]), 12 p. Gorte, Ross W., Eugene H. Buck, David M. Sale, and Adrienne C. Grenfell, Limiting Access for Commercial Fish Harvesting, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1985), 71 p. M. Lynne Corn, Ross Gorte, and George Siehl, Issues Surrounding the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: A Brief Review, unnumbered CRS report (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1995), 28 p. Gorte, Ross W., U.S. Exports of Solid Wood Products, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1985), 11 p. Revised March 1987 as CRS Report ENR. Gorte, Ross W. and Jack H. Taylor, Timber Industry: Possible Effects of Various Tax Reform Proposals, CRS Report IB86009 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan [updated periodically through Dec. 1986]), 9 p.

5 Gorte, Ross W. and Pamela Baldwin, The Timberlands Suitability Provision of the National Forest Management Act of 1976, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1986), 54 p. Gorte, Ross W., Environmental Factors in Benefit-Cost Analyses of Development Activities, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1986), 15 p. Gorte, Ross W., Dominant Use Management in the National Forest System, CRS Report (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1986), 16 p. Buck, Eugene H. and Ross W. Gorte, Fisheries Budgets: Federal Expenditures for Fisheries Programs and Revenue Collections from Fisheries Interests, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1986), 29 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Forest Service s 1980 RPA Program: Comparison with Accomplishments, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1986), 12 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Forest Service Budget Request for FY88, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1987), 10 p. Gorte, Ross W., History of Release Language in Wilderness Legislation, , CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1987), 26 p. Gorte, Ross W., Modifying BLM Timber Contracts: An Analysis of a Recent Proposal, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1987), 15 p. Gorte, Ross W., Tropical Deforestation: The International Tropical Timber Agreement, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1987), 8 p. Gorte, Ross W., Future U.S. Forestry Issues, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1987), 19 p. Gorte, Ross W., Exempting Forest Products Shipments from the Jones Act Requirements, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1987), 18 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Sawtooth National Recreation Area: Potential National Park, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1987), 19 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness: Overview and Statistics, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 1988), 23 p. Revised Aug as CRS Report ENR; updated Dec and Nov as CRS Report ENR; updated June 2002, March 2005, March 2008, Jan. 2009, June 2009, and Jan as CRS Report RL Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness in Montana: Impacts on Resource Use, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Mar. 1988), 17 p. Gorte, Ross W., Policy Analysis of the Proposed Revision of the Forest Service Administrative Appeals Regulations: Public Input, Timing, and Delays, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 1988), 26 p.

6 Gorte, Ross W., U.S. Wood Exports to the Pacific Rim, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1988), 19 p. Gorte, Ross W., Special Management Areas in the National Forest System, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1988), 33 p. Gorte, Ross W. and M. Lynne Corn, The Forest Service Budget: Trust Funds and Special Accounts, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 1989), 50 p. Revised June 1995 and June 1996 as CRS Report ENR; Jan as CRS Report ENR. Gorte, Ross W., Possible Impacts of Ending the Federal Log Export Ban, CRS congressional distribution memorandum. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1989), 14 p. Gorte, Ross W., National Forest Receipts: Sources and Dispositions, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1989), 71 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Economic Impacts of Enacting Alternative Wilderness Proposals for the National Forests in Montana, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1989), 80 p. Gorte, Ross W., U.S. Wood Exports to Europe and the 1992 EC Economic Integration, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1989), 15 p. Gorte, Ross W., Economic Impacts of Protecting The Northern Spotted Owl, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1989), 48 p. (Technical revisions March 1990.) Epstein, Susan B. and Ross W. Gorte, Wood Export Promotion, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 1990), 25 p. Gorte, Ross W., Impact of Appeals on U.S. Forest Service Timber Program, Appeals of Federal Land Management Plans and Activities: A Report on a CRS Research Workshop, Pamela Baldwin, ed., CRS Report A, appendix 3 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 1990), 10 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Wood Industry in the Pacific Northwest, CRS congressional distribution memorandum, (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1990), 27 p. Gorte, Ross W., Timber Supply and Employment in the West, CRS congressional distribution memorandum, (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1991), 18 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Betsy A. Cody, Wilderness Issues in the 102d Congress, CRS Report IB91029, (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb [updated periodically through Dec. 1992]), 15 pp. Gorte, Ross W., Log Export Restrictions, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1991), 4 p.

