Danks Abbrev CV

Cecilia Marie Danks Education:

Ph.D. 2000. Wildland Resource Science, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Division of Resource Institutions, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley. Dissertation title: Community Participation in Forest Management: the Role of Social Capital and Organizational Capacity in Collaborative Efforts in Trinity County, California. M.S. 1991. Wildland Resource Science, Department of Forestry and Resource Management, University of California at Berkeley. B.A. 1983. magna cum laude, with Highest Honors in Biology, coordinate major in Environmental Studies, Williams College, Massachusetts.

Professional Experience: Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, School of Natural Resources/ Environmental Program. Teaching and research in socioeconomic issues in forest management and environmental policy. October 2001 to present. Director of Socioeconomic Research, Watershed Research and Training Center, Hayfork, CA, 1997-2001. Lead socioeconomic monitoring and assessment studies, train and supervise staff, support community initiatives, secure funding/write proposals, give presentations, write articles and reports, lead regional workshops, participate in regional and national networks. FY1999-2000 grants and contracts which I secured and managed while at WRTC:  Socioeconomic Monitoring of Ecosystem Management Activities, US Forest Service PSW Research Station, $68,000, Principle Investigator. (2 yrs)  National Stewardship Pilot Monitoring and Evaluation, USFS through Pinchot Institute approx. $60,000 (3 yrs).  Indian Valley Conservation Education Center, USFS Conservation Education Field Projects Program, $30,000  All-Party Monitoring, Surdna Foundation with Lead Partnership Group, $20,000. Major grants and contracts for FY 1997-1998 at WRTC:  Socioeconomic Monitoring of Ecosystem Management Activities, US Forest Service PSW Research Station, $70,000 (2 yrs), Principle Investigator.  Environmental Leadership Grant, Switzer Foundation, $20,000.  All-Party Monitoring, Surdna Foundation though Lead Partnership Group, $20,000. Social Science Analyst, Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team (FEMAT - the team of scientists that developed the Northwest Forest Plan), 1993. Intern, Asia Program, Ford Foundation, New York, 1992. Contributed to ten year review of community forestry program. Research Assistant, University of California at Berkeley, 1988-1993. Conducted qualitative field work and statistical analysis for studies of forest communities in California, led by Dr. Louise Fortmann. Danks – abbrev CV Junior Associate, The Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1986-1988. Managed Central American projects, assisted a Costa Rican NGO wrote a “state of the environment” report incorporating environment and development issues; researched and wrote on U.S. agricultural policy for U.S. State of the Environment Report. Fellow, Thomas Watson Foundation. 1983-1985. Traveled in Latin American studying tropical deforestation and conservation efforts.

Recent Publications:

Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters:

Danks, Cecilia. In press. Community-based stewardship: Reinvesting in public forests and forest communities. In James K. Boyce and Barry Shelley (eds). Natural Assets: Democratizing Environmental Ownership. New York: Russell Sage. Danks, Cecilia. In press. The role of local communities in Adaptive Management. IUCN Sustainable Use Initiative, Technical Report Series, Vol. 3. Danks, Cecilia and Richard Hayes. 2001. Socioeconomic research. In Richard Haynes and Gloria Perez, (eds.), Northwest Forest Plan Research Synthesis. PNW-GTR-498. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR., pp. 52-62. Danks, Cecilia. 2000. Community forestry initiatives for creation of sustainable rural livelihoods: a case from North America. Unasylva 51(202): 53-63. Danks, Cecilia and Lynn Jungwirth. 1998. “Community-Based Socioeconomic Assessment and Monitoring,” Journal of Environmental Science and Management 1(2):1-18. Danks, Cecilia. 1997. “Developing Institutions for Community Forestry in Northern California,” Rural Development Forestry Network 20a (Winter 1996/97): 4-23. Peluso, Nancy and Christine Padoch with Cecilia Danks (eds). 1996. Borneo in Transition: People, Forests, Conservation and Development. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press.

Selected other Published Papers and Reports:

Danks, Cecilia. In press. “Community-Based Wildfire Management: Integrating Social and Ecological Objectives on Public Lands,” In Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Fish and Water Management Symposium, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, May 21-25, 2001. Danks, Cecilia. 2001. “Community-Based Wildfire Management: An Opportunity to Integrate Social and Ecological Objectives on Federal Land.” In Krisnawati Suryanata, Glenn Dolcemascolo, Robert Fisher and Jefferson Fox (eds), Enabling Policy Frameworks for Successful Community-Based Resource Management. Proceedings from the Ninth Workshop in Community-Based Management of Forestlands, February 5 - March 3, 2001, Honolulu, Hawaii. Co-sponsored by East-West Center, Honolulu, HI and Regional Community Forestry Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand. Danks, Cecilia. 2000. Community-Based Fire Management Strategy: Integrating Social and Ecological Objectives in Fire-Driven Ecosystems. A Policy Paper of the Watershed Research and Training Center, Hayfork, CA. Danks, Cecilia and Lynn Jungwirth. 2000. Community-Based Socioeconomic Assessment and Monitoring of Activities Related to National Forest Management. Watershed Research and Training Center Working Paper Series, Hayfork, CA.

