Projects
2005 PREISM Workshop
Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management
October 20-21, 2005 Washington D.C.
This conference, a collaboration of Farm Foundation and USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS), reviewed the progress of research projects funded from the ERS’s Program of Research on Invasive Species Management (PREISM). It also was an opportunity for participants to share ideas for strengthening those projects, and set an agenda for future action. This research is expected to produce useful tools for producers, policy makers and program decision makers, with special emphasis on border security and inspection protocols. Presentations are linked within the program below.
| Welcome | |
| Mary Bohman, Resource and Rural Economics Division, ERS | |
| Steve A. Halbrook, Farm Foundation | |
| Keynote Speech — John Mumford, Imperial College London, Consistent Frameworks for Evolving Biosecurity Decisions | |
| Research Presentations I | |
| Bruce Maxwell, Montana State University – Developing and Integrating Tools for Assessing the Impacts of Invasive Plants for Prioritization of Management on Federal Lands | |
| Barry Goodwin and Nick Piggott, North Carolina State University – Spatio-Temporal Models of Asian Citrus Canker Risks: Implications for Indemnification Funds and Insurance Contracts | |
| Richard Horan, Michigan State University – Economics of Managing Infectious Wildlife Disease When Livestock Are at Risk | |
| Lisa Wainger, University of Maryland – Comparing Cost, Risk and Benefit Tradeoffs under Uncertainty: Cheatgrass Case Study | |
| Discussants: Sabrina Lovell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Terry Hurley, University of Minnesota | |
| Luncheon Speaker: Alan Burdick, Senior Editor, Discover Magazine, Why Not Love Aliens? What Invasive Species Can Tell Us about How Nature Does — and Doesn’t — Work | |
| Research Presentations II | |
| Lars Olson, University of Maryland – International Trade and the Economics of Invasive Species Prevention and Control | |
| James J. Opaluch, University of Rhode Island – A Risk-Based Approach to Managing Intentional Introduction of Non-Native Species | |
| John Tschirhart, University of Wyoming – Comparing Modeling Approaches for Invasive Species Management | |
| James N. Sanchirico, Resources for the Future – Spatial Management of Invasive Alien Species: An Application to Cheatgrass Management in the Great Basin | |
| Discussants: Linda Fernandez, University of California, Riverside; Carissa Marasas, APHIS-USDA | |
| Research Presentations III | |
| Philip Paarlberg, Purdue University – Economic Impacts of Foreign Animal Disease | |
| Munisamy Gopinath, Oregon State University – State Noxious Weed Seed Regulations: Economic or Scientific Decisions? | |
| Daniel A. Sumner, University of California, Davis – Weather Shocks and Pest Policy: Hurricanes and Citrus Canker | |
| Discussants: Jennifer L. Grannis, APHIS-USDA; Rhonda Skaggs, New Mexico State University | |
| October 21, 2005 | |
| Research Presentations IV | |
| L. Joe Moffitt, University of Massachusetts at Amherst – Robust Inspection for Invasive Species with a Limited Budget | |
| Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology – On Economic Cost Minimization Versus Biological Invasion Damage Control | |
| Thomas I. Wahl, Washington State University – Dynamic Effects of Alternative Invasive Species Policies on Livestock and Perennial Fruit Production | |
| Brooks Kaiser, Gettysburg College and James Roumasset, University of Hawaii – Avoiding and Catching Brown Tree Snakes in Hawaii | |
| Discussants: Lori Lynch, University of Maryland; David Simpson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | |
| Workshop Wrap-up Wiktor Adamowicz, University of Alberta Robert Griffin, APHIS, U.S. Department of Agriculture John Mumford, Imperial College London Wesley Musser, University of Maryland Douglas Neumann, U.S. Department of State James Schaub, ORACBA, U.S. Department of Agriculture |