7 Backiel, Adela, Ross W. Gorte, Marc Humphries, and Pamela Baldwin, Public Lands and Resources: BLM Management Issues, CRS Report IB91068 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1991 [updated periodically through Feb. 1992]), 10 p. Baldwin, Pamela and Ross W. Gorte, Administrative Appeals of Forest Service Timber Sales, CRS Report A (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1992), 9 p. Gorte, Ross W., Countervailing Duties on Canadian Lumber Imports, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1992), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Cause of Current Economic Difficulties in the Timber Industry of the Pacific Northwest, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1992), 16 p. Backiel, Adela and Ross W. Gorte, Clearcutting in the National Forests, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 1992), 36 p. Revised Nov as CRS Report ENR. Gorte, Ross W., Economic Considerations in Natural Resource Production and Protection: A Report in the Series, Economic Policymaking in Congress: Trends and Prospects, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1992), 13 p. Gorte, Ross W., Economic Impacts of Protecting Spotted Owls: A Comparison and Analysis of Existing Studies, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1992), 89 p. Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Natural Resources Section, An Introduction to Major Natural Resource Issues in the 103rd Congress, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec [updated occasionally through June 1994]), 17 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Betsy A. Cody, Wilderness in the 103d Congress: Designations and Maintenance, CRS Report IB93019 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan [updated periodically through Dec. 1994]), 9 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Pamela Baldwin, Wilderness Legislation: History of Release Language, , CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1993), 11 p. Gorte, Ross W., Lumber Prices, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1993), 10 p. Gorte, Ross W., Timber Sale Cost Accounting: the Forest Service and TSPIRS, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1993), 9 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Clinton Administration s Forest Plan for the Pacific Northwest, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 1993), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Kenneth R. Thomas, Restricting Softwood Log Exports: Policy and Legal Implications, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1993), 24 p.

8 Gorte, Ross W., coordinator, Federal Land and Resource Management: A Primer, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1993), 6 p. Revised Jan as CRS Report ENR; and Dec as CRS Report RS Humphries, Marc, Betsy A. Cody, and Ross W. Gorte, Natural Resource Subsidy Issues in the 103rd Congress, CRS Report IB93110 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec [updated periodically through Dec. 1994]). Gorte, Ross W., Federal Sales of Natural Resources: Allocation and Pricing Mechanisms, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1993), 6 p. Revised Jan as CRS Report ENR and Dec as CRS Report ENR. Gorte, Ross W., Lumber Prices 1993, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 1994), 12 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wood Shortages, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1994), 8 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Florida Bay Economy and Changing Environmental Conditions, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1994), 19 p. Gorte, Ross W., Alternative Sources of Wood for Japan, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1994), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., What Are Below-Cost Timber Sales? CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1994), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Federal Spending That Benefits the Wood Products Industry, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1994), 7 p. Gorte, Ross W., Below-Cost Timber Sales: Overview, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1994), 20 p. Revised July 2004 as CRS Report RL Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Natural Resources Section, An Introduction to Major Natural Resource Issues in the 104th Congress, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan [updated occasionally through June 1996]), 26 p. Gorte, Ross W., coordinator, Natural Resource Subsidy Issues, CRS Report IB95022 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb [updated periodically through Aug. 1995]). Gorte, Ross W., Federal Land Sales: Possible Revenues, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1995), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Salvage Timber Sales and Forest Health, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1995), 5 p. Updated June Gorte, Ross W., Forest Fires and Forest Health, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1995), 5 p. Updated June 1996.

