Biographical Information about Ernie Niemi

Ernie Niemi is Vice President of ECONorthwest, an economics and financial consulting firm with offices in Oregon and Washington. He has an M.C.R.P. from Harvard and has taught cost-benefit analysis and economic development at the University of Oregon’s Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management.

Publications include: The Ecosystem-Economy Relationship: Insights from Six Forested LTER Sites. National Science Foundation. (with P.N. Courant and W.E. Whitelaw). November, 1997. Assessing Economic Tradeoffs in Forest Management. (with E. Whitelaw). Forest Service, PNW-GTR-403. August, 1997. “The Sky Will Not Fall: Economic Responses to Protection of At-Risk Species and Natural Ecosystems.” Fisheries 27 (1):24-28. 2002.