Forensic Forestry: A Guidebook for Foresters on the Witness Stand

ISBN-13: 9781032022512 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 128 str.

Robert P. Latham

Opis

Forensic Forestry is a one-of-a-kind, hands-on resource for those forestry and land use professionals called upon to work on legal cases and testify in court. This includes foresters and forestry managers, ecologists, environmentalists, environmental policy advocates, and those in related fields.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements and Appreciations. About the Author. Preface. 1. The Court Systems in the U.S. The rancher and the oil well. 2. How Litigation Works A deposition on a damage appraisal. 3. The Role of the Forensic Professional The McWilliams death sentence. 4. Forensic Litigation: Establishing the Facts. A tale of two timbermen – in court. 5. Forestry Litigation: The Context for Complex Cases. 6. Forestry Litigation: Finding Values. The Redwood NP expansion. 7. Forestry Litigation: Assessing Damages. Alleged forest mismanagement on the Klamath Indian Reservation. 8. Forestry Litigation: Evaluating Management. Alleged forest mismanagement on the Navajo Indian Reservation. 9. Forestry Litigation: Contention in Public Administration. The Linn County vs Oregon timber case. 10. Forestry Litigation: Techniques of Presentation. The case of the revealing histogram. 11. Recap of Critical Forensic Issues and a Glimpse of the Future. Appendix A: Errors, Biases, and Variability: The Impact on Model Output Glossary. Glossary. Index.

O autorze

Now semi-retired, Dr. Robert Latham enjoyed a long and interesting career as a professional forester and economist. Managing public and private forestland and, later, his own forestland was the focus of much of his work. He also did teaching and research in an academic setting for some satisfying years. For almost three decades he operated a consulting firm that dealt with natural resources issues for a wide variety of clients including many forensic projects. He and his wife, Dr. Connie Georgiou, now live in Corvallis, Oregon, and on a large timbered ranch in eastern Oregon. At the appropriate time, his ashes will be scattered there, under a big ponderosa pine.