9 Gorte, Ross W., Forest Health: Overview, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1995), 5 p. Revised June 1996 and March Revised Feb as CRS Report RS20822, retitled Forest Ecosystem Health: An Overview. Greenwood, Alfred R., coordinator, Appropriations for FY1996: Interior, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1995 [updated occasionally through June 1996]), 50 p. Gorte, Ross W., California Desert Protection Act of 1994, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1995), 8 p. Gorte, Ross W., BLM Revenues and Expenditures, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 1995), 11 p. Gorte, Ross W., Buyout of 318 Contracts, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1995), 13 p. Gorte, Ross W. and David Whiteman, Land and Water Conservation Fund: Current Funding, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 1995), 2 p. Updated July 1996, and subsequently by other authors. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Timber Sale Practices and Procedures: Analysis of Alternative Systems, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1995), 33 p. Gorte, Ross W., Utah Wilderness Legislation in the 104th Congress, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1995), 4 p. Ek, Carl, coordinator, Canada-U.S. Relations, CRS Report F (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1996), 62 p. Updated and renumbered annually. Gorte, Ross W., The 3/11/96 Version of the Federal Lands Forest Health Protection and Restoration Act, S. 391, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1996), 26 p. Gorte, Ross W., U.S. Taxpayer Consequences of Salvage Timber Sales Under the Emergency Salvage Timber Sale Program, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1996), 24 p. Gorte, Ross W., Softwood Lumber Imports: The 1996 U.S.-Canada Agreement, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1996), 3 p. Greenwood, Alfred R., coordinator, Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY1997, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1996 [updated occasionally through Dec. 1996]), 32 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Salvage Timber Sale Rider: Overview and Policy Issues, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1996), 6 p.

10 Gorte, Ross W., Roadless Area Entry: Background and Current Policy Issues, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 1996), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Federal Land Disposal: Legislative Initiatives in the 104th Congress, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1996), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., October 1996 Agreement Related to the Tongass National Forest, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1996), 2 p. Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Natural Resource Issues in the 105 th Congress, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 1997), 29 p. Revised Aug. 1997, Jan as CRS Report ENR. Greenwood, Alfred R., coordinator, Appropriations for FY1998: Interior and Related Agencies, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1997 [updated occasionally through Dec. 1997]), 32 p. Gorte, Ross W., Federal Land Management: Administrative Issues. Overview Prepared for a Workshop Held by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1997), 20 p. Gorte, Ross W., Precedents of Congressionally Designated Wilderness Areas and Agency Wilderness Recommendations Within Proclaimed or Legislated National Monuments, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1997), 2 p. Gorte, Ross W., 1996 BLM Revenues and Expenditures, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1997), 12 p. Gorte, Ross W., Analysis of Draft Bill: the National Forest Protection and Restoration Act, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1997), 11 p. Revised Aug. 1997, 13 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Roads: Construction and Financing, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 1997), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Federal Land Ownership by State, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1997), 3 p. Gorte, Ross W., U.S. Quotas on Canadian Lumber Imports, CRS congressional distribution memorandum. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1997), 3 p. Womach, Jasper, coordinator, Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct [updated occasionally]), Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Revenues, Expenditures, and Outputs, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1997), 6 p.

11 Gorte, Ross W., National Forest Finances and Management, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1997), 17 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Pamela Baldwin, Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority; the History of Acquisition, Disposal, and Retention; and Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 1998), 19 p. Revised April 1999 as CRS Report RL Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Natural Resources Section, Natural Resource Issues in the 105 th Congress, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 1998), 32 p. Updated March Gorte, Ross W., Feasibility of Forest Service and BLM Self-Financing, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1998), 12 p. Greenwood, Alfred R., coordinator, Appropriations for FY1999: Interior and Related Agencies, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1998 [updated occasionally through Oct. 1998]), 32 p. Gorte, Ross W., Federal Timber Harvests: Implications for U.S. Timber Supply, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1998), 6 p. Fletcher, Susan R. And Ross W. Gorte, Forestry Projects in the United States to Offset Carbon Emissions, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1998), 17 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Chip Mill Industry in the South, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1998), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness Laws: Prohibited and Permitted Uses, CRS Report ENR (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1998), 5 p. Revised Jan as CRS Report RS22025, updated Jan. 2006; updated Jan. 2007, Jan. 2008, Jan. 2009, and Jan as CRS Report RL Gorte, Ross W., coordinator, Federal Sales of Natural Resources: Pricing and Allocation Mechanisms, CRS Report (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1998), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., coordinator, Federal Land and Resource Management: A Primer, CRS Report RS20002 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 1998), 6 p. Resources, Science, and Industry Division, Natural Resources and Earth Sciences Section, Natural Resources Issues in the 106 th Congress, CRS Report RL30069 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 1999), 41 p. Greenwood, Alfred R., coordinator, Appropriations for FY2000: Interior and Related Agencies, CRS Report RL20206 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 1999 [updated occasionally through Dec. 1999]), 32 p. Floyd, Donald W., ed., Forest of Discord: Options for Governing Our National Forests and Federal Public Lands (Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters, March 1999), 84 p.