2 Danks – abbrev CV Kusel, Jonathan, Lee Williams, Cecilia Danks, Jan Perttu, Leah Wills, Diana Keith and Lead Partnership Groups. 2000. A Report on All-Party Monitoring and Lessons Learned from the Pilot Projects. Forest Community Research, Pacific West National Community Forestry Center, Technical Report 101-2000. Danks, Cecilia. 1999. “The Role of Local Communities in Adaptive Management: A case from North America.” In Decision-making in Community Forestry, Proceedings of the Seminar on Decision-making in Natural Resource Management with a Focus on Adaptive Management, 22-24 September 1999. International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands. Fortmann, Louise, Jonathan Kusel, Yoshio Kawamura, Martin Olson and Cecilia Danks. 1992. “The Effects of Forest Control and Use on County Well-Being.” In Jonathan Kusel and Louise Fortmann (eds) Well-Being in Forest-Dependent Communities, Volume 1. A report prepared for the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment Program, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Fortmann, Louise, Jonathan Kusel, Cecilia Danks, Leslie Moody and Sheila Seshan. 1992. “A Comparative Rapid Rural Appraisal of Seven Forest Communities.” In Jonathan Kusel and Louise Fortmann (eds) Well-Being in Forest-Dependent Communities, Volume 1. A report prepared for the Forest and Rangeland Resources Assessment Program, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Selected Presentations:

“Policy Challenges of Community Forestry,” Rural Sociological Society 2001 Annual Meeting, August 15-19, 2001 Albuquerque, NM. “Community-Based Wildfire Management: Integrating Social and Ecological Objectives on Public Lands,” Klamath Basin Fish and Water Management Symposium, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, May 21-25, 2001. “Community-Based Approaches to Wildfire Management in the Western US,” Seminar speaker, Department of Geography, University of Hawaii, February 21, 2001. “Ecosystem Workforce Assessment Workshop,” with Marcus Kauffman and Charles Spencer. National Network of Forest Practitioners 10th Annual Meeting, October 26-30, 2000, Fairlee, VT. “Socioeconomic Monitoring of Forestry Projects and Programs of Works: Typology and Current Needs,” Socioeconomic Monitoring Methodologies for Forestry Activities: A Workshop of Scientists and Practitioners, the Watershed Research and Training Center and the Collaborative Learning Circle, October 20-21, 2000, Ashland, OR. “Community Insights from Community Indicators,” The Community Indicators Workshop, The Great Valley Center, October 10, 2000, Red Bluff, CA. “The Roles of Forest Communities in Forest Fire Management: Socioeconomic Implications,” the International Association for the Study of Common Property Biennial Conference, May 31- June 4, 2000, Bloomington, IN. “Community Perspective on Stewardship Contracting,” Congressional testimony with Lynn Jungwirth, Administrative Oversight Hearing on Forest Service Implementation of Contracting, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee Committee on Forests and Public Land Management, May 5, 2000, Washington, DC.

3 Danks – abbrev CV “Impact of National Forest Policy on Forest Communities,” Briefing of the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, March 31, 2000, Washington DC. “Issues in Community-based Forestry: Practitioner Perspectives on Forest Restoration and Green Collar Jobs,” a presentation for the USDA Forest Service Washington Office, March 30, 2000, Washington DC. “Community-based Stewardship: a Way to Reinvest in Forests and Forest Communities.” A paper prepared for the conference Natural Assets: Democratizing Environmental Ownership, January 21-23, 2000, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sponsored by the Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “The Role of Local Communities in Adaptive Management: A Case from North America.” Seminar on Decision-making in Community Forestry, International Agricultural Centre Course on Local Management of Trees and Forests for Sustainable Land Use, Wageningen, Netherlands, September 25 1999. “Poverty and Forest Use in Trinity County,” and “History of Grassy Flats Stewardship Pilot” Congressional Staff Field Tour, Hayfork, CA, August 14, 1999. “Community Participation in Forest Management: the Role of Social Capital and Organizational Capacity in Coproducing Ecosystem Management,” Environmental Science, Policy and Management Forum (lecture series), University of California at Berkeley, Feb. 10, 1999. “Forest Communities in North America: the Case of Trinity County,” International Consultative Group on Community-Based Resource Management, University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines, December 4-14, 1997. “Socioeconomic Status and Issues in Forest Areas of the Pacific Northwest” and “Socioeconomic Monitoring and Assessment of Forest Management Activities”, National Network of Forest Practitioners, Mt. Hood, OR, November 6-8, 1998. “Community Forestry in the U.S. Context: Forest Communities as Co-Producers of National Forest Management,” International Association for the Study of Common Property Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 12-14, 1998. “Hayfork Action Teams: a Case of Community-Based Economic Development after a Sawmill Closure,” Northern California Economic Development Forum, Ukiah, CA, January 20- 21, 1997. “Implementing Ecosystem Management through Community-Based Stewardship,” International Association for the Study of Common Property Biennial Meeting, Berkeley, CA, June 10-12, 1996. “The Value of Redundancy: Multiple Collaborative Groups in Community-Based Forestry,” Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, August 11-15, 1994.

Service and Affiliations:

Current Committees and Associations: Forest Stewardship Council – US, Board of Directors Forest Stewardship Council – US, National Standards Committee, Chair of Social Standards Subcommittee Watershed Research and Training Center – Board of Directors National Network of Forest Practitioners International Association for the Study of Common Property

4 Danks – abbrev CV American Association of Geographers Society of American Foresters Rural Sociological Society

Selected Past Volunteer Work: Collaborative Learning Circle (network of community-based forestry non-profits), Steering Committee Member Hayfork Action Teams (local economic development groups)-- convened groups, wrote newspaper articles, and provided technical input, 1996-1998. Hayfork Adaptive Management Area Technical Advisory Team to USFS, 1995-1999 Trinity Bioregion Group (collaborative group working of forest policy issues) -- secretary 1995, member 1994-1998. Nor-Rel-Muk Native American Museum Advisory Committee -- member 1995-1996.