Richard Haynes receives Marcus Wallenberg Prize for development of forest economic model

(Press-News.org) Richard Haynes, a former research forester and program manager at the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, received the 2023 Marcus Wallenberg Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. Awarded annually, the international prize is bestowed by the King of Sweden in recognition of scientific achievements that contribute to forestry and forest industries.

Haynes was recognized for his work developing the Timber Assessment Market Model (TAMM), a spatial model that projects volumes and prices in the solidwood products and sawtimber stumpage markets and estimates total timber harvest and inventory by geographic region. He developed the tool, beginning in the 1970s and culminating in the 1990s, along with colleague Darius Adams, then an Oregon State University professor. Since its development, the tool has been used by the Forest Service to support assessments and special policy analyses, and by public and private agencies and environmental groups to explore a broad range of environmental issues ranging from export policies to carbon sequestration. Their model, with its focus on solid woods, was complemented by Joseph Buongiorno, then with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and PAPYRUS, a tool he developed for the pulp and paper sector. All three are co-recipients of the 2023 prize.

According to Haynes, who is now based in Beaverton, Oregon, TAMM and its system of models has remained a useful policy analysis tool for nearly three decades since it was developed because of its mixed-model format and the fact that it was developed in collaboration with policymaker input, which helped to adapt the model’s structure to decision needs and to explain projection results.

“It serves as an example to researchers in other countries who may be in the initial stages of developing resource and market projections themselves,” he said.

According to the award announcement, the TAMM and PAPYRUS economic models “became the foundation for the future of forest sector modelling based on neoclassical economic theory…and laid the basis for numerous global, national, and regional models of this kind, including the widely used Global Forest Products Model.”

Haynes joined the Pacific Northwest Research Station as a research forester in 1975 in Portland, Oregon, where he worked on international trade and marketing projects. He then served as leader for markets projects in 1983 and, in 1991, became one of the station’s research program managers—a position he held until his retirement in 2008.

Haynes received his Ph.D. in forest economics from North Carolina State University. He has held past adjunct appointments with Oregon State University and the University of Washington and is the author of more than 250 publications, including scholarly articles, technical reports, and book chapters.

To learn more about the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, visit https://www.mwp.org/.

The Pacific Northwest Research Station—headquartered in Portland, Ore.—generates and communicates scientific knowledge that helps people make informed choices about natural resources and the environment. The station has 11 laboratories and centers located in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon and about 300 employees. Learn more online at https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/pnw.

Richard Haynes, a former research forester and program manager at the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, received the 2023 Marcus Wallenberg Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. Awarded annually, the international prize is bestowed by the King of Sweden in recognition of scientific achievements that contribute to forestry and forest industries.

Haynes was recognized for his work developing the Timber Assessment Market Model (TAMM), a spatial model that projects volumes and prices in the solidwood products and sawtimber stumpage markets and estimates total timber harvest and inventory by geographic region. He developed the tool, beginning in the 1970s and culminating in the 1990s, along with colleague Darius Adams, then an Oregon State University professor. Since its development, the tool has been used by the Forest Service to support assessments and special policy analyses, and by public and private agencies and environmental groups to explore a broad range of environmental issues ranging from export policies to carbon sequestration. Their model, with its focus on solid woods, was complemented by Joseph Buongiorno, then with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and PAPYRUS, a tool he developed for the pulp and paper sector. All three are co-recipients of the 2023 prize.

According to Haynes, who is now based in Beaverton, Oregon, TAMM and its system of models has remained a useful policy analysis tool for nearly three decades since it was developed because of its mixed-model format and the fact that it was developed in collaboration with policymaker input, which helped to adapt the model’s structure to decision needs and to explain projection results.

“It serves as an example to researchers in other countries who may be in the initial stages of developing resource and market projections themselves,” he said.

According to the award announcement, the TAMM and PAPYRUS economic models “became the foundation for the future of forest sector modelling based on neoclassical economic theory…and laid the basis for numerous global, national, and regional models of this kind, including the widely used Global Forest Products Model.”

Haynes joined the Pacific Northwest Research Station as a research forester in 1975 in Portland, Oregon, where he worked on international trade and marketing projects. He then served as leader for markets projects in 1983 and, in 1991, became one of the station’s research program managers—a position he held until his retirement in 2008.

Haynes received his Ph.D. in forest economics from North Carolina State University. He has held past adjunct appointments with Oregon State University and the University of Washington and is the author of more than 250 publications, including scholarly articles, technical reports, and book chapters.

To learn more about the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, visit https://www.mwp.org/.

The Pacific Northwest Research Station—headquartered in Portland, Ore.—generates and communicates scientific knowledge that helps people make informed choices about natural resources and the environment. The station has 11 laboratories and centers located in Alaska, Washington, and Oregon and about 300 employees. Learn more online at https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/pnw.

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