12 Gorte, Ross W., Roadless Area Entry: The Administration s Moratorium, CRS Report RS20150 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1999), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Receipt-Sharing Payments: Proposals for Change, CRS Report RS (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 1999), 6 p. Updated Oct and April Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Receipt-Sharing Payments: Legislative History, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1999), 19 p. Gorte, Ross W., Financial Consequences of Forest Service Timber Sales, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 1999), 8 p. Breedlove, Joseph, with Ross W. Gorte, Natural Resources: Assessing Nonmarket Values through Contingent Valuation, CRS Report RL30242 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 1999), 21 p. Gorte, Ross W., The County Schools and Services Funding Revitalization Act of 1999, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 1999), 18 p. Gorte, Ross W., M. Lynne Corn, and Carol Hardy Vincent. Federal Land Management Agencies Permanently Appropriated Accounts, CRS Report RL30335 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 1999), 25 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Revenue-Sharing Payments: Distribution System, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 1999), 5 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Budget Allocation Formula, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 2000), 25 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Accountability in Administering Its Trust Funds, CRS Report RS20486 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 2000), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service FY2001 Budget Issues, Including Proposals for Land Sales and Trust Funds, CRS Report RS20496 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Mar. 2000), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Revenue-Sharing Payments: Legislative Issues, CRS Report RL30480 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 2000), 24 p. Greenwood, Alfred R., coordinator, Appropriations for FY2001: Interior and Related Agencies, CRS Report RL30506 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 2000 [updated occasionally]), 48 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Revenue-Sharing Payments: Proposals for Change, CRS Report RS20178 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 2000), 6 p.

13 Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Performance Measures, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2000), 25 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Revenue-Sharing Payments, CRS Report IB10057 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2000 [updated periodically through Nov. 2000]). Gorte, Ross W., Forest Fires and Forest Management, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 2000), 4 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Service Payments to States and Counties Under S. 1608, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2000), 4 p. Gorte, Ross W., USDA Forest Service Funding in the Interior Appropriations Bill, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2000), 3 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Fire Protection, CRS Report RL30755 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 2000), 29 p. Updated Feb. 2005, retitled Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection; updated Jan. 2006, Jan. 2007, Jan. 2008, and Jan Gorte, Ross W. and Carol Hardy Vincent, coordinators, Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests, CRS Report IB10076 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb [updated periodically through May 2006]). Updated Jan. 2006, renamed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lands and National Forests and renumbered as CRS Report RL Revised May 2007, renamed Federal Lands Managed By the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 110 th Congress, and renumbered as CRS Report RL33792 [updated periodically]. Revised Feb. 2009, renamed Federal Lands Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service (FS): Issues for the 111 th Congress, and renumbered as CRS Report RL40237 [updated periodically]. Gorte, Ross W., Softwood Lumber Imports From Canada: History and Analysis of the Dispute, CRS Report RL30826 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2001), 28 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Ecosystem Health: An Overview, CRS Report RS20822 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2001), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Jeanne Grimmett, Lumber Imports From Canada: Issues and Events, CRS Report IB10081 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Mar [updated periodically through Dec. 2006]). Renumbered as CRS Report RL Hardy Vincent, Carol and Susan Boren, coordinators, Appropriations for FY2002: Interior and Related Agencies, CRS Report RL31006 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 2001 [updated occasionally]). Gorte, Ross W., Stewardship Contracting for the National Forests, CRS Report RS20985 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2001), 6 p. Revised Apr. 2003, retitled Stewardship Contracting for Federal Forests.

14 Gorte, Ross W., Softwood Lumber Imports From Canada, ebtra119 in CRS Trade Electronic Briefing Book (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 2001 [updated occasionally through Sept. 2004]). Gorte, Ross W., Forestry Assistance Programs, CRS Report RL31065 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 2001), 20 p. Updated Aug. 2004, Aug. 2008, Jan. 2009, and Jan Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness Study Areas and Release Language for BLM Lands, CRS Report RS21052 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2001), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forestry, ebagr41 in CRS Agriculture Electronic Briefing Book. (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov [updated occasionally through Sept. 2004]). Gorte, Ross W., Detailed Comparison of House and Senate Forestry Provisions in the 2002 Farm Bill, H.R. 2646, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2002), 23 p. Hardy Vincent, Carol and Susan Boren, coordinators, Appropriations for FY2003: Interior and Related Agencies, CRS Report RL31306 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 2002 [updated occasionally]). Gorte, Ross W., Carbon Sequestration in Forests, CRS Report RL31432 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2002), 22 p. Updated March 2007, Jan. 2009, Aug Baldwin, Pamela and Ross W. Gorte, Wilderness Water Rights: Language in Laws From the 103 rd Congress to Date, CRS Report RS21290 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 2002), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wildfire Protection: Legislation in the 107 th Congress, CRS Report RL (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 2002), 16 p. Revised and expanded Jan. 2003, retitled Wildfire Protection: Legislation in the 107 th Congress and Issues in the 108 th Congress. Hardy Vincent, Carol and Susan Boren, coordinators, Appropriations for FY2004: Interior and Related Agencies, CRS Report RL31806 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2003 [updated occasionally]). Gorte, Ross W., Side-By-Side of Wildfire Legislation in the 108 th Congress, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct [revised occasionally]), 7 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 2004), 11 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wildfire Protection Funding, CRS Report RS21544 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2004), 6 p. Revised May 2005, April Expanded May 2007, retitled Wildfire Funding, and renumbered as CRS Report RL33990 [revised periodically]. Retitled Apr as Federal Funding for Wildfire Control and Protection; revised July 2011 and Feb with Kelsi Bracmort.

15 Hardy Vincent, Carol and Susan Boren, coordinators, Appropriations for FY2005: Interior and Related Agencies, CRS Report RL32306 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2004 [updated occasionally]). Gorte, Ross W., Wildfire Protection in the Wildland-Urban Interface, CRS Report RS21880 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 2004), 6 p. Updated June Gorte, Ross W. and Pamela Baldwin, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wilderness Review Issues, CRS Report RS21917 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 2004), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000: Forest Service Payments to Counties, CRS Report RS22004 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 2004), 6 p. Updated Jan Expanded Jan and renumbered as CRS Report RL33822 [updated periodically]. Carter, Nicole and Carol Hardy Vincent, coordinators, Natural Resources: Selected Issues for the 109 th Congress, CRS Report RL32699 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 2004), 23 p. Updated June 2005, May Gorte, Ross W., Wildfire Protection in the 108 th Congress, CRS Report RS22024 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 2005), 6 p. Hardy Vincent, Carol, coordinator, National Park Management, CRS Report IB10145 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 2005), 14 p. Revised Sept and renumbered as CRS Report RL33484 [updated periodically through Aug. 2008]. Calvert, Kori and Carol Hardy Vincent, coordinators, Recreation on Federal Lands, CRS Report IB10141 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 2005), 16 p. Revised July 2006 and renumbered as CRS Report RL33525 [updated periodically]. Baldwin, Pamela [replaced by Kristina Alexander] and Ross W. Gorte, National Forest System Roadless Area Initiative, CRS Report RL30647 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 2005 [updated periodically]), 28 p. Hardy Vincent, Carol and Susan Boren, coordinators, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2006 Appropriations, CRS Report RL32893 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2005 [updated occasionally]), 85 p. Womach, Jasper, coordinator, Previewing a 2007 Farm Bill, CRS Report RL33037 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug [updated periodically through Jan. 2007), 96 p. Bea, Keith A. And Thomas P. Carr, coordinators, Brief Summaries and References to Special Authorities Enacted and Congressional Action Taken After Disasters and Other Crises, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 2005). Gorte, Ross W., Forestry in the Farm Bill, CRS Report RS22329 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 2005), 4 p. Expanded Jan. 2007, retitled Forestry in the 2008 Farm Bill, and renumbered as CRS Report RL33917 [revised periodically through Jan. 2009], 17 p.

16 Hardy Vincent, Carol and Susan Boren, coordinators, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations, CRS Report RL33399 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2006 [updated occasionally]), 83 p. Baldwin, Pamela and Ross W. Gorte, Analysis of H.R. 4200, the Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act, and Related Existing Authorities, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 2006), 20 p. Womach, Jasper, coordinator, The USDA 2007 Farm Bill Proposal: Possible Questions, CRS Report RL33916 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 2007), 68 p. Johnson, Renée, coordinator, Farm Bill Legislative Action in the 110 th Congress, CRS Report RL33934 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 2007 [updated periodically]), 27 p. Hardy Vincent, Carol, coordinator, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations, CRS Report RL34011 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2007 [updated periodically]), 83 p. Johnson, Renée, coordinator, The House-Passed 2007 Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) at a Glance, CRS Report RL34113 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 2007), 19 p. Updated Aug Leggett, Jane A., coordinator, Climate Change Provisions in the House-Passed H.R and Senate-Passed H.R. 6, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2007), 21 p. Gorte, Ross W., California Wildfires, CRS Report RS22744 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2007), 3 p. Johnson, Renée, coordinator, Comparison of the House and Senate 2007 Farm Bills, CRS Report RL34228 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2007), 26 p. Alexander, Kristina and Ross W. Gorte, Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority and the History of Acquisition, Disposal, and Retention, CRS Report RL34267 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 2007), 14 p. Updated Jan Gorte, Ross W. and Carol Hardy Vincent, Federal Land Ownership: Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities, CRS Report RL34273 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 2007), 11 p. Updated Dec Leggett, Jane A., coordinator, Side-by-Side Comparison of Climate Change Provisions in Omnibus Energy Legislation in the 110 th Congress, CRS Report RL34282 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 2007), 22 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Pervaze A. Sheikh, The Bali Agreements and Forests, CRS Report RS22806 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2008), 6 p. Hardy Vincent, Carol, coordinator, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations, CRS Report RL34461 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 2008 [updated periodically]), 83 p.

17 Gorte, Ross W., Wildfire Damages to Homes and Resources: Understanding Causes and Reducing Losses, CRS Report RL34517 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 2008), 27 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Jonathan Ramseur, Forest Carbon Markets: Potential and Drawbacks, CRS Report RL34560 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 2008), 20 p. Updated May Sheikh, Pervaze A., Ross W. Gorte, and Jennifer Sidener, Climate Change and International Deforestation: Legislative Analysis, CRS Report RL34634 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Aug. 2008), 7 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Renée Johnson, Measuring and Monitoring Carbon in the Agricultural and Forestry Sectors, CRS Report RS22964 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2008), 6 p. Updated Jan Lane, Nic, coordinator, The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008: Senate Amendment 5662 as Submitted on September 26, 2008, CRS Report RL34727 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2008), 19 p. Johnson, Renée, coordinator, The 2008 Farm Bill: Major Provisions and Legislative Action, CRS Report RL34696 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 2008), 79 p. Gorte, Ross W., Mountain Pine Beetles and Forest Destruction: Effects, Responses, and Relationship to Climate Change, CRS Report R40203 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2009), 13 p. Johnson, Renée, Jonathan Ramseur, and Ross W. Gorte, Estimates of Carbon Mitigation Potential from Agricultural and Forestry Activities, CRS Report R40685 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2009), 18 p. Revised June 2009, Jan Bracmort, Kelsi and Ross W. Gorte, Biomass: Comparison of Definitions in Legislation, CRS Report R40529 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 2009 [updated periodically]), 18 p. Sheikh, Pervaze A., Marianne Burke, and Ross W. Gorte, U.S. Overseas Development Assistance Programs that Address Reductions in Deforestation and Forest Degradation, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Apr. 2009), 6 p. Gorte, Ross W., U.S. Tree Planting for Carbon Sequestration, CRS Report R40562 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2009), 5 p. Hardy Vincent, Carol, coordinator, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations, CRS Report R40685 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, July 2009 [updated periodically]), 69 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wildfire Fuels and Fuel Reduction, CRS Report R40811 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 2009), 15 p. Revised Jan

18 Ho, Melissa D., coordinator, Comparison of Climate Change Adaptation Provisions in S and H.R. 2454, CRS Report R40911 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 2009), 33 p. Sheikh, Pervaze A. and Ross W. Gorte, International Forestry Issues in Climate Change Bills: Comparison of Provisions of S and H.R. 2454, CRS Report R40911 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Dec. 2009), 15 p. Johnson, Renée, Jonathan Ramseur, Ross W. Gorte, and Megan Stubbs, Potential Implications of a Carbon Offset Program to Farmers and Landowners, CRS Report R41086 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2010), 32 p. Sheikh, Pervaze A. and Ross W. Gorte, Deforestation and Climate Change, CRS Report R41144 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, March 2010), 41 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forestry in the Next Farm Bill, CRS Report R41213 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, April 2010), 6 p. Hardy Vincent, Carol, coordinator, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2011 Appropriations, CRS Report R41258 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, May 2010 [updated periodically]), 56 p. Gorte, Ross W., Congressionally Designated Special Management Areas in the National Forest System, CRS Report R41285 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 2010), 75 p. Gorte, Ross W., Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, CRS Report R41303 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 2010), 14 p. Gorte, Ross W., coordinator, Carol Hardy Vincent, and M. Lynne Corn, Federal Land Management Agencies Mandatory Spending Authorities, CRS Report R40237 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Oct. 2010), 38 p. Gorte, Ross W., coordinator, Kristina Alexander, and Sandra L. Johnson, Wilderness: Legislation and Issues in the 112 th Congress, CRS Report R41610 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan [updated periodically]), 11 p. Gorte, Ross W., Value of Federal Lands and Mineral Rights, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 2011), 1 p. Gorte, Ross W., Legislated Deletions from Designated Wilderness Areas, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Jan. 2011), 2 p. Gorte, Ross W., Wilderness Laws: Statutory Provisions and Prohibited and Permitted Uses, CRS Report R41649 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2011), 83 p. Gorte, Ross W., Forest Management for Resilience and Adaptation, CRS Report R41691 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Mar. 2011), 25 p. Gorte, Ross W., coordinator, Carol Hardy Vincent, and Marc Humphries, Leasing and Selling Federal Lands and Resources: Receipts and Their Disposition, CRS Report R41770 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Apr. 2011), 19 p.

19 Gorte, Ross W., Federal Assistance for Wildfire Response and Recovery, CRS Report R41828 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, June 2011), 3 p. Gorte, Ross W. and Katie Hoover, Forest Certification Systems, CRS Report R41992 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 2011), 41 p. Gorte, Ross W., The Potential for and Limitations to Selling Federal Lands to Balance the Budget or Reduce the Federal Debt, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Sept. 2011), 3 p. Gorte, Ross W. and James E. McCarthy, The Clean Air Act and National Parks and Wilderness Areas, CRS congressional distribution memorandum (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Nov. 2011), 3 p. Gorte, Ross W., Carol Hardy Vincent, Laura A. Hanson, and Marc R. Rosenblum, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data, CRS Report R42346 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb. 2012), 25 p. Hardy Vincent, Carol, coordinator, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2012 Appropriations, CRS Report R41896 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Feb [updated periodically]), 68 p. Gorte, Ross W. and M. Lynne Corn, Compensating State and Local Governments for the Tax- Exempt Status of Federal Lands: What Is Fair and Consistent? CRS Report R42439 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Mar. 2012), 30 p. Gorte, Ross W., Kristina Alexander, and M. Lynne Corn, Forest Service Payments to Counties Title I of the Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012: Issues for Congress, CRS Report R42452 (Washington, DC: Library of Congress, Mar. 2012), 23 p. Congressional Testimony: Gorte, Ross W., Testimony on H.R. 4516, the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984, Hearings on H.R. 4516: To Designate Certain National Forest System Lands in the State of Utah for Inclusions in the National Wilderness Preservation System, Serial 98-3, Part X (Washington, DC: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, March 1984), pp , Gorte, Ross W., Statement on Forest Service Planning: Setting Strategic Direction Under RPA, Hearing on Recommended Forest Service Program for Forest and Rangeland Resources, Serial (Washington, DC: House Committee on Agriculture, July 1990), pp , Gorte, Ross W., Statement on Forest Service Strategic Direction Under RPA: Implications for Managers, Hearing on Forest Resource Management and Personnel Practices: Values In Conflict, Serial (Washington, DC: House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Oct. 1990), pp

20 Gorte, Ross W., Statement, Hearing on Review of the Forest Service s Timber Sales Program (Washington, DC: House Committee on Government Operations, March 1992), pp Gorte, Ross W., Statement on Timber Investment Opportunities and Costs, Hearing on Reforestation and Stand Enhancement Opportunities for Small Business Contractors, Serial (Portland, OR: U.S. Congress, House Committee on Small Business, June 1992), pp , 21-24, Gorte, Ross W., Statement on Forest Service Reform: Concerns and Considerations, Oversight Hearings on the Forest Service s Role in Preserving the Nation s Natural Resources and in Sustaining Their Long-Term Economic Productivity, Serial (Washington, DC: House Committee on Natural Resources, Feb. 1994). Gorte, Ross W., Statement on Forest Service Performance Measures, Oversight Hearing on Forest Service Performance Measures and Accountability (Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, House Committee on Resources, June 2000). Books and Book Chapters: Gorte, Ross W., Chapter 1 Wilderness: Overview and Statistics and Chapter 12 Forest Health: Overview, Natural Resources: Issues and Outlook (New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2001). Gorte, Ross W. and others, Chapter 1 Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority; the History of Acquisition, Disposition, and Retention, and Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities, Chapter 3 Federal Land Management Agencies: Background on Land and Resource Management, and Chapter 4 Federal Land Management Agencies Permanently Appropriated Accounts, Federal Land Management: Current Issues and Background (New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2003). Gorte, Ross W., ed., National Forests: Current Issues and Perspectives (New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2003), 181 p. Chapter 1 Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests, Chapter 3 Federal Timber Harvests: Implications for U.S. Timber Supply, Chapter 4 Forest Health: Overview, Chapter 5 Clearcutting in the National Forests: Background and Overview, Chapter 7 Forest Roads: Constructing and Financing, Chapter 8 Stewardship Contracting for the National Forests, and Chapter 9 Forest Fire Protection. Gorte, Ross W. and others, Chapter 1 Public (BLM) Lands and National Forests, Chapter 5 Stewardship Contracting for the National Forest, Chapter 9 Wilderness: Overview and Statistics, and Chapter 10 Wilderness: Prohibited and Permitted Laws, Public Lands: Current Issues and Perspectives (New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2003). Gorte, Ross W., Chapter 1 Wildfire Protection: Legislation in the 107 th Congress, Chapter 2 Wildfire Protection in the 108 th Congress, Chapter 3 Timber Harvesting and Forest Fires, Chapter 4 Forest Fire Protection, Chapter 5 Forest Fires and Forest Health, Chapter 7 Forest Fire/Wildfire Protection, and Chapter 8 Wildfire Protection Funding, Wildfires: Issues and Consequences (New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2004).